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PUBLIC HEARING <br />PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION <br />CITY OF RAMSEY <br /> ANOKA COUNTY <br /> STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />The Ramsey Planning and Zoning Commission conducted a public hearing on Tuesday, June 1, <br />1993 at the Rarnsey Municipal Center, 15153 Nowthen Boulevard N.W., Ramsey, Minnesota to <br />hear input regarding a request for a conditional use permit; case of Danny's Tranny's, inc. (Dan <br />Karst, Jr.). <br /> <br />Members Present: <br /> <br />Chairperson David Bawden <br />Comm/ssioner Benjamin Deemer <br />Commissioner Terry Hcndriksen <br />Commissioner Paul Holland <br />Commissioner Charles LaDue <br /> <br />Members Absent: <br /> <br />Commissioner Michael Ten-fy <br />Commissioner Bradley Thomd <br /> <br />Also Present: <br /> <br />Zoning Administrator Sylvia Frotik <br /> <br />CALL TO ORDER <br /> <br />Chairperson Bawden called the public hearing to order at 7:37 p.m. <br /> <br />PRESENTATION <br /> <br />Zoning Administrator Frolik stated Mr. Karst is requesting a conditional use permit (CUP) to <br />disassemble engines and transmissions and conduct wholesale activities in the Industrial Disnfct, <br />and to accommodate such, he has submitted a site plan to construct a 12,500 building on Lots 2 <br />and 3, Block 4, Gateway North Industrial Park Plat #2. Ms. Frolik explained that the reusable <br />engine and transmission parts resulting from the disassembly process will be wholesaled on the <br />site. <br /> <br />CITIZEN INPUT <br /> <br />Bob Brown, owner of Production Design Products, Inc., 14161 Basalt Street N.W. - stated he <br />was located directly across from Mr. Karst's operation and that he was opposed to Mr. Karst <br />add~ng on to his site plan. He explained that Mr. Karst is not in compliance with his CUP today; <br />that Mr.. Karst loads and unloads in the sweet; that smoke and fumes errfitting from Mr. Karst s <br />operauon are real bad; that Mr. Karst has a problem with oil mn-off; that Lot 2 is a total junk or <br />scrap yard that needs to be cleaned up; that there is junk and scrap in the sweet; and that Mr. <br />Karst's fencing is of no use. Mr. Brown stated he was concerned about the valuation of his own <br />property decreasing. Mr. Brown concluded that since the City is cleaning up the landfill, it should <br />not mess up the City with an operation such as this. <br /> <br />Jerry Martin, owner of Ah-So Company, 14021 Basalt Street N.W. - stated he would not be <br />concerned with further expansion if Mr. Karst's operation would adhere to its current CUP. He <br />stated that Mr. Karst has done a big job of cleaning up but has not adhered to his CUP since then. <br />Mr. Martin was concerned that if Mr. Karst did expand, he would conduct his business in the same <br />manner as in the past. He stated there was still debris in the roadway and that the fencing is going <br />down again on the south side of the property. Mr. Martin stated he recently picked up a soil <br />sample from Mr. Karst's property, put a match to it, and the sample smoldered. Mr. Martin also <br /> <br />Public Hearing/Planning & Zoning Commission/June 1, 1993 <br /> Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br /> <br />