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CITY OF LAKE ELMO <br />WASHINGTON COUNTY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />L.1wZ.-M <br />A RESOLUTION DENYING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE <br />LANGUAGE REGARDING ALLOWED OPEN SPACE PRESER VATIONDEVELOPMENT <br />DENSITY <br />WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo (the "City") has established a Comprehensive Plan that <br />provides a compilation of background data, policy statements, standards, and maps, which help to <br />guide the future physical, social, and economic development of the City; and <br />WHEREAS, Landucci Homes, Inc., 13230 20 Street Court North, Stillwater, NM 55082 <br />(the "Applicant") has submitted an application to the City to amend the Comprehensive Plan, a <br />copy of which is on file in the City Planning Department; and <br />WHEREAS, the Applicant has requested to amend language regarding allowable density <br />within Open Space Preservation developments to be based on gross acreage rather than buildable. <br />WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on October 23, 2017 to <br />consider the Applicant's requests; and <br />WHEREAS, the Planning Commission adopted a motion to recommend denial to the City <br />Council on the Applicant's requests based on a number of findings; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council reviewed the Planning Commission and public comments <br />regarding the Applicant's requests at its meeting on November 7, 2017; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the Comprehensive Plan amendment and <br />believes that it is not consistent with the spirit and intent of the Comprehensive Plan. <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED based upon the testimony elicited and information <br />received, the City Council makes the following findings of fact: <br />1. That the Applicant has submitted a request to amend the Comprehensive Plan in <br />accordance with the procedures as established by the Lake Elmo Planning Department <br />and Lake Elmo Planning Commission; and <br />2. That the request is to amend the Comprehensive Land Use Plan: <br />a. On page 111-8, updating language regarding densities within Open Space Preservation to <br />be based on gross rather than buildable acreage. <br />City Council Resolution 2017- <br />