City Council Resolution 2025-35CITY OF MONTICELLO
WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA
CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-35
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE 2040 MONTICELLO VISION + PLAN (THE
"COMPREHENSIVE PLAN") MODIFYING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FROM ESTATE
RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL FLEX, AND MIXED NEIGHBORHOOD TO LIGHT
INDUSTRIAL PARK
PIDS: 213-100-161101, 213-100-094400, 213-100-152205
WHEREAS, the City regulates land use through its Comprehensive Plan (currently the
2040 Monticello Vision + Plan), including the Future Land Use Map, for guidance as to future
land uses and resulting impacts, and implements the Plan through its development regulations,
including its subdivision and zoning ordinances; and
WHEREAS, the City utilizes a process for considering amendments to the
Comprehensive Plan from time to time, as various conditions may warrant such considerations;
and
WHEREAS, the City finds that the best interests of the City's land use goals and
objectives, and reasonable flexibility for development planning and timing, would be best
served by amending the current Comprehensive Plan to accommodate changes to the Future
Land Use Map, enlarging a current area of Light Industrial Park; and
WHEREAS, the City adopted various land use management requirements ensuring that
development within the LIP areas is undertaken in accordance with the City's land use and
economic development goals; and
WHEREAS, with the applicable amendment, the City would establish and retain land use
control over projects in this district, to ensure more effective planning, cost-efficient
development, and preservation of other City goals and objectives related to industrial and
economic development; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed the amendments modifying the
applicable sections of the Comprehensive Plan modifying the Future Land Use Map of the
Comprehensive Plan and the effect on the City's land use plans and policies; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on May 6th, 2025 on the
proposal and members of the public were provided the opportunity to present information to
the Planning Commission; and
WHEREAS, the City Council reviewed the application for the amendment and considered
all comments and the staff report which are incorporated by reference into the resolution; and
CITY OF MONTICELLO
WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA
CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-35
WHEREAS, the City Council makes the following Findings of Fact in relation to the
approval of the Comprehensive Plan Amendment:
1. The City's land use planning documents direct a balanced approach to development,
requiring adherence to high standards of use, but also recognizing the needs of the
private development market to efficiently plan for and finance that development.
2. The City's land use goals for industrial development include an emphasis on high -wage
and high -volume employment, as well as tax -base stabilization and diversification.
3. The incorporation of additional Light Industrial Park development in this area has the
potential to accomplish tax -base stability and diversity.
4. The current designated land use pattern includes significant levels of residential use,
which may face challenges given physical characteristics of the area, including extensive
power line and substation infrastructure.
5. By retaining the ability to limit industrial uses in a controlled fashion, and only to
suitable locations, the potential allowance of light industrial development can
accommodate both the City's economic development interests, as well as its interest in
quality land planning.
6. The conversion of the property to Light Industrial Park may facilitate the potential for
Data Center uses, where the current Comprehensive Pan and pending zoning
regulations provide assurances that such development is advancing the City's land use
and economic development interests, including but not limited to the following
standards:
a. Proximity to Residential Land Uses: The city will review data center development
requests to ensure protection of existing and future residential development
areas.
b. Noise: The City will review and consider data center development only when
concerns related to nuisance noise can be satisfactorily addressed with
demonstrated data.
c. Utility Demands: The City will require that the developer must demonstrate
adequate capacity and design to serve these users, without creating a shortage
of capacity for other development.
d. Transportation: The City will require that transportation impacts and demands
are studied to ensure that road networks are maintained and advanced, and that
capacity and/or design improvements are accounted for as a part of such
development. The City will require study and detail for transportation impacts
and a thorough and adequate multi -modal circulation plan, as determined by the
City.
CITY OF MONTICELLO
WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA
CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-35
e. Industrial Land Supply: The City will evaluate, and use as a consideration of
approval or denial, whether adequate supplies of land to accommodate other
light -industrial development are available if data center development consumes
large areas currently guided.
f. The City will examine, and use as a consideration of approval or denial, whether
the City's current Orderly Annexation boundaries and Orderly Annexation
Agreement expansion language will not negatively impact other land use and
growth considerations as land is consumed by data center uses.
g. Economic/Fiscal Issues: The City will utilize various financial tools to ensure that
development contracts adequately secure financial obligations and bind future
parties to achieve the goals of the projects under consideration.
h. Electric Power Usage: Data center coordination with energy service providers
and information on their permitting process may be a factor in local approval or
denial. The information must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the City whether
the electric power supply can remain consistent and robust for others in and
around the community, without threat of power loss due to the development of
data centers in the community.
7. While other light industrial uses may be developed in the designated area, the City
retains similar standards and regulations to ensure quality development and protection
of the neighboring residential and environmental areas.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Monticello, Minnesota,
that the proposed Comprehensive Plan amendment to the Future Land Use Map, Exhibit 3.3,
altering land use guidance from Estate Residential, Commercial and Residential Flex, and Mixed
Neighborhood designations to LIP - Light Industrial Park for the subject site as illustrated on
Exhibit A to this resolution is approved, based on the findings noted herein.
ADOPTED this 271h day of May, 2025 by the City Council of the City of Monticello,
Minnesota.
MONTICELLO CITY COUNCIL
By: o,
Lloyd Hilgart, Mayor
ATTEST:
Jennifer Sc: re b r, City Clerk
CITY OF MONTICELLO
WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA
CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-35
EXHIBIT A
AREA TO BE REGUIDED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL PARK
213-100-161101, 213-100-094400, 213-100-152205