Rezoning in the Public District to the Shoreline Residential Classification

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3. The rezoning to Recreation is not consistent with the City's Future Land Use Map,which designates these properties as Open Space. The boundary lines of these properties include large areas covered by Sibley Lake. 4. Rezoning to Recreation would be compatible with the surrounding land uses as the Recreation district is allowed, and encourage, to be established wherever recreational resources exist.The zone is not incompatible with any zoning district. 5. The subject property is adjacent to properties that have been rezoned to Shoreline Residential to the north and south,and Urban Residential to the east. 6. The rezoning to Recreation would be consistent with the previous zoning of Public. 7. The property meets the purpose and intent of the Recreation district by maintaining a land use district for existing uses of land that allows public and private recreation facilities, as these properties are publicly owned with recreation facilities located on the northern parcel. 8. Neither property meets the minimum lot size of io acres for the Recreation zone, being 2.5 and 5 acres in size. However, the compatibility requirements state that any property that meets the purpose and intent of this zoning classification may be zoned Recreation. 9. Both properties meet the minimum lot width of 500 feet for the Recreation zone, with the northern parcel being over 60o feet wide and the southern parcel being roughly 575 feet wide. Planning Commission Direction: The Planning Commission can recommend that the City Council approve,deny,or table this rezoning. Staff Recommendation: Based on the findings of fact presented in this report, the Staff recommends that the property in question be rezoned to Recreation. Given the present ownership and the existing use on the northern parcel, the most appropriate zoning classification would be Recreation. City of Pequot Lakes Staff Report 9-3 December 14,2oo6