City Council Meeting Date: January 7, 2020
To: Mayor and City Council
City Administrator
From: Mikayla Schmidt, City Planner
Title
Consider Resolution for the Lot Consolidation of 501 Washington Street and 503 Washington Street.
Body
Action Requested:
The Northfield City Council approves the attached Resolution for a lot consolidation as proposed by Mark Heiman to plat the West 100 feet of Lot 6 and the North 47 feet of Lot 7 except the East 45 of said Lot 7, all in Block 49, Original Town plat of Northfield, City of Northfield, Rice County Minnesota.
Summary Report:
The applicant, Mark and Laura Heiman, is requesting to consolidate two parcels into one parcel. The property consists of 0.29 acres zoned R1-B Low Density Residential.
Both parcels are owned by the applicant. The lot consolidation will facilitate proposed modifications to the property. Mr. Heiman plans to keep the existing house on 503 Washington St., demolish the structure on 501 Washington St., and construct a new building on the 501 Washington St. site with a "tuck-under" detached garage that includes an accessory dwelling unit above the garage. Preliminary plans have been discussed with staff. Final setbacks and conformance with the Land Development Code will be confirmed upon building permit application.
According to City Code Section 8.5.11 Review Procedures, the City Council can approve a Minor Subdivision as a Lot Division or Lot Consolidation through a Type 5 Review Procedure upon review by the Development Review Committee (DRC). The DRC is the technical review body composed of city staff and others (i.g. city engineer, city planner, building official, fire chief, outside agencies and professionals, etc.) who are responsible for the initial review of applications submitted to the LDC (See Section 7.7 of the City Code). The DRC met on December 5, 2019 and discussed the request. No concerns were raised from the Engineering department or other members of the DRC.
The Commu...
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