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��i <br /> Eof <br /> lk — - Request for Action <br /> River <br /> To Item Number <br /> Mayor and City Council 7.2 <br /> Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by <br /> Public Hearin November 18, 2019 Zack Carlton,Planning Manager <br /> Item Description Reviewed by <br /> Ordinance Amendment:Auto Sales in the Focus Chris Leeseber , Senior Planner <br /> Area Study-The Point (A) Zoning District Reviewed by <br /> Cal Portner, City Administrator <br /> Action Requested <br /> Direct,by motion,the preparation of a finding of fact denying the <br /> proposed ordinance amendment as the use is not consistent with <br /> the Comprehensive Plan. The resolution would return to the City <br /> Council for adoption on December 16, 2019. <br /> Background/Discussion _ <br /> The applicant, Sun Rae Apartments LLC,has requested approval " CR 33 <br /> of an ordinance amendment that would allow auto sales at the <br /> former Saxon Motors property. The property previously operated <br /> as an auto dealership,but has not had an authorized use for nearly z <br /> 10 years. RR <br /> The property was included in the Focused Area Study (FAST) Hwy io <br /> boundary in 2010, and subsequently guided for high density - - CR 12 <br /> residential uses. The Comprehensive Plan,updated in 2014, <br /> formally adopted the FAST guidance into the Land Use plan, and '"'. <br /> the city rezoned all properties within the FAST land use district in `, <br /> 2016 to be consistent with the guidance from both documents. PR <br /> 'i <br /> " :.y <br /> Applicable Regulation 'Q,69 <br /> In reviewing a proposed amendment, consideration sball be given to existing <br /> conditions witbin the area directly and indirectly affected by the proposal, the <br /> conservation of property values, the use to wbicb the property affected is being Figure i <br /> devoted at the time, and relevant provisions, if any, in the land use plan. <br /> Nothing of significance in the area has changed since approval of the FAST plan in 2010, adoption of the <br /> Comprehensive Plan in 2014, or rezoning of the property in 2016 to facilitate an amendment to allow a <br /> high impact commercial use on a property guided for residential. <br /> Staff and the Planning Commission do not support changing the ordinance as the city has already seen a <br /> number of plans showing residential uses are feasible on the property. Additionally, adding auto sales as <br /> The Elk River Vision <br /> A welcoming community witb revolutionary and spirited resourcefulness, exceptional p D W E H E D D Y <br /> service, and community engagement that encourages and inspires prosperity /` UR <br />