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CASE # <br /> <br /> PUBLIC HEARING <br />REQUEST FOR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT; <br />CASE OF BRIGHTKEYS,.INC. <br /> By: Amy Geisler, Associate Planner <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />Brightkeys, Inc. has submitted a request for a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change a <br />portion of their land from Medium-Density Residential to Mixed-Use, in order to allow for <br />housing o~' similar density to that of the Town Center. This Comprehensive Plan .Amendment is <br />being considered along with the sketch plan for Town Center Gardens 3~d Addition. <br /> <br />The following items are enclosed for your information: <br /> <br />a) Site location map <br />b) Sketch plan of Town Center ? Addition <br />c) Proposed Resolution approving the request and authorizing submittal to Metropolitan <br /> Council <br /> <br />Notification: <br /> <br />State law requires that proper~ owners within 350 feet of the subject property be notified of the <br />public hearing. As part of the sketch plan notification process, staff sent the public hearing notice <br />to property owners within 700 feet of the subject property. <br /> <br />Observations: <br /> <br />As discussed in the sketch plan case for this property, the applicant has submitted a revised <br />sketch plan based on input received at the August 5, 2004 Planning Commission meeting.. Major <br />changes to the sketch plan include the addition of 21 single-family lots in the northern portion of <br />the plat. [n this area, the proposed sketch plan is in compliance with the Comprehensive Plan. <br /> <br />Brightkeys is seeking a Comprehensive Plan amendment for the southwestern portion of the plat, <br />to change from Medium-Density Residential to Mixed Use. The rationale for their request is to <br />accommodate shifting some of the density, from the northern part of the site to the south, and also <br />to complement the Town Center development immediately adjaCent west of the property, as well <br />as south of Bunker Lake Blvd. The Mixed-Use land use designation will allow the property, to be <br />zoned to Town Center 4-a Residential. <br /> <br />The cra-rent Comprehensive Plan shows the land use designation to the south of the Subject <br />Property is Mixed-Use. The [and ~mmediatety adjacent to the west is part of the Ramsey Town <br />Center project and the approved sketch plan shows the property, planned to be developed with <br />residential emits at a density up to 10 units per acre. The current land use designation o~' this <br />property is Low and Medium DensiW Residential. For the Town Center property- west of the <br /> <br /> <br />