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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DATE: 9-27-93 ITEM NO.: F-3 Manager Reviewed: Agenda section: ~nt Approval: ~ c:1-- Reports and Recommendations Item Description: Thomas Willmus request for a division of platted lot at 3040 N. Hamline Avenue. Backqround: 1. Mr. Willmus lives at 3040 N. Hamline Avenue on property located on the southwest shore of Lake Josephine. Immediately to the north, Mr. Willmus also owns a parcel of land legally described as Tract B, Registered Land Survey 189. Mr. Willmus is seeking to divide Tract B into two single family residential lots. 2. The lot division request is illustrated on the attached survey. The property is zoned R-1 and is within the shoreland management ordinance area of Lake Josephine. Each lot will exceed the minimum lot area requirement of 12,500 sq. feet. The proposed Parcell is 27,533 sq. ft. and proposed Parcel 2 is 27,187 sq. ft. Each parcel would have direct access to Hamline Avenue, via the existing access easement now serving the subject property. The entrance configuration for Parcell insures access to this easement. 3. Lakeshore property, by its nature, is often irregularly shaped and contains unusually and sensitive natural amenities. Careful design consideration must be given when locating structures on such parcels. In this particular case, the two proposed lots represent ideal opportunities for single family residential lakeshore development. The topography of the lots suggest that the building setbacks from the ordinary high water mark will be well past the 75 foot setback requirement. 4. It should be pointed out with this review that the standards of the subdivision regulations indicate two areas where the standards are not met. Specifically, the City code requires a minimum of 85 foot lot width at the building setback line in that in the case of flag lots, a minimum of 30 feet of frontage on public right-of-way. In the case of the two proposed parcels, the lot width at the building setback line is approximately 80 feet and the frontage on the right-of-way for Parcel 1 is approximately 23 feet. If the City Council is of a mind to approve the lot division, exceptions to these standards will be implied with the Council's action for approval.