HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-12-01 Memo, Property Wet LandsTO: File
FROM: Alan P. Olson
DATE: December 1, 1981
SUBJECT: 1800 Concordia Street 17-117-23 22 0025
Discussions occurred yesterday regarding this property. This
memo is written to clarify the record.
The lot was tax forfeited. After review by the public works
coordinator and myself, it was released for unconditional sale
in 1979. It contains "some undesignated wetlands" (per tax
forfeit report) consisting of a pending area in front of the
culvert under Concordia. The drainage area is not desicvnated
on the official floodplain maps. It does not contain wetlands
vegetation. Sewer and water service is available and assessed.
The new buyer (and perhaps a previous buyer) had stated that
the City staff told them the lot was unbuildable. There is
nothing in the record to support such a finding.
The drainage function must be preserved. A survey and site
plan is required to review how the owner intends to handle the
dranage. A land alteration conditional use permit to relocate
the drainage area (or a 26' setback variance) might be required
in order to site a house. but this does not rule out the
buildability of the lot.
Hennepin .:ounty Tax Forfeit Office and current purchaser
Gordon Hedlund have been advised of this fact.