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CASE REQUEST FOR SITE PLAN REVIEW; CASE OF LORD OF LIFE CHURCH By:Sylvia Frolik, Zoning Administrator and James Gromberg, Project Manager Background: Pastor Blair Anderson of Lord of Life Church has applied for site plan review to construct a new church facility east of Nowthen Blvd. N.W., approximately 3/4 mile south of Ramsey Municipal Center. The church is proposed to be 21,500 square feet in size with a seating capacity of 450. The subject property is 20 acres in size and a temporary access via a private easement across the adjacent property to the east is proposed. In 3 years, the church has f'n'st rights to purchase the 7 acre parcel to the east and thereby acquire the fee title for property on which the access onto Nowthen Blvd. is situated. Observations: The property is zoned B-1 Business and R-1 Urban Residential, for which churches are not a permitted use. The Applicant has applied for a rezoning to rezone the property to R-3 Urban, for which churches are a permitted use. The site plan is subject to review by DNR (site contains a protected wetland), Lower Rum River Water Management Organization (developments over 5 acres in size are reviewed by LRRWMO) and Anoka County Highway Department (proposed access onto Nowthen Blvd. N.W.) Anoka County has approved a second access onto Nowthen Blvd. for the church in the vicinity of the Bernstrom private driveway contingent upon the Bernstrom driveway being abandoned after the Church acquires the Bemsrrom property. As the letter from Tom Hovey, DNR, on April 30 indicates, the DNR has no concerns with the proposed development as it will not impact the protected wefland. The plans were sent to the LRRWMO on April 30 for review. I should also note at this time that there are a number of healthy trees on the site that the Applicant is proposing to relocate on the property for screening purposes. Remaining trees not relocated by the Applicant will be offered to the City of Ramsey for replanting on public property. The Applicant is requesting that the requirement for curb and gutter at this time be waived on a portion of the parking area in lieu of planned future expansion to the west, and along the driveway in lieu of reconfiguration of the driveway following acquisition of the adjacent parcel to the east and removing the existing residence on that parcel. City Code requires all new development in the MUSA be served by sanitary sewer and municipal water. Those services are currenfly not available to the site and Code allows for alternative systems until they become available. Lord of Life has petitioned the City for a feasibility study regarding the extension of sanitary sewer and municipal water to the property. That petition is being processed. The Planning and Zoning Commission has reviewed the proposed site and recommended approval with the changes indicated on the City Engineers review letter dated March 28, 1991. 97