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� <br /> #07-3274 - <br /> March 16,2007 <br /> Page 2 <br /> The proposed lot line rearrangement is primaxily intended to convert the non-lakeshore lot at <br /> 1450 Bracketts Point Road into a lakeshore lot. This lot currently does not have lakeshore, and <br /> is separated from the lake by the 20' public road right-of-way and 10-20' of land across the right <br /> of way that is part of 1500 Bracketts Point Road. The goal is to allow replacement of the former <br /> caretaker house at 1450 (which served 1500) with a new residence commensurate with the . <br /> upper-bracket homes on Brackett's Point. While the intended goal is compatible with the <br /> character of the neighborhood, configuration of the land,presents some challenges in providing� <br /> appropriate vehicular access,utility services, etc. <br /> - Proposed Street Vacation <br /> Applicant proposes to vacate the southerly 580' of Bracketts Point Road which was originally <br /> ded.icated to the public as a 20' corridor in its current configuration in�1903. Currently, the 20' <br /> right-of-way of Bracketts Point Road contains a.narrow paved road/driveway that splits off to <br /> serve homes at 1450, 1480 and 1500. It has no cul-de-sac platted or constructed, but both 1480 <br /> and 1500 have loop driveways that have eliminated the need for vehicle backing. While these <br /> provide for some minimum level of emergency vehicle access, at the average 14' width the <br /> existing driveway system does not provide the 20' width requixed by the Minnesota State Fire <br /> Code Sections 503.1�.1 and 503.2.1. The current road/driveway system is not in compliance with <br /> these standazds. <br /> Vacation of a public roadway is potentially appropriate when the public no longer has current or <br /> future needs for the roadway. While the primary need for the existing public roadway is to serve <br /> the owners of three properties as an access and utility corridor, it has to some extent served other <br /> public purposes. It may provide the opporturiity for the public to view the lake, some of which <br /> could be lost. With regards to the City's long-standing policy of not vacating rights-of-way that <br /> provide potential direct lakeshore access, staff would note that this right-of-way does not abut <br /> the lake and provides no public access to the lake. <br /> The City for many yeaxs has not generally maintained the portion of right-of-way to be vacated, <br /> except to the extent of using it for access to the municipal sewer lines under the northerly 60% of <br /> the length to be vacated. <br /> Proposed New Private Road <br /> The public right-of-way to be vacated is proposed to be relocated and replaced by a private road � <br /> � in a private Outlot, for which the City will require an underlying road and utility easement, <br /> although the privare road will be privately mainta.ined. The Outlot is proposed at a width of 30 <br /> feet, not meeting the City's requirement for a 50' private road outlot serving three or more <br /> , homes. The corridor would end in a loop cul-de-sac 90' in diameter where the City standard is <br /> 100' <br /> The proposed private road pavement would have a width of 20' for the northerly 80 feet, <br /> narrowing to 16' for the next 400', then ends in a loop cul-de-sac of 80' diameter with 18' paved <br /> width around a�44' diaxneter island. The City standard for this road would be 24' paved width <br /> � the entire length,with an 80' diameter paved cul-de-sac. <br />