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Date Application Received: 07/19/17 <br />Date Application Considered as Complete: 07/31/17 <br />60 -Day Review Period Expires: 09/29/17 <br />To: Chair Thiesse and Planning Commission Members <br />Doug Reeder, Interim City Administrator <br />From: Melanie Curtis, Planner WGG <br />Date: 21 August 2017 <br />Subject: #17-3963, JHG Properties, LLC, 4035 Dahl Road, <br />Class III Subdivision / Preliminary Plat with a Variance <br />Public Hearing <br />Application Summary: The applicant is requesting approval of a lot area variance with a Class III <br />subdivision in order to subdivide the 1.82 acre property into two buildable lots. The LR -113 zoning district <br />requires a minimum of 1.0 acres in area and 140 -feet in width per buildable lot. <br />Staff Recommendation: Planning Department Staff recommends denial of the variance. <br />Background <br />The applicant lives in the neighborhood and purchased the property in order to remove an existing <br />vacant home which is in disrepair and redevelop the property. The property is 1.82 acres in area and <br />is situated on the corner of North Arm Drive and Dahl Road. See the applicant's Project Narrative <br />attached as part of Exhibit A for their reasons for purchasing the property and the basis for their <br />request. They have identified the manufactured/mobile home on property at 940 North Arm Drive as <br />one of their reasons for purchasing the property and the need to split it. <br />LOT ANALYSIS WORKSHEET <br />Section 78-330 — LR -1B Setbacks: <br />Section 78-330 - Lot Area/Width: <br />LR -1B <br />Lot Area <br />Lot Width <br />Side Yard <br />43,560 s.f. (1.0 acres) <br />140' <br />Existing <br />79,714 s.f. (1.83 acre) <br />158' on <br />North Arm Dr <br />Proposed Lot 1 <br />43,560 s.f. (1.0 acre) excluding road dedication & wetland <br />Side Yard <br />Lot <br />Lot <br />Front <br />Adjacent <br />Rear <br />Adjacent <br />Area <br />Width <br />Yard <br />to Another <br />Yard <br />(acre) <br />(feet) <br />(feet) <br />Lot <br />(feet) <br />to Street <br />(feet) <br />(feet) <br />1 <br />1 140 <br />1 35 <br />10 <br />20 <br />30 <br />Section 78-330 - Lot Area/Width: <br />LR -1B <br />Lot Area <br />Lot Width <br />Required <br />43,560 s.f. (1.0 acres) <br />140' <br />Existing <br />79,714 s.f. (1.83 acre) <br />158' on <br />North Arm Dr <br />Proposed Lot 1 <br />43,560 s.f. (1.0 acre) excluding road dedication & wetland <br />158' <br />Proposed Lot 2 <br />29,185 s.f. (0.65 acre) variance needed <br />195' <br />Section 78-1700 -Hardcover Calculations: <br />The property is currently in Tier 2, Lot 2 will remain in Tier 2 (30%). Based on the building footprint <br />