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there are at ~he airport currently. Mr. O~t°l-iBe~ied that the forecasted operations for 1985-86 were 9,000- 10,000 o~e~at~ons annually. The forecasted operations for 2005 is 40,000 annually~ Joe Sent~, -~Stated that 40,000 annie! operations is more than 100/day; that pre~!~ts !a safety hazard for places like the bowling alley, day care center, ~rc~ and Northern Oxygen. It has been said that these uses are exempted ifi~cm!restrictions because they presently exist; does that mean that the!~fe~ hazards that exist are disregarded? Mr. Otto i~i Stated that the proposed ordinance is a draft presented for discuss~oh wSth respect to whether or not there should be additional restric~o~ s ~n properties. The uses that exist now, whether they are conform~ or ~nonconform~ng, will continue to ex,st. Joe Sentyr~ -iInquired if a property land use oould change to a completely differe~tilno~conforming land use in the future if it is currently consider_ed[ a ~onconforming use. Mr. Otto liT[ B~ied that technically, it may be possible if the use is still within the! guidelines of a commercial area; a completely different type of use may bell pr~.hibited. Joe Sent~rz -!Stated that he is opposed to the airport project because 100 operatio~ a ~ay will mean that he will have air traffic over his house every daF.ii T~ere will not be a crosswind runway to absorb some of the operatio~~. ana the prevailing winds will mean that most of the flight patterns Will be over his house. A home in the flight pattern will decrease i~ p~operty value. Mr. Sentyrz then referred to Page 23 of the ordinance, ~Sedt, ion VIII.B Permits for Existing Uses) and inquiired if existing ~es lwould be exempt from restrictions outlined in this section regarding ~e~ilding and expanding. Mr. Otto ,-il Re~lied that nonconforming uses would have to comply with the restrictio,~s in this section; permits cannot be granted to expand to be a greater ~ard to air navigation. If the existing use was a conforming use, the~ ~an~ot be prohibited frc~ rebuilding or expanding. Sharon ~ggr ~ 7260 152nd Lane - Stated that she can't see how the airport improvements ~an take place without decreasing surrounding property values. The cost !o~ t~e airport improvements will be more than the citizens of Ramsey W~t ~o bear for a facility that may or may not attract more business it)t~e area. Stated that it is estimated that 45% of the air traffic w.i .1 be itinerant; that kind of traffic will not bring much revenue to the Mr. otto!~i RePlied that itinerant operations are preferable; local operationS, tend to be training flights; the greater the intinerant operatio~ t~e greater the revenue to the city. Sharon Mager -', Inquired as to what the citizens can do at this point to Airport Zoning Board/March 11, 1987 Page 10 of 12