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Plan Evaluation <br />1. Rezoning and Comprehensive Plan Amendment <br />A city's 2030 comprehensive plan lays out the future land uses that are anticipated for all <br />properties within the city. Based on the future land uses, cities can plan for improvements, <br />anticipate infrastructure needs, and create appropriate land use regulations. A city's zoning <br />code identifies specific zoning districts through which the land uses and goals in the <br />comprehensive plan can be implemented. The zoning cannot conflict with the future land <br />use designation. State Statute requires that in order to change a property's zoning district to <br />one that does not align with the designated future land use, the comprehensive plan's future <br />land use map must also be amended to reflect the new anticipated use. The Metropolitan <br />Council has the final determination as to whether to allow a comprehensive plan amendment <br />or not, though they provide great deference to cities as long as the proposed land use change <br />does not have a negative impact on a regional system (i.e. transportation, sanitary sewer, and <br />regional parks) <br />A city has broad discretion when reviewing whether or not to rezone a property or amend its <br />comprehensive plan. Questions to consider are whether or not the proposed project forwards <br />the broader goals and vision for the city? Would the rezoned property allow for a better <br />development then the current zoning would permit? Is the proposed zoning district <br />appropriate to that particular location? Would the proposed change forward the goals of the <br />comprehensive plan? <br />Rezoning of Lot 1, Block 1 <br />Presbyterian Homes is requesting that their properties located on the east side of Lake <br />Johanna Boulevard at 3120 and 3220 be consolidated into a single parcel; Lot 1, Block 1. <br />The consolidation request meets all requirements of the City's Subdivision Ordinance. In <br />addition, Presbyterian Homes is requesting the new parcel be rezoned from R -2 to R -4. The <br />reason for the rezoning request is based on a City Staff recommendation that comes from a <br />need to find a zoning classification that more closely fits with the mix of uses that currently <br />operate on the site. Regardless of the outcome of the Master and Final PUD application, Staff <br />believes that the rezoning is appropriate given the existing conditions on the site, and the fact <br />that this property diverged from the underlying R -2 zoning regulations decades ago. <br />The City's 2030 Comprehensive Plan guides the future land use of this parcel for "Public and <br />Institutional Both the previous 1998 Future Land Use Map and the 2008 Existing Land <br />Use Map also classify the property as "Public and Institutional This classification is based <br />on the historic and current use of the property as a senior housing and care facility owned and <br />operated by Presbyterian Homes. The City does not have a zoning district specifically <br />designated for public and institutional uses, even though there are a number of properties <br />within the City that are guided as such on the 2030 Future Land Use Map. The underlying <br />zoning district of each property dictates the permitted mix of uses, setbacks, densities, and <br />other zoning requirements. <br />City of Arden Hills <br />Planning Commission Meeting for October 6, 2010 <br />Page 6 of 11 <br />