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26 applicant is likely to be entitled to the approval. The City is, however, able to add conditions to a 27 subdivision and subdivision variance approval to ensure that potential impacts on parks, schools, roads, 28 storm sewers, and other public infrastructure on and around the subject property are adequately 29 addressed. Subdivisions may also be modified to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare, 30 and to provide for the orderly, economic, and safe development of land, and to promote housing 31 affordability for all levels. 32 33 Public Hearing 34 The purpose of the public hearing for such an application is to consult the public; it is an opportunity for 35 the public to learn the relevant facts about the proposal, ask clarifying questions, and provide input 36 pertaining to the relevant facts as well as the analysis of the facts presented by City staff. 37 38 Preliminary Plat Analysis 39 Detailed plans supporting the proposed plat are included with this RCA as Attachment 3. Roseville’s 40 Development Review Committee (DRC) met on several occasions in early 2024 to review the proposed 41 subdivision plans. Some of the comments and feedback based on the DRC’s review of the application 42 are included in the analysis below, and the full comments offered in memos prepared by DRC members 43 are included with this RCA in Attachment 4. 44 45 Proposed Lots 46 The minimum width of lots for one-family, detached homes in the LDR zoning district is 85 feet. 47 Proposed Lots 1 and 2 are only 80 feet in width and are the subject of the proposed Subdivision 48 Variance. Proposed Lot 3 is 160 feet in width, exceeding the minimum standard. Each lot is also 49 required to have a minimum of 9,350 square feet of area; all the proposed lots exceed this minimum 50 standard. Lot 3 has about double the area of Lots 1 and 2, which each have about 11,200 square feet. 51 52 Setbacks 53 Building setbacks are not specifically reviewed and approved as part of a plat application, but the new 54 building footprints on proposed Lots 1 and 2 represented in the preliminary development plans appear to 55 conform to all the minimum property line setbacks of the LDR district. The existing house at 210 County 56 Road B2 has a legally nonconforming front yard setback. The northernmost three feet of the subject 57 property is already under a right-of-way easement and, although the dedication of this right-of-way to 58 Ramsey County will technically reduce the nonconforming front yard setback by another three 59 feet, §1002.04.E (Nonconforming Use Exceptions) indicates that the county's acquisition of the 60 additional right-of-way is officially held to not reduce the existing, legally nonconforming front yard 61 setback. 62 63 Utilities and Storm Water 64 The attached memo from the City Engineer indicates: 65 Water and sanitary sewer service mains are available to the property. 66 The site can meet Roseville’s stormwater standards. 67 The storm sewer improvements within the site would be private and require private maintenance. 68 69 Tree Preservation 70 The tree preservation and replacement requirements in §1011.04 of the City Code provide a way to 71 quantify the amount of tree material being removed for a given project and to calculate the resulting tree 72 replacement obligation. The applicant has provided these calculations, as shown in Attachment 3, which 73 would seem to elicit the obligation to plant about 63 replacement trees across the development site. 74 Because the tree replacement calculation is particularly complex, City staff routinely performs the 75 calculation independently using a spreadsheet-based calculator staff has developed and refined over the 76 years. Staff's calculated replacement obligation of only 14 trees is much smaller, apparently due to the 77 fact the applicant's calculation did not exempt trees in storm water management easements as the 78 regulations specify. In light of this discrepancy, Planning Division staff and the consulting forester are 79 continuing to validate the data. Should the applicant be unable (or elect not) to plant all required Page 2 of 5 Qbhf!:!pg!357