04C - Rezoning from Agriculture to Transition Residential

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3. Lot,Use and Density Requirements. Lot Width-feet,minimum....................................................................................200 Buildable Lot Area—acres,minimum........................................................................5 Accessory Structure Size—square feet,max,cumulative...2,000 for first 2.5 acres ...............................................................................i,000 for each additional 2.5 acres Maximum Animal Unit per Acre............................................................................0.5 The Ordinance defines an animal unit as a unit of measure based on the approximate production of wastes from i000 pounds of live weight of poultry or animals, indicating that one horse is equivalent to 1.4 animal units. Staff Findings: The Staff provides the following findings for the Planning Commission's consideration: 1. The rezoning to Transition Residential is consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan and Future Land Use Map. 2. The rezoning to Rural Residential does not conform to the Future Land Use Map,but the Future Land Use map does designate properties just to the north of the subject property as Rural Residential and Agriculture. 3. The parcel is bordered on the north, east, and south by properties that the City has proposed to be rezoned Transition Residential; the owner of the property, Greer, is requesting that the properties be rezoned to Urban Residential. 4. The parcel is bordered on the west by properties that are zoned Transition Residential and Urban Residential. 5. The Transition Residential zone is compatible with Urban Residential and Agriculture zones. 6. The Rural Residential zone is compatible with the Transition Residential and Agriculture �. zones,but is not compatible with the Urban Residential zone. 7. The properties were zoned Agricultural under the previous ordinance, which had a minimum lot area of 20 acres and a minimum lot width of 500 feet. Rezoning to Transition Residential or Rural Residential would not be down zoning. 8. The parcel area of 5.5 acres meets the minimum lot area of 5 acres for the Transition Residential and Rural Residential zones. 9. The parcel lot width of 375 feet meets the minimum lot width of 200 feet for the Transition Residential zone and 200 feet for the Rural Residential zone. 1o. Animal boarding facilities are excluded uses in the Transition Residential zone, but are listed as a conditional use in the Rural Residential zone. 11. Having 5.5 acres,the property would be allowed to have 2.75 animal units, regardless of whether the zoning classification was Rural Residential or Transitional Residential. As horses are measured as 1.4 animal units, this would amount to 1.96 horses. The Ordinance does not indicate whether the number should be rounded up or rounded down. Planning Commission Direction: The Planning Commission can recommend that the City Council approve,deny,or table this rezoning. Staff Recommendation: Based on the findings of fact presented in this report, the Staff would recommend that the property be rezoned to Rural Residential. Rural Residential zoning is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, is compatible with surrounding zones provided that those zones do not change to Urban Residential, and meets the purpose and intent of the district. Rural Residential zoning also allows the property owner to continue the current uses as conforming uses, rather than non-conforming uses. This difference gives the property owner more flexibility in the operation and expansion of the existing animal boarding facility, as the facility would then be considered a conditional use. City of Pequot Lakes Staff Report 4-3 October 20,2005