Laserfiche WebLink
5. The property was designated as Area 4 in the Comprehensive Plan <br />Amendment No. 2. Tn the land use section of the plan, this area was <br />selected for change in land use/zoning and for the extension of <br />municipal services. <br />6. The property is now located within the Metropolitan Urban Service <br />Area (MUSA). <br />7. The extension of sewer can be furnished either from existing sewer <br />lines in Long Lake to the southeast of the property or from the <br />existing sewer lines within the City of Orono to the west of the <br />property. <br />8. As a part of this rezoning application, the applicant has <br />formally petitioned for connection to municipal sewer and has agreed <br />to pay the cost of the improvement. <br />9. The recommended alternative for development of this property was <br />for single family densities at I to 2 acre. Section 10.32, <br />Subdivision 2, Planned Residential Development states, "the total <br />number of building, lots or dwelling units shall not exceed the number <br />of such lots or units permissible under the minimum lot size requir•-•- <br />ments of the zoning district or districts in -ili.ch such land is <br />situated." Rezoning is necessary to meet the agre upon density set <br />forth in Comprehensive Plan Amendment No. 2. <br />10. The one acre single family residential zone acts as an excellent <br />buffer or transition zone between the commercial corridor along the <br />Highway and the surrounding 2 acre rural residential properties to the <br />ncrth, east and west. <br />11. The proposed rezoning of tho property would meet the intent of <br />the principal goals set forth in Comprehensive Plan Amendmenl- No. 2 <br />entitled "Compatible Uses and Transitions", which states as follows: <br />"A significant concern is to develop land uses that provide <br />appropriate transitions between the traffic and noise associated <br />with Highway 12 and quality single family neighborhoods beyond. <br />More intensive commercial uses were judged to he appropriate <br />adjacent to the highway, but these uses should not extend so far <br />back from the highway corridor so as to adversely affect any <br />established neighborhoods. Any development should be limited by <br />the location of existing natural features and the capacity within <br />the available t, ility systNms. <br />Page 2 of 3 <br />y <br />