HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 1998-519CITY OF PLYMOUTH
RESOLUTION 98-519
DENYING LAND USE GUIDE PLAN AMENDMENT AND REZONING FOR HARSTAD
HILLS, INC., FOR PROPERTY LOCATED NORTHWEST OF HIGHWAY 55 AND
VICKSBURG LANE NORTH (98018)
WHEREAS, Harstad Hills, Inc. has requested reclassification of the land use guiding from CO
(Commercial Office) to C (Commercial) for the roughly 7.59 acres located in the southwest
portion of this 25.8 -acre site located in the northwest quadrant of the intersection of Highway 55
and Vicksburg Lane North; and,
WHEREAS, Harstad Hills, Inc. has also requested rezoning from O -R (Office Residential) to C-3
(Highway Commercial) for the roughly 7.59 acres located in the southwest portion of this 25.8 -
acre site located in the northwest quadrant of the intersection of Highway 55 and Vicksburg Lane
North; and,
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed said requests 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 deny the request by Harstad
Hills, Inc. for reclassification of the land use guiding from CO (Commercial Office) to C
(Commercial) for the roughly 7.59 acres located in the southwest portion of this 25.8 -acre site
located in the northwest quadrant of the intersection of Highway 55 and Vicksburg Lane North,
based on the following findings:
1. The site meets the guidelines and location criteria for the current CO guiding.
2. The site does not meet the guidelines and location criteria for the proposed C guiding.
The location of the subject property at the end of a cul de sac would not be suitable for
the high traffic generation associated with the related highway -commercial uses.
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4. The proposed commercial uses would not be compatible with the surrounding land uses.
It would not be possible to provide sufficient transition to the residential uses proposed
north of 35"' Avenue.
5. No new information has been provided to support a change to the land use guide plan element
of the Comprehensive Plan for this property.
6. Reguiding would have no significant impact on the supply of Commercial or Commercial
Office land in the City.
7. Reguiding could negatively impact the transportation plan element of the comprehensive plan.
FURTHER, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA, that it should and hereby does deny the request by Harstad Hills,
Inc. for rezoning from O -R (Office Residential) to C-3 (Highway Commercial) for the roughly
7.59 acres located in the southwest portion of this 25.8 -acre site located in the northwest
quadrant of the intersection of Highway 55 and Vicksburg Lane North, based on the finding that
the proposed rezoning is not consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and other City policies and
plans.
ADOPTED by the City Council on August 19, 1998.
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 August 19, 1998, 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