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1407 Planning Commission in response to the proposal of the City Planner, questioning how the 1408 neighborhood benefited from approving this application 1409 Associate City Planner Bryan Lloyd 1410 Mr. Lloyd provided a brief summary of the proposed subdivision heard at the City Council level 1411 for this lot on Marion Road, currently consisting of two lots substantially larger than today's 1412 minimum standards, and unrelated to the rezoning proposal to lower minimum lot sizes to bring a 1413 major portion of existing residential lots into compliance with City Code. Mr. Lloyd advised that 1414 the lots in question could be subdivided under today's regulations; and that the proposed rezoning 1415 would not increase the number of new lots in this parcel; and explained that a developer would 1416 have to buy a minimum eight (8) contiguous, conforming parcels and combine them all together 1417 before an additional ninth (9 parcel could be created. 1418 Mr. Disney disputed and questioned Mr. Lloyd's comments and staff s support of the proposed 1419 subdivision. Mr. Disney alleged that the Commission was not familiar with this neighborhood to 1420 provide an informed opinion and needed to do a site visit as representatives of the City of 1421 Roseville and members of the Planning Commission. 1422 Chair Doherty asked Mr. Disney how the City or neighbors could dictate what a private property 1423 owner did on his own property, as long as it met existing City Code. 1424 Member Gisselquist noted, and Commissioners concurred that this issue was not before the 1425 Commission and not relevant to the rezoning discussion. 1426 Mr. Paschke addressed the allegations of Mr. Disney, stating that he was not aware that anyone in 1427 the Planning Division indicated to the applicant how many subdivided lots they should attempt to 1428 put on their property; however, the Associate Planner had indicated to the applicant that City 1429 Code allowed three (3) lots based on the total square footage. Mr. Paschke clarified that Minor 1430 Subdivisions went directly to the City Council for a public hearing. Mr. Paschke assured Mr. 1431 Disney that the Comprehensive Plan guided what occurred on parcels and it was not the intent of 1432 City staff to change anyone's neighborhood, but to apply the City Code. Mr. Paschke noted that 1433 this neighborhood was unique, but that to -date, there had been no proposal to create single 1434 family, large lot standards for the area in question; and without a proposal, staff was left with 1435 developing codes and ordinances consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. Mr. Paschke 1436 concurred with Mr. Lloyd that existing code would allow a similar subdivision, with only 1437 possibly one additional lot under the proposed rezoning code for 85' wide lots. Mr. Paschke noted 1438 that the neighborhood in question had been farms that had been subdivided to what they are 1439 today. Mr. Paschke noted that, while there may be concerns, staff was compelled to abide by the 1440 City's regulatory documents, which were guided by the Comprehensive Plan, as updated and the 1441 Imagine Roseville 2025 community visioning process. 1442 Mr. Disney repeated his concerns adamantly, specifically concerning the possibility of additional 1443 townhomes in the area that would further dramatically change the neighborhood, as allowed 1444 previously by the City for Gordy Howe's townhome development; and that by allowing any more 1445 housing density in the neighborhood, the City was betraying everyone who bought there.