Res 2026-32 Approving a Lot Line Adjustment 1603 Dodd & 688 WentworthCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 2026-32
RESOLUTION APPROVING A LOT LINE ADJiJSTMENT AT
1603 DODD ROAD AND 688 WENTWORTH AVENUE
PLANNING CASE 2026-06
WHEREAS, Paul Linnell, (the Owner and "Applicant") of 1603 Dodd Road and 688
Wentworth Avenue made an Application for a Lot Line Adjustment as proposed under Planning
Case No. 2026-06, for property as legally described in Exhibit A (the "Subject Property"); and
WHEREAS, the subject properties are both guided Low Density Residential in the 2040
Comprehensive Plan, and situated in the R-1 Low Density Residential District; and
WHEREAS, Title 11-1-S.0 of the City Code (Subdivision Ordinance) allows the
subdivision of parcels, and the adjustment of a shared lot line between two parcels where the
division is to permit the adding of a parcel of land to an abutting lot provided that the newly created
property line will not cause the other remaining portion of the lot to be in violation with the
subdivision title or the zoning ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the Applicant proposes a tot line adjustment of the shared side -yard property
line between 1603 Dodd Road and 688 Wentworth Avenue, and the lots resulting after the
adjustment are described and illustrated on attachment Exhibit B; and
WHEREAS, on April 28, 2026 the Mendota Heights Planning Commission conducted a
public hearing on the proposed Lot Line Adjustment application, whereby a planning report was
presented and received by the Commission, and comments from the applicant and public were
allowed, and whereupon closing the hearing, recommended unanimously to approve the lot line
adjustment on the subject property, with certain conditions and findings -of -fact to support said
approval.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Mendota Heights City Council, that the
recommendation from the Planning Commission on Planning Case No. 2026-06 is hereby
affirmed, and the Lot Line Adjustment requested for the property located at 1603 Dodd Road and
688 Wentworth Avenue is approved based on the following findings -of -fact:
1.
The proposed lot line adjustment request meets the general purpose and intent of the City
Code and is considered consistent with the Comprehensive Plan.
2. Approval of the lot line adjustment will have no visible impact on the subject properties;
and poses no threat or creates any negative impacts on the character of the neighborhood.
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3. The proposed adjustment does not cause any non -conformities on either parcel, based on
the applicable zoning district standards for lot size and frontage requirements.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, by the Mendota Heights City Council that the Lot Line
Adjustment requested for the properties located at 1603 Dodd Road and 688 Wentworth Avenue
is hereby approved, with the following conditions:
1. The applicant must record the Lot Line Adjustment (minor subdivision) at Dakota County
indicating the newly revised property descriptions for the resulting lots.
2. All transfer or deed documents which convey the portion of lands under the lot line
adjustment and lot split process shall be recorded with Dakota County.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights this Sth day of May, 2026.
CITY COIINCIL
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
Step"hanie�'B: Levine, Mayor
ATTEST:
N ncy B er, City Clerk
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EXHIBIT A
Property Address: 1603 Dodd Road
Existini Legal Description:
The northerly 150 feet, except the westerly 963.3 feet of Lot 37, Auditor's Subdivision No. 3,
Dakota County, Minnesota
Proposed Legal Descri tp ion:
The northerly 150 feet, except the westerly 963.3 feet of Lot 37, Auditor's Subdivision No. 3,
Dakota County, Minnesota
And that part of the east 142.3 feet of the west 963.3 feet of the north 150 feet of Lot 37,
Auditor's Subdivision No. 3, Dakota County, Minnesota, lying easterly of the westerly 100.00
feet
Property Address: 688 Wentworth Avenue
Existing Legal Description:
The east 142.3 feet of the west 963.3 feet of the north 150 feet of Lot 37, Auditor's Subdivision
No. 3, Dakota County, Minnesota
Proposed Legal Descri tp ion:
The westerly 100.00 feet of the following described property:
The east 142.3 feet of the west 963.3 feet of the north 150 feet of Lot 37, Auditor's Subdivision
No. 3, Dakota County, Minnesota
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