Council hears third reading on 700 Grandin lot split; ordinance taken off table then re-tabled for Feb. decision

City Council opened a public hearing on Ordinance 42-24 — a request to split the lot at 700 Grandin Avenue and allow a new single-family home — during the Jan. 28 meeting, then moved the item off the table for discussion and ultimately tabled the matter again for the council’s first February meeting.

Councilmember Anthony Marcelino introduced the applicant and the project and invited the owners’ representative to describe the request. Connie Klima, representing the property owners, told council the lots were platted “years ago” at 40-foot widths; the owner wishes to build a house on the adjacent lot but the lot pattern is nonconforming under the current R-6 rules. Klima said, in effect, the request seeks to restore the platted lot pattern and allow construction of a new home on lot 132 next to the existing house on lot 131.