06.03 - Rezoning (DeWolf and Strangler)

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COMMUNITYGROWTH i 1 N S T i T U T E January 26, 2oo6 Mayor and City Council City of Pequot Lakes 4638 County Road ii Pequot Lakes,MN 56472 Re: Planning Commission Report Dear Mayor and City Council, The Planning Commission met for their,regularly scheduled January meeting where they held two public hearings. The Planning Commission approved the final plat of Nordenstua on Sibley and is forwarding the following recommendation for your consideration: 1. HEARING: Rezoning from Residential to Rural Residential, City of Pequot Lakes, applicant. Parcel No. 290263401DB0009,Paul and Debra DeWolfe,property owners Parcel No. 290263401CAAoo9, Donald and Rita Stangler,property owners. The subject properties are located on the eastern shore of East Twin Lake on County Road 107. The properties are 3.6 and 1.4 acres in size and were zoned Residential under the previous Zoning Ordinance. Both properties contain dwelling units. These properties were pulled out of the City-wide rezoning last year. Under the previous Ordinance, the properties were zoned Residential with the proposed rezoning to be Shoreline Residential. This is the separate public hearing to rezone their properties to a classification in compliance with the new Land Use Ordinance. THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDING THAT PARCEL NOs. 29026340iDB0009 AND 29026340iCAAoo9 BE REZONED TO RURAL RESIDENTIAL BASED ON THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS OF FACT: 1. The rezoning to Shoreline Residential is not entirely consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan and Future Land Use Map, which designates these properties as Shoreline Residential near the shoreline with East Twin Lake and Rural Residential in the off-lake areas. 2. Rezoning to Rural Residential would be consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan and Future Land Use Map as the map designates the majority of this area as Rural Residential. 3. The Shoreline Residential zone is compatible with the zoning of the surrounding parcels, which are zoned Shoreline Residential along East Twin Lake and Rural Residential to the east of County Road 107. 4. Rezoning to Shoreline Residential does not meet the compatibility requirement of being adjacent to the Water Resource zone as neither of these properties is adjacent to East Twin Lake. The DeWolfe property (290263401DB0009) is approximately 40 feet from East Twin Lake at the closest point, while the Stangler property is more than 500 feet `, from the lake.