HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 2012-302CITY OF PLYMOUTH
RESOLUTION NO. 2012-302
A RESOLUTION APPROVING FINDINGS OF FACT FOR THE REZONING
OF LAND LOCATED SOUTH OF 54TH AVENUE BETWEEN DUNKIRK AND VICKSBURG LANES
(2012054)
WHEREAS, U.S. Home Corporation dba Lennar has requested reclassification of the
zoning from FRD (future restricted development district) to RSF-3 (single family detached 3) for
the roughly 32 -acre site presently legally described as follows:
PARCEL 1: The West 330 feet of the East 990 feet of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast
Quarter of Section 8, Township 118, Range 22, lying Northwesterly of the Northwesterly right-
of-way line of the Soo Line Railroad, also known as the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie
Railroad Company.
PARCEL 2: That part of the East 660 feet of the North Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section
8, Township 118, Range 22, lying between the Northerly right-of-way line of the Soo Line
Railroad (Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad Company) and a line parallel with
and 30 feet Northerly of said Northerly Soo Line Railroad right-of-way line.
PARCEL 3: That part of the North Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 8, Township 118,
Range 22, lying Northwesterly of the Northwesterly railroad right-of-way line of the Soo Line
Railroad also known as the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad Company, except
the East 990 feet of the above described property and except the West 1/2 of the Northwest
Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 8, and except the West 347 feet of the Southeast
Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 8.
PARCEL 4: That part of the West 347 feet of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of
the Northeast Quarter of Section 8, Township 118, Range 22, lying Northwesterly of the
Northwesterly line of the Soo Line Railroad.
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed said request at a duly called public
hearing and recommends approval; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has adopted an ordinance rezoning the affected parcels
from FRD to RSF-3.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA, that it should and hereby does approve the request for
reclassification of the zoning from FRD to RSF-3 for the roughly 32 -acre site located south of
54t1' Avenue between Dunkirk and Vicksburg Lanes (as legally described above), based on the
following findings:
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I. The RSF-3 zoning and proposed density would be consistent with the LA -R2 guiding,
pursuant to the comprehensive plan.
2. The proposed single-family development would be consistent with the comprehensive plan
and would comply with city standards.
3. Adequate infrastructure would be available to support RSF-3 zoning and the proposed
development for this site.
Approved this 9th day of October 9, 2012.
STATE OF MINNESOTA)
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN) SS.
The undersigned, being the duly qualified and appointed City Clerk of the City of Plymouth,
Minnesota, certifies that I compared the foregoing resolution adopted at a meeting of the
Plymouth City Council on October 9, 2012 with the original thereof on file in my office, and the
same is a correct transcription thereof.
WITNESS my hand officially as such City Clerk and the Corporate seal of the City this
day of
City Clerk