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\ Request for Council Action continued Page 2 August 8,1997 Zoning File # 2269 Conley Brooks, Jr. and Gerald McCourtney, 980/1045/1055 West Femdale _____Road - Subdivision of a Lot Line Rearrangement______________________________ Planning Commission Recommendation Planning Commission reviewed this request at their July 21 meeting, and on a vote of 6 to 0 recommended approval only of the basic proposed division/recombination of the 1045 parcel south of the road per the original lot line separating Lots 11 and 12, North Shore Cottage Acres Lake Minnetonka. The approval is subject to: 1. The westerly portion being legally combined with the McCourtney property. 2. McCourtney to remove the existing residence on tliat property. 3. That the easterly portion be combined with Brooks' residence and the two northerly parcels of 1045. 4. That if Hennepin County will not allow this combination across the roadway that Brooks must complete a "Special Lot Combination" for filing in the title of those parcels (identified as Parcels A, E, H and F on the submitted survey). 5. Regarding the existing garage on Parcel H, Planning Commission agreed that it needs to be removed, but acknowledged Brooks may want to leave it as is until he firms up his plans for potentially replacing it. As a result, Plying Commission did not make removal of the existing garage a condition of approval. 6. Planning Commission and staff made it clear that the recommendation for approval does not include approval of, or implied approval of, any actions in regard to Parcels B, C or D as shown on the survey, each of which does not appear on current County plat maps as a separate tax parcel, and each of which may require City action or approvals as yet undetermined. The basis for Planning Commission's conclusion included how the proposal meets the zoning district lot area and wddth standards, and whether the properties to be recombined are adjacent and eligible for combination. The McCourtney property is directly adjacent. The Brooks property upon combination of Parcels A, E and H will be directly across Femdale Road from Parcel F. Many similar lot arrangements exist in Orono, and it has long been the Citys practice to recognize 'adjacency' of commonly owned parcels directly across the road when one of the parcels is merely a lakeshore strip. Planning Commission could easily confirm that the McCourtney property would end up with a lot that meets the 200' width stand^d, although it does not gain enough acreage to meet the two acre standard. Planning Commission was also