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CASE # 2 REQUEST FOR SITE PLAN REVIEW; CASE OF LORD OF LIFE CHURCH By: Zoning Administrator Sylvia Frolik 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 16.5 acres in size and a temporary access via a private easement across the adjacent property to the east is proposed. In 3 years, the chumh has fa'st rights to purchase the 5 acre parcel to/he east and thereby acquire the fee title for property on which the access onto Nowthen Blvd. is situated. The property is zoned B-1 Business 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 zonings sUrrounding the subject property are B-1 Business, R-1 Urban Residential and R-3 Urban Residential. 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.) In preliminary discussions with the County Highway Department, their staff has indicated that they oppose two accesses (church and current residence) onto Nowthen Blvd. within such a short distance. The County did seem receptive to the suggestion of a common driveway access point onto Nowthen Blvd. N.W. for the church and residence. Written comments from DNR, LRRWMO and Anoka County are forthcoming. I should also note at this time that there are a number of healthy trees on the site that the Applicant is proposing to ~'elocate 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 future expansion to the west and along the driveway in lieu of realignment 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 currently not available to the site and Code allows for alternative systems until they become available. The City Engineer has recommended that the site plan development permit include a term requiring the property owner to participate in any petition for sewer and water to this area. The following items are enclosed for your information: a) b) c) d) Site location map Site Plan Landscape Plan City Engineer's Review Letter dated March 28, 1991