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CITY OF LINO LAKES ORDINANCE NO. 02-04 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LINO LAKES BY REZONING CERTAIN REAL ESTATE AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LAKE DRIVE AND AQUA LANE FROM R-4, HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO R-3, MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL The City Council of the City of Lino Lakes, Anoka County, Minnesota does ordain: Section 1 Findings The Lino Lakes City Council hereby makes the following findings: The City of Lino Lakes approved its current comprehensive plan in August 2002 with Resolution No. 02-103. The comprehensive plan was prepared and approved as required and enabled by Minnesota Statutes 462.351-462.356 and Minnesota Statutes 473.851-473.869. 2. The City of Lino Lakes approved its current zoning ordinance in March 2003 with Ordinance No. 08-03. The zoning ordinance was prepared and approved as required and enabled by Minnesota Statutes 462.357. 3. The comprehensive plan includes a Proposed Land Use plan guiding land within the City of Lino Lakes for specified land uses. 4. The comprehensive plan guides a four -acre site at the northeast corner of Lake Drive and Aqua Lane for land use category Medium Density Residential: 3-6 units per acre. 5. 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. 6. Under the current zoning ordinance, the R-3, Medium Density Residential zoning district is intended for the Medium Density land use category: 3-6 units per acre. 7. 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. . Minnesota Statutes 473.858 and 473.865 require that official controls are to be amended so as not to conflict with the comprehensive plan. 9. The High Density land use category, which would allow for development of up to 12 units/acre, is not consistent with the existing townhome neighborhood, which is 6.4 Ordinance 02-04, page 2