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Council denies variance request to subdivide 7086 Military Road; applicant said wetland divides parcel
Summary
The council denied a variance request to split a 6.1-acre property at 7086 Military Road into two lots that would each be roughly 2.5 acres exclusive of wetlands. Staff and the planning commission found the application did not meet the required findings for a variance; the applicant argued wetlands make half the property inaccessible.
The Woodbury City Council on Oct. 8 denied a variance request from property owner Nick Johnson to subdivide 7086 Military Road into two buildable lots that would fall short of the R‑2 district's three-acre minimum lot size (exclusive of wetlands).
Eric (Community Development staff) told the council the application did not meet the findings of fact required for a variance. He said the request conflicted with the city's zoning and comprehensive plan goals for natural-resource preservation and access management and noted wetlands are common in the R‑2 district; staff identified more than 50 R‑2 properties that are impacted by wetlands and said wetlands alone are not a…
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