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RESOLUTION 2007-29 APPROVING FINDINGS OF FACT FOR REZONING FOR FJT PROPERTIES LLC FOR A RETAIL DEVELOPMENT ON 13.14 ACRES LOCATED EAST OF HIGHWAY 61 AND NORTH OF 120M STREET WHEREAS, FJT Properties, LLC has requested reclassification of the zoning from Residential Service to PUD (planned unit development) for a 13.14 -acre parcel to be known at Lot 1, Block 1, Oneka Square. The property is the western portion of the property legally described as follows: All that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 31, Township 31, Range 21, Washington County, Minnesota lying east of State Trunk Highway 61 as described in Book 292 of Deeds, Page 513 of record in the office of the Washington County Recorder. Subject to 120th Street right-of-way WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed the request at a duly called Public Hearing and recommends approval, and; WHEREAS, the City Council has adopted an ordinance rezoning the affected parcel from Residential Service to PUD; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUGO, MINNESOTA, that it should and hereby does support the request by FJT Properties LLC for the reclassification of the zoning from Residential Service to PUD for the 13.14 -acre property (to be known as Lot 1, Block 1, Oneka Square), based on the following findings: 1. The proposed rezoning would be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, which shows this area as 2020 Urban Development. 2. The PUD will allow a more creative and efficient approach to land use within the City, while at the same time protecting and promoting the health, safety, comfort, aesthetics, economic viability and general welfare of the City. 3. The proposed development meets the intent of the PUD zoning district by providing appropriate transitions between differing land uses within the site and adjacent land uses, provides a community gateway sign, protects natural resources and provides needed street right-of-way. 4. The development would incorporate common design elements. The buildings would have common design elements and similar landscape materials would be used throughout the development.