3A - Rezoning of Residential and Commercial to Shoreline Residential

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�. the first tier of parcels on developed lake shore and to a public road or 500 feet from the OHW,whichever is closer to the water body on undeveloped shoreline. 3. Lot,Use and Density Requirements(GD,Riparian): Lot Width-feet,minimum..............................................100 Buildable Lot Area—square feet, minimum.............20,000 Section 5.10 of the current Ordinance contains the requirements for the Commercial(C)zone: 1. Intent and Purpose: To provide a zoning classification for commercial uses oriented around the automobile. Parcels are larger than in the Downtown Mixed-Use zone in order to provide on-site parking, on-site stormwater facilities as well as on-site water supply and sewage treatment where municipal utilities are not immediately available. 2. Compatibility: The Commercial zone should be established as a transition zone between the Downtown Mixed-Use zone or the Light Industrial Zone and the surrounding residential zones. The zone may not be established in an area where it is completely surrounded by residential zones. 3. Lot,Use,and Density Requirements: Lot Width—feet,minimum........................................................................50 Buildable Lot Area—unsewered,square feet,minimum..................20,000 Staff Findings: The Staff provides the following findings of fact for consideration by the Planning Commission: 1. The proposed rezoning to Shoreline Residential would be consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan as the properties are adjacent to shoreline and some of them 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 Rural Residential. 3. The proposed rezoning to Shoreline Residential meets the compatibility requirements in that the properties are adjacent to the Water Resource zone; however, 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,State Highway 371,is more than 1700 feet from the shoreline. 4. The subject properties meet the purpose and intent of the Shoreline Residential district to provide a district for riparian residential development. 5. The properties all meet the minimum lot size requirement of 20,000 square feet for the Shoreline Residential zone,being that the smallest property is just over two acres in size, with the majority of the properties being 8 or more acres in size. 6. Seven of the properties meet the minimum lot width standard of loo feet for the Shoreline Residential zone, each being more than 200 feet wide.The property owned by the DNR (Parcel #2902241ooDB0009) is about loo feet wide at the shoreline and roughly 33 feet wide along the highway. 7. Rezoning a portion of the properties adjacent to State Highway 371 to Commercial would not be compatible with the Future Land Use map which designates this area as future Rural Residential in character. 8. A rezoning of the portion of the properties along the Highway would be compatible with the surrounding zoning classifications as neighboring properties that have been subdivided are currently zoned Commercial and have been developed as such. 9. Rezoning the eastern portion of these properties to Commercial would meet the compatibility requirements for the Commercial district as the subject properties would serve as a buffer between higher intensity commercial areas and surrounding residential �. districts. City of Pequot Lakes Staff Report 1-3 November 16,2006