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COUNCIL BUSINESS Case #1: Consider Petition Regarding Improvement Project #99-67 (MississiPPi River "~;' Stormwater Subdrainage District No. 1) City Administrator Norman stated that the property owners had requested g{i~¢S~ff meet them later in the week and table action on the case. Staffhas agreed to mebi,'~th the Winslow Holasek, presented the Council with pictures of the sitd:~d a cdrni~hrison of storm sewer outlet pipe from Ramsey Business Park 95 detention)dnd~ const~fted on the north side of railroad tracks versus on the south side of the railroad track~?/ ~¥~::i;~.,. Motion by Councilmember.Anderson, seconded by"~nSt~ember Kdi~aicil/b~':table action until March 13, 2001. Motion ca~ed. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers ~d:erson, Kur~, Hendfiksen, ~d Zi~e~an. Voting No: None. ?:~:...~. ~z'~: ~:'~ .::-.'- Case ~2: Request for a Conditional Use per~t.,~o Ma~ta~ Horse~ on Less than Three Acres; Case of There~ Dahlheimer :;'~(~:':~.-~, , %:'/ Co~uniW Development Director FroliC:stated th~L& Feb~'~58, 2000 me Ci~ received a complaint that the prope~ owners at 8820~ .I8 Avenue,/~ere exceeding the number of pe~i~ed horses on:~thek prope~. ~e Ci~:e0~ducted an inspection of the prope~ on M~ch 16, 2000 and sa% ~b ~ors~ on the subject ~r°pe~...~ Staff verified the parcel to be 2.5 acres in size. City Code-states that'-~maximum of ~6-hor~S, are allowed on parcels be~een 1.5 t~ee acre~ iff size with a conditional use pe~x~c~e prope y file did not reflect an issu~ce of a conditi0nhl-~e pe~it. Th~fore ~e ci~:~s~nt, hotification on April 11, 2000 to the prope~ own~'}tati~g:t~t there Was.~' ~iotation of~msey Ci~ Code and gave solutions to remedy the violation. ~eCeSaD~h~im~dntact~!he ciw and stated that she does have four horses and owns 2.5 acres, b~t. i~'~Iso renting approximately four, plus or minus, acres ~om a neighbor. Ms. .......... reqheSt~g a conditional use pe~it to maintain a total of four horses on less :.: ~ ~.~ D~er was th~'-~ee'hcres based dh'the f~ ~that she rents approximately four a~es ~om a neighbor, for a total of 6.5-'~es. If she 0~m~ ali 6.5 acres, four horses .would be a legal number. ~e subject prope~ is located at 8820:'t81~ Avenue and the applicant is renting prope~ located at 8840 181~ Avenue.5;~e appli~t moved to the CiW of Ramsey in 1984 and has been maintai~ng horses on the ~r6pe~ ever since. ~e su~ounding parcels range in size ~om 2.5 acres to ~4~: approximately) 0 acres and many of the ~ea prope~y owners own horses. ~e horse ordinap~ :. ~-t~at was in effect in 1984, when the applicant moved to the Ci~ of Rmsey, required residents to '-.own t~eeac~es per horse. ~e horse ordinance was rewh~en in 1987 and cu~ently states that ~o horses-may be maintained on parcels be~een 1.5 and t~ee acres with a conditional use pe~it: C~W Code does not address how leased prope~y affects the number of horses a prope~ owner is pe~itted to maintain. Greg Mamses~ has submi~ed a le~er stating that he is indeed -54- City Council/February 27, 2001 Page 4 of 22