Rezoning in the Commercial and Rural Residential District Classification

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Section 5.6 of the current Ordinance contains the requirements for the Rural Residential (RR) zone: 1. Purpose and Intent: To provide a zoning classification that allows for low-density residential development. Development in this zone is without municipal utility service and with only limited demand for accessibility. Rural Residential zoning should be used to preserve rural character. 2. Compatibility: The Rural Residential zone is compatible with and can be established adjacent to Forest Management and Agriculture zones, but may not be completely surrounded by these zones. The Rural Residential zone must be adjacent to land zoned Rural Residential, Transition Residential, Light Industrial, or Commercial. The Rural Residential zone may be established next to the Shoreland Residential zone or the Water Resource zone. Lot Width—feet,minimum.....................................................................200 Buildable Lot Area—acres,minimum..........................................................5 Section 5.10 of the current Ordinance states the requirements for the Commercial(C)zone: 1. Purpose and Intent: 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 Total Lot Area—acres,minimum......................20,000 sq.ft.(Unsewered) Staff Findings: The Staff provides the following findings of fact for consideration by the Planning Commission: 1. The rezoning to Rural Residential and Forest Management is consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan and Future Land Use Map, which designates the smaller parcels as Rural Residential and the larger tract as Forest Preservation. 2. Should the larger property be rezoned to Forest Management, rezoning the two smaller properties to Rural Residential would be inconsistent with the compatibility requirements for that zoning district, which states that the Rural Residential zone may not be completely surrounded by the Forest Management and Agriculture zones. 3. Rezoning the northern smaller parcel (290271100Co0009) would be inconsistent with the existing land use,as this property currently contains two commercial businesses. 4. Rezoning the larger parcel to Forest Management would meet the compatibility requirements for the zoning as this property does contain significant forest coverage, particularly in the northern portion of the property. 5. Rezoning to Commercial along State Highway 371 would be inconsistent with the Comprehensive Plan and Future Land Use map which does not designate this are for commercial use. 6. The properties were zoned Commercial along the State Highway 371 frontage to a point just to the south of Parcel 2902711ooD00009 and extending to the west roughly 300 feet under the previous ordinance. 7. The two smaller parcels (C&D)meet the minimum lot size of 20,000 square feet for the `.. Commercial zone, each being approximately 1.4 acres in size. Each parcel also meets the minimum lot width of 50 feet by having roughly 200 feet of width. City of Pequot Lakes Staff Report 5-3 December 14,2oo6