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City Council Staff Report <br />3/9/2026 – Future Land Use Amendment, Rezoning, and Preliminary Plat <br />7687 Long Lake Road <br />Page 2 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />The Mounds View Vision <br />A Thriving Desirable Community <br />A preliminary plat is the first of two steps for a subdivision to occur; if the preliminary plat is <br />approved, the applicant can request a final plat. A request to rezone a property is covered under <br />Section 160.450; in addition the procedures for a PUD are covered in Section 160.318. <br />Comprehensive Plan Amendments are covered under Section 160.451. A Comprehensive Plan <br />Amendment, if approved by the City Council, will then have to be approved by the Metropolitan <br />Council. <br />The above requests were reviewed by the Planning Commission at their 2/4/2026 and <br />2/18/2026 meetings; a public hearing was held at the 2/18/2026 Planning Commission meeting. <br />The Council reviewed the items at the 2/23/2026 Council meeting, and approved resolutions <br />approving the resolution for the comprehensive plan amendment, as well as a resolution for the <br />preliminary plat of the proposed subdivision. <br />A rezoning is approved through an ordinance, which requires two readings by the City Council <br />(per the city’s charter). The first reading took place on 2/23/2026, the second reading reading <br />will take place at the 3/9/2026 meeting. <br />Options <br />The City Council has the following options: <br />1. Approval, with findings and with or without conditions. <br />2. Denial, with findings. <br />3. Table the request for further review/study. <br /> <br />Recommendations <br /> <br />Rezoning <br /> <br />The Planning Commission recommended approval of the request to rezone proposed Lot 2 (as <br />shown in the preliminary plat Suite Living of Mounds View prepared by Civil Site Group and <br />dated 1/8/2026 subdividing the existing property of 7687 Long Lake Road (Parcel ID <br />083023220038) into two parcels) as ‘Planned Unit Development (PUD)’. The following findings <br />and conditions of approval are recommended: <br />1. The property of 7687 Long Lake Road (Parcel ID 083023220038) is owned by Free Life <br />Family Worship Center, and is currently legally described as THE WEST 388.50 FEET <br />OF THAT PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER <br />OF SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 30, RANGE 23 LYING NORTH OF THE NORTH LINE OF <br />THE SOUTH 15 ACRES THEREOF, RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA. <br />2. The applicants, on behalf of the property owner, propose to subdivide the property into <br />two parcels, proposed as Lot 1 and Lot 2, as shown on the proposed preliminary plat of <br />Suite Living of Mounds View prepared by Civil Site Group and dated 1/8/2026. <br />3. The property is currently zoned as ‘Single-Family Residential’ (R-1), and is within the <br />County Road 10 Corridor Overlay District. <br />4. The applicant, on behalf of the property owner is proposing to amend the future land use <br />map and rezone the proposed Lot 2 to ‘Planned Unit Development (PUD)’ in order to <br />develop the site into a ‘senior housing’ development, which would align with the purpose <br />and intent of the ‘PUD’ zone and the Corridor Overlay District. <br />5. The proposed rezoning to PUD meets the standards in Section 160.317, and the <br />proposed setbacks in the site plan (as shown in Sheet C2.1 in the civil plans prepared by