HomeMy WebLinkAbout93-1 PCR Member Robert M i c k e l s o n introduced the following resolution
and moved its adoption:
PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 93-1
RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING AMENDMENT OF CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. 82-255 (COMPREHENSIVE PLAN) RELATIVE TO
LAND LOCATED ALONG BROOKLYN BOULEVARD
WHEREAS, the City Council on December 20, 1982, approved 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 figure 15)
designates area no. 28 as an area for service/office or mid-density residential land use; and
WHEREAS, a proposal for a planned unit development with a C2 (commerce)
underlying zoning designation has been submitted under Planning Commission Application No.
93011 comprehending a proposed expansion and redevelopment of the Brookdale Chrysler
Plymouth site and the lot to the south at 6107 Brooklyn Boulevard; and
WHEREAS, the City's Planned Unit Development Ordinance (Section 35-355)
requires that planned unit developments may only contain uses consistent with the City's
Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission desires to consider a Comprehensive Plan
Amendment which would create consistency between the goals and policies of the Plan and the
proposed redevelopment; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 35-202 of the City Ordinances the Planning
Commission has held a duly called public hearing on a draft Comprehensive Plan amendment
at its October 28, 1993, meeting and has taken testimony relevant to the draft amendment; and
WHEREAS, the Commission has considered the draft amendment in light of the
Comprehensive Plan, the Planned Unit Development Ordinance, the need for flexibility in
bringing about redevelopment of the Brooklyn Boulevard area and two studies conducted within
the past two and one-half years favoring such redevelopment.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Brooklyn Center Planning
Advisory Commission to recommend to the City Council,pursuant to Chapter 35-202 of the City
Ordinances, that City Council Resolution No. 82-255 (Comprehensive Plan) be amended to
designate area no. 28 listed on table 14 and figure 15 of the Land Use Plan at page 98 as
"commercial retail", based upon the following findings:
1. The Brooklyn Boulevard Redevelopment Study conducted by Dahlgren,
Shardlow and Uban, Inc. (DSU) for the City of Brooklyn Center in
March, 1993 encourages making all aspects of the Brookdale Chrysler
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Plymouth dealership conforming and to provide for the expansion needs
of individual businesses along Brooklyn Boulevard.
2. The Maxfield Commercial and Industrial Study which was prepared for
the City in June of 1991 acknowledges the viability of the Brooklyn
Boulevard car dealerships and recommends that expansions be allowed.
3. The likelihood of service/office redevelopment is this area of Brooklyn
Boulevard being undertaken in the immediate future is remote given
existing and future market considerations.
4. A planned unit development designation will give the City and private
property owners and developers the flexibility to approach the
redevelopment needs in this area of the City in a manner that will enhance
the neighborhood, the individual properties and the City as a whole.
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 as follows: number 28 of table 14 on page 98 of the Comprehensive Plan regarding
the Land Use Plan shall be amended from its current "service/office/mid-density residential"
designation to "commercial retail".
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October 28 1993
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Date Chairperson
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Secretary
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Commissioner
Tim Willson and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor
thereof: Sander, Holmes, Johnson, Mickelson, Reem, and Willson
and the following voted against the same: none
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.
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