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RESOLUTION NO. Z9b-08
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 City of Rochester Planning and Zoning Commission initiated an
amendment to the Rochester Urban Service Area Land Use Plan to add a "Light
Industrial/Business Park" land use category to the text of the "Land Use Plan for the Rochester
Wrban Service Area. Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, contains
the details concerning the land use changes; 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 June 2, 2008, 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 by adopting those changes outlined on Exhibit A.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this resolution shall be maintained
in 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 Zj-,cl DAY OF �J�" , 2008.
PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST:
CILFY CLERK
APPROVED THIS 59-8 DAY OF , 2008.
MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)
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EXHIBIT A
Proposed Text Amendment:
To accomplish the task of adding a new land use plan use category to the text of
the land use plan, several sections must be amended within the document. Land
use categories are first referenced in the plan in the section called "Locational
Criteria" beginning on about page 9 of the plan document. The list of"Use
Designations" (which presently contains 12 categories) is found in the plan
beginning on page 13 of the existing document. The general discussion of
"Industrial Uses" starts on page 27 and since the concept of"light industrial"
areas was not originally part of the plan, an addition to this section supporting the
new "light industrial/business park" designation is needed.
The proposed additions, as prepared by the Planning Department Staff, to the
text of the Land Use Plan for the Rochester Urban Service Area are printed in
italics as follows:
PAGE 13 ADDITIONS:
D. Locational Criteria for Light Industrial/Business Parks
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The light industrial/business park use designation on the Plan provides for a mix
of selected industrial and commercial activities that may differ from each other in
specific characteristics but that can reasonably be required to perform similarly.
Such uses, however, are not easily incorporated into mixed-use residential
buildings because of their unique floor area or floor plan requirements. The mix
of uses would not include as wide a range as in an "industrial'area and
specifically would not allow uses with dangerous or noxious processes or those
requiring heavy truck traffic. Sites for these type of uses can either take
advantage of their locations by acting as buffers between lower intensity land
uses and higher intensity industrial or commercial areas or by being designed to
be part of the fabric of a neighborhood to provide more shared-commute,
bikeable or walkable employment centers that take advantage of an excellent
transportation system for vehicular access but for more residential friendly uses
that have a more limited transportation demand.
Sites to be considered for light industriaUbusiness park designations should have
the following characteristics:
1. Having terrain that can accommodate the development without the need to be
quarried to create building pads or parking lots or result in the creation of
slopes or cuts that cannot maintain a permanent vegetative cover.
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• 2. Having excellent access to road transportation facilities located at the
intersection of two arterials, an arterial and higher order or two higher order
streets with existing or planned traffic control facilities.
3. Having adequate area available to provide buffers and landscaping to protect
adjacent or nearby residential use or open space designations.
4. Served by utilities and public facilities.
5. Situated, shaped and sized so as not to reduce or deter the ability of
residents of the area to walk as a mode of transportation and also allow the
land use to be made part of and not separate from the neighborhood. Infill-
locations, areas surround by or adjacent to established development on more
than two sides, will be evaluated on their potential to incorporate the new
development compatibly into the established area based on the existing road
and land use patterns.
PAGE 15 ADDITIONS:
Use Designations
"Light Industrial/Business Park"areas are intended to provide attractive, high
quality industrial/business park development with lower traffic generation
• characteristics than typical industrial or commercial areas because of the
destination orientation of the uses in the developments; designed to promote
walk-ability for tenants/employees, visitors and neighbors; and consisting of a
mixture of uses that do not generate objectionable noise, odors or require large
areas of outdoor storage. "Light Industrial/Business Park"areas are intended to
provide a harmonious transition to adjacent lower intensity land uses by being
designed with minimum modifications to the natural landforms; by conducting
most business activity and storage within buildings; by the design of high-quality
and attractive buildings; by providing open space, landscaping, and sensitive
grading to achieve a park or campus-like setting and by employing well-screened
and appropriately located truck-loading areas and limited outdoor storage areas.
Typical uses would be light manufacturing, assembly or maintenance and repair
activities, research and development, small offices or office/showrooms, clean
trade shops and limited or accessory warehousing. These areas may contain a
limited amount of supportive retail and service uses developed at a scale and
design that support the daily needs of the businesses and the employees in the
immediate area and the nearby residential populations.
PAGE 28 ADDITIONS:
Industrial Uses
• Providing Adequate Space for Industrial Growth
• NEW PARAGRAPH AT THE END OF THIS SECTION:
The preservation of"prime"industrial areas can be assisted by accommodating a
land use plan designation and a zoning district for low impact, low trip-generating
light industrial/office park development district in areas with less restrictive
access and terrain characteristics than current industrial designations.
Appropriate areas for these types of industrial uses are much more abundant in
the growth area and would relieve pressure to develop "prime"industrial areas
for less than prime industrial uses.
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