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Page 2 <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Council hereby makes the following findings in regard to <br />this application for RPUD General Concept Plan, Preliminary Plat approval, and rezoning: <br /> <br />FINDINGS <br /> <br />A. Rezoning from B-6 PUD to RPUD <br />1. This application was reviewed as Zoning File #LA21-000042. <br /> <br />2. The Property is currently zoned B-6 PUD and was originally developed as an office <br />use. The Property contains approximately 2.48 acres. The Comprehensive Plan <br />guides the property as high density residential (20-25 units per acre). <br /> <br />3. The property has sat vacant for many years; the city recognizes that there is not a <br />market, nor is one likely, for office uses on the subject parcel. <br /> <br />4. The city desires to identify additional areas appropriate for high density residential <br />within the community. This site was deemed appropriate for high density <br />residential given the adjacent Orono Woods senior housing project, the high traffic <br />Wayzata Boulevard, and the presence of municipal utilities. <br /> <br />5. The Property is located within the Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA) and <br />is intended to be developed using municipal sewer and water, a requirement of the <br />RPUD zoning district. <br /> <br />7. Because the property is guided in the Comprehensive Plan for higher density <br />residential, the property should be rezoned consistent with the intended and guided <br />use. The most appropriate zoning for the intended use is RPUD, Residential <br />Planned Unit Development District. <br /> <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 <br />the property is located in an area where the proposed development provides a <br />transition between commercial area and residential areas. <br /> <br />9. Rezoning the property to RPUD Residential Planned Unit Development is <br />appropriate based on the higher density residential nature of the development, <br />which meets the following general purposes of the RPUD District: <br />a) incorporates flexibility in land development and redevelopment in order to