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Date Application Received: 09/09/2022 <br />Date Application Considered as Complete: 09/20/2022 <br />120-Day Review Period Expires: 01/18/2023 <br /> <br /> <br />To: Chair McCutcheon and Planning Commission Members <br /> Adam Edwards, City Administrator <br /> <br />From: Melanie Curtis, Planner mcc <br /> <br />Date: 21 November 2022 <br /> <br />Subject: #LA22-000050, Matt Johnson, 1003 Wildhurst Trail <br />Vacation <br />Public Hearing <br /> <br /> <br />Background <br />The applicant is requesting to vacate the unimproved portions of right-of-way adjacent to 1003 <br />Wildhurst Trail and PIDs 07-117-23-21-0006; 07-117-23-21-0007; 07-117-23-21-0016; 07-117-23-21- <br />0002. This includes the right-of-way of Lafayette Avenue, Grandview Place, Hattie Place, and the <br />alley within Blocks 3 and 4 as dedicated on the plat of Mount Home Park (described fully in Exhibit <br />C). There is an existing City sewer line within the Hattie Place right-of-way serving the home at 1003 <br />Wildhurst Trail in addition to an overhead power <br />line running from north to south. The applicant has <br />proposed maintaining a utility easement serving <br />these structures. <br /> <br />In 2018 under application #LA18-000065, the City <br />reviewed a subdivision sketch plan for the <br />properties associated with 1003 Wildhurst Trail <br />(including the 10 acre property to the west). The <br />project included vacation of the subject rights-of- <br />way and development of the properties into 7 total <br />lots At that time, the Planning Commission and <br />Ccouncil were open to the proposal for vacating <br />the rights-of-way as long as access to Saga Hill Park <br />was maintained; they were not in favor of the <br />overall project resulting in the creation of <br />substandard lots. <br /> <br />Applicable Regulations: <br /> <br /> MN State Statute 412.851 VACATION OF <br />STREETS <br />The council may by resolution vacate any <br />street, alley, public grounds, public way, or any part thereof, on its own motion or on petition of <br />a majority of the owners of land abutting on the street, alley, public grounds, public way, or part <br />thereof to be vacated. When there has been no petition, the resolution may be adopted only by <br />Application Summary: The applicant is requesting City approval of vacation of undeveloped <br />rights-of-way. <br />Staff Recommendation: Planning Department Staff recommends partial approval as noted <br />on page 4.