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Single-Family Residential Lot Split Study Report ■ 11,000 square feet in area/12,500 square feet in area ■ Served by a public street ■ Side property lot lines must be "substantially perpendicular" May 14, 2007 The City's basic zoning framework has not substantively changed since its initial adoption in 1959. Yet today, the City actually uses three sets of zoning standards—those prescribed for the R-1 district, a regulatory exception made for lots platted prior to the inception of the May 21, 1959 Zoning Ordinance, and those regulated under the City's Shoreland Ordinance. In 1962, the City Council adopted an additional ordinance into the Zoning Code regarding substandard lots platted or recorded prior to May 21, 1959. The ordinance allows for those parcels that are within 70 percent of the requirements set forward by the Zoning Code to be "utilized for single-family detached dwelling purposes" (1012.01(B)). Without this ordinance, home buyers/owners would not be able to obtain mortgages or insurance for their properties. Within the Shoreland, Wetland, and Storm Water Management Code, development standards are set for lots within the Shoreland Overlay District, which include those lots within the 300-foot "shoreland areas" as designated in the Code. These requirements increase the minimum lot area and front yard width to 15,000 square feet and 100 feet respectively (1016.14(B)1). Figure 3: Existing and De Facto Single-Family Residential Zoning Districts _ .�� . _. a. .- a� r . - ._ - ._ _ ._ � _ _ + R 1 Single-Famil� 11000 85 110 30 30 10 Residence not Single-Famil� 30 specified Residence Comex 12,500 100 100 30 30 (streetside) (overla�� L,ot 10 intexiox Add'175 not Single-Famil� ft� specified Residence 15,000 100 not not not not setback (overla�� Shoxeland Overla� specified specified specified specified fxom watex bod Single-Family not Residence specified 7,700 59.5 77 21 21 5 (overla�� Platted/Subdivided riox to 1959 Note: Addirional "overla�' zones exist fox lots on, ox adjacent to, wetlands and stoicn ponds, these onl� altex building placement and not lot dimensions Based on current Subdivision and Zoning Code requirements, approximately seventy-four single- family residential lots within the City meet the lot area, width, and depth minimums that would allow for the subdivision of the lot into two or more single-family residential parcels. In addition, ten lakefront properties, which are further guided by the Shoreland Ordinance, meet the minimum area and width requirements to allow for lot division. These subdividable parcels are scattered throughout the City; however, a greater concentration of large lots occur within four general areas of the community: Acorn Road, Gluek Lane, Lake Josephine, and Lake Owasso. The number of subdividable lots range from three in the Lake Josephine area to sixteen in the Gluek Lane area. (See Appendix 5, Map 1.)