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MORETWO M! A$$OCRA ILD COtfl tTA1141 "3, INC, 5775 Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 555, St. Louis Park, MN 55416 Telephone: 952.595.9636 Facsimile: 952.595.9837 planners @nacplanning.com MEMORANDUM TO: Little Canada Planning Commission FROM: Stephen Grittman DATE: September 11, 2001 RE: Little Canada - Knox Lumber /Christ Community Church Rezoning FILE NO: 758.09 - 01.17 Christ Community Church has requested a rezoning of the Knox Lumber site from its current B -W, Business Warehousing classification to "P ", Public and Semi Public Use District. Religious institutions, including churches, are pemitted uses in the "P" District. The church has submitted information regarding its plans for initial occupancy of the site and buildings, with future development plans including building options and site usage. The following paragraphs discuss the details of the proposed project. Rezonings (Zoning Map Amendments) are procedurally regulated by the zoning ordinance, and require findings relating to the following criteria: 1. The applicant shall demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that the proposed action has been considered in relation to the specific policies and provisions of, and has been found to be consistent with, the official City Comprehensive Land Use Plan. The applicant has indicated that the proposal does not conflict with the Comprehensive Plan. The applicant suggests that a church use provides a "balance to other zoning uses within any community ". The Comprehensive Plan guides this parcel for industrial uses. The 8 -W District is consistent with the land use plan. The Public /Semi Public District is not guided for any future land use areas of the City. It was devised with the intent that the City would consider any requests for Public zoning on a case by case basis. However, the City has traditionally protective of its commercial /industrial zoned land, due to the lack of expansion area as a fully - developed community. Changing Page 41