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CITY OF LAKE ELMO <br />WASHINGTON COUNTY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2023-023 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION DENYING PRELIMINARY PLAT AND PRELIMINARY PUD PLAN FOR <br />JON HAUSER, DRAKE MOTOR PARTNERS LE LLC, FOR THE EBERTZ SITE (PID <br />34.029.21.44.0006 AND 34.029.21.44.0004) <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo is a municipal corporation organized and existing under <br />the laws of the State of Minnesota; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Jon Hauser, Drake Motor Partners LE LLC, has submitted application to the <br />City of Lake Elmo (City) for a Preliminary Plat and Preliminary PUD Plan for four lot subdivision <br />with one lot proposed as an auto dealership, one lot as a fast food restaurant, and two vacant lots <br />located on the north and south sides of Hudson Blvd, west of Keats Avenue, a copy of which is on <br />file in the City of Lake Elmo Planning Department; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, notice was published, mailed and posted pursuant to the Lake Elmo Zoning <br />Ordinance, Section 105.12.250; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Lake Elmo Planning Commission held a public hearing on March 13, 2023 <br />and heard from several adjacent residents with concerns about tree preservation, screening, <br />landscaping, lighting, buffering, compatibility, noise, and odors; and <br /> <br />WHERAS, the Planning Commission voted to recommend denial of the project. The <br />Planning Commission found that there were too many deviations, additional buffering/landscaping <br />needed, lighting concerns, PUD sign along I94 is too tall, and proposed PUD uses were not <br />supported as proposed; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council reviewed the Preliminary Plat and Preliminary PUD <br />application for Jon Hauser, Drake Motor Partners project at its meeting held on March 21, 2023 and <br />made the following findings of fact: <br /> <br />1. That the preliminary PUD Plan landscaping plan needs to be improved and needs further <br />review. <br />2. That the preliminary PUD Plan lacks adequate screening between the proposed commercial <br />and the abutting residential to the west and north of Block 2. <br />3. That the westerly border abutting residential needs to be defined and specific buffer yard <br />between uses known and provided for. <br />4. That the proposed sign of 50 feet tall does not fit the neighborhood. <br />5. That the proposed future permitted uses are not acceptable at this stage of approval. There <br />are too many unknowns with the proposed screening, buffer yard, and landscaping to <br />support approval of the uses as proposed.