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f-- Zoning Pile #1691 October 11, 1991 Page 3 The Comprehensive Plan Amendment will be completed by the City of Orono. In fact, the realignment of the MUSA line will be incorporated in a recent Comprehensive Plan Amendment (Number 3) that has been deliberately delayed for filing with the Metro Council until the completion of this review. The Comprehensive Plan Amendment will consist of realigning the Metropolitan Urban Service Area line to include the now rural 25 acre parcel. Sewer and water service will come from the City of Long Lake and be credited against their allowed units. The extension of water and sewer lines are shown on the utility plans within Exhibit U (sheet 3). The current Comprehensive Plan Amendment is similar in many ways to the recent Comprehensive Plan Amendment No. 2 that considered major land use changes for properties along Highway 12. As with Comprehensive Plan Amendment No. 2 there was little in the Comprehensive Plan Amendment that provided direction for the 1988 amendment. The current proposal requires no major capital improvements as sewer and water lines are adjacent to the property. The proposed one acre sewered zoning will serve as a buffer between the railroad and the surrounding rural residential within Orono (one unit per 2 acre in Orono and the adjacent Long Lake densities from two units per acre to high density residential townhouse development on north side of Burlington Railroad). The 24 acre parcel could not be developed at a 13 unit density if sewer and water were not made available. In discussions with surrounding Orono property owners, concerns were raised as to the rezoning to 1 acre. If the City was to proceed with the current RR-IB, rural zoning, area variances would have to be granted - total area equals 25 acres, excluding road dedication and exception for MWCC lift station property, the area is 24 acres. Orono Code whether this is developed as a PRD or conventional plat requires a total acreage of 26 acres for 13 units. The findings noted by staff are an Interesting exercise and under normal conditions would never be accepted by the City with a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to realign the MUSA to include 24 acres of severely limited lands for development at higher densities. Under normal conditions these lands would have been developed as large lots incorporating all of the conservation lands. Members of the Planning Commission, this is anything but a usual land use application. The City of Long Lake is the applicant. An agreement entered into by both cities to resolve a long drawn out annexation dispute requires the City of Long Lake to file this application. The City of Orono has agreed to consider and act on a 13 lot subdivision and we, both staff and Planning Commission, are obligated to provide both Councils with planning advice and guidance in the development of this property. •^^****‘* infUiMi-rnifT -mt -mfi*i ------