HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2002-037CITY OF LAKE ELMO
WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2002 -037
A RESOLUTION DENYING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT
WHEREAS, at its April 22, 2002 meeting, the Planning Commission conducted a
Public Hearing and adopted a recommendation to deny the application of
Nass/Buberl/Bidon to amend the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan to
reclassify approximately 49 acres in the Southeast Quadrant of State Highway 36 and
Manning Avenue from RAD (Rural Agricultural Development) to C (Commercial) based
on the following Findings:
1. The proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendment (Land Use Plan Element)
is inconsistent with the Planning Policy Element of the Comprehensive
Plan regarding Non - Residential Development. Said Policy specifies
commercial development to be located in the I -94 corridor and the Old
Village only.
2. The topography and other natural features of the site result in the site
being better suited to residential development than commercial
development as a means of best preserving the natural topography
and other natural features of the site. Said preservation of natural
features would be the result of the reduced site grading and alteration
that would be required for residential development of the site.
3. Sufficient development options are available for the site with the
existing RAD land use designation to provide the property owners
reasonable use of the site. Residential development density
significantly in excess of that now existing on the site is potentially
available to the owners by aggregating their respective parcels — in
the same manner they have by this application — for development as
an Open Space Preservation Project.
4. It has been successfully demonstrated elsewhere in the City that a
power line easement encroachment on a site can be successfully
addressed with residential development options available by RAD
land use guiding.
WHEREAS, at its May 7, 2002 meeting, the Lake Elmo City Council reviewed
the application of Nass /Buberl/Bidon for a Comprehensive Plan Amendment; the City
Planner's memo of April 17,2002; and the recommendations of the City's Planning
Commission.
WHEREAS, the Lake Elmo City Council has reviewed its records regarding the
adoption of the City's 2000 Comprehensive Plan (see City Planner memo dated April 17,
2002) and has determined that the City's 2000 Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map
designations for this site were not the result of error and that the conditions relating to the
site and its surroundings have not changed significantly since the adoption of the City's
2000 Comprehensive Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Lake Elmo City Council
denies the application of NassBuberl/Bidon for Land Use Plan reclassification from
RAD (Rural Agricultural Development) to C (Commercial) based on the findings
presented by the Planning Commission.
ADOPTED, by the Lake Elmo City Council on May 7, 2002.
Lee Hunt, Mayor
ATTEST:
Mary'lkuef r, City A inistrator
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