07.01 - 07.05 - Rezoning from Residential and commercial to Shorline Residential - APplica (City of Pequot Lakes)

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COMMUNITYGROWTH I N S T I T U T E November 27, 2006 Mayor and City Council City of Pequot Lakes 4638 County Road ii Pequot Lakes, MN 56472 Re: Planning Commission Report Dear Mayor and City Council, The Planning Commission met for their regularly scheduled October meeting where they held three public hearings — one was tabled for more information and one was already forwarded to the Council for review. The Planning Commission is forwarding the following recommendation for your consideration: i. HEARING: Rezoning from Residential and Commercial to Shoreline Residential, City of Pequot Lakes. The subject properties are located just south of downtown, bordered by State Highway 371 on the east and Sibley Lake on the west. The eight properties range in size from roughly 2 acres to over 16 acres in size, with the majority of them measuring between 8 and 10 acres. Some of the properties have dwellings along the lake, while two of the properties have businesses along the highway. Other property owners have expressed interest in developing their properties for commercial uses. These properties were pulled out of the City-wide rezoning because of their frontage on both Sibley Lake and Highway 371. Under the previous Ordinance, the properties were zoned Residential with the eastern portion of the properties zoned Commercial. The proposed rezoning is to Shoreline Residential entirely. This is their separate public hearing to rezone their properties to a classification in compliance with the new Land Use Ordinance. The property owners that own businesses have indicated a desire to rezone the properties along State Highway 371 to a Commercial zoning classification. This hearing is continued from the October meeting,where Staff was directed to revise the proposed rezoning. THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDING THAT THE PARCEL IDs 290224iooA00009, 290224iooB00009, 290224100Co0009, 290224iooDAo889, 290224iooFAo889, AND 290224304B00009 BE REZONED TO COMMERCIAL THROUGH AN AREA EXTENDING 60o FEET FROM THE EASTERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY WITH STATE HIGHWAY 371, WITH THE WESTERN REMAINDER OF THE PROPERTIES REZONED TO SHORELINE RESIDENTIAL. THE PLANNING COMMISSION FURTHER RECOMMENDS THAT PARCEL ID 290224iooDB0009 BE REZONED TO RECREATIONAL. THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS OF FACT: 1. The proposed rezoning to Shoreline Residential would be consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan as the properties are adjacent to shoreline and some of them are residential in character. 2. The proposed rezoning to Shoreline Residential is mostly consistent with the Future Land Use Map,which designates the area adjacent to the shore as Shoreline Residential.