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this application for Preliminary Plat approval and rezoning to RPUD: FINDINGS A. Communitygement Plan Conformity; CMP Amendment 1. This application was reviewed as Zoning File #16-3847. 2. The City Council has granted preliminary approval for the amendment per the findings contained within Resolution No. 6665 adopted August 22, 2016, and it has been forwarded to the Metropolitan Council for review and approval. B. Rezoning from RR -1 B to RPUD 3. The Property is located within the Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA) and is intended to be developed using municipal sewer and water. Municipal sewer and water are planned to be extended to serve the property. 4. Because the property is proposed to be reguided in the CMP for single family residential use at a density of 3-7 units per acre, the property should be rezoned consistent with the intended and guided use. The most appropriate zoning for the intended use is RPUD, Residential Planned Unit Development District. 5. The property contains approximately 3.67 gross acres, but of which only approximately 2.3 acres is developable, the remainder consisting of wetlands. The Council finds that the property is appropriately rezoned to RPUD given its location, typology, and intended land use. 6. Rezoning the property to RPUD Residential Planned Unit Development is appropriate based on the medium -density residential nature of the proposal, which meets the following general purposes of the RPUD District: a) incorporates flexibility in land development and redevelopment in order to utilize new techniques of building design, construction and land development; b) provides lifecycle housing with the potential to meet affordable and moderate cost housing needs; c) incorporates energy conservation through the clustering of buildings and land uses, d) preserves desirable site characteristics and open space and protects sensitive environmental features, including sensitive wetland areas; Page 2 of 15