02-20-2024 Planning Commission Packet

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To: Chair Bollis and Planning Commission Members Adam Edwards, City Administrator From: Natalie Nye Planner Date: February 20, 2024 Subject: #LA24-000003, Brett and Amanda Larson, 2480 Carman Street, Sketch Plan Application Summary: The applicant is requesting informal feedback on a proposed rezoning and subdivision Droiect. Staff Recommendation: While no formal action is required, this memo will serve as a foundation for the Commissions discussion with the applicant to bring to light potential issues to be addressed prior to submission of a formal Rezoning application. Planning Department Staff recommends the Commission provide feedback. Background The applicant owns and resides at 2480 Carman Street. This property is a long and narrow lot that is divided by an inlet. The total land area of the parcel is 1.85 acres with approximately 1.04 acres north of the inlet and 0.75 acres south of the inlet. The property is also split zoned with the northern portion of the lot zoned LR-1C1 and the southern portion zoned LR413. The southern portion of the lot is zoned LR-1B (1 acre) contains asingle-family home, where the northern portion of the lot, LR-.LC-1 (0.5 acre) does not contain any improvements. The applicant has interest in subdividing the property so that the two areas of the lot that are separated by the inlet are separate parcels that could each contain a single-family home. However, a subdivision of the property with the current zoning would result in a nonconforming parcel. The southern portion of the property is 0.75 acres which does not meet the LR413 requirement of 1.0 acres. The applicant has proposed rezoning the southern portion of the property from LR413 to LR-1C which allows for a 0.5 acre minimum. In order to avoid spot zoning, the applicant has also proposed the rezoning of the southern portion of 2474 Carman Street and all of 2470 and 2490 Carman Street from LR-113 to L114C as shown in Exhibit C. A sketch plan application was made in January of 2023 for the subdivision of 2480 Carman Street along the inlet. The previous application would make two lots on either side of the inlet, however the land on the south side of the inlet was substandard under 1 acre insize and would require a variance to create a new nonconforming lot. The Planning Commission was not in support of creating a nonconforming lot on the south side of the inlet. Proposal The applicant is proposing to rezone 4 parcels to the south of the inlet; 2470 Carman Street, 2490 Carman Street, and the southern portions of 2474 and 2480 Carman Street. The proposal would allow lot splits to occur for 2474 and 2480 Carman Street that would result in compliant and conforming lots to the north and south of the inlet. The rezoning would bring all four lots (if