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Home My WebLink About[06] CSB Request to Initiate Hearing • CITY OF ST. JOSEPH Council Agenda Item 6 MEETING DATE: June 16, 2011 AGENDA ITEM: CSB Request to Initiate Hearing SUBMITTED BY: Administration BOARD /COMMISSION /COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION: In 2008 the City amended the Comprehensive Plan BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The College of St. Benedict is in the process of submitting an application to construct living facilities on property east of CR 121 /College Avenue. It is anticipated that the application material will be delivered by June 15 with an anticipated hearing date of July 11, 2011 and the application will include a request for rezoning. Applicants may apply for rezoning with without authorization from the Council /Planning Commission or signatures of the property owners if the request is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. If the use is not consistent with the Comprehensive Plan the rezoning request must either be initiated by the City Council, Planning Commission or by 50% of the property owners located within 350 feet of the property. The request before the Council at this meeting is located in Planning District 12 of the Comprehensive Plan and the future land use map guides properties in this area to medium density and does not indicate Educational and Ecclesiastical. Therefore an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan is needed if the applicant seeks E & E Zoning. The purpose of the agenda item is not to debate whether or not the proposed use is consistent or inconsistent with the Plan, as that is left for the public hearing. The matter is simply will the Council authorize the public hearing. BUDGET /FISCAL IMPACT: ATTACHMENTS: Request for Council Action 6(a):1 -2 CSB Request 9(a):3 -6 Chapter 12, Comprehensive Plan 9(a):7 -8 REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION: If the Council chooses to initiate the hearing process, the motion should state "that by making this motion the City is not making a decision on the merits as to whether or not the Comprehensive Plan should be adopted "; the motion only authorizes the initiation to conduct a public hearing. The Council would also have the option to request CSB obtain signatures of 50% of the property owners within 350 feet of the subject property. 6:1 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 6:2 HUGHES . MATHEWS, P.A. A'I'TO RNEYS \ LAW KEV1N J. 1 it.s THOMAS E. MA1HEWS JOHN L. GREER JOHN F. MA1HEWS June 10, 2011 VIA HAND DELIVERY Rick Schultz, Mayor Steve Frank, Council Member Bob Loso, Council Member City of St. Joseph, Minnesota City of St. Joseph, Minnesota City of St. Joseph, Minnesota 25 College Avenue N 25 College Avenue N 25 College Avenue N P.O. Box 668 P.O. Box 668 P.O. Box 668 St. Joseph, MN 56374 St. Joseph, MN 56374 St. Joseph, MN 56374 Renee Symanietz, Council Member Dale Wick, Council Member City of St. Joseph, Minnesota City of St. Joseph, Minnesota 25 College Avenue N 25 College Avenue N P.O. Box 668 P.O. Box 668 St. Joseph, MN 56374 St. Joseph, MN 56374 RE: Request for Initiation of an Amendment to the Future Land Use Map Our File No.: 103 -00044 Dear Mayor and Council Members: This is a request to the St. Joseph City Council on behalf of the College of St. Benedict (the "College ") for the initiation of an amendment to the City's Future Land Use Map. I ask that this matter be placed on the City's agenda for its June 16, 2011, City Council meeting and that I be given an opportunity to explain the request and to answer any questions of the City Council. The College is in the process of preparing an application for rezoning for certain real property owned by the College which is east of County Road 121 (the "Property "). The Property is currently classified as primarily Agricultural District and a small portion of it is zoned R -3 Residential. The College will request a rezoning of the Property to Educational - Ecclesiastical District ( "EE Zoning "), as defined in Section 52.35 of the Zoning Ordinance. The proposed rezoning to EE Zoning is consistent with all but one aspect of the Comprehensive Plan. That one aspect is the St. Joseph Future Land Use Map, Attachment 4 -6 (see enclosed Map), which is described on Page 13 of Chapter 4 of the Comprehensive Plan as "a visual representation of future land use projections." 6:3 110 SIXTH AVENUE SOUTH, SUITE 200 • P.O. Box 548 • ST. CLOUD, MINNESOTA 56302 -0548 E -MAIL : attorneysC'hughesmathews.com • www.hughesmathews.com TELEPHONE: 320.251.4399 • FAX: 320.251.5781 City of St. Joseph, Minnesota Mayor and City Council June 10, 2011 Page 2 The Future Land Use Map projects all the College property west of CR 121 as EE Zoning, but not the College Property east of CR 121, which the College now seeks to rezone. The projected Future Land Use of the Property east of CR 121 identified on Map 4 -6 is "Medium Density Residential." Applicable zoning classifications in a Medium Density Residential area are the R -2 Two Family Residential District and the R -4 Townhome/Patio Home District. Those zoning districts are inconsistent with the College's intended uses for the Property. I request that the City Council initiate an amendment to the map because the current Future Land Use Map is not only inconsistent with the College's rezoning request, but it is also inconsistent with the rest of the City's Comprehensive Plan. St. Joseph Zoning Ordinance, Section 52.07: Administration, Subd. 5. Text Amendments and Rezoning of Parcels Depicted on the Official Zoning Map, provides that the process for amending the City's Future Land Use Map can be initiated by the City Council or the Planning Commission, or by petition by 50% of the affected property owners and 50% of the property owners within 350 feet of the requested change. Once the issue has been initiated by the City Council, it would be referred to the Planning Commission for a public hearing. The Planning Commission would conduct a study and compile a report, and then the requested amendment to the map would be considered for determination by the City Council. On behalf of the College of St. Benedict, I thank the Mayor and Council Members for your consideration of this issue. Very truly yours, J ' L. Greer Iclos e cc: Sue Palmer (via E -Mail) James E. Schumann (via E -Mail) Anne Oberman (via -Mail) Judy Weyrens Thomas G. Jovanovich (via E -Mail) JLG jrc P: \(L®t\I03 \00004 6:4 a- erg 1f z !° 9 i gE - x u, o z gg e mq %s �a4;*�€ l S Q " ¢ ¢ w E3 Q ` kg[ thg gi 3 E j z a § 1 i F m_ 4. 1 ; 5 'i T W � g 6 ~PiB @ F g W N $, Qu Q Z s' U + 2 O al E § '' 2 E 1 § 1 , § g —, 1 .1 1 si egeP y ' gi py S o � a W s _ =11P:BIO;; ;.4 tali Is :gi1 1 i r i s 11111 1 a �W O yb� -� .' ri . eL \. t1 ld+lll` ._ ' 't �� p\ 4 4 '•J. il, „ nl 'I,';<f ig It i rll 4 qNr;�� v� v , Yr 9 a. -, ' 2 ki �;4 ,\ 4 I I j \\ 4 4 t - ‘ .u.. E f '' '' v 3') 1 : 4 7t k‘ ,C) , s f A 1 VIA 1 1 7." 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