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1Vl�mo To: City Council Members Willxam Ma�inen, City Ma.nager Faram. Ta� ii�cG�hee Da�e: J�ne l l, �007 Re: Written Statement of I.�ormation Pres�nted Public Hearing, Juz�e I1, 2007 �t sad and u.�foz-h�'ia�e tY�at cit�ens makin� s�gge�iic�ns to their �Iected o�cials on the Ciiy Ce�uncil fnc� staff cantacting City Legal Co�sel in an obvia�s attempt to discredit ei�izen suggestions hefore fihey are presen�ed at a publie hear�ng. This action bq staif establishes au adversarial tone where none �was i�tendec# 4r desired. The ideas az�d recann�endatio�as p�t forvvard xz� the citzze�.-based Ai�ern�tive Lot Split Reco�endatiox�s were �ormu.lateci £allawing #�ae CAG publzc hea.�ng at�d #he sixty-nin� res�den� signa�res were pbfiained in adva�.ce o�May 24. Aft�r revi�wing the anaiysis docum��t it appea�rs t�at znuch ti.nne a.nd money would have beez� saved iit�e Citiz�n Lot S�Iit Advisory Gro�.p (CACr) had heen aslced to study issut;s that actually needed r�view and �o pravide a variety of different o�tions fc�r publie and City Counsel discussion. A gr�ater sens� cs� cor�munity cau�cl have been encouraged by fr��ly disseminating and discussin� variotxs recomm�ndations. Th� Q�cial Recomm�ndations sper�d a great deal o�tirn�; providing a cou��lic�t�d snIution ia a nfln-�xistent proble�n o�pre �d post 19S91ots. It is clear i� the e�isting city cod� that �on-con�orming lat issues �were alrea�� afFectively handled in 1959 in �ec�ion 10i2B r�f �.he cocle s�ating "a platted lot or paurcei of land of r�cord o:� May �1, 1959, �vhic�Z daes z��t rrzeet the rec�u�re�ae��s �f �s Cade as to �ea, wid�: or apen space may be utilized �'or single-fa.rr�ily re��dential dweliing pu�pQS�s provided the rr��asur�n�ents of suc� are, �d� or open space are withan seventy percent of the requirements nf this aod�." Thus, non-coz�'oarz�n� lots af 7,70Q sf are legal, R-1 lots z£ pIatted befaare 1959. The exxs�ing code has also effecfively handlecl a.t�y �robl�ams arisir�g fronr� excess�vely narraw lots. A1�ough the spec��r of mnr�gag� a�d insurance prab�ezns v�ras raised, it appears u�founded as the exist�� code c�arifies the I�gaiity a�'such enti�i�s. Where iwa a� rrzore contiguous vaeant lats are held in single ownership within a subdivision whrch was duly recorded prior to May 21, 1959, which lots are indivzdua2'ly not af the required mrnimum area ar width for the district in which they are situated, no special exceptians shall be rec�uired for the issuance of huilding permits provided that such lo�s shall be deveia�ed in g►�oups a� ft°actians