HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-010CITY OF LAKE ELMO
WASHINGTON COUNTY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO.2020-010
A RESOL UTIONAPPRO VING ANAMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF LAKE ELMO
COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN REG UIDING THE 44 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTIES IN THE HERITAGE FARMS SUBDIVISION THE CITY RECENTLYADDED TO
THE METROPOLITAN SERVICE AREA (MUSA) FROM R URAL AREA DEVELOPMENT
(RAD) TO R URAL SINGLE FAMILY SEWERED (RSFS) LAND USE DESIGNATION
WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo is a municipal corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo has established a Comprehensive Plan that includes
background data, policy statements, standards, and maps that help to guide the future physical,
social, and economic development of the City; and
WHEREAS, the City's Land Use Plan has currently guided the 44 single-family homes in
the Heritage Farms subdivision RAD (rural area development); and
WHEREAS, the Lake Elmo Comprehensive Plan describes the rural area development
land use designation as inclusive of large -lot rural single-family detached residential uses and
future conventional subdivisions and is for areas not within MUSA planning areas; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has approved an amendment to the City's Wastewater
Services and Facilities Plan, adding the 44 single-family homes in the Heritage Farms subdivision
to the Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA); and
WHEREAS, the 44 single-family homes in the Heritage Farms subdivision now more
closely fit the Land Use Designation of RSFS (rural single family sewered); and
WHEREAS, the notice to re -guide the 44 residential properties in the Heritage Farms
subdivision has been published, mailed, and posted pursuant to the Lake Elmo City Code and MN
State Statute 473.858; and
WHEREAS, the Lake Elmo Planning Commission held a public hearing on the matter on
January 13, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the Lake Elmo Planning Commission has submitted its recommendation of
approval to the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council considered the said matter at its January 21, 2020 meeting;
and
NOW, THEREFORE, based on the testimony elicited and the information received, the
City makes the following findings:
1. The re -guiding of the 44 single-family residential properties in the Heritage Farms
subdivision will remove inconsistency between the amended MUSA designation and
Land Use category definition in the City's Comprehensive Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that based on the foregoing, the Lake Elmo City
Council does hereby approve the Lake Elmo Comprehensive Plan Amendment, amending the
City's Land Use Plan by re -guiding the 44 single-family residential properties in the Heritage
Farms subdivision to Rural Single Family Sewered and authorize City staff to submit all the
proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendments to the Metropolitan Council for review, subject to
and contingent upon the following:
1. The Metropolitan Council's approval of the Comprehensive Plan Amendment.
This resolution was adopted by the City Council of the City of Lake Elmo on this 21" day of
January, 2020.
Mike Pearson, Mayor
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Julie tson, Cit Cl k