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CASE <br /> <br />REQUEST TO REZONE PROPERTY FROM B-1 BUSINESS <br />TO PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT; <br /> CASE OF BULOW INC. <br /> By: Sylvia Frolik, Community Development Director <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />Chris Bulow has submitted an application to rezone property located at the comer of Riverdale <br />Drive and Sunfish Lake Blvd. from B-3 Highway Business to Planned Unit Development. The <br />intent of the rezoning is to permit the property to be developed with townhomes. Ramsey's <br />Critical Area Plan is contained in the March 2001 Draft Comprehensive Plan and has been <br />approved by DNR. That plan states that all development in the Critical River Corridor should be <br />done as a Planned Unit Development. <br /> <br />The following items are enclosed for your information: <br /> <br />a) Site Location Map <br />b) Preliminary site plan <br />c) Planning Commission meeting minutes dated July 12, 2001 <br />d) Critical Area Plan excerpted from March 2001 Draft Comprehensive Plan <br />e) Proposed Findings of Fact <br /> <br />Notification: <br /> <br />In accordance with State statute, City Staff attempted to notify all property owners within 350 <br />feet of the subject property of the request for rezoning and public hearing. <br /> <br />Observations: <br /> <br />The property is 23,800 square feet or .55 acres in size and is located within the Metropolitan <br />Urban Service Area (MUSA). The Applicant is proposing to develop eight towhome units on the <br />property, which results in a density of 14.64 units per acre. <br /> <br />The subject property is 'de'signated for commercial uses in the current Comprehensive Plan and in <br />the March 2001 draft Comprehensive Plan. <br /> <br />The Economic Development Authority and the consulting firm ofHoisington Koegler Group Inc. <br />have been working on a Highway #10 Corridor Study. In the draft Highway #10 Corridor Study, <br />the subject property has been designated for commercial uses. It is the intention of the Highway <br />#10 Corridor Study to designate and maintain all properties north of Riverdale Drive for <br />commercial uses. <br /> <br />Under the Critical Area Plan, the performance criteria suggests that all development in the <br />Critical River Overlay District should be done as a Planned Unit Development with 50% of the <br />site preserved as permanent open space, and every effort should be made to minimize density. <br />The Critical River Ordinance in City Code restricts impervious surface to 30%. The preliminary <br /> <br /> <br />