Agenda - Planning Commission - 08/01/2013

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ORDINANCE #13-16 CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 117 OF THE CITY CODE, WHICH CHAPTER IS KNOWN AS ZONING AND SUED'wiSIONS OF THE CITY CODE OF RAMSEY, MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE _LAAING SECTION 117-356 (COMMERCIAL AND INi)u,3iidIAL DEVELOPMENT OFF-6 1 i(i i 1 PARKING) OF THE RAMSEY CITY CODE. The City of Ramsey Ordains: SEr, r i'il'r 1 AUTHORITY This ordinance is adopted pursuant to and under the authority of the City Charter of the City of Ramsey. SECTION 2 AMENDMENTS Section 117-356 is hereby amended as follows (additions indicated as underline, deletions indicated as Gtrikc through): (d) Surfacigg Requirements for Highway 10 intepm areas. (1) Purpose. The City Council desires to acknowledge the impacts of Highway 10 iprovp,nerrts that will convert this condor to a freewaytgtus while still aroviding fair and equitable enforcement of City Code standards for those areas not impacted by future Highway 10 improvements. This conversion will eliminate private Ncesses, rewire the acauisition of private parcels, and will include the construction of grade-sLparautd interchanges. With that in mind, this Section provides an exemption to surfacing standards as directed below to reduce the burden of costly improvements that will be eliminated in the near term. Consistent with guidance provided by Minnesota Statute Chanter 462, the City establishes a process for allowing alternative surfacing for parking, maneuvering. storage, and jplay areas through the issuance of an Interim Use Permit. The City finds that these alternative surfaces are current,ly acceptable, bus vtrill not be acceptable when Highway 10 is converted to freeway status. (2) Area defined. This Section shall apply to the following areas only: a.Property located within the HiOway 10 Official Man Area (as on file with the Anoka County Recorder)/H-1 Highway 10 Business District