Item 3.2 Zoning Ordinance amendmentTPC 3601 Thurston Avenue
Anoka, MN 55303
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The Planning Company
PLANNING REPORT
TO: Otsego Planning Commission
FROM: D.Daniel Licht, AICP
REPORT DATE: 28 December 2022
RE: Otsego -Zoning Ordinance; Business Districts
TPC FILE: 101.02
BACKGROUND
ITEM 3.2
The City Council Administrative Subcommittee has directed the Planning Commission to review
the various uses allowed within the commercial zoning districts established by the Zoning
Ordinance. The purpose of this review is to consider whether certain uses are appropriate for
development within the commercial areas guided by the Comprehensive Plan in the area
surrounding the TH 101 and CSAH 39 interchange. A public hearing to consider possible
amendments of the Zoning Ordinance to this effect has been noticed for the Planning
Commission meeting on 3 January 2023.
Exhibits:
â– Draft amendment
ANALYSIS
Comprehensive Plan. The 2012 Comprehensive Plan guides the area generally surrounding the
TH 101 and CSAH 39 interchange as Otsego's primary commercial area. The area is to develop
with business serving both local as well as regional markets with retail, service, and office
businesses that benefit from accumulative attraction and business interchange. These uses are
also to provide opportunity for increased employment within the City, which also provides vital
market to support for commercial businesses. The guidance of the Comprehensive Plan will
respect to this area is not expected to change through the current update process.
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