Rezoning from Rural Residential to Transition Residential, McBrien

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3. The subject properties are surrounded by a parcel that the City has proposed to rezone to Transition Residential. This property, and the property immediately adjacent to the east have both opted out of the blanket rezoning and have yet to have their rezoning public hearings. 4. The parcel is bordered to the south by a property that the City has proposed to rezone to Agriculture from Forestry.This property has also opted out of the blanket rezoning and has not yet been rezoned. 5. The Transition Residential Zone is compatible with the Rural Residential, Agriculture, and Recreation zones; however, the Land Use Ordinance indicates that the Transition Residential zone can be established next to these zones so long as these zones do not surround the Transition Residential zone. In this case, the subject property, and the other properties in the immediate area that are proposed to be Transition Residential, would be entirely surrounded by these low density zoning classifications. 6. The Ordinance indicates that the Commercial zone may not be established in an area where it is completely surrounded by residential zones, and the subject properties are completely surrounded by such properties. 7. The properties were zoned Rural Residential under the previous Ordinance, which required a minimum lot size of 5 acres. Rezoning to Transition Residential would not be down-zoning as the Transition Residential zone also has a minimum lot size of 5 acres. 8. The properties would be non-conforming if they were rezoned to Transition Residential because they do not meet the minimum lot size for the zone. 9. The properties meet the minimum lot size of 20,000 square feet for the Commercial zone. 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 rezoning the property to Rural Residential. Rezoning the property to Commercial would be spot zoning and it would not meet the compatibility requirements of the Ordinance. Rezoning the property to Transition Residential, while consistent with the City's Future Land Use Map,does not meet all the requirements for the Transition Zone.The Ordinance states that the Transition Zone may be established next to the Rural Residential,Agriculture,and or Forest Management zones, so long as these zones do not completely surround it. In this case, should the adjacent properties be rezoned as proposed, the subject properties would be completely surrounded by residential zones. The Transition Residential zone also requires that the property be within the projected utility service area.This property falls just outside of the potential future service area, as indicated on the Potential Utility Service Area map in the City's Comprehensive Plan. Rezoning to Rural Residential would meet the compatibility requirements for that zoning classification. Rezoning The adjacent properties that are currently proposed to be rezoned to Transition Residential should also be rezoned to Rural Residential when those rezoning hearings are held in order to be consistent. City of Pequot Lakes Staff Report 3-3 February 16,2oo6