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1 The site comprises land from three earlier plats: 2 The triangular area on the western side of the site was a remnant outlot from The Lexington plat 3 of 1988. 4 The undeveloped right-of-way for Lexington Place and the six undeveloped residential lots in the 5 northeastern part of the site was part of the 1953 Roseville Heights No. 2 plat. 6 The undeveloped right-of-way for Lexington Avenue and the six undeveloped residential lots in 7 the southeastern part of the site was part of the 1948 Roseville Heights plat. 8 On behalf of the property owners, the applicant proposes to replat the land and develop the site with a 9 32-unit, row house neighborhood on the northern part of the site and the southern portion would remain 10 undeveloped. The proposed preliminary plat is illustrated in Attachment C, along with other 11 development information. 12 When exercising the “quasi-judicial” authority on subdivision requests, the role of the City is to 13 determine the facts associated with a particular proposal and apply those facts to the legal standards 14 contained in the ordinance and relevantstate law. In general, if the facts indicate the application meets 15 the relevant legal standards and will not compromise the public health, safety,and general welfare, then 16 the applicant is likely entitled to the approval. The City is, however, able to add conditions to 17 subdivision approvals to ensure that potential impacts to parks, schools, roads, storm sewers, and other 18 public infrastructure on and around the subject property are adequately addressed. Subdivisions may 19 also be modified to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare, and to provide for the 20 orderly, economic, and safe development of land, and to promote housing affordability for all levels. 21 Preliminary Plat Analysis 22 Roseville’s Development Review Committee (DRC) met on several occasions in early 2020 to review 23 the proposed subdivision plans. Some of the comments and feedback based on the DRC’s review of the 24 application are included in the analysis below, and the full comments offered by DRC members are 25 included with this RCA as Attachment D. 26 Proposed Lots 27 Although there are no minimum width or depth requirements for lots in the MDR zoning district, the 28 proposed lots for middle units in the row house structures are 24 feet wide, and the end units are 32 feet 29 wide. The MDR district does require a minimum area of 3,600 square feet per dwelling unit (a total of 30 115,200 square feet) across the development. Without including the proposed private street or the area 31 being considered for park dedication, the Lexington Woods plat would meet this area requirement with 32 about 125,000 square feet. This area is equal to about 2.87 acres, which puts the proposed 32-unit 33 development at 11.15 units per acre, conforming to the MDR district’s 12 dwellings per acre limit. 34 Although building setbacks are not specifically reviewed and approved as part of a plat application, the 35 buildings represented in the development plans do appear to conform to the minimum setbacks of the 36 MDR district. 37 Easements 38 Roseville’s City Engineer has indicated the following: 39 Right-of-Way and easement vacations required, and staff supports the vacations provided new 40 easements will be dedicated in the plat. 7d RCA Page 2 of 7