12-14-2006 Planning Commission Minutes

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All members voted"aye". Motion carried. APPLICANT: City of Pequot Lakes Applicant requests to rezone from Residential to Shoreline Residential. Donald O'Brien, property owner. Parcel No.: 29121000003A009,291210000040009, 291210000050009 and 2912100000611009. The property owners were not in attendance. Mr. Marohn explained the Staff Report. There was no public comment. A motion was made by John Derksen, seconded by Tom Adams,to recommend rezoning these parcels to Shoreline Residential, based on the following Findings of Fact: 1. The rezoning to Shoreline Residential is consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan as the properties are adjacent to shoreline and 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 Forest Management due to the forest cover in this portion of the City. `-- 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 500 feet from the OHW, whichever is closer to the water body. In this case, the public road to the south varies from being 500 feet to over 800 feet from the OHW. A rezoning of a portion of these properties to Forest Management would not meet the minimum lot size and dimension standards for that zoning district. 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, with each property being more than 40,000 square feet in size or greater. 6. Three of the properties meet the minimum lot width standard of 100 feet for the Shoreline Residential zone. Lots 4, 5, & 611 each have about 150 feet of shoreline, while Lot 3A is only 50 feet wide. Lot 3A was previously acquired by the current property owner to add to the size of the other lots under his ownership. 7. Rezoning to Shoreline Residential would be compatible with the surrounding zoning classifications as the adjoining properties to the west and east are also Shoreline Residential and the property to the south of the road is Rural Residential. Planning Commission Minutes 4 December 14, 2006