HomeMy WebLinkAbout96-07 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 1996/01/16RESOLUTION NO. 96-07
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN 1980 TO THE YEAR 2000 FOR THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK
UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES 462351 TO 462364
4326 CEDAR LAKE ROAD
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan 1980-2000 was adopted by the City Council
on March 5, 1984 and amended on April 1, 1991, and provides the following:
1. An official statement serving as the basic guide in making land use,
transportation and community facilities and service decisions affecting the
City.
2. A framework for policies and actions leading to the improvement of the
physical, financial, and social environment of the City, thereby providing a
good place to live and work and a setting conducive for new development.
3. A promotion of the public interest in establishing a more functional, healthful,
interesting, and efficient community by serving the interests of the
community at large rather than the interests of individual or special groups
within the community if their interests are at variance with the public
interest.
4. An effective framework for direction and coordination of activities affecting
the development and preservation of the community.
5. Treatment of the entire community as one ecosystem and to inject long range
considerations into determinations affecting short-range action, and
WHEREAS, the use of such Comprehensive Plan will insure a safer, more pleasant,
and more economical environment for residential, commercial, industrial, and public
activities and will promote the public health, safety, and general welfare, and
WHEREAS, said Plan will prepare the community for anticipated desirable change,
thereby bringing about significant savings in both private and public expenditures, and
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan has taken due cognizance of the planning
activities of adjacent units of government, and
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan 1980-2000 is to be periodically reviewed by the
Planning Commission of the City of St. Louis Park and amendments made, if justified
according to procedures, rules, and laws, and provided such amendments would provide a
positive result and are consistent with other provisions in the Comprehensive Plan, and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of St. Louis Park adopted an
amendment to the Comprehensive Plan 1980-2000 on December 20, 1995, based on statutes,
the Metropolitan System Statement, extensive research and analyses involving the interests
of citizens and public agencies;
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WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park, based on the testimony,
evidence presented, and files and records, makes the following findings:
1. Times and conditions have changed such that the original purpose of the
property for street right-of-way is no longer necessary, and the remaining
public purposes for the property can be accommodated with the Community
Facility designation.
2. The existing official controls of the City are adequate to ensure compliance
with the Comprehensive Plan goals and policies of the Community Facility
designation.
3. The proposed Comprehensive Plan amendment would not result in
substantial adverse traffic or environmental impacts that could not be
prevented through appropriate site design requirements.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of St. Louis Park that
the Comprehensive Plan 1980-2000, as previously adopted by the Planning Commission and
City Council, is hereby amended as follows:
The amendment would change the land use designation from Residential 5
units per acre to Community Facility for property described on attached
Exhibit A - Legal Description.
ATTEST:
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Reviewed by administration:
95-54-CP:RES8(ws6)
Adopted by the City Council January 16, 1996,
contingent upon approval by the Metropolitan
Council
Approved as to form and execution:
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EXHIBIT A ---LEGAL DESCRIPTION
BEG AT NE COR OF S 1/2 OF SE 1/4 TH W
ALONG N LINE THOF DIST 33 FT TH SWLY
434.92 FT TO A PT 190 FT NWLY AT R/AS
FROM NWLY LINE OF RR R/W TH SWLY PAR
WITH SAID R/W DIST 1292.10 FT TH WLY
DEFLECTING RIGHT 9 DEG 19 MIN DIST
267.62 FT TO AN INTERSECTION WITH
NLY LINE OF CEDAR LAKE RD TH ELY AND
SLY ALONG NLY AND ELY LINE OF SAID RD
DIST 293.68 FT TO NWLY LINE OF RR R/W
TH NELY ALONG SAID NWLY LINE TO E
LINE OF S 1/2 OF SE 1/4 TH N TO BEG
CASE NO. 95 -54 -CP