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RESOLUTION 2001-051
APPROVING FINDINGS OF FACT FOR REZONING OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 16225
OLD ROCKFORD ROAD (20 10-1)
WHEREAS, GM Homes has requested reclassification of the zoning from FRD (Future
Restricted Development) to RMF -2 (Multiple Family 2) for 4.4 acres of land located at 16225
Old Rockford Road, legally described as follows:
That part of the east half of the northeast quarter of Section 17, Township 118, Range 22,
described as follows: Beginning at a point on the west line thereof distant 16.6 feet south from
the northwest corner of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of said Section 17, which
point is the center line of State Highway No. 55, so-called, as the same is now laid out and
constricted; thence south along the west line thereof a distance of 709.4 feet; thence east at right
angles a distance of 330 feet (20 rods); thence at right angles north a distance of 543.2 feet, more
or less, to the center line of said State Highway No. 55 (now County Road No. 9); thence
northwesterly along the center line of said highway a distance of 369.65 feet, more or less, to the
point of beginning; excepting however, therefrom that portion there of taken for highway
purposes, according to the duly recorded plat thereof.
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 parcel from FRD
(Future Restricted Development) to RMF -2 (Multiple Family 2).
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 (Future Restricted Development) to RMF -2 (Multiple
Family 2) for 4.4 acres of land located at 16625 Old Rockford Road, based on the following
findings:
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1. The proposed rezoning is consistent with the LA -2 guidelines and criteria in the
comprehensive plan.
2. The proposed development meets the standards of the RMF -2 (Multiple Family 2) zoning
district.
3. The proposed RMF -2 zoning allows a development that meets the City's density goals
specified in the LA -2 district.
4. There is adequate infrastructure available to support the RMF -2 zoning and the townhome
development proposed for this site.
5. Although the developer's plan would not meet the City's affordable housing or housing
density goals, it would provide opportunities for life -cycle housing to meet a need in the
marketplace.
ADOPTED by the City Council on January 23, 2001.
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 January 23, 2001 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