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Regular City Council Meeting <br /> Monday, May 8, 2017 <br /> Page 17 <br /> City Planner Paschke clarified that the only part of the open house process staff had <br /> taken back from the developer was drafting the invitations, with the developer still <br /> responsible for holding the open house. <br /> Page <br /> In Section 72, Councilmember McGehee suggested requiring drainage as one of <br /> the criteria; with Mayor Roe clarifying that this was simply an abbreviated list of <br /> basic requirements. <br /> Page 18 <br /> In Section 83.17, Mayor Roe asked staff to make sure the validation timeframe lan- <br /> guage was consistent. <br /> Page 19 (Variances) <br /> Mr. Lamb noted this had been relocated from Chapter 1104. <br /> Councilmember McGehee questioned why Minnesota Statute Chapter 462 lan- <br /> guage had been removed as related to "undue hardships." <br /> Mr. Lloyd clarified that the term in the current subdivision code is "unusual hard- <br /> ship"which represented a different standard from"undue hardship"used in zoning <br /> code and now referred to based on revised language in State Statute as "practical <br /> difficulty." <br /> Page 20 <br /> In Section 87, Mr. Lloyd noted one provision in State Statute was that a variance <br /> was only approved when specific grounds had been identified. Mr. Lloyd advised <br /> that the proposed subdivision code language had been specifically taken from cur- <br /> rent zoning code, and asked the City Council if they seemed adequate on their own <br /> or if more items than the proposed four items shown were needed. <br /> Councilmember McGehee reiterated her suggestion to include something related to <br /> drainage in this section. <br /> Mayor Roe clarified that this is intended as findings and grounds to grant a variance. <br /> Mr. Lloyd provided an example of a large residential parcel subdivided in a way to <br /> create two conforming sized lots, but with the existing improvement over the al- <br /> lowable impervious coverage, which may affect drainage in some way. Mr. Lloyd <br /> advised that would be what the applicant was seeking a variance to; and a specific <br /> item for City Council review at that time. <br /> To get at Councilmember McGehee's point, Councilmember Willmus asked under <br /> what obligation the city was required to issue a variance or what specific language <br />