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I I ! I I I I I I ,I I I I I I I I I I Motion carded. Voting Yes: Chairperson Nixt, Board Members Johnson, Watson, Kociscak, Reeves, and Sweet. Voting No: None. Case #3: Request for a Variance to Height Restrictions for an Apartment Building; Case of Royal Oaks Realty, Inc. Chairperson Nixt closed the regular portion of the Board of Adjustment meetin p.m. in order to conduct the public hearing. Public Hearing Chairperson Nixt called the public hearing to order at 7:09 p.m. Presentation Principal Planner Trudgeon stated that Royal Oaks a variance from the height restrictions in order to Dysprosium St. as part of The Ponds subdivision. City 35 feet. The applicant has proposed to construct an apartment about 52 feet at the peak of the roof. The, a three-story, 82-unit apartment building need a seventeen (17) foot variance to be The Fire Chief indicates that the suppression and rescue operations-iS 35 feet. impairment of fire ..... and the d~fficulty ~n rese!!mg tenants~on the have a joint powers, a~'~ment Anoka assistance and thos~e~ePartments 52 feet. The Fire receive ~artment building along ~ the height of structures to that will reach a height of to be constructed will be Oaks Realty will building as designed. Fire Department for £n-e c6ncerns regarding the possible equipment that cannot reach the roofline of the apartment building. Ramsey does Fire Departments for emergency with reach capabilities in excess of will recommend to the City Council that an aerial ,. is in Ramsey's 2002 capital equipment plan. The applicant has proxSded?~'w, ith in~°~ation regarding the height of the third story windows. In all locat!ofis:6n:'i~'~qS~i~d~ng, th~-~om of the third.story window is below 35 feet. The lowest po[hi?°f' the third st~ Windo~!i!i~}~ge froTM 23' 10" to 28' 7", The top of the third story w:ind~ws range from 27"18i! :to 32' ~;~ The difference in heights is due to different elevations on eaCh'Si'de of the apartmeh~ii'.~uilding. The applicant has revised the site plan for the apartment building to allow for betl:~';access to the rear of the apartment building for the fire department. The appl~'~ant will cons~:met a path around the rear of the building to allow for fire equipment to be set up iO~t any'~:r~tential fires. The Board of Adjustment did grant a structure height variance of 9.'~',,f%~:tO~ a, 3-story motel in the commercial district and a 3-story senior apartment building in a re~i~d~ntial district that was 44.25 feet in height. On May 1, 2001, the Board of Adjustment denied a variance for Amcor Precast to construct a structure reaching 44 feet in height. On appeal, the City Council granted the variance to Amcor Precast. City staff recommended denial of the variance based on the Ram~ey Fire Department's comments. Board of Adjustment/June 5, 2001 Page 5 of 11 -15-