Agenda - Planning Commission - 05/06/1997

Home

I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I i I I Councilmember introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #97-05- RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINDINGS OF FACT # TO REZONE CERTAIN PROPERTY FROM R-1 RURAL RESIDENTIAL TO R-1 URBAN RESIDENTIAL WHEREAS, the City received an application to rezone certain property in accordance with Section 9.03.03 of the Ramsey City Code. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: That Jacob Barthold and Peter Barthold and Jane Peacapio, hereinafter referred to as "Applicants," has properly applied to rezone certain property from R-1 Rural Residential to R- 1 Urban Residential. That the Planning Commission conducted a public hearing pursuant to Section 9.03.03 of the City Code on April 1, 1997 and May 6, 1997, and said public hearing was properly advertised, and the minutes of said public hearing are hereby incorporated by reference. 3. That the property proposed to be rezoned is legally described as follows: The South Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 14, Township 32, Range 25, Anoka County, Minnesota, lying west of the west fight-of-way line of State Highway No. 47 (Subject Property). 4. That the total area of the property to be rezoned is approximately seventy (70) acres in size. That the City has concluded that the Comprehensive Plan Amendment which implemented a Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA) boundary expansion was properly adopted by the City. o That with rogard to the MUSA boundary as it relates to the Apple Ridge subdivision, the City Attorney has been directed to research that issue and report to City Council on May 27, 1997. That a Minnesota Supreme Court case has established a precedent that it is arbitrary and capricious for a municipality to refuse to adopt a zoning ordinance implementing its comprehensive plan. 8. That the Applicant is proposing to develop the plat with single family urban residential lots.