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Planning & Zoning Board December 10, 2003 Page 12 APPROVED MINUTES Staff noted this was the same site disc ussed by the P&Z previously on August 13, 2003 when a comprehensive plan amendment was considered. The P&Z recommended denial of that application. The City Council then discussed the application at a work session on October 22, 2003 and indicated they would not support it. The a pplicant subsequently withdrew that application. A question did ar ise at the work session about whether or not a PUD could accommodate a higher density than the Medium Density category allows. The Ordinance requires that a PUD comply with the density in the comprehensive plan. Staff presented their analysis and r ecommended denying the amendment to the comprehensive plan to change the land us e category from Medium Density to High Density and to also deny the conditional use permit/planned unit development/preliminary plat. He noted sta ff would prepare an amendment to the zoning ordinance to rezone the site to R-3 to bri ng it into conformance with the comprehensive plan. Staff stated the recommendation to deny all aspects of the Marshan Townhomes 2 nd Addition application was ba sed on the following findings: 1. The comprehensive plan guides the fou r-acre site proposed for development and the existing Marshan Lake Townhomes site for Medium Density Residential: 3-6 units per acre. 2. The existing townhomes were built at a dens ity of 6.4 units per acre. That is, the land use map shows the development at a lower density than how it was actually approved and built. 3. The site is zoned R-4, High Density Reside ntial. Under the City’s current zoning ordinance, R-4 is intended for the High Density land use category: 6-12 units per acre. 4. Therefore, the current R-4 zoning is no t consistent with the current Medium Density classification. Such inconsiste ncies should be corrected by amending either the zoning or the comprehensive plan. 5. Hokanson Development has requested a comprehensive plan amendment. The request is to change the land use catego ry from Medium Density Residential to High Density Residential. 6. A residential conditional use permit PUD may include a variety of residential units, including single family and multifamily units as long as it complies with the density requirements, as stated in th e zoning ordinance, Section 2, Subd. 10.A., Purpose and Intent (for a planned unit development). 7. The maximum allowable density within an urban residential PUD shall be consistent with the density directives of the Comprehensive Plan, as stated in he zoning ordinance, Section 2, Subd. 10.D .3., Urban Residential Planned Unit Development Requirements.