06.01 - Prelim Common Interest Community Plat

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May 21, 2009 Mayor and City Council City of Pequot Lakes 4638 County Road 11 Pequot Lakes, MN 56472 Re: Planning Commission Report Dear Mayor and City Council, COMMUNITYGROWTH I N S T I T U T E Experts in Small Town Planning The Planning Commission met for their May meeting at which there two public hearings. They are forwarding you one item that requires your action at this time. i. Preliminary Common Interest Community Plat, Pequot LLC, applicant. The applicant has submitted a conditional use permit for a commercial planned unit development which is a conditional use in the Light Industrial Zoning District. They have also submitted the preliminary plat application to subdivide the property into a common interest community which is the second application required for the requested use. The subject property is located at 30176 Old Highway 371 and is currently zoned Light Industrial. The current land use on the property is for commercial purposes. The subject property currently contains a four unit office suite and the applicants would like to sell each unit individually. There are no proposals to change the existing structure or property. The lot is 41,556 square feet and contains a 3,363 square foot office building and a total of 1o,74o square feet in driveway and sidewalks. The total impervious surface cover is 33.9 percent. The proposed subdivision is to create five lots, lots one through four will be used for commercial and office planned unit development purposes and lot five is being proposed for shared parking and utility purposes. Lots one through four are sized based on existing walls. The survey indicates the open space calculation to be 65.9 percent. The open space is Lot 5, Block 1, less parking and sidewalk. The survey also indicates the allowed density to be 4.16 units calculated by the total lot are, 41,556 square feet, divided by the zoning minimum lot and unit area, 1o,000 square feet. The property is currently served by one service line for sanitary sewer. Each unit will need its own connection to the system. The property does not have access to storm sewer but contains a retention pond. The Planning Commission is recommending the Preliminary Plat be approved based on the following findings of fact and conditions: Findings of fact: i. The existing lot meets all minimum requirements for the Light Industrial Zone. The proposed subdivision will meet all minimum requirements. 2. The property is zoned Light Industrial and suitable in its natural state for the intended purpose. There is not any proposed land alterations at this time. 3. There are not any non - conforming structures or uses currently on the property. 4. The property is currently served by City sewer and water. Each unit will require their own connections. This has not been proposed at this time. 14084 Baxter Drive, Suite 7 1 Baxter, Minnesota 56425 1 866.900.3064 1 www.communitygrowth.com