05.01C - Rezoning Req from Comm to DT Mixed Use

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August 25, 2009 Mayor and City Council City of Pequot Lakes 4638 County Road ii Pequot Lakes, MN 56472 Re: Planning Commission Report Dear Mayor and City Council, COMMUNITYGR N S T I T U OWTH T E Experts in Small Town Planning The following report contains the public hearing information regarding the requests made by Oppidan Inc for construction of a super market with additional retail space. The applicants have applied for a rezoning from Commercial to Downtown Mixed Use, a conditional use application to construct the facility, a variance to exceed 25 percent impervious surface cover and a variance from buffer zone vegetation requirements. They have also applied for a metes and bounds subdivision. Since the majority of the public hearings depend on the decision of the rezoning the Planning Commission has tabled all hearings except the rezoning. They are forwarding you the following recommendation for your review and action at this time. I. Rezoning from Commercial to Downtown Mixed Use, Application 09 -3247, Paul Tucci, Oppidan Inc, applicant. Oppidan Inc. is requesting a rezone of the property located at 30497 State Highway 371 (the Bradmor Hotel) and parts of the abutting parcel from Commercial to Downtown Mixed Use. Doing so would allow them to establish a grocery store on the site based on the DMU standards. The portions of the parcels identified in the map below that are to be part of the Oppidan development are all that would be rezoned in this request. The properties are designated on the Future Land Use Map as Commercial and currently surrounded by Commercial and Light Industrial. The Planning Commission recommends the rezoning request be approved. The approval was made based on the following findings of fact. Findings of Fact: i. The rezoning to Downtown Mixed Use is not consistent with Future Land Use Map, which designates the property as Commercial. 2. Rezoning to Downtown Mixed Use could ultimately be in keeping with the purpose and intent of the Ordinance. As the property is redeveloped, an urban- oriented development approach could be adopted that would be consistent with the DMU classification. 3. The surrounding properties are zoned Commercial and Light Industrial. All three zoning districts are compatible with each other. 4. The property is not surrounded by the Residential zoning district. 5. The rezoning to Downtown Mixed Use meets the lot, use, and density requirements. 14084 Baxter Drive, Suite 7 1 Baxter, Minnesota 56425 1 866.900.3064 1 www.communitygrowth.com