Palmer Shakopee Holdings, LLC, property owner, have requested the following:

1. an annexation of property within Jackson Township (PID 06-915034-0);
2. the rezoning of that 22.57- acre parcel from Urban Business Reserve District (UBR) to Agricultural Preservation (AG) Zone;

The property is located generally north of 128th Street and Marine Drive, and east of U.S. Hwy. 169 (presently addressed as 2080 Emery Way - see attached Site Aerial). This property is adjacent to land recently annexed into the City (LaTour Farms, LP property adjacent to the east). The area proposed in the annexation is presently zoned UBR in Scott County (Urban Business Reserve). This property is guided Mixed Employment Center, which is comparable to business park and light industry zoning. The property owner intend to develop the property for their business use, but do not have specific plans at this time as they are waiting for when city services are extended to their property. However, with recent annexation of the land adjacent to their property, they believe it is appropriate to begin the annexation process now and will work with adjacent property owners to bring utility services to the site.

This application request would be consistent with the Orderly Annexation Agreement (OAA) approved between Jackson Township and the City. Should this annexation be approved, other conditions identified within this OAA document shall be applied (i.e., municipal reimbursement, etc.).This property is located within Area B of the OAA.

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 annexation 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 parcel is currently zoned Urban Business Reserve (UBR). Zoning this property to AG Zone is consistent with past rezonings of newly annexed properties in the interim until a final development plan is defined.

Per the Orderly Annexation Agreement, the City will pay Jackson Township seven years of the current township portion of the property taxes for this property.