Res 2004- 24 Denying Preliminary Plat @ 1850 Arvin DrCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 04 -24
A RESOLUTION DENYING A PRELIMINARY PLAT
TO CREATE ONE ADDITIONAL LOT AT 1850 ARVIN DRIVE
WHEREAS, Robert Fink has applied for a Preliminary Plat to Create One
Additional Lot at 1850 Arvin Drive [legal description] as proposed in Planning Case #04-
02; and
WHEREAS, The Planning Commission held a public hearing on this application
at their regular meeting on January 27, 2004; and
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Mendota Heights that a Preliminary Plat to Create One Additional Lot at 1850
Arvin Drive as proposed in Planning Case #04 -02 is hereby denied.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in support of the above denial, the Council
hereby makes the following Findings of Fact:
1. This preliminary plat application relies upon the acceptance by the City of
additional dedication of right -of -way adjacent to Arvin Drive.
2. Although the right -of -way for the "bulb" of the cul -de -sac for Arvin Drive is
currently smaller than City standards, the dedication of additional right -of -way
adjacent to a partial "arc" of this cul -de -sac "bulb" would not serve to bring the
cul -de -sac "bulb" into conformity with the City's standards, unless it were
accompanied by similar dedications from the other property owners around the
cul -de -sac "bulb ".
3. None of the other property owners around the cul -de -sac "bulb" have volunteered
to dedicate corresponding portions of their property to the City to complete the
enlargement of the cul -de -sac "bulb ".
4. The City does not find any sufficiently compelling public purpose to invoke
eminent domain authority against the other property owners around the cul -de -sac
"bulb" in order to complete the enlargement of said "bulb ".
5. The City does not accept this additional right -of -way dedication because it does
not serve any public purpose and merely serves to avoid the need for a variance
for less than 100 feet of frontage for the new lot.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Preliminary Plat to Create One
Additional Lot at 1850 Arvin Drive as proposed in Planning Case #04 -02 would have an
adverse impact on the health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens of the community
and the surrounding land, and would be adverse to the general purpose and intent of the
Zoning Ordinance.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights
This 20th day of April, 2004.
ATTEST:
Ka een M. Swanson, City Clerk
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
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John Huber yor