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I I I Case #4: Request to Rezone Certain Property from R-1 Rural Residential to R-1 Urban Residential; Case of Oakwood Land Development, Inc. Principal Planner Trudgeon stated that on behalf of Jacob and Therese Barthold and Lee Kappedahl, Oakwood Land Development is requesting a rezoning of property in Section 14 from R-1 Rural Residential to R-1 Urban Residential to permit development of the subject property with single family residential lots served by sanitary sewer and municipal water. The property is approximately 9.7 acres in size. At Mr. Barthold's request, the subject property was part of a Comprehensive Plan amendment initiated in 1993 by the City of Ramsey for a MUSA boundary expansion. By the time the amendment was approved by Metro Council in 1995, a portion of Mr. Barthold's property, which is the subject of today's request, was not included in the official MUSA boundary expansion exhibit. The fact that this portion of Mr. Barthold's property is not in the MUSA came to light during the preliminary plat review of Apple Ridge (ensuing phases named River Pines) in 1997. The preliminary plat for Apple Ridge was modified to eliminate this portion of Mr. Barthold's property. Therefore, the current ComprehenSive Plan retains this property for single family residential uses at rural standards.: The- March 2001 Draft Comprehensive Plan proposes to include the subject property in the MUSA expansion area in order to complete the River Pines subdivisions. The fact that 158'~ Lane in River Pines 2"d Addition dead ends on the west boundary of the subject property is problematic and presents a public safety concern since the length of this dead end is greater than 600 feet. In addition, a 66- foot wide dead end does not provide a sufficient amount of area for the safe and efficient operation of municipal maintenance equipment, particularly snow plows. Development of River Pines 5~ Addition will extend 158~ Lane to the east and then intersect with Lithium Street NW, which is proposed to be extended from north boundary of Apple Ridge to the north boundary of the proposed River Pines 5th. This street extension plan will alleviate a major issue for the Public Works Department with respect to the current 158~ dead-end. Because the March 2001 draft Comprehensive Plan has not been adopted by the City Council, approval of the requested rezoning will have to be conditioned on an amendment to the current Comprehensive Plan to expand the MUSA boundary to include the subject property. The request for a comprehensive plan amendment for an expansion of the MUSA boundary is also on tonight's Council agenda for a decision. The Planning commission met.6n September t0, 2001 and conducted a public hearing regarding the proposed rezoning. There were no written comments submitted to the City and there was one resident present at the hearing that opposed the rezoning. Another resident wanted to be sure that future access was planned to the north. The Planning Commission recommended that City Council approve the rezoning request. If City Council approves of the comprehensive plan amendment and the rezoning, Staff is recommending adoption of the findings of fact and introducing the ordinance to rezone the property tonight. The rezoning ordinance will be submitted to City Council for final adoption if and when the Metropolitan Council has approved the request for the MUSA expansion. Councilmember Anderson inquired if the issue regarding the snowplowing problem resolved. Principal Planner Trudgeon replied yes, and reviewed the proposed layout of the site. City Council/December 11, 2001 Page 1-7 of 25 -151-