Minutes - Council - 10/17/1977 - Public Hearing

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Public Hearing October 17, 1977 Page Two ¥orth of 153~1 there are 20 acres to the west of the quarter line which were not in the urban plan and the land owner asked that he be brought into the U~'B 1 Classification which will allow the low traffic generating type of professional and business services but exclude multiple housing. Across from the City ~Tall, east of Highway 47, a little more UB Dfistrict, which was taken out of the UC District, was included because of the topography. East of Ra~sey Terrace there is now a residential subdivision that is called Elintwood Hills. The boundary lines between the UET~ and b~¥~B districts in this area have been redrawn to Conform with the Flintwood .~ills plat boundary lines. Southeast of the kamsey Elementary School is zoned UE~... but is actually a U[~_ District, There is a corner of about seven acres, The land ovmer .~.nvolved has asked the City to create a business district there, The Planning Commission sent their recommendation to the Council that it be made a UNB zone. Council tabled it until this Hearing. Yr. ~ereson indicated that the business district along Highway l0 and South of Nighway l0 is an area of considerable concern. He said that no change has been made in this area although this is an area of specific concern. Attorney Goodrich explained that a mistake was made at the June 30th EearJng. ~e said he thought the South portion of Parcel 1520 was zoned so that commercial zoning was south of the Grossline building, but it is not. It is on the North line of Rivlyn Street. He also commented that the whole area is in the Critical RJ~ers area and said that the Council should take input on it. Pub Isakson explained that the septic tank ordinance is a revision of existing ordinances. It established guidelines, construction require- ments, maintenance and inspection guidelines and establishes the type of systems that can be operated within various sections of the City. }le explained that the City is broken down into two areas in terms of sewage disposal. Septic tanks and drain fields will be agdkowed in the transition area and rural service area. Others will be allowed within an area which has been designated the 1990 sanitary sewer availability area. It includes the industrial area. He explained that another change to the proposed ordinance is to prohibit the connection of any device that discharges surface water. ~,r. Isakson said there are no changes on the inspection ordinance. The City will have someone inspect every septic tank system within RamSey every two years and at that time, based on his knowledge of the ordinance and septic tank systems, determine whether it should be [~u~ped or not, and if the system is operating properly. Russ Lane explained that he had a bad experience with a previous inspector that resulted in his spending two week's time and over ~400.00 to put in a drain field. Be expressed concern about preventing this from hhppenin~: in the future.