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Item No: 5C Meeting Date: May 17, 2006 Type of Business: Public Hearing City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Mounds View Planning Commission From: James Ericson, Community Development Director Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing and Consideration of a Request to Rezone Properties at 2901 and 2925 County Road 10 and the back half of 8060 Groveland Road; Planning Case ZC06-001 Introduction: Ron Lillestrand, representing Integra Homes, is requesting City approval to rezone properties located at 2901 and 2925 County Road 10 and the back half of 8060 Groveland Road to R-3, Medium Density Residential, to allow for a townhome development on the site which would involve nineteen individual owner-occupied units. The development site is presently zoned B-3, Highway Business, and R-1, Single Family Residential. The Future Land Use Map of the Comprehensive Plan indicates that this site is within a mixed use planned unit development area. Such a designation is intended to allow for some flexibility in redevelopment however with an anticipation that there be a component of both housing and commercial on the site and be master planned for a comprehensive, integrated development looking beyond the project boundaries. Background: Integra Homes applied for a Planned Unit Development (PUD) in 2005 and the Planning Commission reviewed the general concept plan which involved the development of 21 owner- occupied townhome units. There was some concern expressed from Commission members and adjacent property owners that the extent of the proposed development was too intensive and the orientation of the proposed units intrusive and out of place given the adjacent single family residential properties. The Planning Commission adopted Resolution 796-05 in July of last year which recommended denial of the PUD based on excessive development density and other adverse impacts. Rather than pursue action at the Council level, Integra chose to re-evaluate their plan based on the feedback received. They have concluded their evaluation and have resubmitted their application not as a PUD but as a simple rezoning. Presently: The development site has an area of 3.01 acres and is located on County Road 10 and currently has a mixed zoning designation. The property at 2901 County Road 10 is zoned B- 3, Highway Business and is currently vacant. 2925 County Road 10 and the rear yard of 8060 Groveland Road are currently zoned R-1, Single Family Residential. 2925 County Road 10 has an existing single family home that would be demolished if the development were to move forward.