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<br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Date: 2/10/2025 <br />Item No.: 7.b. <br />Department Approval City Manager Approval <br /> <br /> <br />Item Description: Hold a public hearing and consider a request to approve a plat at 571 <br />Roselawn Avenue (PF24-022) <br />1 <br />2 Background <br />3 General Application and Site Information <br />4 Property Owner and Applicant: Edward Sweeney <br />5 Location: 571 Roselawn Avenue <br />6 Application Submitted and Considered Complete: December 19, 2024 <br />7 City Action Deadline: April 18, 2024 <br />8 <br />Land <br />Use Existing Land Use Guiding Zoning <br />Context <br />Site one-family residential, detached LR LDR <br />North one-family residential, detached LR LDR <br />West one-family residential, detached LR LDR <br />East one-family residential, detached LR LDR <br />South park POS PR <br />9 <br />10 The subject site is approximately one acre and 175 feet in width, and includes Lot 2 and part of Lot 1 of <br />11 the Montgomery's Lake View Addition to St. Paul plat as well as a portion of the recently vacated Carlisle <br />12 Avenue right-of-way, abutting the northern side of the property. As a former farm, there are some barns <br />13 and other accessory structures near the middle of the property, and the original home is in the southwest <br />14 corner. The applicant proposes to remove the two largest accessory structures and retain the existing <br />15 house, addressed as 571 Roselawn Avenue, on the west half of the existing parcel (i.e., Lot 1 in the <br />16 proposed Sweeney Addition plat) and create one additional lot (i.e., Lot 2). Subdivision proposals <br />17 resulting in three or fewer lots are considered a minor plat, requiring the City Council to hold the public <br />18 hearing. <br />19 <br />20 Legislative Authority <br />21 When considering subdivision requests, the role of the City is quasi-judicial; to determine the facts <br />22 associated with a particular proposal and apply those facts to the legal standards contained in the <br />23 ordinance and relevant state law. In general, if the facts indicate the application meets the relevant legal <br />24 standards and will not compromise the public health, safety, and general welfare, then the applicant is <br />25 likely to be entitled to the approval. The City is, however, able to add conditions to a subdivision <br />26 approval to ensure that potential impacts on parks, schools, roads, storm sewers, and other public <br />Page 1 of 4 <br />Qbhf!7!pg!264 <br /> <br />