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Section 5.10 of the current Ordinance contains the requirements for the Commercial (C) zone: 1. Intent and Purpose: To provide a zoning classification for commercial uses oriented around the automobile. Parcels are larger than in the Downtown Mixed -Use zone in order to provide on -site parking, on -site stormwater facilities as well as on -site water supply and sewage treatment where municipal utilities are not immediately available. 2. Compatibility: The Commercial zone should be established as a transition zone between the Downtown Mixed -Use zone or the Light Industrial Zone and the surrounding residential zones. The zone may not be established in an area where it is completely surrounded by residential zones. 3. Lot, Use, and Density Requirements: Lot Width — feet, minimum 50 Buildable Lot Area — unsewered, square feet, minimum 20,000 Staff Findings: The Staff provides the following findings of fact for consideration by the Planning Commission: 1. The proposed rezoning to Shoreline Residential would be consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan as the properties are adjacent to shoreline and some of them are residential in character. 2. The proposed rezoning to Shoreline Residential is mostly consistent with the Future Land Use Map, which designates the area adjacent to the shore as Shoreline Residential. The Future Land Use Map also designates the off -lake portions of these properties as Rural Residential. 3. The proposed rezoning to Shoreline Residential meets the compatibility requirements in that the properties are adjacent to the Water Resource zone; the compatibility requirements state that the zone should extend through the first tier of parcels to a public road or 50o feet from the OHW, whichever is closer to the water body. In this case, the public road, Front Street, is the nearest public road which is roughly Soo feet from the OHW. 4. The subject property meets the purpose and intent of the Shoreline Residential district to provide a district for riparian residential development. 5. The property meets the minimum lot size requirement of 20,000 square feet for the Shoreline Residential zone, being nearly io acres in size, with roughly 3 acres falling within the proposed Shoreline Residential zone. 6. The property meets the minimum lot width standard of ioo feet for the Shoreline Residential zone, being more than 200 feet wide. 7. Rezoning a portion of the property adjacent to State Highway 371 to Commercial would not be compatible with the Future Land Use map which designates this area as future Rural Residential in character. 8. A rezoning of the portion of the property along the Highway to Commercial would be compatible with the surrounding zoning classifications as the adjoining properties to the north and south are currently zoned Commercial and have been developed as such. 9. Rezoning the eastern portion of these properties to Commercial would meet the compatibility requirements for the Commercial district as the subject properties would serve as a buffer between higher intensity commercial areas and surrounding residential districts. io. Rezoning the eastern portion of these properties to Commercial would not constitute spot -zoning as adjoining properties are currently zoned Commercial and properties on the east side of the Highway are also Commercial. 11. Rezoning these properties entirely to Shoreline Residential would constitute down - zoning as these properties were previously zoned Commercial along State Highway 371. The City has sought to avoid down -zoning unless requested by the property owner. City of Pequot Lakes Staff Report 1-3 December 14, 2006