Planning Commission Resolution 538-98

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. MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 538-98 CITY OF MOm-rnS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STA TE OF MINNESOTA A RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 614, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE REZONING OF PROPERTIES WCATED AT 2625 HIGHWAY 10 AND 7715-7761 EASTWOOD ROAD FROM R-3, MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, AND R-l, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, TO B-2, LIMITED BUSINESS DISTRICT; PLANNING CASE NO. 507-97. WHEREAS, TOLD Development Company has applied for a rezoning of the properties located at 2625 Highway 10 and 7715-7761 Eastwood Road from residential to commercial; and, WHEREAS, the subject properties are described as follows: The South ~ of Lot 51, All of Lot 50, Lot 49 and Lot 78, Spring Lake Park Hillview, Ramsey County, Minnesota . WHEREAS, this rezoning request is to be acted on in tandem with a comprehensive plan amendment requested by the applicant which changes the land use designations from Low and High Density Residential (LD & HD) to Neighborhood Commercial (NC); and, WHEREAS, the rezoning request would be consistent with the comprehensive plan if the comprehensive plan amendment request is approved by the Mounds View City Council; and, WHEREAS, the subject properties form a contiguous tract of land at the northeast corner of the Highway 10 and County Road I, an intersection having the highest traffic counts of any intersection within the City; and, WHEREAS, the other three comers of this above-cited intersection have already developed with high intensity commercial uses; and, WHEREAS, allowed uses in a limited business district would be low-intensity commercial, which would serve as a transition into the established residential neighborhood; and, WHEREAS, a use of this type should serve as a benefit to the immediate area; and, . WHEREAS, the developer has indicated that the proposed use would fill a need for a growing demographic group within the immediate area; and,