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CITY OF ORONO <br /> RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br /> �� 4. NO. 7207 <br /> t�kESHOILC‘' <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council hereby makes the following findings in regard to this <br /> application for RPUD General Concept Plan,Preliminary Plat approval,and rezoning: <br /> FINDINGS <br /> A. Rezoning from B-6 PUD to RPUD <br /> 1. This application was reviewed as Zoning File#LA21-000042. <br /> 2. The Property is currently zoned B-6 PUD and was originally developed as an office use. <br /> The Property contains approximately 2.48 acres. The Comprehensive Plan guides the <br /> property as high density residential(20-25 units per acre). <br /> 3. The property has sat vacant for many years;the city recognizes that there is not a market, <br /> nor is one likely,for office uses on the subject parcel. <br /> 4. The city desires to identify additional areas appropriate for high density residential within <br /> the community. This site was deemed appropriate for high density residential given the <br /> adjacent Orono Woods senior housing project,the high traffic Wayzata Boulevard,and the <br /> presence of municipal utilities. <br /> 5. The Property is located within the Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA) and is <br /> intended to be developed using municipal sewer and water, a requirement of the RPUD <br /> zoning district. <br /> 7. Because the property is guided in the Comprehensive Plan for higher density residential, <br /> the property should be rezoned consistent with the intended and guided use. The most <br /> appropriate zoning for the intended use is RPUD, Residential Planned Unit Development <br /> District. <br /> 8. The property contains approximately 2.48 acres. The property meets the lot size <br /> requirements of Zoning Code Section 78-626 (1) for rezoning to RPUD because the <br /> property is located in an area where the proposed development provides a transition <br /> between commercial area and residential areas. <br /> 9. Rezoning the property to RPUD Residential Planned Unit Development is appropriate <br /> based on the higher density residential nature of the development, which meets the <br /> following general purposes of the RPUD District: <br /> a) incorporates flexibility in land development and redevelopment in order to utilize new <br /> techniques of building design, construction and land development; <br /> 2 <br />