Agenda - Planning Commission - 06/03/2004

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Assi.~itan t (iota n tuni ty Dc velop~ aent Director Tmdgeon explained in 1990 the City had 4 in 40 rcstricI:ions on Land tbr everyon: ot ttside the MUSA, which was not a moratorium. That was l itkcd as paul of the com prehens{ve plan approval in 2001. There has not been much activity yet, lately they I~avc approw.:d a couple of prope~ies and other people are asMng questions to subdivide. Thc City should hax e the proper ordinance that would not preclude development N the future. Counci In]e~nbcr Cook explaine~ ! wi~en the comprehensive plan went through there was a MUSA line. I/owcvcr. as or" now rathe~ than a MUSA line, a city is either a MUSA city or not a MqJSA city. The Met Council leaves it up ~o the Council to decide where the sewer will go. The City needs to take a t0ettcr look ut tN comprehensive plan, and the Met Council is asking for a new comprehc~u~ivc plan tl~al: meets ~hu ueed of not having the MUSA line. It will take 90 days to get thc infix'mm ion needed i~o see il" it i:, feasible. Russ RadholK [ 5720 Nowtl]en l:.ouIevard, stated he does not know what is being discussed. He received a little piece or'paper siatiug that the City will possibly put a moratorium on the development o~' their property, a ~c! ir is hard to have much of an opinion on it now. He is really uninlbrmcd as rD what they are t'yit',g to accomplish and his.suspicion is he will be just as ignorant t,:, i:he 2tots whun this is wo,_ed on as he is today, unless they.receive better information. M'avor (huncu ' ' "~ . c×piamcc thc rea:on fi)r the first hearing is to Point out the ~ndamentals Of what thc City is d.<>in~, and stu. lT can sl ~o~ Mr. Radloff the changes they are working on. Individual one or tx,vu acm parcels will prohably' not be allotted, but the ten or more acre parcels that want to develop with sewer a~d water cur~aot get it there and the Council is looking at how to let these properties duvclop. As.qistan[ (iumn ~unity Ouv,:lopm :hr Director Trudgeon indicated this moratorium would only restrict anvoite t'tTom sub, tividing theh' land that has five acres or more. ~yone o~ing acres alrca~ly ca,mot sub<ti vide ut tder the ordinance. A pelmit can still be pulled to put a house ()~1 a vactt~]/ lot, '.ibis o~xlv at'fEetS: nv, me plaiming to subdivide this su~er. Mayor (}re. ncc iudicated Mr. Rad o', should set up an appointment with staff to discuss this issue. Counci hncm bcr .%atom.men corns tenied as the City goes into this planning process tkrough the summer tinct'c: will be mo,'e oppo~ ~:unity fbr public input. Joel Nelson. 9350 - 1,q3~t A venue, stated be owns over 20 acres and would like to know what he Assistu~lt ('ornn~ ~mitv De,/ulupmc nr })irecror Yrudgeon replied a process will be created to allow fin' dcvcl()pmcnt iq the rural area.', especially when sewer and water may be a long ways away. Sial:I:' needs t~> w(>rk through ever,: tt-~iJ~g and get feedback. il'thc C'ilv is pl:tm~/ng to draw lines based on the location of properties. City Council/April 27, 2004 Page 9 of 35 77