09-21-2015 Planning Commission Packet

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mm�v�rEs oF� PC�hibit E ORQND PLANNII�TG CONIlVIISSION MEETING Monday,Augast 17,2015 �,\�� G:30 o'clock p.m. � �' 9. #IS-3774 IRWIN rACOBS, 1700 SHORELINE DRIVE,PRELIlI�ITARY PLAT, �'�'� 9:10 P.M.—10:45 P.M. � Michael Steadman repz�esenting a�plicant Irwin Jacobs was preserrt. Gaffron stated the ptoposal is to split off three new 2-acre building sites from the northerly portion of the 31-acre property,to be accessed vi�a an extension of Heritage Lane. Ga�-on stated this property is one of Uronds few rerrxaining large laiceshore estates and consists of approximately 31 acres,bordered on the north by Tanager Lake and the Dakota Rail Trail on the south by County Road 15 and Smit�'s Bay of Lake Minnetonka The existing residence on�e property is Iocated centrally and is proposed to remain at this time. The portion of the property that wili contain the existing house stays at approximately 2Q acres, The other three lot�that are being propased fvrther north will consist of 2-plus acres. All three new lo�s are proposed to be accessed via an extension of Heritage Lake,a public mad extending from County Road 15. The road was platted in the 1964s back during the time when the zoning in this acre was one acre. The proposed siungle-family development is consistent with e�cisting development in the surrounding neighborhood. Simil�r singl�family lots with 2-glus acre lot sizes to the east and southwest,while the lots within the adjacent Foxhill neighborhood average 1.05 acres. The property was added to the MUSA in 2001 in ordez to allow the installation and use of muz�icipal sewe�r. All three new lots are i�rtended to be sezved with municipai sewe�r and private wells. The property is located in the LR lA;Single-Fatnily Lakeshore Residential District,whicb requires a minimum lot size of two dry buildable acres and a minimum lot width of 200 feet as measured at the lakeshore azxd at the 75-foot setback. AlI three lots are iun confornuty with the guiding of thi�area for single-family lakeshore residential deveiopment at a density of one unit per two acres. The property slopes downward generally from a central high pount toward Tanager Lake to the norkh and to a large wetland in the south end. The north hal�of the property in which ttte three new building lots are proposed is heavily wooded and contains two defined bluff ateas, one on Lot 3 and the other prim�s�rily on Lot 4. Potantial home locations and driveways are shown on the preliminary plat for illustrative purposes Page 40 ef 65