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Shakopee Planning Commission Meeting
October 8, 2020
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| | | | | | | | | FROM: | Mark Noble, Senior Planner | | TO: | Planning Commission |
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| | | | | | | | Subject:
PUBLIC HEARING - Annexation and Zoning of Property in Jackson Township |
| | | | | | | | Policy/Action Requested:
Offer a motion of a positive recommendation to the City Council for the Annexation and Rezoning request and move its adoption.
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| | | | | | | | Recommendation:
Approve action requested. |
| | | | | | | | Discussion:
The City of Shakopee is proposing an annexation of 250 acres of land located within Jackson Township. The parcels are located south of Highway 169 and west and east of Old Brick Yard Road, generally near the intersection of Old Brick Yard Road and Colburn Drive (see attached 2020 annexation map). This application request would be consistent with the Orderly Annexation Agreement (OAA) approved between Jackson Township and the City (Section IV, 1. Annual Area Limits), which states that within any given calendar year, the City shall be limited to a maximum area it may annex without property owner petitions. Should this annexation be approved, other conditions identified within this OAA document shall be applied (i.e., municipal reimbursement, etc.).
Additionally, the City is proposing rezoning of this property to Agricultural Preservation (AG) Zone in conjunction with the annexation to avoid creating an un-zoned parcel of land within the City of Shakopee. When development is proposed for this land, the developer will propose the final zoning, which should be consistent with the City’s approved 2040 Comprehensive Plan for the subject parcels.
Currently the properties within the proposed annexation area are used for agricultural purposes (and the accompanying single-family residences). There has been interest in developing some of this land with annexation being the first necessary step for this action to occur. The City has initiated discussions on developing plans to extend city services to this area, and recently conducted an Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) which analyzed utility, traffic and land use plans for this area, with this Review approved by the State Environmental Quality Board.
Rezoning Considerations
The City Council may grant a zoning ordinance amendment when it finds that one or more of the following criteria exists:
1. The original zoning ordinance is in error.
2. Significant changes in goals in community goals and policies have taken place.
3. Significant changes in city-wide or neighborhood development patterns have occurred.
4. The comprehensive plan requires another provision.
Staff believes revising the zoning for this property meets more than one of the criteria. The current zoning of the property is covered by the Scott County Zoning Ordinance and per the annexation process, this zoning designation remains until changed and approved by the City. The parcels are currently zoned Urban Business Reserve (UBR), Rural Residential Reserve and General Commercial. As previously mentioned and based on discussions between the City and Jackson Township at their August joint meeting, upon annexation the properties would initially be zoned AG and will be changed when development is proposed for this property, with that zoning to be consistent with the 2040 approved guiding. For the subject properties in this case, the guiding is Suburban Residential for the southeasterly parcel, Mixed Employment Center for the westerly parcel, and Mixed Employment Center/Mixed Use Center for the northeasterly parcel (as requested by the property owners).
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