1997-06-18 Denial of Zoning Requests
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AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING
This is to certify that the attached letter and copies of the
attached resolutions were mailed at the u.s. Post Office at
Albertville, Minnesota, on the 19th da f June, 97, at 3:00 PM
by Linda Houghton.
Dated this 19th day of June, 1997
ALBERTVILLE
COUNTY OF WRIGHT
STATE OF MINNESOTA
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5975 Main Avenue N.E.
P.O. Box 9
Albertville, MN 55301
(612) 497-3384
Fax: (612) 497-3210
June 18, 1997
Don Jensen
Pilot Land Development
13736 NE Johnson street
Ham Lake, MN 55304
RE: Denial of Zoning Requests
Center Oaks
Cedar Creek North
Dear Mr. Jensen:
This letter will serve to notify you that the City Council
approved the attached resolutions denying your rezoning and
preliminary plat requests for the Center Oaks and Cedar Creek North
properties.
Please refer any questions you may have relating to the
Council action to City Administrator Garrison Hale.
Linda Houghton
City Clerk
Enclosures
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RESOLUTION NO. 1997-34
(' A RESOLUTION DENYING THE REQUEST FOR A REZONING FROM R-1A TO PLANNED
UNIT DEVELOPMENT AND PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL AS REQUESTED BY PILOT
LAND DEVELOPMENT CO. FOR THE CENTER OAKS PROPERTY
WHEREAS, the City of Albertville is a municipal corporation, organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Albertv111e has adopted Ordinance 1988-12 to
promote the orderly, economic and safe development and utilization of land within the city: and
WHEREAS, Pilot land Development Co. has made application for rezoning of the Center
Oaks property from R-1 A, Low Density Single Family to Planned Unit Development; and
WHEREAS, landowners also made application for preliminary plat approval; and
WHEREAS, the property is legally described as:
The south 30 acres of the Northeast Quarter of Section 2, Township 120, Range 24, and
known and described as lot 2 of said Northeast Quarter, as per plat of record, and also
the Northwest Quarter of Southeast Quarter of Section 2, Township 120, Range 24, Wright
County, Minnesota.
WHEREAS, the proposed rezoning requires the Planning Commission and City Councl1
to consider the impacts of that adjustment; and
WHEREAS, the A1bertvi11e Planning Commiss'ion reviewed the application and conducted
a public hear-ing relative to the appllcation on 13 May 1997 and voted 4-0 to recommend approval
of the application: and
WHEREAS, the A1bertv1ne City Council reviewed the appllcation information and Planning
Commission recommendations at their meeting on 3 June 1997; and
WHEREAS, the Albertville City Council hereby makes the following findings of fact:
1. The property is currently zoned R-1 A, low Dens-ity Single Faml1y which would allow for the
development of 15,000 square foot lots with a minimum frontage of 100 feet.
2. Development of the property for residential use would be allowed with the current zoning.
3. The 1996 Comprehensive Plan guides the property for low density residential development
which would include the R-1 A zoning classification.
4. The requested rezoning is not -in keeping with the R-1 A zone as it would al10w some lots
below the 15,000 square foot lot size and numerous lots without the required 100 foot lot
width (and varied front setback distances); and
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RESOLUTION NO. lqq7-~LL
PILOT LAND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY - CENTER OAKS
( 10 JUNE 1997
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5. The proposed project would increase the overall density of the site beyond that which
would result under the R-1 A zoning designation.
6. The benefits of the "coving design" are untested and may not outweigh the negative
aspects such as reduced lot widths, limited rear yard areas, and deviation from standard
house placement.
7. The project does not create a development pattern in harmony with the objectives of the
Comprehensive Plan.
8. The project is not tied to the golf course as was originally represented by the developer,
and therefore deviation is not warranted from R-1 A standards.
9. The project is in opposition to the Planned Unit Development process which requires
approval of a concept plan for the entire parceVproject area.
10. Env-ironmental concerns of drainage to property immediately abutting the project to the
south must be further investigated and resolved as 1t relates to water runoff into the private
drainage ditch in this location.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOl VCD, that the City Councl1 of the City of Albertv111e
hereby denies the requested rezoning and preliminary plat approval based upon the above l1sted
findings of fact;
This resolution was adopted by the City Council of the City of Albe'rtv111e on the 17th day of June
1997, by a vote of ~ Ayes and ---LL Nays.
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