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I i i :1 I I I DATE: TO: FROM: CC: RE: : ~ MEMORANDUM ~ec&mber 27, 1991 ~ar4rsey City Council ~ning Administrator Sylvia Frolik pity[Administrator Ryan Schroeder ~DeO~rge Cowles [Co~les Addition/Multiple Structures and Land Uses · BOULEVARD N.W., RAMSEY, MINNESOTA 55303 * (612) 427-1410 As you recall th~J City Council granted final plat approval to Cowles Addition, a minor subdivisiOn, Ol De~ember 17, 1991. At that time, it was noted that there are four main buildings, each with: a ~i ~'er.e~t use, on two lots and City Code limits each lot to one main building. The discussion le~ o thee direction that City Staff research to determine which structures and uses are considered tO ~e p~rmitted and which should be considered non-conforming, either lawful or unlawful. . ;~ There is not~nou~h documentation in the property file to determine when each of the four structures w~r{i c°flstructed. So, I reviewed aerials on file at the County Surveyor's office and determined tl~. thelstmctures for the private residence, the former Party House and C&L Canvas Crafts were b.'ullt somewhere between 1966 and 1969. The structure housing the auto body shop was constructeit so'.mewhere between 1969 and 1973. I have not been able to determine when that part of code thtit limits lots to one main building was adopted and to do so, would require a great deal of time~ In ~he absence of supporting documentation, the City would have to make a determinatiofl n faJzor of the property owner. That being that all four structures were most likely constructed dn Ihe~roperty prior to any code limiting main buildings to one per lot. Now that welh !ye ~stabhshed that two mmn buddings/uses are permitted under today s code and four currentl, eXi[st as lawful non-conforming, we have to determine which two of the structures/uses should be considered permitted and which two should be regulated under the non- conforming Us~S section of the City Code. Since as far b~k.~s January, 1977, the property has been zoned Business. Based on that and what the pertn~t'~ted'[uses are under today's Rural Business zoning, I would make a determination that the eating/~rinl{ing establishment and C&L Canvas Crafts are the permitted uses. The private residence an"}':t,~the.l, auto body shop are the two uses that should be considered lawful non- conforming an~'Sh~.uld be regulated accordingly. This means that they may continue to exist but may not be enliirge~l and may not be reconstructed if they are ever destroyed to more than 50% of their value, unless done so ~n conformance w~th C~ty Code.