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I <br /> �I <br /> COMMUNITYGROWTH <br /> June 21,2006 1 N S T I T U T E <br /> Mayor and City Council <br /> City of Pequot Lakes <br /> 4638 County Road 11 <br /> Pequot Lakes,MN 56472 <br /> Re: Planning Commission Report <br /> Dear Mayor and City Council, <br /> The Planning Commission met for their regularly scheduled June meeting where they held five public <br /> hearings. The Planning Commission is continuing the review of the RV Resort at the Preserve during the <br /> EAW comment period, but has tabled the conditional use and preliminary plat applications at this time. <br /> One request rezoning hearing was tabled in order to confer the City Attorney about potential legal issues <br /> related to past zoning decisions related to the property. The Planning Commission is forwarding the <br /> following recommendations for your consideration: <br /> 1. Rezoning from Waterfront Commercial to Shoreline Commercial <br /> Parcel#290102303E00009,Michael and Katherine Davis,property owners <br /> The subject property is located on the north side of Sibley Lake on County Highway 17. The property <br /> is just over an acre in size and was zoned Waterfront Commercial under the previous ordinance. It <br /> had come to the Staff s attention that this property has not yet been rezoned, despite recent approvals <br /> for a conditional use permit and preliminary plat involving this property. The property was part of a <br /> larger plot that housed a resort and was previously zoned Waterfront Commercial under the previous <br /> Ordinance.The proposed new zone for the subject property is Shoreline Commercial. <br /> The Planning Commission is unanimously recommending that Parcel 290102303E00009 be <br /> rezoned from Waterfront Commercial to Transition Residential based on the following findings <br /> of fact: <br /> 1. The property is not compatible with commercial uses associated with waterfront use. <br /> 2. The property does not meet the minimum lot width of 300 feet for the Shoreline Commercial <br /> District. <br /> 3. The property is not well-suited for existing commercial or recreational uses associated with the <br /> natural resources of lakes or streams as it is not adjacent to any lakes or streams. <br /> 4. The property is adjacent to an existing property zoned Shoreline Commercial (formerly <br /> Waterfront Commercial)but does not abut a riparian body. <br /> 5. Properties to the north are zoned to Transition Residential and are subject to a public hearing on <br /> this agenda. <br /> 6. The adjoining property to the west has been zoned to Transition Residential. <br /> 7. Rezoning this property to Shoreline Commercial would not meet the compatibility requirements, <br /> as this property does not have shoreline as is required for this zoning classification. <br /> 8. The subject property meets the compatibility requirements for the Transition Residential zone as <br /> it surrounded by properties that are zoned Transition Residential and Shoreline Commercial, and <br /> other properties that are proposed to be rezoned to Transition Residential. <br /> 9. The subject property meets the purpose and intent of the Transition Residential zone as it acts as a <br /> buffer between differing use densities and is located within the projected utility service area. <br /> 14084 Baxter Drive, Suite 7 <br /> Baxter, MN 56425 <br /> (218) 828-3064 <br /> www.communitygrowth.com <br />