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Planning Commission Report, December 2006 3 case, the public road, Front Street, is the nearest public road which is roughly 500 feet from the OHW. 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, being nearly io acres in size, with roughly 3 acres falling within the proposed Shoreline Residential zone. 6. The property meets the minimum lot width standard of loo feet for the Shoreline Residential zone,being more than 200 feet wide. 7. Rezoning a portion of the property 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 property along the Highway to Commercial would be compatible with the surrounding zoning classifications as the adjoining properties to the north and south 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. 1o. Rezoning the eastern portion of these properties to Commercial would not constitute spot-zoning as adjoining properties are currently zoned Commercial and properties on the east side of the Highway are also Commercial. The western boundary of the commercial property is a line between the eastern boundary of the platted Front Street and the western boundary of the lot to the south of the subject property. 11. Rezoning these properties entirely to Shoreline Residential would constitute down- zoning as these properties were previously zoned Commercial along State Highway 371. The City has sought to avoid down-zoning unless requested by the property owner. 3. HEARING: Rezoning from Residential to Shoreline Residential, City of Pequot Lakes. Donald O'Brien,property owner. Parcel No.: 29121000003Ao09, 291210000040009, 291210000050009,and 29121000006Boo9. The subject properties are located in the southeastern corner of the City on the southern shore of Middle Cullen Lake. The properties consist of four existing properties ranging in size from just under one acre up to 2.8 acres. Lot 5 contains an existing dwelling with a garage on Lot 4. The O'Briens had purchased lots 3A and 6B to provide additional space between their dwelling and neighboring dwellings to the west and east,recently selling 6B to the neighbor to the east. The properties were all zoned Residential under the previous Ordinance. These properties were pulled out of the City-wide rezoning by the property owners last year. Under the previous Ordinance, the properties were zoned Residential with the proposed rezoning to be Shoreline Residential. This is their separate public hearing to rezone their properties to a classification in compliance with the new Land Use Ordinance. The property owners have indicated that they would be satisfied with the Shoreline Residential classification so long as their neighbors are zoned likewise and so long as there are not substantial differences between their previous zoning classification and the new classification. 14084 Baxter Drive, Suite 7 1 Baxter, Minnesota 56425 1 218.828.3064 1 www.communitygrowth.com