Buildability of Properties on Kenwood Way

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t;skAr4 CITY OF ORONO Street Address: Mailing Address: Telephone(952)249-4600 2750 Kelley Parkway P.O.Box 66 Fax (952)249-4616 Orono,MN 55356 Crystal Bay,MN 55323 www.ci.orono,mn.us rCEsrt 0°. April 18, 2019 Donna Kabanuk 5233 Twin Lake Blvd Brooklyn Center MN 55429 SUBJECT: Buildability of Properties on Kenwood Way Dear Ms. Kabanuk, Thank you for calling today to inquire about your 5 parcels located on Kenwood Way referenced below in the table; the table also summarizes the areas and widths of those parcels. I have also attached the following: a Hennepin County aerial photo parcel map (your parcels are outlined in red); and City Code Section 78-72(c) relating to Lots of Record in the Shoreland Overlay District, and the LR-1C district standards. As we discussed on the phone, all 5 properties are located in both the LR-1C zoning district and the Shoreland Overlay District, and are considered to be nonconforming with respect to the minimum area and width required for the LR-1C district (required minimum of 0.5 acre and 100 foot width). In order to develop a nonconforming property without variances for area and/or width, City Code Section 78-72 must be followed. This Code states that non-lakeshore lots must meet 66% of the DNR's minimum dimensional standards for lot size. These lots, when following the Code and DNR standards, must each have at least 6,600 square feet in area and have 49.5 feet in width along the right-of-way, at minimum. My analysis, based on the reported Hennepin County information* for each of the properties is below. Parcel No. PID Address Approx. Area* Approx. Width* (1) 1711123410001 2130 Kenwood 7,435 47.21 (2) 1711723410002 2140 Kenwood 6,845 51.15 (29) 1711723410029 2170 Kenwood 4,869 50 (30) 1711723410030 N/A 1,165 0 (31) 1711723410031 N/A 4,199 N/A Based on this information, it appears that only Lot 2 (2140 Kenwood Way) meets the minimum Lot of Record standard and is buildable as is. If you choose to develop 2140 Kenwood Way, then per the City Code 78-72 (c) 4, the other 4 parcels must be combined into one.This would create two total lots with the new lot having an awkward configuration and a limited building envelope. However, the remaining lots are not buildable/developable on their own and the code would require they to be combined into one lot. For example, Lot 1 (2130 Kenwood Way) does not meet the minimum width to be considered a lot of record and such is not buildable. Additionally, the three other parcels (Parcel numbers 29, 30, and 31) are all too small to meet the Lot of Record minimum standards as they exist today; and are not considered to be buildable, individually. As a more functional solution, we suggest combining Lot 1 and 2 into one larger, buildable lot. Additionally, we suggest combining all 3 of lots 29, 30, and 31 together to make one buildable lot, resulting in two total buildable lots.