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PLANNING REPORT DATE: 3 January 1990 CASE NUMBER: 2050 APPLICANT: Michael Strub LOCATION: Northeast Corner of Dionne Street and Dunlap Street (see sketch) ACTION REQUESTED: Division of a Platted Lot PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS: 1. BACKGROUND The property in question consists of three lots, 12, 13, and 14 of Block 1, Lexington Heights.. These lots were platted many years ago with frontage of approximately 50 feet each. The house was built on the corner and for many years, occupied the three lots. Mr. Strub now proposes to plat the three lots into two lots, therefore, providing a new building site to the north of the existing house. Attached is a letter from Mr. Strub outlining his proposal, accompanied by a drawing indicating the division of the land into two parcels, A and B. 2. DEVELOPMENT SUMMARY The original three lots consisted of 24,103 square feet. As divided, the northerly parcel will have 11,407 square feet and the southerly parcel will have 12,696 square feet. Thus, each of the parcels exceed the normal development standards of 11,000 square feet for an interior lot (Parcel A) and 12,500 square feet for a corner lot. The corner lot will have a frontage of 81.98 feet, which is less than the 100-foot corner lot standard. The northerly parcel will have 72.04 feet of frontage, where the normal standard is 85 feet. Many of the lots to the north and east have been developed with one and one-half lot per site. Thus, the typical lot frontage approximates 75 feet. 3. DEVELOPMENT ANALYSIS Planning Considerations You will note from reviewing the plan of the lot division that the existing house will be located 38.6 feet from the Dionne Street frontage and 48.6 feet from the Dunlap Street frontage. These dimensions exceed the normally required 30 feet. The side yard setback on the north side of the house, however, will be 6 feet. Normally 10 feet is required. In this neighborhood, which was platted prior to 1959, the required setback for the existing lots is 5 feet. Thus, the 6-foot dimension as proposed is reasonably in scale with the development in the neighborhood over the years.