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CASE # ADOPT INTERIM ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH 17' EVELOPMENT MORATORIUM ON THE HWY. #10 CORRIDOR By: City Administrator Jim Norman City Attorney William Goodrich Community Development Director Sylvia Frolik Cackground: As Council is aware, Mn/DOT has developed an Interregional Corridor (IRC) System which identifies 2,930 miles of key transportation corridors that handled 1/3 of the vehicle miles traveled in the State. One of those key corridors is T.H. 10 from T.H. 24 in Clear Lake to 1-35W, which includes the City of Ramsey. Earlier this year, Mn/DOT released a stUdy document entitled T.H. 10 Corridor Management Plan: T.H. 24 in Clear Lake to 1-35W. On January 18, 2002, the City Council adopted Resolution #02-01-007 endorsing Mn/DOT's vision and management plan for T.H. 10 and supported a freeway design from Thurston Blvd. in Anoka to the western boundary of Ramsey. Observations: On October 22, the City Council introduced the proposed ordinance to establish a development moratorium on the north side of the Hwy. #10 corridor. A great deal of the discussion dealt with the scope of the moratorium. For instance, could property owners continue to perform routine maintenance and upgrade or replace exterior materials on existing commercial buildings; would the requirement for pavement and curbing be waived during the moratorium? Staff is recommending that during the moratorium, property owners are not prohibited from routine maintenance and upgrades to the building exteriors, windows or interiors, as long as there is not an expansion of the building. This means that during the moratorium, property owners could replace roofing materials, replace or upgrade the exterior finish on a building, replace windows, or remodel or repair building interiors. Except for those properties currently operating under grandfather rights to the required site improvements (pavement and curbing), the moratorium would not exempt property owners from installing the required pavement and curbing if they are developing or expanding their customer/employee parking areas or outside display areas. On November 6, 2002, the City received a letter from Frank Pafko, Mn/DOT North Area Manager, recognizing Ramsey's unique position relating to development trends along the corridor in conjunction with th~ futUre vision for the highway, as reflected in the T.H. 10 Corridor Management Plan. Mn/DOT is proposing to immediately commence working with the City to establish a schedule for planning and associated environmental studies that will ultimately lead to officially mapping the.corridor. ~. -143-