Rezoning in the Forestry District to the Forest Management Classification

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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 those 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. 3. Lot,Use,and Density Requirements: Lot Width—feet,minimum.....................................................................200 Total Lot Area—acres,minimum.................................................................5 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 these properties as Forest Preservation to the north and Rural Residential to the south. 2. Rezoning to Rural Residential and Forest Management would be compatible with the immediate surrounding zoning classifications, which are Shoreline Residential to the west and Agriculture and proposed to be Forest Management to the east. 3. Rezoning parcels 290271201BB0009 and 290271402C00009 to Rural Residential would be consistent with their previous zoning classification of Rural Residential with the same minimum lot size and lot width requirements. 4. The Rural Residential zone is compatible with the Agriculture, Forest Management, Transitional Residential,and Recreation Zones. 5. Rezoning parcel 2902711ooE00009 to Forest Management would be consistent with the property's previous zoning designation of Forestry, which contained the same lot size and dimension requirements. 6. Rezoning parcel 2902711ooE00009 to Forest Management would be compatible with the surrounding zoning classification,which is proposed to be Forest Management. 7. Rezoning parcel 2902711ooE00009 to Forest Management would not be entirely consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan,which states that the Forest Preservation areas would be very large lot residential(40-8o acres)within forested land.This parcel is only 5 acres in size and may be better suited in the Rural Residential zoning classification. 8. Parcel 2902711ooE00009 does not meet the minimum lot size of 10 acres for the Forest Management zone, being roughly 5 acres in size. The property, however, was a non- conforming property due to lot size under the previous zoning classification of Forestry. Rezoning to Forest Management would not be inconsistent with previously existing requirements. 9. Parcel 2902711oE00009 is close to meeting the minimum lot size of 5 aces for the Rural Residential zone, being approximately 4.9 acres in size. The parcel also meets the minimum lot width of 200 feet,being over 400 feet wide. 10. Parcel 2902712o1BB0009 does not meet the minimum lot size of 5 acres for the Rural Residential district as it is roughly half an acre in size.This lot would be considered non- conforming under the new Ordinance,but it was also considered non-conforming due to lot size under the old Ordinance. 11. Parcel 290271402C00009 does not meet the minimum lot size of 5 acres for the Rural Residential zone,being about 4.6 acres in size.The property does meet the minimum lot width of 200 feet,being over 300 feet wide. City of Pequot Lakes Staff Report 6-3 December i4,2oo6