5G - Rezoning from Rural Residential to Rural Residential, Watt

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i. The rezoning to Rural Residential is consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan and Future Land Use Map,which designates this property as a Rural Residential. 2. The present land use tax classification of the parcel is for seasonal residential. 3. The landowner's stated desire to zone the parcel to Commercial would be inconsistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan and Future Land Use Map, which designates this area as a Rural Residential area.The partial commercial zoning would also be considered to be spot zoning, granting this property owner special privileges unafforded to those neighboring properties within the City boundaries. 4. Rezoning to Commercial would be inconsistent with the immediate surrounding land use pattern. This is particularly the case, given the Future Land Use Map designation and the present zoning of existing adjacent properties. 5. The subject property is adjacent to properties that have been rezoned to Rural Residential to the south and east across County Highway 112, and Forest Management adjacent to the west. 6. The property immediately adjacent to the south reflects an established development pattern of rural residential housing. The larger property to the north is out of the city limits,but also reflects a present land use pattern for residential uses. 7. The principal frontage of this property is along County Highway 16 and all future land use designations of parcels along this northern boundary thoroughfare of City of Pequot Lakes are guided as Future Land Uses for Rural Residential, Agriculture, or Forestry Management. This reflects a major land use pattern of both current and future use for this area of the City. Any change from pattern would consititute a major departure from the City's current policy for land use in this area and would require an extensive re- examination of its Comprehensive Plan and a subsequent amendment thereto. Without such an initiative,this would in fact be considered spot zoning. 8. The Rural Residential zone is compatible with the Agriculture, Forest Management, Transitional Residential,and Recreation Zones. `. 9. The Rural Residential Zone is compatible with Forest Management, Recreation, Agriculture, and Transition Residential zones, although cannot be surrounded by Forestry and Agriculture. io.The property was zoned Rural Residential under the previous ordinance and had a minimum lot size of 5 acres, and the new Rural Residential lot minimum size is the same.Therefore the proposed rezoning would be an equal lot size minimum requirement from the previous zoning classification and will not result in a downzoning. ii. The property meets the minimum lot size for the Rural Residential zone, being roughly io acres in size. The property meets the minimum lot width for both street frontages in the Rural Residential zone,being over 200 feet wide on both sides. Planning Commission Direction: The Planning Commission can recommend that the City Council approve,deny,or table this rezoning. Staff Recommendation: Based on the findings of fact presented in this report, the Staff recommends that the property in question be rezoned to Rural Residential. There is not a compelling reason to rezone this property to Commercial at this time. City of Pequot Lakes Staff Report 8-3 May 18,20o6