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CITY OF RAMSEY LAND USE APPLICATION <br />TECHNICAL REVIEW FILE <br />DATE 7/3/14 <br />PROJECT ADDRESS <br />6080 HIGHWAY 10 NW <br />PROJECT. TITLE RIDGEPOINTE — PRELIMINARY PLAT REVIEW (COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT, ZONING <br />AMENDMENT, VARIANCE) <br />ESCROW # 114039 <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning <br />TECHNICAL REVIEWER: <br />Tim Gladhill <br />763-576-4308 <br />teladhill(&citvoframsev.com <br />We offer the following comments regarding your request for a Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Zoning Amendment, <br />and Preliminary Plat Approval for Ridgepointe for a parcel located at 6080 Highway 10 NW. <br />General: The Applicant is requesting approval of a Preliminary Plat for a seven (7) lot single family residential <br />subdivision. This proposed Preliminary Plat is located south of Highway 10 NW, immediately adjacent to the existing cul- <br />de-sac of Rivlyn Avenue at the city's eastern border. Approval of the Preliminary Plat will grant approval of the layout of <br />the plat itself. The next stage of review, the Final Plat, will provide for the plat as it is to be recorded as well as <br />construction documents for required improvements. <br />Land Use and Zoning: The site is guided Business Park on The pyramid framework illustrates Low much discretinnthe city has to make land use decisions <br />the Comprehensive Plan and is located in the E-1 Employment <br />District (City Code Section 117-117) on the Official Zoning <br />Map. Parallel to the Preliminary Plat review, a Comprehensive <br />Plan and Zoning Amendment shall be required. A <br />Comprehensive Plan Amendment to Low Density Residential <br />(LDR) is being requested. Additionally, a Zoning Amendment <br />to R-1 Residential (MUSA) is being requested to support the <br />change in use to residential. As the Applicant is requesting a <br />change to the existing and planned land use, the City does have <br />some broad, discretionary authority. In other words, the City is <br />not obligated to approve this request, but must weigh the facts <br />of the case as it relates to the compatibility of the surrounding Subdivision Applications <br />area. <br />Zoning/Subdivision <br />ces <br />It should be noted that the City did receive one comment by ,r <br />phone from Lano Equipment expressing concern if a ,AlPlan <br />residential use would be compatible in close proximity to uses <br />within the E-1 Employment District that may generate noise that would distract from the residential setting. It should be <br />noted that Lano Equipment must abide by the same noise regulations in existence today that protect the existing, adjacent <br />residential development. <br />based on the role it is playing. <br />Source: League of Minnesota Cities <br />Variances <br />Q(Zs.' Conditional <br />Lise Permits <br />During Sketch Plan Review, the Planning Commission noted concern about transition area between the existing business <br />park development along Highway 10 and the proposed residential. The Planning Commission noted that it did not have <br />sufficient information to determine if the two uses would be compatible with each other due to their close proximity. <br />Potential topics of concern raised included, but was not limited to, noise generated from the existing business park area <br />and lack of transition/buffer area. It is hereby noted that the Plat remains unchanged in this regard, with the parcel layout <br />and transition area the same. <br />Additionally, please see later sections on an analysis of the impacts of the Highway 10 Access Planning Study to any <br />Comprehensive Plan Amendment <br />