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0 <br />PLANNING REPORT <br />DATE: <br />CASE NUMBER: <br />/?PLICANT: <br />LOCATION: <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />PLANNING C0NSIDEEdATIONS: <br />46 <br />5 December 1984 <br />1564-84 <br />C. R. Hakworthy <br />Northeasterly of Shady Beach Avenue <br />Approval of Preliminary Replat <br />1. The property in question is Lots 10 and 11 of a very old plat known as <br />"Shady Beach11. You will recall Mr. Hakworthy's previous attempts to <br />rezone these two lots from R-1 (the current zoning) to R-2, and previous <br />proposals to develop six dwelling units on the site, and later a four <br />dwelling unit proposal. These attempts to rezone the property, and <br />develop the site more intensely were not approved by the City due in part <br />to the resistance from the contiguous land owner to the north to a <br />proposal to construct a common driveway on the north side of the subject <br />property (contiguous to 1892 Wagner Place) so as to gain access to the <br />high land on the easterly portion of this site. <br />Southwesterly of the site (across Shady Beach Avenue) is a portion of <br />Ramsey County's McCarron's Beach Park. To the north and northwest are <br />existing single family residences developed on lots created in the initial <br />Shady Beach Plat. <br />2. Mr. Hakworthy currently proposes to develop the existing two lots into <br />three single family lots. Attached is a reduced copy of the preliminary <br />plat indicating the proposed lot lines, the topography of the site, and <br />the potential development of the homesites on the three lots proposed. <br />3. You will recall that the land slopes upward from the street in a rather <br />severe slope which is occupied by a number of mature oak trees. Mr. <br />Hakworthy has stated that the original intent of the previous proposals <br />was to avoid cutting driveways into the slope with possible deleterious <br />effects on the stand of oak trees. <br />The current proposal indicates driveway access to each of the three lots <br />up the slope in a manner so as to avoid as many trees as possible. We <br />know, however, where earthmoving takes place within the "drip line" of an <br />oak tree that the tree is likely to die. The drip line is the outside <br />periphery of the umbrella created by the branches. Perhaps if great care <br />is taken to minimize disturbance of the root system, some of the trees <br />that are indicated to be contiguous to the proposed driveway location may <br />be saved. <br />4. Attached is a copy of a section map with an overprint indicating the <br />proposed replatting of the lot lines. You will notice that the northerly- <br />