HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 094-09 RESOLUTION NO. D 94)-L 9
WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of Rochester by enactment of Resolution
143-80 on March 24, 1980, duly adopted a "LAND USE PLAN" as part of the comprehensive
municipal plan for the City of Rochester, Minnesota, and environs; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Department initiated an amendment to Chapter I,
Introduction, The Purpose of the Land Use Plan of the Rochester Urban Service Area Land Use
40P Ian to incorporate a broader definition of health and to provide for an active living element; and,
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Rochester, after
published notice and hearing, recommended approval of the proposed amendment to the City's
"LAND USE PLAN;" and
WHEREAS, the Common Council, after published notice, held a public hearing in the
Council/Board Room of the Government Center on March 2, 2009, on the matter of the
proposed amendment to said "LAND USE PLAN;" and
WHEREAS, the Council determined that the Applicant satisfied all of the criteria
applicable to amendments of Land Use Plans.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council .of the City of
Rochester that the "LAND USE PLAN" as adopted on March 24, 1980 and as thereafter
amended, is hereby further amended so that Chapter I. Introduction, The Purpose of the Land
Use Plan reads as follows:
The Purpose of the Land Use Plan
The purpose of land use planning is to provide a consistent set of policies
applied to general geographic areas that will guide decisions affecting the use of
• those areas. Such decisions include those made by both the private and the
public sectors and, in particular, those decisions made by the public sector that
affect private land use. It is a basic premise of local government land use
planning that the community as a whole has a real interest in how private land is
used. Land use decisions have an effect on the need for public expenditures
and taxes; on environmental quality; on the consumption of energy, land, and
other resources; and, where mixtures of incompatible uses occur, on the stability
of property values. The adverse impacts of bad land use decisions are felt at the
neighborhood and community levels and, in general, affect the quality of life of
the entire area.
The authority to plan has been granted to cities by Minnesota state law for the
purpose of insuring "a safer, more pleasant, and more economical environment
for residential, commercial, industrial, and public activities" and of promoting the
"health, safety, and general welfare." To many the meaning of "health" in this
passage is a historical reference to our most early public health issues that came
about as consequence of urban development. Unsafe water supplies,
inadequate sewerage facilities, unhealthy air quality, insufficient access to light,
easily spread infectious disease, excessive noise, odors and glare, and high risk
of fire conflagration were consequences that public planning first attempted to
address. However, as early as 1948 the concepts of health were expanding
when the World Health Organization's pronounced in its constitution that
health... is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity The link between the level of overall
public health and vitality now contains a broader list of environmental and social
factors.
Since release of the first Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and
• Health (7/11/96), the importance of physical activity in the reduction of risk for
chronic diseases has come to the forefront. The provision of parks, open spaces
and recreational amenities is a well-accepted planning tool to promote physical
activity in a community. More recent work has attempted to show how
community design and development- where and how we live, work, go to school,
and play - can place unintended constraints on our ability to be physically active.
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our residents when we plan to maintain and create places that are considered
safe, secure, accessible and attractive to active living.
A land use plan is part of the comprehensive municipal plan defined by State
Statute as:
"a compilation of policy statements, goals, standards, and maps for guiding the
physical, social, and economic development, both public and private, of the
municipality and its environs and may include, but is not limited to, the following:
statements of policies, goals, standards, a land use plan, a community facilities
plan, a transportation plan, and recommendations for plan execution. A
comprehensive plan represents the planning agency's recommendations for the
future development of the community."
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this resolution shall be maintained
On the office of the Director of the Rochester-Olmsted Department of Planning and Housing; the
office of the Director of Public Works of the City of Rochester; and the office of the Director of
Building and Safety 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.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS 3yjCA DAY�OF MM C h 2009.
PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
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APPROVED THIS arc DAY OF �� 12009.
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MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)
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