City Council Resolution 2010-49CITY OF MONTICELLO
WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2010-49
APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
AS RELATED TO THE 1997 DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION PLAN
WHEREAS, the City adopted an update to its municipal Comprehensive Plan in 2008; and
WHEREAS, the City adopted a Downtown Plan: A New Bridge: Revitalizing Monticello's
Downtown and Riverfront in 1997, which is an appendix document to the 2008 Comprehensive
Plan; and
WHEREAS, it is in the City's best interest to reevaluate its comprehensive plan and consider and
analyze amendments as necessary; and
WHEREAS, the City, through its Planning Commission and other committees and groups, have
undertaken a thorough analysis of a proposed amendment to the 2008 Comprehensive Plan and
the 1997 Downtown Revitalization Plan; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to a review and approval of a Comprehensive Plan Amendment by the
City Council on June 28, 2010;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF MONTICELLO,
MINNESOTA THAT, the 2008 Comprehensive Plan shall be amended as follows:
At the intersection of Broadway and Pine Streets, parking lots may be constructed
only when all of the following conditions exist:
• Applicable traffic safety and access requirements limit the ability to
comply with building location standards of this Plan.
• At least fifty (50) percent of either the Broadway or Pine Street frontage
is occupied by a building (non -parking area).
• An alternative vertical element is located at the street corner which, as
determined by City Officials, establishes an architecturally compatible corner
presence. Such elements may include, but not be limited to public art,
interpretive signage, architectural business signs and architecturally
appropriate lighting.
ADOPTED BY the Monticello City Council this 12th day of July, 2010.
ATTEST:
J , City Administrator
CITY OF MONTICELLO
Clint Herbst, Mayor