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City of Arden Hills City Council Meeting for August 27, 2018 P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2018\PC 18-018 - Trinity Lutheran Church Rezoning - 3243 New Brighton Road\Memos_Reports_18-018 Page 2 of 4 2. Deny: Motion to deny publishing a summary of Ordinance 2018-003. Background The City has initiated a rezoning of the property located at 3243 New Brighton Road. The property is owned by Trinity Lutheran Lake Johanna and is now used as a House of Worship. The current zoning of the property is R-2 – Single & Two Family Residential District. The City has proposed rezoning the property to R-1 – Single Family Residential District. The subject property is approximately 2.9 acres in size and is located north of County Road D, east of Cleveland Avenue, south of Beckman Avenue, and west of Lake Johanna. A House of Worship is allowed as a conditional use in both the R-1 and R-2 District and the zoning change would not affect the continued use of the property as a House of Worship by Trinity Lutheran. At this time, there are no proposed changes to the current use on the property. If the property were to be redeveloped in the future, it would be required to be developed under the R-1 District requirements. The Trinity Lutheran property is bordered on the north and the west by Hazelnut Park. The City and the church currently have a joint use agreement that allows the City and the public to use the church parking lot in conjunction with their use of Hazelnut Park. The proposed rezoning would not impact the joint use agreement. The properties to the east and south are predominantly single- family detached residential and are zoned R-2 District. While the residential properties in the surrounding area are zoned R-2, many of the properties, and in particular those on the eastern side of New Brighton Road, have lot areas more consistent with the minimum requirements for the R- 1 District. Planning Commission Review A full evaluation of the proposal was presented to the Planning Commission on August 8, 2018. The staff report to the Planning Commission on this case is provided in Attachment I. Draft minutes from the August 8, 2018 meeting are included in Attachment J. Arden Hills 2030 Comprehensive Plan The property at 3243 New Brighton Road is guided for Public and Institutional use in the 2030 Comprehensive Plan. This future land use classification is defined as, “areas designated for uses such as government buildings, colleges, schools, and religious uses, but not medical uses.” The current use of the property by Trinity Lutheran is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan.