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City Council Meeting Minutes April 18, 2017 Page 4 of 12 Scott Reichenberg — three-year term, expiring December 31, 2019 Shelly Angell — three-year term, expiring December 31, 2019 Nicole Mansour — three-year term, expiring December 31, 2019 Steven Erickson — two-year term, expiring December 31, 2018 Eric Fowles — two-year term, expiring December 31, 2018 Todd Budin — one-year term, expiring December 31, 2017 Mark Oberholzer — one-year term, expiring December 31, 2017 Mayor Muckle stated he would serve as the Council liaison to the committee initially. RESOLUTION NO. 21, SERIES 2017 — A RESOLUTION APPROVING A MINOR SUBDIVISION TO CREATE TWO SEPARATE LOTS AT 533 COUNTY ROAD Planner Trice stated the applicant, 533 County Road, LLC, requests approval of a minor subdivision to create two residential lots from an existing 14,573 sq. ft. developed lot. The proposal is to create two lots both of which meet the lot size requirement, one lot would access from Parbois Lane and one from Front Street. The applicant will be required to improve the frontage on Parbois Lane as a part of this approval. Planner Trice noted a similar request was made in 2012. That request included waivers and a platting process. At that time, the City Council denied the request based on the waiver request. There are no waivers with this request. Andy Johnson, DAJ Design, 922A Main Street, representing the owner, noted the lot as it is currently zoned would allow for four dwelling units in the RM zoned area. The intention of this subdivision would be to only build one single family house on each lot. The lots as subdivided would be similar in size to adjacent lots. Steve Forbes, 2820 5th Street, Boulder, the owner of the property, noted he wants to do what is best for the neighborhood. This subdivision will reduce the density in the area. Rather than putting in three units on the lot as it is allowed as currently configured, there will be two single family homes. Councilmember Stolzmann noted she had submitted questions earlier, copies of which are available tonight on the dais. She stated one of the criteria for subdividing is that each lot will have access to a public street. She asked if Parbois Lane is a street or an unimproved alley. Attorney Light stated the code does say there must be access to a street, but the definition of a street includes the word alley. However, the definition of the word alley also states the property would have access to a street. He stated it is a problem in the code that needs to be addressed. In the end, you need access to a street which is defined to include "any area which provides for public use for purposes of vehicular or pedestrian access and includes highway, places, avenues, alleys or similar designations." Other properties access from this same alley.