Agenda - Planning Commission - 06/06/1995

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Councilmembcr introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #95-06-._ RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINDINGS OF FACT #~ RELATING TO A REQUEST FROM MIKE BAHN FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO STORE COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPING EQUIPMENT IN THE R-1 RURAL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey received an application from Mike Bahn, hereinafter referred to as "Applicant", for a conditional use permit to store commercial landscaping equipment in the R-1 Rural Residential District on the property generally known as 14911 Juniper Ridge Drive N.W. and legally described as follows: Lot 8, Block 4, Rum Acre Estates, Anoka County, Minnesota (the "Subject Property"). NOW~ THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: That the Applicant has properly applied for a conditional use permit to store commercial landscaping equipment in the R- 1 Rural Residential District. o That the application is pursuant to a Code enforcement sweep ordered by the Ramsey City Council. o That the applicant appeared before the Planning Commission for a public hearing pursuant to Section 9.03.04 (conditional use permits) on June 6, 1995, and that said public hearing was properly advertised and that the minutes of said public hearing are hereby incorporated by reference. That the Subject Property is zoned R-1 Rural Residential and is approximately 1 acre in size. 5. That the surrounding properties are also zoned R-1 Rural Residential· That Section 9.11.10 (off-street parking) of the Ramsey City Code states that no more than one one-ton motor vehicle bearing a commercial license shall be parked or stored in a residential district except when loading, unloading or rendering a service. That the Applicant owns two 2-1/2 ton single-axle dump trucks, one bobcat, and one 14- foot bobcat trailer, and is requesting City approval to maintain that equipment on the subject property. That the Applicant has stated that there will be no exterior storage of materials related to the landscaping business. That there are currently two other similar permitted conditional uses existing within the R-1 Rural Residential District (issued in I989 and 199I).