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1 � .. � <br /> �//� <br /> � O� <br /> O O <br /> ��. CITY of ORONO <br /> � � <br /> ��� Gti' RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br /> �$Egg� NO. � � � � <br /> 3. Rezoning of the property from RR-1B One Family Rural Residential to B-6 <br /> Highway Commercial District (PUD) for a medical office use would be in <br /> keeping with the 2000-2020 Orono Community Mana�ement Plan (CMP) which <br /> _ guides the area in �vhich the property is located, from Willow Drive to Old <br /> Crystal Bay Road between Highway 12 and Kelley Parkway, for professional <br /> office use. Professional office use is a permitted use in the B-6 District. <br /> 4. Per Municipal Zoning Code Section 10.52, minimum area for a rezoning in the <br /> Highway 12 Corridor is 5 acres. The property is nominally 2.0 acres in area; <br /> the site was created in 1984 to accommodate a branch of the Hennepin County <br /> Library, which was never built. The City of Orono purchased the site in 1996 <br /> for temporary public �vorks use and as a means of controlling the future <br /> development of the site. Because the site exists as a separate parcel and the <br /> proposed use conforms to the CMP and the B-6 district, an area variance <br /> to allow rezoning of the site is reasonable. Such a rezoning is unlikely to have <br /> negative impact on the adjacent 2.5 acre vacant lot, since that parcel is also <br /> guided for professional office use. <br /> 5. Other properties abutting or near the property are used for or planned for uses <br /> which are generally compatible with the proposed office use. North of Kelley <br /> Parkway is the Orono municipal complex including administrative offices, police <br /> department and public works facilities to the northeast. Directly east is a vacant <br /> 2.5 acre parcel guided for professional office use. To the south across Highway <br /> 12 is the Orono industrial pazk. To the west across Old Crystal Bay Road is the <br /> Orono Schools campus. <br /> 6. The applicant has provided preliminary plans attached to this resolution as <br /> Exhibits A and B includin� site plan, gradin; plan, utility plan and landscaping <br /> plan (all dated 5-17-02) and conceptual building construction plans (dated 4-17- <br /> 02) which the Council finds are sufficient to indicate the intent of the developer <br /> and the potential impacts of the project. <br /> 7. The proposed site plan meets the general access standards developed for the <br /> Highway 12 corridor, in that all access is directly to Kelley Parlcway, and trail <br /> links are provided. An esistin� 8' wide bituminous trail which is part of the <br /> Orono comprehensive trail system is located within the property along Old <br /> Crystal Bay Road. The City wishes to maintain this trail in its current <br /> Page 2 of 12 <br />