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CITY OF LINO LAKES RESOLUTION NO. 04-01 RESOLUTION DENYING AN APPLICATION FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT WHEREAS, Hokanson Development submitted an application for an amendment of the Lino Lakes Comprehensive Plan and a conditional use permit/planned unit development and development stage plan, and; WHEREAS, the Lino Lakes City Council makes the following findings: Findings 1. Hokanson Development has requested a comprehensive plan amendment. The request is to change the land use category from Medium Density Residential to High Density Residential. 2. Hokanson Development also requested approval of a conditional use permit for a planned unit development (PUD) and a development stage plan/preliminary plat for the PUD. However, this was withdrawn by the applicant via an e -mail letter at 4:19 p.m., January 12, 2004. 3. The site includes four acres at the northeast corner of Lake Drive and Aqua Lane. 4. The comprehensive plan guides the four -acre site proposed for development and the existing Marshan Lake Townhomes site for land use category Medium Density Residential: 3 -6 units per acre. 5. 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 the zoning ordinance, Section 2, Subd. 10.A., Purpose and Intent (for a planned unit development). 6. The maximum allowable density within an urban residential PUD shall be consistent with the density directives of Comprehensive Plan, as stated in the zoning ordinance, Section 2, Subd. 10.D.3., Urban Residential Planned Unit Development Requirements. 7. The existing townhomes were built at a density 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. 8. The site is zoned R -4, High Density Residential. Under the current zoning ordinance, R -4 is intended for the High Density land use category: 6 -12 units per acre. 9. Therefore, the current R -4 zoning is not consistent with the current Medium Density land use category in the comprehensive plan. Such inconsistencies should be corrected by amending either the zoning or the comprehensive plan.