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ORDINANCE #13-02 CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 117 WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE ZONING AND SUBDIVISION OF LAND CHAPTER OF THE CITY CODE OF RAMSEY, MINNESOTA. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 117-118 "THE COR DISTRICTS" OF CHAPTER 117 OF THE CITY CODE OF RAMSEY, MINNESOTA TO AMEND SUB -DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, PARKING REGULATIONS, PARKS SECTION, AND MASTER SIGN PLAN. The City of Ramsey ordains: SECTION 1. AMENDMENT Section 117-118 of Ramsey City Code shall be amended as follows: e. Drive-thrus serving permitted and conditional uses are a permitted use under the following conditions: 1. Drive-thru lands are not permitted in the front yard or within the front build -to -line except as approved as part of the official Development Plan and Design Framework. 2. Adequate stacking distance of not less than five vehicles shall be provided. A site plan shall be prepared to demonstrate provision for stacking space does not interfere with other drive areas, parking spaces, sidewalks or pedestrian access to the main entry of the building. 3. Electronic speaker devices, if used, shall not be audible beyond the property being served and! shall not be r rated between the hou arc of 1 n:nn - 4. Screening shall be provided of automobile headlights in the drive-thru land to windows and doors of adjacent uses. Such screen shall be at least three feet in height at installation and fully opaque, consisting of a wall, fence, dense vegetation, berm or grade change. 5. A bypass lane shall be provided for each drive-thru use, allowing cars to leave the drive-thru land from the stacking area. 6. Within the COR-2 and COR-3 subdistricts there shall be no more than one drive-thru land serving a given use. 7. Within the COR-2b subdistrict there shall be no more than two drive-thru lands serving a given use. SECTION 2. SUMMARY The following official summary of Ordinance #13-02 has been approved by the City Council of the City of Ramsey as clearly informing the public of the intent and effect of the Ordinance. It is the intent of this Ordinance to amend the standards in Section 117-118 of the Ramsey City Code to permit drive-thrus with twenty-four (24) hour operation outright in certain subdistricts within The COR Zoning District.