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AGENDA ITEM Date: March 10, 2025 Item: 21 Title: LA24-000059, 215 North Arm Lane, Preliminary Plat: "Idyllvale Shores" Resolution 7559 Presenter: Melanie Curtis, Planner Section: Community Development Report Purpose: This application contemplates preliminary plat approval to create five, 2+ acre buildable lots and a new public road extending North Arm Lane within the LR-IA and RR- 1B zoning districts. Three non-lakeshore lots and two lakeshore lots will be created. 2. MN§15.99 Application Deadline: The application was received on October 23rd and considered to be substantially complete on November 6, 2024. The 120-day subdivision application review timing was scheduled to end on March 6, 2025. Due to the delay caused by the cancelation of the January planning commission meeting, the applicant requested an extension until May 6th (Exhibit E). 3. Background: This application involves the three individual tax parcels owned by Bradley and Carol Pass (who passed away in May of 2024), and their son, Gabriel Pass. The developer, Blue Pencil Collective, represents the Pass Family. The project contemplates preliminary plat approval to create five, 2+ acre buildable lots and a new road. Until recently, the property contained a residential home and outbuildings. Wooded slopes and wetlands make up the majority of the land to be developed. The east portion of the property abuts Lake Minnetonka, the wetlands have been delineated and are depicted on the preliminary plat drawing with the MCWD-required buffers shown. The developer proposes a conforming development with the exception of the road length, which exceeds the City's 1,000 foot limit for dead-end roads. The current dead end road (North Arm Lane) is approximately 930 feet in length as it extends off of North Arm Drive to the northern dead end. The new road will extend approximately 640 feet beyond North Arm Lane's current dead end to the new cul-de-sac. This configuration results in a total road length of 1,570 linear feet to the cul-de-sac. The City standards limit dead-end roads to a maximum of 1,000 linear feet. There does not appear to be a viable alternate access to the property that would conform to the 1,000 foot limit. The additional cul-de-sac is proposed as the developer's solution to satisfy the City's dimensional requirement for the road radius as it curves to the west. The developer originally proposed the new road extension to be private. However, due to the dead- end nature of the current public roadway, without a proper cul-de-sac or turnaround, winter maintenance and snow removal are challenging. The City Engineer's recommended the road extension to be dedicated as right-of-way on the plat making the road public. Future financial and maintenance burdens of a new city road may be offset by beneficial logistical improvements resulting in better maneuverability for snowplows and other vehicles (delivery trucks, school buses, etc.) in the cul-de-sac. 4. Planning Commission Vote and Comment: 246