Agenda - Planning Commission - 05/07/2009

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collaborative public workshop to refme the intent and details of the previous ordinance. Staff will schedule the workshop in conjunction with the next Ramsey Resident distribution in July. Topsoil Ordinance. The City Council adopted an ordinance to establish Topsoil requirements for _ construction of new principal structures. Four ( 4) inches of topsoil meeting certain specifications will be required to be laid whenever. a new principal structure is constructed. This would not apply to new construction of accessory structures if a principal structure already exists. Board of Appeals. The City Council, acting as the Board of Appeals, approved two requests for metes and bounds subdivisions. City Code defmes requests of these types as procedunil variances and is therefore heard by the Board of Appeals. Typically, all subdivision of property shall be aCcomplished through the platting process. The Board of Adjustment hears variances that are bulk standards in nature, The first request was to consolidate two parcels owned by LAN D Properties, occupied by the Grosslein Beverage warehouse. A common property line (both parcels owned byL AND Properties) existed through the existing warehouse. The request was approved to clean up ambiguity in _legal versus illegal non-conforming status. The-Board of Adjustment will hear a similar request for a variance to setbacks to residential zones in the near future. - The second request was to subdivide three properties in order to convey property to the City for right of way purposes through metes and bounds. This is considered a temporary variance in that the City anticipates platting of the. area in the future. The metes and bounds subdivision avoids duplicating platting efforts in the future and allows the City the time to better understand the future development plans of the area. pc: .05.07.09 28