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Item No: 7A Meeting Date: January 11, 2010 Type of Business: Public Hearing Administrator Review: ________ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing for the Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance 840, Proposed Rezoning of Three Residential Properties from R-2, Single & Two Family Residential to R-1, Single-Family Residential (ROLL CALL VOTE) Introduction: Now that the City has completed 2008 Comprehensive Plan update, staff has been reviewing the zoning map and land use designations and comparing them to the updated Comprehensive Plan. This report is about the proposed rezoning of three properties to have their zoning designations be consistent with the actual land use and the Comprehensive Plan. The properties that staff is proposing to have the City change the zoning are at 7301 Park View Drive, 7441 Park View Terrace and 2760 Woodale Drive. Discussion: There are three residential properties in the city that are currently zoned R-2, Single & Two Family Residential. Single-family homes were built on the lots and the owners continue to use them as single-family homes. The Comprehensive Plan designates these three properties, along with all of the surrounding properties, as low density residential. The properties are all located in neighborhoods that the City has zoned entirely R-1 (single family residential). In order to have these properties zoning be consistent with their actual use and with the Comprehensive Plan, staff is proposing to rezone them to R-1 single- family residential. With the current R-2 zoning, any of these properties could legally convert into a duplex. Rezoning the properties to R-1 would prevent any future use changes. Staff sent letters to the property owners prior to the Planning Commission meeting and the December 14th City Council meeting, notifying them of the rezoning proposal, and that they could keep the R-2 zoning if they preferred. Staff has not heard from any of the homeowners, nor did they attend the Planning Commission meeting. On November 18, 2009, the Planning Commission unanimously voted to recommend approval of rezoning these three properties, and the City Council approved the first reading on December 14, 2009.