HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2014-60 Approving an Amendment to the City of Lake Elmo Comprehensive Plan Changing the Future Land Use Designation of the Holliday Parcel Located in the Village Planning AreaCITY OF O
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RESOL UTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF LAKE ELMO
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CHANGING THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION OF THE
HOLLIDAY PARCEL LOCATED IN THE VILLAGE PLANNING AREA
WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo has established a Comprehensive Plan that provides a
compilation of background data, policy statements, standards, and maps, which help to guide the
future physical, social, and economic development of the City; and
WHEREAS, GWSA Land Development, LLC, 10850 Old County Road 15,
Suite 200, Plymouth, MN, ("Applicant") has submitted an application to the City of Lake Elmo
("City") to amend the Lake Elmo Comprehensive Plan, a copy of which is on file in the City
Planning Department; and
WHEREAS, the request to amend the Comprehensive Plan was submitted along with a
Sketch Plan for a proposed single-family residential subdivision in the southeast portion of the
Village Planning Area; and
WHEREAS, the Lake Elmo Planning Commission held a public hearing on June 30, 2014
to consider the request to amend the Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, on June 30, 2014, the Lake Elmo Planning Commission unanimously adopted
a motion to recommend that the City Council approve the request to amend the Comprehensive
Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Council reviewed the recommendation of the Planning Commission
and the proposed amendment to the Comprehensive Plan at a meeting on July 15, 2014;
NOW, 'THEREFORE, based upon the testimony elicited and information received, the City
Council makes the following:
1) That the Applicant has submitted a request to amend the Comprehensive Plan in accordance
with the procedures as established by the Lake Elmo Planning Department and Lake Elmo
Planning Commission.
2) That the request to is to amend the Future Land Use Map (Map 3-3 in Chapter 111— Land
Use Plan) and Village Planned Land Use Map (Map 3-5 in Chapter 111— Land Use Plan) in
the Lake Elmo Comprehensive Plan, and to specifically change the future land use
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designation a parcel of land located immediately west of Manning Avenue North (CSAR
15) and 'immediately north of 30'h Street North (PID 13.029.21.44.0002) from RAD — Rural
Area Development to V-LDR — Village Urban Low Density Residential.
3) That the Comprehensive Plan Amendment will apply to property legally described in the
attached Exhibit "A".
4) That the subject property associated with the Comprehensive Plan Amendment request is
currently located within the City's sanitary sewer service area.
5) That the proposed amendment will allow for the private market to complete the construction of
the Village Parkway minor collector road, a critical transportation improvement needed to serve
the upcoming growth and development and increased projected traffic volumes within the
Village Planning Area,
6) That the area impacted by the proposed amendment is relatively small, and that the potential
increase in residential units associated with the amendment is not inconsistent with the projected
levels of planned growth and development in the Village Area under the Village Land Use Plan.
NOW, 'THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that based on the foregoing, the Lake Elmo
City Council hereby approves the Applicant's request to amend the Lake Elmo Comprehensive
Plan, subject to and contingent upon the following;
1) Submission of the Comprehensive Plan Amendment to the Metropolitan Council and the
receipt of formal notification from the Metropolitan Council that its review has been
completed and approved.
2) As part of the preparation of Preliminary Plans for the Village Preserve South subdivision,
the applicant shall prepare a screening plan along the western boundary of the Holliday
parcel adjacent to the Mcleod parcel that effectively buffers the proposed residential
subdivision from the rural single family lot to the west.
Passed and duly adopted this 15`x' day of July 2014 by the City Council of the City of Lake Elmo,
Minnesota.
Mike P- arson, & 4<or
ATTEST:
Adam Bell, City Clerk
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hegal Description (PID13.029.21.44.0002)
The South 498.6 feet of the South Half of the Southeast Quarter (S1/2 of SE1/4); Section Thirteen
(13), Township Twenty Nine North (29N.), Range Twenty-one West (21 W.); except the West
1273.0 feet of the South Half of the Southeast Quarter of said Section Thirteen (13). And excepting
therefrom that portion of the above tract conveyed to the County of Washington by that certain Quit
Claim Deed dated March 30, 1987, and filed of record in the Office of the Washington County
Recorder on April 2, 1987 as Document No. 535377.
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