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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,November 28, 2022 Page 6 Councilmember Etten wondered how the rear lot line works. There are two sections of rear lot lines and neither one is forty-five feet. He asked if the applicant was looking for a double variance-a variance to the front lot width and also to the rear lot width requirements. Mr. Lloyd explained it is not something staff had considered. The rear width min- imum, in addition to just saying forty-five feet, does talk about being measured at the rear yard building setback for a principal structure. The thirty-five-foot width of the northern most portion would not practically allow a principal structure in that location and even though in a technical sense it does reach up there and there is a rear property line there, for practical purposes, staff did not really consider the lot being the same in that northern part of outlot A as it is at the main northern bound- ary. Mayor Roe asked how Lot 1,Block 1 compares to the lots immediately to the south of Weaton on Dale that were created. He believed those are narrower than the City's eighty-five-foot standard and perhaps not as deep as the depth requirement either. Mr. Lloyd indicated he did not remember the size off hand. The lots along Dale Street were resized to what was then the LDR-2 Zoning District, which allowed lots to be as narrow as sixty feet. He thought most of them in there are about sixty feet wide and he did not remember what the depth was. He thought it is well short of the eleven thousand square foot that was the minimum and standard zoning dis- trict at the time. Councilmember Etten asked whether the plat approval could include a condition essentially setting the north end of the wide portion of the lot as the point from which the rear yard setback is enforced. City Attorney Gaughan indicated a point for clarification,this would be a condition to the variance because he thought it might be problematic in terms of enforceabil- ity. He thought what was being suggested by the question is a different plat and making new out-lots. In terms of enforceability, the City would want an actual property line going across that first level. Councilmember Etten indicated he did not feel like creating a new plat. Mayor Roe thought if that is an alternative to creating a plat that the Council feels does not conform to the City's requirements,without potentially granting a second- ary variance, creating a new plat may have to be considered. Mayor Roe reviewed public hearing protocol and opened and closed the public hearing at approximately 7:09 p.m. for the purpose of receiving public input on the above-referenced Minor Plat and Subdivision Variance for "Wheaton Woods 2nd