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CASE # REQUEST FOR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT; CASE OF OAKWOOD LAND DEVELOPMENT By: Amy Geisler, Associate Planner Background: Oakwood Land Development has submitted an application for an amendment to the 2001 Comprehensive Plan. The request is to change the land use designation from Rural Developing to Low Density Residential on the property generally located on Sunfish Lake Blvd. at 153rd Lane NW. The amendment to the Comprehensive Plan, along with a subdivision request, would allow the applicant to develop the property with single-family homes at urban densities. The following items are enclosed for your information: a) Site Location Map b) Current land use map c) Draft Planning Commission minutes April 1, 2004 d) Proposed Resolution approving the request and authorizing submittal to Metropolitan Council Notification: State law requires that the City notify property owners within 350 feet be notified. Staff attempted to notify property owners within 700 feet of the subject property. The Planning Commission held a public hearing at their April I, 2004 meeting. Observations: Oakwood Land Development is proposing to redevelop 6 existing rural single-family lots into 27 urban single family lots as a part of the Alpine Woods subdivision. The 2001 Comprehensive Plan designates the subject property as Rural Developing. To proceed with the Alpine Woods subdivision, a Comprehensive Plan Amendment is necessary to change the subject property's land use designation from Rural Developing to Low Density Residential. The property located to the west, north, and south is currently designated as Rural Developing, while the property to the east is designated as Low- and Medium-Density Residential. The subject property is surrounded by a variety of lot sizes, varying from a 5-acre lot to the north, to less than I-acre lots to the south, to townhomes to the east. The wetland in the northwest comer of the plat will provide a substantial buffer between the new development and the largest lots to the north and east. At sketch plan review the Planning Commission expressed some concerns about expanding sewer and water in a piecemeal fashion to the proposed development, and asked for a more comprehensive approach to providing services to new properties. At their recent Strategic