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X REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DATE: January 18, 1996 ITEM NO.: Department Approval: Name Jeanne A Mabusth Title Building & Zoning Administrator Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: Zoning Item Description:#2094 Rodney Crawford, 4705 North Shore Drive Unimproved Public Road - Resolution_____________ - V'acation of Zoning District: LR-IB Pertinent Ordinance Seaion 10.12 - Vacation of Street Brief Description of Request Mr. Crawford, the applicant, has filed a vacation application to vacate the unimproved platted road right-of-way at the shoreline of his property in order to facilitate the sale of the property. Buvers have conditioned the sale of the property on applicant completing the vacation. Review Exhibits B and H, the current plat map does not designate a public road along the shoreline of the North Shore Drive properties. The 1960 plat map (Exhibit H) correctly shows Lake Street as dedicated in 1888 in the plat of "Bergquist and Wicklund's Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota" Staff has been in contact with the County and the County has confirmed that the right-of-way was never vacated and the plat maps should be amended to reflect the platted right-of-way. Lake Street serves no public purpose and the majority of road area is part of the lakebed of Lake Minnetonka. Review Exhibits E and K, the municipal sewer line is located within the eastern portion of applicant's property and properties to the immediate east. The adjacent property to the east has already dedicated a sewer and utility easement in the plat of Tristana Cove (created in 1981). If Lake Street is to be vacated within the subject property, the City will ask for a utility easement at a 20* width that would extend 10' from the centerline of the sewer line and run '>0' west of the dead end manhole. Applicants have received copies of the utility easements Ind are prepared to complete the easement form for filing. The vacation resolution will be filed by the City as soon as the Hilly executed utility casement is received by the City. As staff has determined no public interest in the remaining portions of the unimproved right-of- way of Lake Street, the owner to the immediate east and property owners to the west of the Crawford property may petition the City for the comprehensive vacation of Lake Street COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED: To cither approve or amend the enclosed approval resolution that has been drafted per the unanimous approval recommendation of the Planning Commission.