Resolution - #09-04-078 - 04/14/2009

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Councilmember Elvig introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #09-04-078 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINDINGS OF FACT #0842 RELATING TO A REQUEST FROM LIGHTHOUSE LEARNING CENTER, LLC TO OPERATE A DAYCARE FACILITY IN THE B-1 BUSINESS DISTRICT ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5900 167TH AVENUE NW. Lighthouse Learning Center, LLC, hereinafter referred to as "Applicant", properly applied to the City of Ramsey (the "City") for a Conditional Use Permit to operate a daycare facility in the B-1 Business District on the property generally known as 5900 167th Ave NW and legally described as follows: The north 426.29 feet, as measured along west line of that part of Southwest Quarter of Southeast Quarter of Section 11, Township 32, Range 25 lying westerly of center line of Trunk Highway No. 47, except road, subject to easement of record, Anoka County, Minnesota (the "Subject Property") NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: 1) That on March 3, 2009, the Applicant submitted an application requesting a Conditional Use Permit to operate a daycare facility on the Subject Property. 2) That the Applicant appeared before the Planning Commission for a public hearing pursuant to Section 9.03.05 of the Ramsey City Code on April 2, 2009 and that the public hearing was properly advertised and that the minutes of said public hearing are hereby incorporated by reference. 3) That the Subject Property is zoned B-1 Business District; the parcels to the north (across 167th Ave) are zoned B-1 Business District, the parcels to the east (across Highway 47), which is the golf course, are zoned PUD, and the parcels to the south and west are zoned R-1 Residential (Rural Developing). 4) 5) That daycare centers are permitted only as a conditional use in the B-1 Business District. That the proposed daycare facility would utilize space that is currently occupied by a preschool. 6) That because the occupancy of the tenant space is currently, and will remain, a type E (Education), a fire suppression system is not required as outlined in Section 1306 of the MN State Building Code.