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Ramsey Charter Commission <br />Page 3 <br />August 6, 1997 <br /> <br />is believed the drafters of the Amendment did not <br />intend this result, however, this is the Amendment <br />text which was circulated by the five member <br />committee. <br /> <br />New plats that do not share common borders with <br />existing residential property are presumably exempt <br />from the Amendment, except if located within 1000 <br />feet of an existing residential property, a <br />graduated density plan must be provided to the <br />city. No direction in the Amendment is given as to' <br />what the graduated density plan is to require. <br /> <br />Periodically, the City approves minor plats of two or <br />three lots. The traffic generation analysis requirement <br />of the Amendment applies to all real property platted <br />within the MUSA. Therefore, these small plats will need <br />to provide a traffic generation analysis which may be a <br />financial hardship for a property owner simply dividing <br />his single lot to create an additional lot. <br /> <br />Zoning, by Charter Amendment is a rare occurrence in <br />Minnesota. This is true because such a zoning <br />circumvents the governmental process for careful zoning <br />consideration including the public hearing process and <br />eliminates the property owner's opportunity to have the <br />city's zoning decision reviewed by the Court system. <br /> <br /> <br />