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from assemblage the ability to have on-site parking, the Purchase Price should reflect the additional incremental value gained by the adjoining property. ii. When Buildable Lots may be Sold for Sidevards CPED Staff, with approval from the CPED Director, will make a "Finding of Fact" that a Buildable Lot is appropriate for sale as sideyard based on one or more of the following criteria: A. The shape of the Buildable Lot is irregular and is not suitable for housing construction. B. The structures on the adjacent lots are very close to the property lines and construction of a new house on the Buildable Lot will not allow permitted setbacks under the Zoning Ordinance between the new house and the adjacent structures. C. The adjacent lots contain conflicting land uses that make the Buildable Lot unsuitable for residential construction. D. The Buildable Lot contains Unsuitable Soils or poor topography or other conditions that make Soil Correction expensive or construction infeasible. E. The Buildable Lot can be used to provide needed off-street parking and/or open space to an adjacent multi-unit residential building, licensed day care center, community center, or nonresidential land use in order to make the adjacent lot comply with zoning. F. The Buildable Lot is not served by an alley, cannot accommodate access to off-street parking along a driveway from the frontage and would necessitate construction of a house plan inconsistent with the architecture of the block and neighborhood. G. If one or both of the lots adjacent to a Buildable Lot are nonconforming lots (25-30 foot lot widths) under the Minneapolis Zoning Ordinance, a portion of the Buildable Lot may be sold as a sideyard to either or both of the adjacent lot owners, as long as the remaining portion of the Buildable Lot is still a Buildable Lot. Buildable Lots sold to adjacent property owners for use as sideyards shall be sold at a per square foot Fair Reuse Value equal to the amount the buildable lot would have sold for buildable residential purposes. iii. Conservation Easement In the case where a Buildable Lot is purchased in its entirety by one adjacent owner for a sideyard, a conservation easement, made pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 84C, will be placed on the property in favor of the City to preserve the sideyard as open space and prevent construction of any improvements on the property by the current owner or any future owners, which are not approved by the City. iv. Condition of Prospective Sideyard-Purchaser's Property The City will not sell any Development Property for a sideyard if the adjacent lot is substandard or poorly maintained. CPED Development Staff working with CPED Updated as of 10/6/04 18