05.01 and 05.02 - Rezoning of City to New Zoning Classification, Conditional Use Permit for Home Occupation

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4. These rezonings do not constitute spot zoning. The Planning Commission did not place any conditions as part of this recommendation. The Planning Commission is also forwarding the following for your information. An application for a conditional use permit for a Type N Home Occupation was presented by Gregory and Jessica Cheek. The property is located at the northern edge of the City along the east side of Evenson Road and is currently zoned Rural Residential. The applicants own Professional Lake Management, a business which controls nuisance lake vegetation and currently has six employees. The applicants currently have an accessory structure that is 1,311 square feet. The submitted plan includes a new 4,480 square foot accessory structure that would contain an office, a bathroom, and storage for equipment for their business. The Planning Commission voted to approve the application with the following findings: 1. The property is properly zoned Rural Residential, and a Type N Home Occupation is listed as a conditional use in this zone. 2. The Comprehensive Plan indicates that the intersection of Wild Acres Road and Evenson Road should be realigned since the intersection is currently skewed. Increased traffic from the proposed use could potentially create safety issues at this intersection. 3. The proposed use is compatible with the surrounding neighborhood, as the property directly to the east of the applicants' is zoned agricultural and contains an accessory structure and other properties are Waal in character, and some contain accessory structures. Other businesses are located in nearby including a barber/salon about 3/4 mile from the property, a day care on Evenson Road, and Anderson Brothers about 2 miles from the property. There are few residential structures in the area. 4. The proposed use has the potential to be injurious to public safety because of an increase in traffic at Wild Acres Road and Evenson Road. This intersection was identified in the Comprehensive Plan as being in need of realignment due to the skewing of the intersection. 5. The proposed use will not be injurious to the use and enjoyment of other properties in the vicinity as the majority of business-related activities will be performed off-site. Employees will enter in the morning to pick up equipment and work off-site for the remainder of the day, excepting any office employees to field phone calls. 6. The conditional use will not impede normal and orderly development of the area since the majority of the properties in the vicinity are either agricultural or rural residential in character. The draft zoning map designates the surrounding properties as agriculture, rural residential, and forest management. 7. There may be additional requirements on public cost for public facilities as the intersection of Wild Acres Road and Evenson Road may need to be realigned sooner than planned to accommodate increased traffic and improve safety in this area. 8. The access to the proposed accessory structure will be on Wild Acres Road and appears to be routed as not to create traffic congestion due to its design. 14084 Baxter Drive, Suite 7 Baxter, MN 56401 (218) 828-3064 www.communitygrowth.com