06 - Planning and Zoning Monthly Report

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APPLICANT: Wilderness Resort Villas,LLC �.- Applicant requests to Rezone from Open Space and Shoreline Commercial to Open Space and Shoreline Commercial(New Configuration) Mr. Marohn explained the Staff Report. We need to adjust the zoning map for the reconfiguration of the lots. Staff recommends approval. No public comment. The lots are shoreline commercial,the rest open space. A separate parcel was created to map the lodge and pool area. It will be zoned Shoreline Commercial, not Open Space. The Outlot with garages will be Shoreline Commercial also. The road easement is Open Space. A motion was made by Dean Williams, seconded by Mark Hallan,to recommend this property be rezoned from Shoreline Comme5rcial and Open Space to Shoreline Commercial for Lots 1 through 46 and for the storage area, with the remainder of the property being zoned Open Space, based on the following Findings of Fact: 1. The rezoning to Shoreline Commercial and Open Space is consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan as the Comprehensive Plan specifically identifies Wilderness Resort as a recreational amenity of the City (page 64). One of the goals of the Comprehensive Plan is to "Maintain private resorts and facilities for public recreational use" (page 65). 2. The rezoning to Shoreline Commercial and Open Space is not entirely consistent with the City's Future Land Use Map, which designates this property as Forest Preservationor the majority of the area, Shoreline Commercial strictly along Middle Cullers Lake, and patches of Open Space throughout the property. il 3. Reconfiguring the Open Space areas is keeping with the purpose and intent of the Ordinance as it will be preserving sensitive areas, unique resources and designated non-developable property. 4. Reconfiguring the Shoreline Commercial areas is keeping with the purpose and intent of the Ordinance as it will be maintaining a land use district for existing commercial, recreational oriented uses within the shoreland area. 5. The Open Space zone is compatible with the zoning of the surrounding parcels, as Open Space is compatible with every other zoning classification. 6. The Shoreline Commercial zone meets the compatibility requirements of being riparian and adjacent to existing Shoreline Commercial zones. It is not completely surrounded by residential zones. 7. The reconfiguring of Shoreline Commercial meets the lot, use, and density requirements as there are approximately 35.5 acres of useable area and 2,653 feet of shoreline. 8. The reconfiguring of Open Space meets lot, use, and density requirements as there is no minimum lot size associated with Open Space. All members voted"aye". Motion carried. MINUTES 4 Pequot Lakes Planning Commission August 21, 2008