Agenda - Planning Commission - 12/03/1996

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introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #97-01- A RESOLUT][ON ADOPTING FINDING OF FACT # RELATING TO A REQUEST FROM JOHN PETERSON FOR A CONDITIO~ USE PERMIT FOR GRADING AND FILLING WHEREAS, thc City of Ramsey received an application from John Pcterson for a conditional us~ permit for grading and filling that has occtmcd on the property legally described as follows: The Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 3, Township 32, Range 215, (the "subject Property") NOW THERI~FORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THIS CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF _RA.~MSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA that the findings of fact relating to the request are determined to be as follows: That Seotion 9.11.18 (Grading, Mining and Filling Permits) of the Ramsey City Code s~_?_-s that a conditional use permit shall be required to grade individual lots by more than 3 feet in d~th, fill individual lots by more than 2 'feet at any point, and excavate more than 400 cubi~ yards of earth material, and interferes with surface drainage. 10. That wi~out benefit of a conditional use p6m:nit, John Peterson,. herdnafter referred to as "AppIiea0t", added fall to the Subject Property that exceeds the thresholds establish&l in Section 9.11.18 of the Ramsey City Code. That on ~ ,'i996, the Applicants applied for a conditional use pe~x~it to properly provide fl~e City with the opportumty to review the filling operations that had ocetur~ on the Subje~ct Property and require any remecl~ia_l action necessary. That the ~8~plieant appeared before the Ramsey Planning Commi:e. sion for a public hearing pursuant !o Section 9.03.04 of the City Code on December 3, 1996, and that said public hearing Was properly advertised and that the minutes of said public hearing are hereby ineo~ as a pan of these findings by reference. That the Subject Property is zoned R-1 Rural. That the Applicant has imported an undetermined volume of earth material onto the Subject Property for the purpose of improving an access drive. That no additional fill materials are proposed to be imported to the site. That the pre-existing drainage patterns were impeded by the filling that oceu.,md. ' ' That the filling will not substantially adversely impair the use, enjoyment, or market value of any surrounding property, providing adequate drainage and vegetation is re-established. That the filling that occurred is/is not a substantial improvement to property.