Resolution - #03-03-068 - 03/11/2003

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Councilmember Kurak introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #03-03-068 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINDINGS OF FACT #068 RELATING TO A REQUEST FOR AN INTERIM USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR OUTSIDE STORAGE OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT AND EXCESS PRODUCT ON A RESIDENTIALLY ZONED PARCEL. WHEREAS, Gerald Bauer, hereinafter referred to as "Applicant", has properly applied to the City of Ramsey (the "City") for an interim use permit for outdoor storage of commercial vehicles and equipment and excess paving materials on the property generally known as 16130 Variolite Street and legally described as follows: The Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter in Section 16, Township 32, Range 25, 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 on January 22, 2003, the Applicant submitted a request for a two-year Interim Use Permit (IUP) to allow for outside storage of commercial vehicles and equipment and stockpiling excess paving product (clean sand and gravel) on the Subject Property. That the Applicant appeared before the Planning Commission for a public hearing pursuant to Section 9.03.04 of the Ramsey City Code on February 6, 2003, and that the public hearing was properly advertised and that the minutes of said public hearing are hereby incorporated by reference. 3. That the Subject Property is zoned R~I Residential and the surrounding parcels are zoned R-1 Residential. 4. That the Subject Property is approximately 40 acres in size, but part of a 120 acre land area held in fee title by the Applicant. That the Applicant owns and operates Ramsey Shooting Center LLC located on the Subject Property and Ramsey Shooting Center LLC is an existing legal non-conforming business. That the shooting center has existed on the Subject Property for more than 20 years and is considered an intense commercial use because of the noise and traffic levels reaching approximately 100 vehicles a day during the peak sporting season. That the Applicant has stated that the low intensity of the proposed interim use is substantiated by the fact that Able Paving has been basing their operation from the Subject Property virtually unnoticed for two years.