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.✓ `Elk Request for Action River To Item Number Board of Adjustments 5.2 Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by Planning Items January 14, 2014 Chris Leeseberg,Park Planner-Planner Item Description Reviewed by Consider Request by BWB Holdings,LLC for Jeremy Barnhart, Deputy Director, CODD Variance to reduce the minimum lot size Reviewed by Case No. V 13-10—Public Hearing Action Requested By motion, approve, approve with conditions, or deny the proposed variance that would allow the platting of two lots that do not meet the minimum lot size or lot frontange requirements of the CRT zoning district. If the variance is denied, specific reasons shall be stated. Background/Discussion The applicant is seeking a lot size variance as well as a lot frontage variance in order to proceed with a proposed plat (P 13-04). A variance for both the size and frontage requirements will be required for both outlots B and C. These parcels are zoned Commercial Reserve Transition (CRT) and must have at least 300 feet of frontage and be a minimum of 20 acres in size. Lot Size The proposed lot sizes are: Outlot B: approx. 3 acres with 277' of frontage (17 acres undersized and 23'too narrow) Outlot C: approx. 2 acres with 120' of frontage (18 acres undersitied and 180'too narrow) Comprehensive Plan/Land Use This land use identifies areas held in reserve for future commercial development. These locations are well suited to development for highway business uses. Municipal utilities are not available to support immediate development in this area. Also, the Comprehensive Plan seeks to guide development in vacant land already served by utilities before opening new areas for growth. The reserve status allows planning to facilitate the desired form of development in the future. Applicants Proposal The property owner is in the process of preparing the property for sale, and reviewing the access options is necessary. MnDOT has directed intense uses (Mining) to employ an access at 215th (outlot C). As part of that, some land swapping with impacted property owners is proposed. The applicant believes that variances for Outlots B & C will not impede future development as they are currently non-conforming lots due to size. They believe granting variances for these two outlots are an important first step for the future planning for the area. Outlot C also provides the needed connection P O W E R ED 1Y NATURE