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CASE #: 4 INTRODUCE ~[)RDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 9 OF THE RAMSEY CITY CODE, ~;EC?I()NS 9.02, 9.21.23, 9.50.37, 9.50.50, AND SECTION 9.50.57 By: Zoning Administrator Sylvia Frolik Background: In recent w~eks, ~..ity Staff and the Planning and Zoning Commission have reviewed the need to amend various parts of the Zoning and Subdivision Chapter. The first area !o ~ amended is Section 9.02 (Definitions). The purpose of this language change is to etiminate;tl~e op~portunity to include road right-of-way when determining minimum lot area and to include a:di~finition for parcel. The past practice has been to allow developers to include road right-of-way Wher~ determining whether or not the plat meets the minimum lot area, i.e., number of acres divid~d'iiby ;~.5 acres inclusive of road right-of-way. For code enforcement purposes, the practice has beenj to determine lot size based on distances from property line to property line. Consequently, porsons that thought they bought into a 2.5 acre subdivision very often have something le~s than 2.5 acres and do not qualify for a metal accessory structure. The elimination of languageiatlow!ng for the inclusion of road right-of-way in minimum lot area should bring some continuity tO development and subsequent code enforcement. The second area is amendments to Sections 9.50.37, 9.50.50 and 9.50.57 relative to subdivision design stan~i~ds, i:Basically, it is requiring developers to not only dedicate land for parks and trails to satisfy park replication requirements, but also to install the improvements. The City Engineer will place a:~toll~ value on the improvements installed and that amount will also be credited towards th~ Park dedication due on the plat. The amendment also allows the City to set the park dedication f~ anfiually by resolution versus by ordinance amendments. The third area is modifying the B-3 Highway Business District to broaden the permitted uses to ~nclude retml' acti¥~ty and professional offices. In addition, the code currently lists certain uses that could be dev*lop~d in this district with a conditional use permit if they met certain cfiter/a. In an effort to el;iminate the frequency by which conditional use permits are required, we have also modified thi, s s~tion to include those conditional uses as permitted uses and changed the conditional Use permit criteria to general performance standards in the section. We did eliminate the ability toi,hav~ exterior storage as a principal use of property on Hwy. #10 and we limited the amount of e~teridr storage that would be allowed as an accessory use of property. Staff was ttlSo directed to research the possibility of including language in the B-3 Highway Business Di~trici regulations to amortize all nonconforming uses into compliance, relative to required si~e~impyovements, within a specified time frame. Language has been drafted to require all sites in.t§e B{3 District to be in compliance with the required site improvements (paved and curbed driveway, s, customer/employee parking and outside display/sales areas) by January 1, 1997. Please ref~er to 9.21.23, subd. 4, item #22. Language has also been included to establish a procedure f~ apl~lying for extensions to this compliance date. A copy of proposed Ordinance #92-~ is enclosed.