Agenda - Council - 04/26/1994 - Laserfiche WebLink

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CONSIDt Background: At the October PI ~,R ORDINANCE TO AMEND THOROUGHFARE By: Steven Jankowski, City Engineer CASE # SETBACKS arming Commission meeting, Commissioner Deemer suggested that the setback distances for stm¢:tures from the center line of arterial streets be reduced from the existing 110 feet to 83 feet. This c' ~ange woUld affect the setback distances along county roads and trunk highways. The stated put 2se for amending this setback distance was that the existing setback was unnecessarily re's~cting the rights of property owners. Anoka County h~s had a policy in place since the early 1980's requesting that cities place setbacks from the center li0e of county roads at a distance of 110 feet. Although this policy is advisory and there are no enfo~ement provisions if a city decides upon a different setback, Jon Olson, Deputy County Engineer,lindieated that all communities within Anoka County are adhering to this policy. Back in October s, hen the Planning Commission suggested this change, the County Public Works Committee was ~lso reviewing the practicality of their policy. The County was considering a policy which wo~ [ld establish setbacks based upon the functional classification of each individual county road. Ba iically, major arterial county roads including County Road gl 16, County Road #56 south of Cot aty Road #5, and County Road #5 north of County Road #56 would be required to establish a set' ~ack of 100 plus the local zoning setback (10 feet for side yards and 35 feet for front and rear ya 'ds in most Ramsey zoning districts). On remaining county roads, the setback would be redueex. 50 to 60 feet from the center line plus the local zoning setback. Establishing the Planning Commil~sion standard of 83 feet would result in encumbering too much or too Iitfle land in various cases r~lative to the County requirements. The Planning Co~mission requested that their proposal for modifying the setbacks be forwarded to the Council fo~ action. The County will be considering m6clifying their policy in May. Recommendatibn: It is Staffs recorrgnenflation that the City Council table action until the County takes action on their setback policy a~d that any modification to the policy be in conformance with County setback guidelines. , Council Action: Motion to inlroddce the ordinance modifying thoroughfare setbacks. - or - Motion to table aCtion until Anoka County establishes its future setback policy. Reviewed by:~ .. City Engineer : City Adrninistrattk Zoning Adminisl~tor CC: 04/26/9/I