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391 Old Lantana Road Division - Plat with Variances
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SUMMARY: The property owner of 391 Old Lantana Road is proposing a subdivision of their property. The property is located at the corner of Old Lantana Road and Hale Drive. There is an existing house that fronts Old Lantana. At one time, there was a single wide mobile home on the rear of the property. The property owner is proposing to add a singlewide mobile home close to the same location one was previously. Under the city's Mobile Home Ordinance, you cannot have a mobile home and a site-built house on the same parcel without having a "hardship". The property owner is requesting variances for allowing a 30-foot setback from Old Lantana. Since Old Lantana is a Collector Road, standard setback would be 40 feet. The house is existing and in lieu of adding the "grandfathered" clause to the plat, which would require anything new on the property to meet the 40-foot setback, which would nearly render the lot unbuildable. They are also asking for the setback from Hale Drive be set at 10 feet. The required setback from Hale would be 30 feet. Hale is a short dead-end road without traffic. Final variance request is for the minimum lot size for Lot 2. The proposed lot is 0.12 acres or 5,227.2 square foot. The minimum lot size, per Subdivision Regulations, is 6,000 square foot or 0.14 acres. The property owner has already submitted a building permit for the installation of a singlewide mobile home, to be located on the proposed lot 2.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends the approval of the plat with requested variances. Staff sees no safety concerns with the reduced setbacks for the existing house, due to the traffic volume of Old Lantana being reduces to the degree it has been after the construction of what is now Lantana Road and the amount of traffic that would be possible for Hale Drive. Staff also realizes that some higher density population developments may be coming down the road, that may require ...
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