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Council denies request to expand development area at Oakland Estates subdivision after staff cites tree‑protection concerns
Summary
The Minnetonka City Council on June 9 denied a developer’s request to amend the approved development area for the four‑lot Oakland Estates subdivision at 1922 Oakland Road, saying the expanded disturbance would risk the loss of high‑priority trees contrary to the city’s tree protection standards.
The Minnetonka City Council on June 9 denied a developer’s request to amend a condition of approval for the four‑lot Oakland Estates subdivision (1922 Oakland Road) that would have expanded the approved development area to allow a pool and accessory building on Lot 4.
Background: The original preliminary plat and associated approvals were granted in 2019 with a specified grading, drainage and erosion control plan that showed a development limit (silt‑fence) line. That plan was part of the council’s condition of approval for the subdivision. Since 2019 one home has been completed on a northerly lot, another is under construction, and the owner of the southerly lot (Lot 4) requested the amendment to construct a backyard pool and an…
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