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MEMORANDUM RELATING TO REZONING OF DEMONTREVIL.LE HIGHLANDS PROPERTY / Allied Properties, Inc. has filed an application pursuant to the provisions of l Section 5.02 of the Model Zoning Code for Communities in Washington County as adopted by Section 301 of the Municipal Code of the City of Lake Elmo, for rezoning of part of the lands included in the proposed Plat of DeMontreville Highlands which Plat is on file with the City Clerk; and The public hearing required by that Ordinance and the Statutes of the State of Minnesota has been held by the City's Planning Commission; and The City Council has received the recommendations of the Planning Commission thereon as well as the report of its Consultant Planner and has considered the evidence adduced at said hearing by the applicant and other interested persons and has considered the oral report of its Consultant Planner; and The said Consultant Planner has reduced his recommendations to writing in his report to this Council dated February 3rd, 1976; The City Council finds with respect to the application of Allied Properties, Inc. for rezoning: (1) The applicants seek rezoning of the said land from a zoning classification of "Agricultural (A)" to Single Family Suburban (SFS)" for the purpose of permitting the same to be subdivided into single family residential lots of one acre in size or more. / (2) The proposed plat is contiguous to existing "Urban" development within 1 Lake Elmo, namely, the Tri-Lakes residential neighborhood. Thus the rezoning would be compatible with the City's land use policy as stated in its pending comprehensive Plan - namely, a policy which holds that land shall be developed in a manner which will keep urban areas consolidated so as to minimize the cost of services. (3) Under the presently proposed plans, the area has been designated for an early provision of urban type services; it is anticipated that sewer would be avail- able at or before 1990. Thus, the rezoning is compatible with the land use policies set forth in the pending Comprehensive Plan which holds that land will be considered either "urban" or "rural". Urban land areas shall be defined as those which are or will in the foreseeable future be provided with a wide variety of public and possibly commercial service facilities. Rural land areas shall be defined as those areas which will not receive major urban services such as sewer, transit and highways before 1990. (4) The Development Framework and Staging Plan set forth in the pending Compre- hensive Plan both indicate that urban development may be expected for the land in question in the foreseeable future. Another land use policy set forth in the pending Comprehensive Plan provides that if rural lands are converted to urban development, the conversion shall be done in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan in such a way as to promote economic and orderly extension of urban services. (5) The development proposed for the land sought to be rezoned is compatible in character with existing residential development witAixi.the Tri-Lakes area. Moreover, the proposed plat represents the upper most boundary for the Tri-Lakes area based on drainage and municipal boundaries. Thus, the proposed use of the land for which re- zoning is sought is compatible with the land use policies set forth in the pending Comprehensive Plan to the effect that development shall be planned so as to insure PAGE ONE OF EXHIBIT "A"