05-15-2006 Planning Commission Packet

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#06-3201 875 Wayzatn Boulevard May 8,2006 ' • Page 3 � Current Use of Property. The propei�ty was vacant until 1987, at which time a day-care center was consi:ructeci. It was operated until a few years ago pursuant to the conditions of a Conditional Use Perinit per Resolutioli No. 2075 dated 11-10-86. Tlie day-ca.re building is currently vacant. The buildiiig is served by a septic system. Because the day-care ceiiter required installation of fire suppression sprinklers, the City of Orono allowed the building to be served with water fiom the City of Long Lake. Long Lake provided water to the property specifically for the day-care use uilder the terms of a License Agreement, via a private water main under the Luce Liiie, stich water main allowed in the DNR trail right-of- � way via a 25-year "License to Cross State Lands". The Long Lake license in ot�r files allows Loiig Lake to terminate water service to the site witliout cause via 120-day written notice. The property inchides two tax parcels with a combined Assessors Land Value of$480,000 and a Building Value of$66,000 (January 2,2005 Valtiation for Taxes Payable 2006). . Current Zoning and Land Use Plan Status � The property is zoned RR-1B Single Family Rural Residential, which allows the development of suigle faznily homes at a density of 1 unit per 2 dry buildable acres. Other permitted uses in RR- 1B district iiiclude niuiiicipal buildings, and public parks or playgrounds. Conditional uses allowed within RR-1B include public/private/parochial schools; nursery schools (day-care); cht�rches; golf courses, country clubs, tennis clubs, camps, private parks/playgrounds; comm.ercial greenhouses; private recreation axeas of various types; Plaiuied Residential Developments (PRD) limited to detached SFR at lunit/2 acres; apiaries; public stables or banis; riding academies; hospitals; and libraries. . The property is witlun the defuied Rural Area of Oroiio as shown on CMP Map 3B-2. The property is mapped and guided for Riu•al Residential Use, 2-acre minimum lot size in the 2000- 2020 Land Use Plan. � B. Proposed Use of Properf.y The applicant proposes to remove the day care use and coiistri.ict a 12-unit townhome development at a density of 2 units per acre. Please review the applicant's letter of request, Exhibit B. The proposed use would require the following actions by the City: . 1) Ainendment of the 2000-2020 Comniunity Management Pla.n to convert the status of the property froin RLUaI to Urban(i.e. this application); 2) Establislunent of standards within the CMP for fut�ire use aiid development of this property(to be drafted if amendineiii nioves forward); 3) Rezoiuilg to allow a inulti-fa�nily developinent(probably to RPUD); and 4) Approval of a RPUD development plan, subdivision and development agreement.