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TO: <br />FROM: <br />DATE: <br />Chair Hawn and Orono Planning Commission Members <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />Wendy Bottenberg, Zoning Administrator/PIanncr <br />October 12, 2001 <br />SUBJECT: #01-2707 Rob Hddington/Mark Larson <br />285 and 315 Crestview Avenue <br />Vacation of Hill Street -- Public Hearing <br />Zoning District: LR-1A Single Family Lakeshorc Residential District. 2 Acre, sewered. <br />List of Exhibits <br />A <br />B <br />C <br />D <br />E <br />Application <br />Site Plan/ Survey <br />Portions previously vacated on Hill Street <br />Location Map <br />Property Owner ’s List <br />Pertinent Ordinance: Section 10.12 <br />Application Summary: The applicants are seeking approval to vacate 125 +_of that portion of <br />the unimproved dedicated right-of-way of Hill Street which lies between 285 and 315 Ciestview <br />Avenue. The right-of-way was originally dedicated in the plat of Bayside .Addition to Lake <br />Minnetonka in 1912. Mil! Sueet is a 40' wide unimproved street right of way traversing Bayside <br />Addition from east to west. Two previous requests to vacate poitions of Hill Street west of <br />Crestview Avenue have been approved in the past. (Exhibit C). <br />One of the petitioners. RobEddington. w ishes at some time to construct a garage on his property. <br />The additional land acquired through the vacation of Hill Street would negate the need for a <br />variance. <br />Criteria for Vacation: <br />Zoning Code Section 10.12 governs the vacation of streets, alleys and public grounds. In past <br />vacation requests, the City has determined that vacation may be appropriate when: <br />1. The vacation doses not affect access to or use of any adjoining property. <br />2. The City has not and does not intend to de\elop, improve or use the dedicated right-of-way <br />as road except for utilities and access purposes. <br />3. The unimproved dedicated right-of-way as it exists serves no public purpose. <br />KOl-2707 Eddington/Larson <br />285^315 Crestview Avenue <br />Vacation <br />10/12/01 <br />Page I <br />7 <br />t <br />■i <br />i