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Item No: 10E Meeting Date: March 13, 2000 Type of Business: CB WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; CA: Consent Agenda; CB: Council Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor & City Council From: James Ericson, Planner Item Title/Subject: First Reading (Introduction) of Ordinance 655, an Ordinance Approving a Rezoning of Bridges Golf Course Parcels from CRP (Conservancy, Recreation and Preservation) and I-1 (Industrial) to PF (Public Facilities.) Date of Report: March 9, 2000 Background: In the course of processing the City’s application for billboards at the Golf Course, staff has realized that certain Bridges Golf Course parcels are zoned CRP (Conservancy, Recreation and Preservation) and I-1 (Industrial). Golf Courses are not explicitly permitted uses within either the CRP or I-1 zoning districts. The only zoning designation explicitly permitting golf courses is the PF, Public Facilities, district. In addition, it is presumed that the PF zoning designation would be more advantageous with regard to the City’s application for billboards, at least with regard to the CRP designation. Discussion: The intent of the CRP zoning designation is to conserve, protect and preserve natural areas and allow for passive recreation use. An example of a passive use would be a walking trail or path, or another such use with minimal impact to the environment. A high-capacity executive golf course is not an example of a passive use. Accordingly, the CRP district, as well as the Industrial district, does not explicitly allow for golf courses. Rezoning these properties associated with the golf course to a PF (Public Facilities) designation would be more appropriate, especially considering golf courses are explicitly permitted uses within the PF district, and would be in keeping with the zoning of all other city parks. In addition to achieving consistency with the Zoning Code, rezoning the golf course so that all parcels have the PF designation would be more consistent with the proposed Comprehensive Plan of the City. On both the existing and future land use maps (Figures 5 and 6, respectively) in the proposed plan, the golf course is designated SRO, or, Outdoor Sport and Recreation. Staff contends that the proposed PF zoning designation would be more consistent with SRO land use designation. All other City parks, which are zoned PF, are also designated SRO in the Comprehensive Plan.