HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-036CITY OF LAI{E ELMO
WASHINGTON COUNTY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2022-036
A RESOL UTIONAPPRO VING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF LAKE ELMO
COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN TO REGUIDE THE 65 SINGLE-FAMILY
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES IN THE TAPESTRYAT CHARLOTTE'S GROVE SUBDIVISION
THE CITY RECENTLYADDED TO THE METROPOLITAN SERVICE AREA (MUSA) FROM
RURAL AREA DEVELOPMENT (RAD) TO RURAL SINGLE FAMILY SEWERED (RSFS)
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 currently guides the 65 single-family homes in the
Tapestry at Charlotte's Grove 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 65 single-family homes in the Tapestry at Charlotte's
Grove subdivision to the Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA); and
WHEREAS, the 65 single-family homes in the Tapestry at Charlotte's Grove subdivision
now more closely fit the Land Use Designation of RSFS (rural single family sewered); and
WHEREAS, the notice to re -guide the 65 residential properties in the Tapestry at
Charlotte's Grove 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
March 28, 2022; 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 April 5, 2022 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 65 single-family residential properties in the Tapestry at
Charlotte's Grove 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 65 single-family residential properties in the Tapestry at
Charlotte's Grove 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 5`t' day of April,
2022.
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Charles Cadenhead, Mayor
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