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CASE <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR SITE PLAN REVIEW; CASE OF LORD OF LIFE CHURCH <br /> By: Zoning Administrator Sylvia Frolik <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />Pastor Blair Anderson of Lord of Life Church has applied for site plan review to construct a new <br />ch,.itch facility east of Nowthen Blvd. N.W., approximately 3/4 mile south of Ramsey Municipal <br />Center. The church is proposed to be 21,500 square feet in size with a seating capacity of 450. <br />The subject property is 20 acres in size and a temporary access via a private easement across the <br />adjacent property to the east is proposed. In 3 years, the church has first rights to purchase the 7 <br />acre parcel to the east and thereby acquire the fee title for property on which the access onto <br />Nowthen Blvd. is situated. <br /> <br />Observations: <br /> <br />The property is zoned B-1 Business and R-1 Urban Residential, for which churches are not a <br />permitted use: The Applicant has applied for a rezoning to rezone the property to R-3 Urban, for <br />which churches are a permitted use. <br /> <br />The site plan is subject to review by DNR (site contains a protected wetland), Lower Rum River <br />Water Management Organization (developments over 5 acres in size are reviewed by LRRWMO) <br />and Anoka County Highway Department (proposed access onto Nowthen Blvd. N.W.) Anoka <br />County has approved a second access onto Nowthen Blvd. for the church in the vicinity of the <br />Bernstrom private driveway contingent upon the Bernstrom driveway being abandoned after the <br />Church acquires the Bemstrom property. I spoke with Tom Hovey, DNR, on May 1 and he stated <br />no concerns with the proposed development as it will not impact the protected wetland; his letter is <br />forthcoming. 'The plans were sent to the LRRWMO on April 30 for review. <br /> <br />I should also note at this time that there are a number of healthy trees on the site that the Applicant <br />is proposing to relocate on the property for screening purposes. Remaining trees not relocated by <br />the Applicant will be offered to the City of Ramsey for replanting on public property. <br /> <br />The Applicant is requesting that the requirement for curb and gutter at this time be waived on a <br />portion of the parking area in lieu of planned future expansion to the west, and along the driveway <br />in lieu of rec0nfiguration of the driveway following acquisition of the adjacent parcel to the east <br />and removing the existing residence on that parcel. <br /> <br />City Code requires all new development in the MUSA be served by sanitary sewer and municipal <br />water. Those services are currently not available to the site and Code allows for alternative <br />systems until they become available. Lord of Life has petitioned the City for a feasibility study <br />regarding the extension of sanitary sewer and municipal water to the property. That petition is <br />I ~,:.; ,~g processed. <br /> <br />The following items are enclosed for your information: <br /> <br />a) <br />b) <br />c) <br />d) <br />e) <br /> <br />Site location map <br />Site Plan dated March 14, 1991 and revised April 22, 1991 <br />Landscape Plan received by the City on March 19, 1991 <br />City Engineer's Review Letter dated March 28, 1991 <br />Letter from Vanman Companies to Anoka County Dept. of Highways dated April <br />22, 1991. <br />Letter from Anoka County Dept. of Highways dated April 24, 1991 <br /> <br /> <br />