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MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Item #6.3. <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br /> <br />Michele McPherso~irector of Planning <br /> <br />March 17, 2003 <br /> <br />Case No. OA 03-02 <br />Request by the City of Elk River for an Ordinance Amendment <br />Amending Chapter 30 of Land Development Regulations <br />Article V, Titled "Subdivisions" to Establish a Lot Split and <br />Simple Plat Procedure, Public Hearing <br /> <br />Request <br /> <br />The Planning Commission is asked to consider an ordinance amendment establishing a lot <br />split procedure and requiring that Administrative Subdivisions be submitted and processed <br />as simple plats. <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> <br />· Ordinance No. 03 - <br /> <br />Backeround <br /> <br />The City currently has two methods to subdivide property: (1) administrative subdivisions, <br />which are used when creating four or fewer lots and (2) plats for subdivisions of land with <br />more than four lots. <br /> <br />There are a number of economic issues relating to the processing of administrative <br />subdivisions. Costs are incurred by the applicant for City review of legal descriptions of the <br />lots, as well as the easements along lot lines. In addition, multiple documents need to be <br />recorded in order to ensure that the necessary drainage and utility easements are granted to <br />the City. The City currently absorbs the recording costs for these documents. <br /> <br /> <br />