Agenda - Council - 12/22/1981 - Laserfiche WebLink

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I I I I ,I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I elevation. This would necessitate the construction of the building on a slab without a basement and also would require an innovative sanitary sewer system (mound system). Relationship of the Proposed Project to the Comprehensive Plan. The city has recently updated its Comprehensive Plan in conformance to the requirements found in the Metropolitan Land Planning Act and the plan is currently being reviewed by the Metropolitan Council. The proposed plan has designated three different areas in the city - the Urban Planning Area, the Transition Area and the Rural Service Area. According to the plan, the Urban Planning Area is where urban development should take place and where urban public utilities may be provided in the near future. The Transition Area, located immediately beyond the Urban Planning Area is thought of as an urban expansion area in the future, although there are no immediate plans for pro- viding urban public utilities to this area. The Rural Service Area, located beyond the Transition Area, will remain rural in character for the foreseeable future and no plans have been developed for providing any public utilities to this area. The site in question is located in the Transitional Area of the proposed Compre- hensive Plan with the minimum lot size for residential development being 2.5 acres. The site is currently designated for residential development. The areas designated for future commercial development are located either within the Urban Planning Area or along T.H. #10 and 52 in the southwestern portion of the city. In the past, there have been several proposals for other types of commercial uses in the general area of the intersection of Highway #47 and 167th Ave. For example, a medical clinic was proposed for this general area; however, at that time the city officials persuaded the builder of the clinic to locate further south in the area designated 1990 Urban Area. More recently, a dental clinic was proposed to be located near the subject site; however, after the city offi- cials rejected the proposed location, Dr. Thomas Anderson located the clinic near city hall again within the 1990 Urban Planning Area. Thus, it iselearby past actions of the city officials that they are strongly encouraging any commercial developments to locate in the southeastern'portion of the city in the general area designated as the 1990 Urban Planning Area. Presumably, the reason for this is that this is the area where urban services could most easily be provided such as sanitary sewers. These actions by the city officials are in conformance to the existing and proposed Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan has designated a substantial amount of land in the south-eastern portion of the city in the 1990 Urban Service Area as well as portions of land adjacent to T.H. #10 and 52 for urban commercial development. While the Comprehens~vePlan does allow for development of neighborhood convenience centers in the transitional and rural areas, it is not clear that the total pro- posed development for the Highway #47 and 167th Avenue area can any longer be considered a neighborhood convenience center. Rather, the total development proposed for the area would appear to make the development fall into a classi- fication of neighborhood cent ers which serve a much larger population than the neighborhood convenience center. - ~ ~