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Zoning Ordinance Amendment Staff Report April 1 i,.2023 <br />Gem Lake Planning -Commis sion Page 3 <br />to amend the ordinance, This would allow them the opportunity to consider, plan, and design any possible <br />changes to their facilities without adding the unknown outcome of a variance request into the rnix. Any <br />proposed addition on the parcel still Would have to adhere to the Consolidated. Land Use. Ordinance, as <br />Well as the other rules and requirements of the city, <br />Figure 1 ' Aerial of WSMS property, per Ramsey. County. G!S <br />Amendment Process <br />The :Consolidated land Use C]rdin.ance cutlines.the process and procedure for amendments. 17.6.4 <br />ā¯‘utlines the Planning Commission's review of potential amendments, with 17.6.4{A} noting that requests <br />should meet one or more :of the following conditions: <br />1) A mistake has been made in the original. zoning which was inconsistent with. the Cam prehensive <br />Municipal Plan adopted by the City which should now be corrected; or. <br />2) Substantial changes have occurred within the City since the adoption of. the Comprehensive <br />Municipal Plan which changes should result in .an amendment of both the. zoning and the <br />Comprehensive Municipal Plan; or <br />3) There shall exist a clear public need for a benefit to be derived from the proposed zoning which <br />shall be greater than any benefitor convenience of the property owners. <br />4) Beyond a public need being evident; the application shall show that. the public interest would be <br />best served: by rezoning the property.in question and .that the property in question is the best <br />qualified to serve said public need; or <br />7 <br />