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Planning Commission Report,August 2006 10 <br /> THE PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT THE <br /> REQUEST TO REZONE TO COMMERCIAL BE DENIED BASED ON THE <br /> FOLLOWING FINDINGS OF FACT: <br /> 1. The rezoning to Commercial is not consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan and <br /> Future Land Use Map, which designates this area as a forest preservation area. At the <br /> time the Future Land Use Map was created, this parcel was a part of the surrounding <br /> properties, which were owned by a forestry company and were more than 50% wooded <br /> as a whole. <br /> 2. The parcel is bordered to the south by property zoned Agriculture and is otherwise <br /> entirely surrounded by properties zoned Forest Management. <br /> 3. Rezoning the property to Commercial would constitute spot zoning as there are not any <br /> other properties in the immediate vicinity of that, or a similar, zoning classification, and <br /> opportunities would be made available to this particular landowner that are not present <br /> on the adjoining properties. <br /> 4. The property does not meet the compatibility requirements for the Commercial zone, <br /> which cannot be established in an area where it is completely surrounded by residential <br /> zones. <br /> 5. The area of the property, 20 acres, meets the minimum lot area for both the Commercial <br /> and Forest Management zones. <br /> 6. Rezoning to Commercial would be inconsistent with the immediate surrounding land <br /> uses,which are of a low density,rural character. <br /> 7. The topographic characteristics of the property are best suited to a Forestry zoning <br /> classification. The topography would not be suited to commercial development. <br /> 8. The Comprehensive Plan identifies a need to preserve a wooded corridor in to and out of <br /> the downtown area. This is incompatible with a Commercial zoning classification. <br /> 7. HEARING: Preliminary Plat of Buschmann Addition. Housing and <br /> Redevelopment Authority,applicant. <br /> The proposed Buschmann Addition is a development within the preexisting Biggs Addition <br /> in the central part of the City, located on Oak Street. The development consists of Lots 21, <br /> 22, 23, and 24 and is currently zoned Urban Residential. The subject property totals 28,165 <br /> square feet in size. The applicant proposes to take the four existing lots replat the area into <br /> three lots. The proposed subdivision will increase the size of each lot and reduce the total <br /> number of lots from four to three. <br /> THE PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT THE <br /> PRELIMINARY PLAT OF BUSCHMANN ADDITION BE APPROVED BASED ON <br /> THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS OF FACT: <br /> 1. All three proposed lots meet the minimum buildable lot size of 6,250 square feet for the <br /> Urban Residential zone, each having over 9,200 square feet of area. The land is able to <br /> be built upon with minimum alteration required. <br /> 2. The property currently contains a dwelling and two sheds.The existing house would fall <br /> on the lot line between the proposed Lots 1 and 2 and would need to be removed. The <br /> larger shed is currently located on the western portion of the proposed Lot 1 and extends <br /> somewhat into the adjacent right-of-way.This structure would also need to be removed <br /> or relocated. <br /> 3. All three proposed lots have access to municipal sewer. <br /> 14084 Baxter Drive, Suite 7 1 Baxter, Minnesota 56425 1 218.828.3064 1 www.communitygrowth.com <br />