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!t¢m 8I U-(.(..AgCrlda-UY/l4/UY � Release of Tax Forfer�Parcel(P/D 17-1/7-23-43-0072) For Sale Adjacent Owner(Page/of IOJ REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: September 9,2009 Item No.: Department Approval: Administrator Approval: Agenda Section: Name: Michael P. Gaffron Administrator Title: Asst. City Admin. Ifem Description: 34�Lyric Avenue-Tax Forfeit Property Disposition - Release for Sale to Adjacent Owners PINS: 17-117-23 43 0072 {Lot 16, Block 5,Navarre Heights} Zoning District: LR-1C Single Family Lakeshore Residential, 1/2 acre minimum List of Exhibits A-Resolution for Adoption B -Area Map C -Hennepin County Documents Hennepin County has requested tb.at the City determine the appropriate disposition for a tax-forfeit 1Qt located between 3472 Lyric Avenue (Lot 18} and 3496 Lyric Avenue (Lot 15). This parcel is one of two adj acent vacant lots that have gone tax forfeit in the past and each ti_me have subsequently been repurchased by the adjacent owner of the home at 3472 Lyric. The current owner of 3472 Lyric for reasons unknown to staff did not purchase the adjacent vacant lots when he purchased the home in April af 2009. The tax forfeit lot is 50' in width and 134.5' in depth, being approximately 0.16 acre in area. The minimum width and area requirements of the LR-1C District are 100' and 0.50 acre respectively. The adjacent property to the west at 3496 Lyric is also 0.16 acre and contains a single family home. The adjacent lot to the east (Lot 17) is vacant but is also a potential candidate for future tax forfeiture as it has back taxes due. Although the Navarre Heights neighborhood has some homes located on single lots, many are on combinations of two or three lots. Parcels 15-16-17-18 have historically contained two homes on a total area of 0.62 acres. It would not be in keeping with the intent of the zoning code to a.11ow a third home to be const�ucted in such a smail area. Staff Recommendation Staff recommends that the lot be released for purchase by an adjacent owrxer, with the stipulatian that it is not separately buildable and must be combined for use with an adjacent homestead parcel. COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED Adopt the attached resolution to release the property for sale to adjacent owners.