HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 248-22 - Resolution - City Initiated LUPA CD2022-002LUPA
RESOLUTION
Approving Land Use Amendment No. CD2022-002LUPA, Known As the 6G Mod Sewer Area
Land Use Plan Amendment, To Amend the Land Use Map On 950 Acres, Located Generally
North of 19th St NW, South of the Badger Hills Dr NW Alignment, East of 70th Ave NW, and
Located West of Kenosha Dr NW, Generally West of the Badger Hills, Berean First Addition,
Badger Ridge, and Fox Trails Subdivision Developments.
WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of Rochester by enactment of Resolution 147-18 on
April 16, 2018 duly adopted a "LAND USE PLAN" as part of the comprehensive municipal plan for
the City of Rochester, Minnesota, and environs; and
WHEREAS, on June 1, 2020, the City Council adopted the 2020 Sanitary Sewer Master Plan;
and,
WHEREAS, on April 12, 2020 the City Council directed staff to investigate potential sewer
expansion in the West Zumbro Sewer District Area; and,
WHEREAS, on November 15, 2021, City Council approved a Growth Management Map
Amendment, designating unannexed lands in the West Zumbro 6G Sewer Subdistrict Area as
“Near Term Urban Expansion”; and,
WHEREAS, the “LAND USE PLAN” designates 597 acres of the subject West Zumbro 6G Mod
Sewer Subdistirct Area as “Urban Reserve”, a land use designation not intended for urban
development, and
WHEREAS, the “LAND USE PLAN” designates 291 acres of the subject West Zumbro 6G Mod
Sewer Subdistirct Area as “Industrial”, at generally unsuitable locations based on topography and
accessibility to major transportation infrastructure; and,
WHEREAS, an amendment of the “LAND USE PLAN” will bring the area closer to a development
ready state, allow a more timely and quicker return of City investment in the 6G Mod Sewer Main
Extension project, and provide more suitable land use designations for the subject lands; and,
WHEREAS, The City of Rochester Community Development Department initiated an amendment
to the Rochester Urban Service Area Land Use Plan to change the land use designation on
approximately 950 acres, and
WHEREAS, the Community Development Department recommended the approval of the proposed
amendment to the City’s “LAND USE PLAN;” and,
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Rochester, after published notice
and hearing, recommended the approval of the proposed amendment to the City's "LAND USE
PLAN;" and
WHEREAS, the Common Council, after published notice, held a public hearing on the matter of the
proposed amendment to said "LAND USE PLAN;" and
WHEREAS, the Council determined that the application did satisfy all of the criteria applicable to
amendments of Land Use Plans based upon the findings of fact presented by the Community
Development Department.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Rochester that the
"LAND USE PLAN" as adopted on April 16, 2018, and as thereafter amended, is hereby further
amended by changing the designations of 950 acres of property, per the “Proposed Land Use Map”
of Application CD2022-002LUPA, a copy which is on file at the Community Development
Department, in the following Sections of land in Township 107 North, Range 14 West, Olmsted
County, Minnesota :
19, 20, 30
and, the following Sections of land in Township 107 North, Range 15 West, Olmsted County,
Minnesota:
13, 24
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this resolution shall be maintained in the office
of the Community Development Department of the City of Rochester and shall be available for
public inspection.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby instructed to file a certified copy of this
resolution in the office of the County Recorder in and for Olmsted County, Minnesota.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS __________ DAY OF _______________, 2022.
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PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST: __________________________
CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS _____ DAY OF ______________________, 2022.
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MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)
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