Agenda - Planning Commission - 09/16/2010 - Special Meeting

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Memo DATE: TO: FROM: September 10, 2010 Ramsey Planning Commission Community Development Staff CASE # RE: Staff Update City Council Update. The following is a brief summary of actions taken in August that may be of interest to the Planning Commission: Request for Outdoor Display of Items for Sale (Modular Homes). The City Council approved a request to display modular homes for sale in the B-2 Highway Business District at 7820 Riverdale Drive. Due to the unique nature of the items for sale, the City felt necessary to enter intoan agreement to ensure all applicable laws are followed. Request for Comprehensive Plan Amendment in the City of Andover. The City Council forwarded comment to the City of Andover in regards to a request to re -guide an area from rural residential to low density residential. Adjacent jurisdictions are given- the opportunity to comment on any Comp Plan amendment within 60 days. Request for a Conditional Use Permit to Exceed Sign Restrictions at 7245 Highway 10. The City Council approved the agreement for an off -premise sign due to public safety concerns for Dolphin Fast Food (Burger King). Update on MRCCA Rulemaking. The City Council forwarded a response to the first draft of the Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area (MRCCA) rules update. A copy of the response is attached for your review. Following these comments, the DNR has indicated a willingness to incorporate these comments in certain locations. DNR staff has indicated that an amendment it land use in certain areas and continues to refine with City Staff in other areas. Staff will forward any changes as received. Update on the Comprehensive Plan. City Council has directed Staff to approve the Comprehensive Plan without any note of 18055 Roanoke Street (Rum River Central Regional Park In -holding Parcel) as Park or Future Park. The Council further directed Staff to work with Anoka County to request that Anoka County remove reference as future park in the 2006 County Plan. Since this direction, Staff has worked with the Metropolitan Council to discuss options to formally approve Ramsey's 2030 Comprehensive Plan, who has detennined that since the City's plan was submitted -prior to the full County Comprehensive Plan, the City shall be allowed to guide this parcel as residential. In addition, it was determined that the language in the 2006 County plan stated additional amendments to plan shall be required to make this future acquisition official, which has not occurred. City Staff continues to work with Anoka County to remove any remaining references to future acquisition, a request of the property owner and direction of the City Council. The final version of the Comp Plan has been transmitted to the Metropolitan Council, and City Staff anticipates that the plan will be implemented in the following weeks. Get ready for a series of zoning ordinance amendments to implement this new plan. PC: 07.01.2010 81