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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991-062 CCR1 Member Celia Scott introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 91 -62 RESOLUTION AMENDING CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. 82 -255 (COMPREHENSIVE PLAN) RELATIVE TO LAND LOCATED IN THE I -2 ZONING DISTRICT WHEREAS, the City Council on December 20, 1982 adopted Resolution No. 82 -255, adopting the updated Brooklyn Center Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS, the Plan's Land Use Plan at page 98 (Table 14 and 15 designates Area #18 as an area for Light Industrial Land Use; and WHEREAS, the City's Planned Unit Development ordinance (Section 35 -355) requires that Planned Unit developments may only be in areas designated for redevelopment in the City's Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS, the entire I -2 zoned area of the City is in need of redevelopment to one degree or another including the I -2 area north of the Soo Line tracks and west of France Avenue North; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 35 -202 of the City Ordinances the Planning Commission has held a duly called public hearing on a draft Comprehensive Plan amendment at its January 31, 1991 and February 14, 1991 meetings and has taken testimony relevant to the draft amendment; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission recommended adoption of a Comprehensive Plan amendment by adopting Planning Commission Resolution No. 91 -2 on February 14, 1991; and WHEREAS, the Council has considered the draft amendment in light of the Comprehensive Plan, the Planned Unit Development ordinance, and the need for flexibility in bringing about a redevelopment of the I -2 area in the future. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Brooklyn Center pursuant to Chapter 35 -202 of the City Ordinances, that City Council Resolution No. 82 -255 (Comprehensive Plan) be amended to designate the entire I -2 zoning district of the City as part of Area #18 of the Land Use Plan and that the recommended use for Area #18 on Table 14 be amended to read: "Redevelopment as Planned Unit Development and /or Light Industrial based upon the following findings: 1. There are many obsolete buildings in the I -2 zoning district which may not be suitable for new industrial uses in the future. 1 1 RESOLUTION NO. 91 -62 ATTEST: 2. Many sites in the I -2 district lack sufficient parking and greenstrips and do not meet required setbacks. 3. The future upgrading of Highway 100 in the area to freeway status will change the nature of the area contained in the I -2 zoning district. 4. A planned unit development designation will give the City and private property owners and developers the flexibility to approach redevelopment in the I- 2 area of the City in a manner that will most enhance the neighborhood as well as individual properties. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Brooklyn Center Planning Advisory Commission to recommend to the City Council that the Brooklyn Center Comprehensive Plan be revised to read as follows: Area No. 18 on Figure 15 shall be expanded to include the I -2 area north of the Soo Line tracks and west of France Avenue North; and No. 18 of Table 14 on page 98 of the Comprehensive Plan regarding the Land Use Plan be changed from "Light Industrial" to "Redevelopment as Planned Unit Development and /or Light Industrial." Date Deputy Clerk U Todd Paulson, Mayor The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member Dave Rosene and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Todd Paulson, Celia Scott, Jerry Pedlar, Dave Rosene, and Philip Cohen; and the following voted against the same: none, whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.