City of Northfield MN
File #: Ord. 1072    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 9/26/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 12/3/2024 Final action:
Title: Consideration of the Second Reading of Ordinance No. 1072 a Zoning Map Amendment for the Northwest Development Area.
Attachments: 1. 1 - Ordinance 1072, 2. 2 - Location Map of the NW Area Zoning from A-S to I1-B V2, 3. 3 - Link to 10302024 PC meeting materials, 4. 4 - Ordinance 1065 Interim Ordinance Development Restrictions & Directing Re-Zoning and Text Amendment, 5. 5 - 11-26-2024 City Council Supplemental Agenda Background Memo No. 1 for November 26, 2024, 6. 6 - 23b - PC Res. 2024-009 Map Amendment, 7. 7 - 11-21-2024 Planning Commission Meeting Link
City Council Meeting Date: December 3, 2024

To: Mayor and City Council
City Administrator

From: Mikayla Schmidt, City Planner
Jake Reilly, Community Development Director

Title
Consideration of the Second Reading of Ordinance No. 1072 a Zoning Map Amendment for the Northwest Development Area.

Body
Action Requested:
The Northfield City Council approves the second reading of Ordinance No. 1072 a zoning map amendment for the Northwest Development Area.

Summary Report:
A zoning map amendment is proposed for the following properties in the Northwest Development Area to conform with the adopted 2008 Comprehensive Plan:

PID 430270028010,
PID 430270027010,
PID 430270029010,
PID 430270005011,
PID 430270008010,
PID 430270051010,
PID 430270053010,
32811 Garrett Ave. (PID 430270052010),
32840 Garrett Ave. (PID 430270075010),
PID 430270076010,
PID 430270078010,
2300 North Ave. (PID 430270079010),
and PID 430260053010.

The requested amendments would change the zoning of the above properties from A-S: Agricultural to I1-B: Industrial to match the future land use as depicted in Framework Plan Map in the adopted 2008 Comprehensive Plan. The City Council approved the first reading, unanimously, of the above properties to change the zoning to I1-B: Industrial.

Background:
The City Council passed Ordinance 1065 on August 5, 2024 that temporarily prohibited new or expanded development, planning, and zoning applications and permissions in this area through the end of December 2024 and directed staff and the Planning Commission to review a re-zoning from agricultural to industrial as well as requested to have the code provisions reviewed for a recommendation with action to come back for Council ability to introduce ordinances for re-zoning and text amendments by no later than November 4, 2024 to allow time for the Council to approve the ordinances prior to the end of the year when the interim restrictions expire. The hearing for the zoning map amendment was ...

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