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Plan Evaluation 1. Rezoning and Comprehensive Plan Amendment The City's 2030 Comprehensive Plan lays out the future land uses that are anticipated for all properties within the City. Based on the future land uses, the City can plan for improvements, anticipate infrastructure needs, and create appropriate land use regulations. The City's Zoning Code identifies specific zoning districts through which the land uses and goals in the Comprehensive Plan can be implemented. The zoning cannot conflict with the future land use designation. State Statute requires that in order to change a property's zoning district, the future land use of the property in the Comprehensive Plan must also be amended to reflect the new anticipated use. The Metropolitan Council has the final determination as to whether to allow a comprehensive plan amendment or not, though they provide great deference to the City as long as the proposed land use change does not have a negative impact on a regional system (i.e. transportation, sanitary sewer, and regional parks) A City has broad discretion when reviewing whether or not to rezone a property or amend its Comprehensive Plan. Questions to consider are whether or not the proposed project forwards the broader goals and vision for the City? Would the rezoned property allow for a better development then the current zoning would permit? Is the proposed zoning district appropriate to that particular location? Would the proposed change forward the goals of the comprehensive plan? If the City approves the Comprehensive Plan amendment one of the conditions of approval will be that the project is contingent on approval from the Metropolitan Council. The request for the future land use amendment will be submitted to the Metropolitan Council by the City at that time. The Metropolitan Council then has 60 days to review the application, though due to the small size of the project and the lack of negative impacts, the City will be requesting a shortened review timeline of 14 days. Once the Metropolitan Council completes their review they will notify the City of their decision. If the land use amendment is approved the applicant can move forward with filing the final plat and pulling permits. 2. R-4 Zoning Regulations Review As noted, this project is being reviewed through the Planned Unit Development (PUD) process. The following section reviews the project based on the R-4 regulations and notes where flexibility is being requested. Section 1320 — District Provisions A. Lot Size, Building Coverage, and Landscaping — Flexibility requested City of Arden Hills Planning Commission Meeting for December 9, 2009 IlMetro-inet.uslardenhillslPlanninglPlanning Cases 12009W9-021 Arden Village PUD, Plat, Rezoning (Pending)112-09-09 - PC Report -Arden Village.doe Page 4 of 14