5J - Rezoning from Rural Residential to Transition Residential, Johnson

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4. The Transition Residential zone is compatible with the Agriculture, Forest Management, Rural Residential,Recreation,Zones. �-- 5. The Rural Residential Zone is compatible with Forest Management, Recreation, Agriculture, and Transition Residential zones, although cannot be entirely surrounded by Forestry and Agriculture. 6. The property was zoned Rural Residential under the previous ordinance and had a minimum lot size of 5 acres, and the Transitional Residential District lot minimum size is the same. Therefore proposed rezoning would be an equal lot size minimum requirement from the previous zoning classification and will not result in a downzoning. 7. Rezoning to Rural Residential would be consistent with the development opportunities available to the property owners under the previous Ordinance. 8. The property meets the minimum lot size for the Transitional Residential zone, being roughly 22 acres in size. g. The property meets the minimum lot width for both the Transitional Residential zone, being over 200 feet wide on both street frontages. io. The property meets the minimum lot size for the Rural Residential zone, which requires a minimum of five buildable acres. u. The landowner's stated desire to, at minimum, zone Soo' along County Highway ii to Commercial would also be inconsistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan and Future Land Use Map, which designates this area as an Urban/Rural Transition area. The partial commercial zoning would also be considered to be spot zoning and inconsistent with the immediate surrounding land use pattern. This is particularly the case,given the Future Land Use Map designation,the present zoning of existing adjacent properties and the lack of any clear development plan or proposal for the property. 12. The property immediately adjacent to the east is has been rezoned to Rural Residential and properly reflects an established development pattern of large lot rural residential housing. The larger property to the north has been rezoned to Agricultural to reflect its present land use. The street pattern in the development adjacent to the east, however, �.., would potentially support a similar extension of this existing street pattern to the west and therefore lends further support to a consistency pattern for future low density residential development on both the subject property and on the agricultural land to the north. 13. The Commercial zone is not compatible with the surrounding land uses, as Section 5.10 of the Ordinance states that the zone may not be established in area that is entirely surrounded by residential zones. The Ordinance also states that the Commercial zone should serve as a transition between the Downtown Mixed Use zone or the Light Industrial zone and the surrounding residential zones, neither of which are located adjacent to the subject property. Planning Commission Direction: The Planning Commission can recommend that the City Council approve,deny,or table this rezoning. Staff Recommendation: This property is similar to that of the previous hearing. Although the Future Land Use map designates this property as Urban/Rural Transition, the Transition Residential zone would not be an appropriate designation.This property does not lie within the project utility service area, as required under the purpose and intent for the Transition Residential zone. Rezoning to Commercial would be inconsistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan and Future Land Use map, as well as incompatible with the surrounding zoning classifications.The Staff,therefore,recommends rezoning this property to Rural Residential. City of Pequot Lakes Staff Report 12_3 May18,2006