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CAS , I 0 <br /> <br />RESIDENTIAL; CASE OF TSM DEVEI,OPM~NT, INC. <br />By:' Community Development Director Sylvia Frolik <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />Steve Schmitt of TSM Development has submitted an application to rezone property located at <br />the Northeast quadrant of CSAH #116 (Industry Avenue N.W.) and CSAH #56 (Ramsey Blvd. <br />N.W.) from Industrial to R-3 Urban Residential. The rezoning would allow the property to be <br />developed with townhomes at a density not to exceed 7 units per acre. <br /> <br />The following items are enclosed for your information: <br /> <br />a) Site Location Map <br />b) Site photo~aph <br />c) General Development Plan <br />d) Proposed Findings of Fact <br /> <br />Notification: <br /> <br />State Statute requires notification to owners of property within 350 feet of the Subject Property,. <br />Staff' attempted to notify owners of property within 500 feet of the Subject Property. <br /> <br />Observations: <br /> <br />The property is 4.77 acres in size and is within the Metropolkan Urban Service Area (MUSA). <br />The general development plan accompanying the application proposes to develop the property <br />with townhomes. The current Comprehensive Plan identifies this area for development with <br />industrial uses. The March 2001 Draft Comprehensive Plan continues to show this area as <br />'places to work'. If the City is inclined to rezone the property for medium density residential <br />development, the current comprehensive plan would have to be amended. In addition, the March <br />2001 draft Comprehensive Plan would also have to be modified accordingly. <br /> <br />The development property is bounded on the north and east by single family urban 'residential <br />development. There are two more' smaller parcels south and west of the property that are zoned <br />Indusdal. Connexus occupies the property on the south side of' Industry. Avenue. The land on <br />the west side of Ramsey Blvd. is zoned Industrial and is vacant except for two lawful non- <br />conforming residences. The March 2001 Draft. Comprehensive Plan currently shows <br />development of the property on the west side of Ramsey Blvd. with low and medium density <br />residential uses. <br /> <br />Over the years, the subject property' has consistently sho~m ~p in City comprehensive plans as a <br />place for industrial uses and again, ir is designated as 'places to work' in the March 2001 Draft <br /> <br />-131- <br /> <br /> <br />