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Application Date: 2/20/03 <br />60 Day Deadline: 4/21/03 <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Department Approval: DATE: <br />Name Wendy Bottenberg ITEM NO.: ^ <br />Title City Planner AgendaSection: Zoning <br />Item Description: MI2-2874 Richard Kail <br />3753 Casco Avenue <br />Vacation <br />Zoning Dutrict: LR-IC One Family Lakeshore Residential District (.5 acre) <br />Exhibit: <br />A Sta ff Report and Exhibits of 2/19/2003 <br />Application Summary: The applicant is seeking approval to vacate T of that portion of the <br />unimproved dedicated alley adjacent to his property. The alley was originally dedicated in the <br />plat of Casco Heights in 1911. The alley is 14 ’in width and 317.8’in length. The applicant is <br />proposing to vacate only the portion adjacent to his property. Not the entire distance between <br />Casco Avenue and Casco Point Road. Half of the alley (7’) would go to the applicant and the <br />other 7’ would go to the neighbor to the east, 3721 Casco Avenue. <br />Pertinent Code Section.<i: <br />1. Section 10.12 (process &. standards for vacating streets and alleys) <br />History of application: <br />The applicant, Mr. Kail, has another zoning application pending, application #03-2863. This <br />application was heard by the Plarming Commission at its February 19, 2003 meeting. The <br />applicant is proposing to construct a new single family residence on the property located at 3753 <br />Casco Avenue. Application #03-2863 is for two variances, lot area and lot coverage by <br />structures. The proposed structure was above the allowed 15% lot coverage by structures for new <br />consu-uction. The Planning Commission approved the lot area variance, but denied the lot <br />coverage by structures variance. <br />The application was then heard by the City Council at its February 24, 2003 meeting. The City <br />Council discussed two options to increase the size of the property in order for the proposed <br />structure to meet the 15% lot coverage ordinance: vacating the adjacent alley or purchasing city <br />owned land adjacent to the property. Vacating the adjacent alley is the direction the applicant <br />wished to pursue. Application #02-2863 was tabled in order for the vacation application to be <br />acted on. <br />Neighborhood: <br />There have not been any vacations of alleys in the Casco Point area. There have been vacations, <br />but only where the dedicated right of way was between the lake and the residence on the property.