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• • CITY OF LINO LAKES RESOLUTION NO. 03-140 APPROVING AMENDMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO CHANGE SPECIFIED LAND IN MAR DON ACRES FROM LOW DENSITY UNSEWERED RESIDENTIAL TO LOW DENSITY SEWERED RESIDENTIAL, AND TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL MUSA RESERVE FOR THE AREA WHEREAS, the Lino Lakes City Council makes the following findings: 1. The City of Lino Lakes approved a new comprehensive plan in August 2002 after approval by the Metropolitan Council, according to MN Statutes 473.858 and 473.864. 2. The comprehensive plan includes a proposed land use map with distinct land use categories. The Low Density Sewered Residential land use category is intended for residential development that has public sanitary sewer service. The Low Density Unsewered Residential category is intended for residential development without such service. 3. The comprehensive plan describes a specified amount of Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA) reserve acres. The MUSA reserve acres acquired from the Metropolitan Council were calculated based on a specified amount of growth in specified areas. The total did not include growth resulting from converting existing low density unsewered residential areas to sewered areas 4. The Mar Don Acres development is guided for Low Density Unsewered Residential land use on the proposed land use map, and is not in a Stage 1 (pre -2010) growth area. 5. Several property owners in Mar Don Acres desire to subdivide their one -acre lots and provide public sanitary sewer and water service to the properties. Several of these properties are included in a plat called Hailey Manor, but others are not. 6. It is in the public interest to provide public sanitary sewer and water service to existing lots with homes that do not have such service, particularly on lots with limited space for replacement onsite individual sewage treatment systems. 7. The City requires that any new lots under ten acres in size must have public sanitary sewer and water service. 8. Public sanitary sewer service cannot be extended into areas outside the MUSA. 9. The comprehensive plan requires that MUSA would be available to an unsewered residential subdivision only with a Comprehensive Plan amendment. 10. A public hearing was held before the Planning & Zoning Board on July 9, 2003.