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1. The rezoning to Rural Residential is consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan and <br /> Future Land Use Map,which designates this property as a Rural Residential. <br /> 2. The rezoning to Agriculture would not be consistent with the City's Future Land Use <br /> Map, although the area to the west of this property is designated as future Agriculture <br /> area on the Map. <br /> 3. The rezoning to Rural Residential would not meet the compatibility requirements for the <br /> Rural Residential zone,which indicates that the zone may not be completely surrounded <br /> by Forest Management and Agriculture zones. <br /> 4. The property does not meet the minimum lot size of 5 acres for the Rural Residential <br /> zone,as it is just under 2 acres in size. <br /> 5. The current property owner has a purchase agreement in place with the owner of the <br /> property surrounding the subject property. <br /> 6. The adjoining property is zoned Agriculture, and the future property owner has indicated <br /> that he would like to have the subject property zoned likewise. <br /> 7. The subject property,on its own, does not meet the minimum lot size of 20 acres for the <br /> Agriculture zone, being just under 2 acres in size. The purchase agreement in place <br /> would combine the subject property with the adjoining, surrounding property, which in <br /> total does meet the minimum lot size and dimension requirements for the Agriculture <br /> zone. <br /> 8. While the City has sought to avoid downzoning properties, in this case, the future <br /> property owner has requested to be rezoned to Agriculture. <br /> Planning Commission Direction: The Planning Commission can recommend that the City <br /> Council approve,deny, or table this rezoning. <br /> �.. Staff Recommendation: Based on the findings of fact presented in this report, the Staff <br /> recommends that the property in question be rezoned to Agriculture. Given the purchase <br /> agreement and the plans to combine this property with the surrounding zoning classification, <br /> this zoning classification is the most sensible option. <br /> City of Pequot Lakes Staff Report 6-3 <br /> December 14,2oo6 <br />