Great Bend Post
A lot-tie agreement is being presented to the Great Bend City Council on Monday, Oct. 21.
The Planning Commission considered the idea to allow for a property owner to merge smaller lots into a larger lot for zoning purposes. A lot-tie agreement would be carried out by the property owner whereby the owner agrees that the described lots and/or parcels shall be held under the same ownership and not sold separately unless approved by the city.
The City of Great Bend has many pieces of property at are owned contiguously by the citizens of Great Bend, and many are not combined. The merger of lots would allow for property owners to merge the smaller lots into a larger lot and allow them to add buildable area to their property.
Many times, in the past, the bank/mortgage company would not allow the parcels to be combined because of a lien on the property. This ordinance would allow the Inspections Department to issue a permit for building and zoning purposes after a lot-tie agreement was carried out.
Inspections have allowed the combining of lots in the past, but this would give the city a cleaner process to move forward with. Contiguous lots within the zoning district and not separated by a street or an alley, may be combined to create a larger lot. No lot-tie agreement shall be effective unless it is approved by the secretary of the Planning Commission similar to how the city treats lot-splits currently.
The lot-tie agreement shall not create a through lot that has more than three street frontages and does not increase a lot with a width or area greater than 200 percent of the average lot width or average.
A motion will be presented at Monday's meeting to adopt the new ordinance. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall.