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M- Uklim- W! ia�=11 MKIRISW91=1101011-1WRIG WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo (the "City") has established a Zoning Map by Ordinance that implements the various land use policies in the City's Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS, Mare Affair Farrn, LLC, 10880 Stillwater Blvd N, Lake Elmo, MN 55042 (the "Applicant") has submitted an application to the City of Lake Elmo (the "City") for a Zoning Text Aniendment to allow commercial boarding facilities as a conditional accessory use within the Agricultural zoning district; and WHEREAS, the request for a Zoning Text Amendment was submitted by the Applicant along with requests for a Zoning Map Amendment to re -zone the property located at 10880 Stillwater Blvd N from RT — Rural Development Transitional to A -Agricultural, and Conditional Vse Pen -nits for a conunercial boarding facility and expansion of a feedlot within a shoreland; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on September 11, 2017 to consider the Applicant's requests; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission submitted its report and recommendation to the City Council as part of a Staff Memorandum dated October 3, 2017; and WHEREAS, the City Council considered said matter at its meetings on October 3, 2017 and October 17, 2017-, and NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED based upon the testimony elicited and information received, the City Council makes the following findings of fact: I 1. That the procedures for requesting a Zoning Text Amendment are found in the Lake Elmo Zoning Ordinance, Section 154.105. 2. That all the submission requirements of said Section 154.105 have been met by the Applicant. 3. That the proposed Zoning Text Amendment includes the following components: a. That commercial boarding facilities be a conditional accessory use within the Agricultural zoning district, b. The definition of "commercial boarding facility" be worded as "the boarding, breeding or raising of horses or ponies not owned by the owner or occupant of