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RESOLUTION 2001-521
CONCLUDING THE LAND USE STUDY AND APPROVING COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN AMENDMENTS FOR THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH FOR PROPERTY KNOWN
AS "STUDY AREA C" LOCATED SOUTH OF BASS LAKE ROAD AND WEST OF
HIGHWAY 169 IN THE NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE CITY (2001062)
WHEREAS, the City of Plymouth designated this area as "Study Area C" on the Land Use
Guide Plan map of the Plymouth Comprehensive Plan and identified the study area for
consideration of a possible change in the land use designation for the 48 -acre study area located
south of Bass Lake Road and west of Highway 169 in the northeastern corner of the City; and
WHEREAS, Study Area C is identified on the attached map.
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed the study area at a duly called public
hearing;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA, that it should and hereby does approve the following
amendments to its Comprehensive Plan:
Reclassification of selected portions of the land use guiding from C (Commercial) to LA -
3 (Living Area 3), LA -2 (Living Area 2) and CO (Commercial Office) and from IP
(Planned Industrial) to C (Commercial) for property located in Study Area C, as shown
on the attached map. Approval is based on the following findings:
a. The LA -3 guiding between Trenton Lane and Nathan Lane would be consistent with
the Comprehensive Plan criteria that state LA -3 areas should 1) abut or have
reasonably direct access to major collectors or minor arterials (Bass Lake Road), 2)
be near large parks or open space (Eagle Lake Regional Park, Three Ponds Park) and
3) be near jobs.
b. The large wetland in the area would physically separate the proposed LA -3 area and
the existing single family homes to the south.
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c. The density of development allowed in LA -3 (6 to 12 units per acre) would be
compatible with the density of the townhome development to the south (roughly 6
units per acre.
d. The residential guiding could provide additional opportunities for the City to meet its
low and moderate income housing goals.
e. The CO guiding on the east side of Nathan Lane would provide a good transition
between medium density neighborhoods and the commercial areas to the north and
east.
f. Commercial guiding of the parcel west of Walser Chevrolet would allow the parcel to
develop as an extension of the dealership.
g. These reclassifications would have the least additional traffic impact on Nathan Lane.
2. On Figure 7-3 (Functional Classification) and Figure 7-7 (Planned Roadway
Improvements) of the City's Transportation Plan, re -designation of that portion of the
minor collector now shown on Nathan Lane between 56th and 54th Avenues to 56th
Avenue and the Highway 169 frontage road, based on the finding that the proposed re-
designation would provide a permanent diversion of trick traffic away from the existing
residential development on the west side of Nathan Lane.
FURTHER, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA, that it should and hereby does retain the existing land use
classification of C (Commercial) for the land north of Bass Creek and IP (Planned Industrial) for
the land along the Highway 169 frontage road as shown on the attached map, based on the
following findings:
1. The site west of Nathan Lane is located along Bass Lake Road which is a minor arterial,
it is cut off and isolated from the land to the south by Bass Creek and the it is located
adjacent to a commercial site across Nathan Lane.
2. Since access to the site east of Super America will need to be coordinated with Super
America, the most appropriate classification is Commercial, consistent with the
classification of the Super America site.
3. Although the parcels along Highway 169 have good visibility, access is not direct,
making these parcels more appropriate for industrial rather than commercial use.
FURTHER, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA, that it should and hereby does amend the official Land Use Guide
Plan map to remove the "Study Area C" designation.
FURTHER, approval of the Comprehensive Plan Amendment is contingent upon, and subject to,
the required review and response by the Metropolitan Council.
Adopted by the City Council on November 27, 2001.
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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 November 27, 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