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PLANNING REPORT DATE: 10 March 1993 CASE NUMBER: 2500 APPLICANT: John & Diana Farrell LOCATION: 987 W. Co. Rd. C-2 ACTION REQUESTED: Vacation of Right-of-Way 1. BACKGROUND The Farrells' home is on a lot on County Road C-2 which abuts the unbuilt right-of-way of Richmond Street, a one-block-Iong ~egment between C-2 and Millwood. South of C-2, Richmond aligns with Lakeview Avenue; north of Millwood it is Chatsworth Street. The Farrells have requested the vacation of the right-of-way adjacent to their lot. All affected neighbors abutting Richmond approve of the vacation, and the request before the Planning Commission is to vacate the entire Richmond Street right-of-way, not just the segment next to the Farrells. In 1977 the city vacated the Richmond right-of-way for the neighbor north of the Farrells' property, Robert Dustin. Dustin's lot had frontage on unbuilt Millwood and Richmond, but not on an improved public street. The City Attorney's opinion then was that a lot needed this frontage in order to be built on. There were no plans to extend either Millwood or Richmond, so the compromise was to vacate half of the Richmond right-of-way, giving the Dustin lot 30' of frontage on Millwood - the minimum necessary. However, the city vacated the right-of-way in fee title, but reserved an easement for roadway purposes in the Richmond right-of-way, leaving open the possibility of building Richmond Street someday. Dustin could own the land under the easement and use it for frontage, but essentially there is still a GO'-wide street right-of-way reserved along the entire length of Richmond Street. 2. DEVELOPMENT ANALYSIS Plannina Considerations Much of the land occupied by the right-of-way is low, dropping off from both Millwood and C-2, and there is a small wetland on the east side of the right-of-way (see attached drawing). There is also significant tree growth along portions of the right-of-way,