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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 27,2012 Page 34 tempting to mitigate at least a portion of the drainage issues through conditions on this subdivision request and the required snow removal plan, as discussed at the previous City Council meeting. At the request of Councilmember Pust, Mr. Lloyd advised that the applicant's rationale for a subdivision was to not own the residence or rent it out; and only keep the property they wanted to simplify the process. At the request of Councilmember Pust regarding a condition that could protect neighbors by requiring their approval or some way to complain if snow melted into their yard, Ms. Bloom advised that action to approve the subdivision did not create the snow issue or become an issue due to the request. Ms. Bloom ad- vised that existing practices are to push the snow into the back yard and block the drain;thus staff's rationale for the City easement and the condition requiring that the applicant keep that low spot from being blocked. If the City Council chooses not to move forward with approval of the subdivision, Ms. Bloom opined that she doubted the applicant would change their current process for snow removal or storage; and since the City currently had no regulation in place, staff had attempted to address drainage concerns to some extent through placing conditions on the o protecting Councilmember Pust clarified that staff was advising that by conditioning and approving this subdivision request, the City Council was helping to solve a problem since they couldn't force the property owner currently to do anything; and the only resolution the City held was through granting a conditional subdi- vision. Ms. Bloom responded affirmatively, stating that essentially staff was in the pro- cess of developing a more comprehensive solution, and with this City easement, it could address a portion of the drainage issues;however, without that easement in place, the company could pile snow and block drainage in the north/south drainage area, currently the status quo and continuing that process. Councilmember McGehee opined that she saw no reason to consider or grant the subdivision at all; since it seemed like the easiest thing for the parcel owner to do by leaving it as is with an easement on the back for them to blow their snow. Councilmember McGehee opined that she was not comfortable creating a land-locked LDR parcel, and particularly didn't like being held hostage by the easement not going far enough and the business owner deliberately choosing to block all drainage damaging other adjacent lots. Councilmember McGehee fur- ther opined that the existing commercial lot went well beyond any reasonable amount of impervious coverage given its slope; and the 1959 regulations regard- ing fencing and screening between businesses and residential homes were not being conformed with in any way. If a plan was anticipated next spring to make the entire area work, Councilmember McGehee opined that it made sense; how-