Findings of Fact
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
FINDINGS OF FACT
AND RECOMMENDATION
INRE:
Application of City of Chanhassen for a Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map Amendment and
Rezoning of the property located at 391 West 78th Street.
On January 2,2007, the Chanhassen Planning Commission met at its regularly scheduled
meeting to consider the application of the City of Chanhassen for a land use map amendment
from Public/Semi-Public to Commercial and rezoning of the property from Office and
Institutional, 01, to Central Business District, CBD. The Planning Commission conducted a
public hearing on the proposed land use map amendment and rezoning preceded by published
and mailed notice. The Planning Commission heard testimony from all interested persons
wishing to speak and now makes the following:
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. The property is currently zoned Office and Institutional, 01.
2. The property is guided in the Land Use Plan for Public/Semi-Public.
3. The legal description of the property is: Outlot B and the easterly 66 feet of Lot 1, Block
1, Old Village Hall.
4. The Zoning Ordinance directs the Planning Commission to consider six (6) possible
adverse affects of the proposed amendment. The six (6) affects and our findings
regarding them are:
a). The proposed action has been considered in relation to the specific policies and
provisions of and has been found to be consistent with the official City
Comprehensive Plan.
b) The proposed use is or will be compatible with the present and future land uses of
the area.
c) The proposed use conforms with all performance standards contained in the
Zoning Ordinance.
d) The proposed use will not tend to or actually depreciate the area in which it is
proposed.
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e) The proposed use can be accommodated with existing public services and will not
overburden the city's service capacity.
f) Traffic generation by the proposed use is within capabilities of streets serving the
property.
5. The planning report #07-01 dated January 2,2007, prepared by Robert Generous, et aI, is
incorporated herein.
RECOMMENDA TION
The Planning Commission recommends that the City Council approve a land use
map amendment from Public/Semi-Public to Commercial and rezoning property from Office and
Institutional, 01, to Central Business District, CBD.
ADOPTED by the Chanhassen Planning Commission this 2nd day of January, 2007.
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