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<br />City Council Study Session <br />Monday, April 16, 2007 <br />Page 6 <br /> <br />Ms. Radel reviewed the draft survey results, as part of the staff report <br />dated April 16, 2007, and the specific questions and percentages rep- <br />resented. <br /> <br />Councilmember Pust opined that, a fair summary of the percentages <br />indicated that the community didn't appear to be overwhelmingly <br />against lot splits, but was quite evenly divided, and were indicative of <br />case by case issues. <br /> <br />Ms. Bakeman reviewed comparisons of the City of Roseville's exist- <br />ing standard lot sizes compared to other inner-ring and central city <br />code comparisons. Roseville was the second largest, with Mendota <br />Heights first; and opined that was the reason a review of ordinances <br />from other communities didn't appear to be a fair comparison. <br /> <br />MJ, Stark noted that a number of communities had multiple family <br />zoning for single-family housing; and that while the City of Roseville <br />didn't appear to have separate districts, they were actually utilized, but <br />not apparent in code (i.e., residential single-family shoreland district); <br />and contexts of scales of practice regarding minimum square footages <br />for lot areas. <br /> <br />Mr. Doherty noted that a substantial number of lots, actually 56%, <br />within Roseville didn't meet the City's own minimum. <br /> <br />Ms. Bakeman noted that some of the lots were platted prior to Rose- <br />ville becoming a City and development had been based on different <br />rules; opining that she wasn't sure how many non-standard lots in the <br />City fell into that category of pre-incorporation as a City. <br /> <br />Additional discussion included the number of single- family zoning ar- <br />eas actually in the City; timeline for any potential applications for <br />subdivision coming before the City after expiration of the moratorium, <br />and before the Council made a policy-decision; the group's charge <br />and focus to look at the "envelope" of the property, not those things <br />"inside the envelope," while those things may impact property itself. <br /> <br />Mayor Klausing noted that while the survey results represented <br />neighbors directly adjacent to recent lot splits and developments, the <br />