09-25-1989 - Agenda Packet City Council - regular meeting

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TO: Mayor Grabek and City Council City Administrator Bern'-ardson FROM: Michael P. Gaff ron, Asst Planning & 'Zoning Administrator DATE: September 7, 1989 SUBJECT: #1442 The Landschute Group, Inc., 3300 Bayside Road/375 Leaf Street - Preliminary Subdivision - Resolution Zoning District - LR-lA Single Family Residential 2 Acre Unsewered. Application - 2 lot subdivision of vacant land to create two building sites. List of Exhibits Exhibit A - Planning Commission Action Notice 8/22/89 Exhibit B - Planning Commission Minutes 8/21/89 Exhibit C - Draft Resolution Exhibit D - Memo and Exhibits of 8/17/89 Discussion - Please review the memo and exhibits of 8/17/89. Briefly, this subdivision received previous Council approval in 1987 but was never filed due to the previous applicant's failure to pay the required fees. The prior approval expired on November 9, 1988. The proposal is to split this 5.8 acre parcel into two lots, each exceeding 2 acres in area. Technically, lot width variances are needed for each lot, the hardship being the historic configuration of the property, with 70 feet of frontage on Leaf Street and 121 feet of frontage on Bayside Road. Neighboring property owners have generally expressed opposition to this subdivision, noting concerns about driveway and culvert locations as well as drainage concerns. The City Engineer has reviewed the proposal and has defined the location of the necessary drainage easements to accommodate the two significant drainageways on the property. Neighbors have also requested that trees bordering the property be allowed to remain. Each lot has been shown to have suitable sites for primary and alternate drainfields. Driveways and house sites can be adequately located to avoid conflict with the drainfield sites. The applicant has proposed separate driveway curb cuts for each proposed lo+ Both access locations have adequate sight distance and would n :ause safety problems.