Agenda - Council - 06/28/1983 - Laserfiche WebLink

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I I '1 I I I I I I I :1 I I WltEREAS, the Ramsey City Council held its own public hear- ing on October 17, 1977 concerning the Plan Amendment, adoption of an entirely new zoning ordinance repealing the City's exist- ing Zoning Ordinance No. 73-5, adoption of a septic system ordinance, adoption of a soils ordinance and adoption of an amendment to the City's subdivision ordinance. Said public hearing along with the proposed new zoning maps was duly adver- tised in the City's legal newspaper on October 7, 1977, and WttEREAS, based on the various public hearings concerning this matter, the Planning Commission's Findings of Fact and all meetings, records and files on record relating to the Plan ^mendment and its supportive ordinances, the Ramsey City Council adopts the following Findings of Fact: 1. The City has received numerous requests for zoning from residential type uses to commercial type uses in the south- east corner of the City, 2. The County of Anoka has proposed a bridge crossing as an extension of Industry Boulevard N.W., across the Rum River to link the City of Ramsey and the City of Andover. The cross- ing is proposed to connect with the Seventh Avenue underpass Federal demonstration project in the City of Anoka. The County of Anoka is about to construct a continuation of 'Industry Boulevard N.W., between Sunfish Lake Boulevard and County 83, thereby making Industry Boulevard a major county thoroughfare. 3. That since 1973 there has been a significant change in the birth rate and a resulting decrease in need for housing and schools. 4. The Metropolitan Council has developed a regional policy designed to limit and carefully direct development on the fringes of the metropolitan area primarily through the mechanism of sewer staging. 5. That there have been major changes in the economics of home building and residential housing since 1973. 6. That the boundaries of the City of Ramsey'have been significantly changed due to incorporation and annexation decisions in 1974. 7. That transportation plans have changed since the adoption of the original comprehensive plan in 1973. 8. That the portion of the City of Ramsey contained within the urban plan is contigious to a free standing center as designated in the Metropolitan Council's development framework. 9. The Metropolitan Council development framework guide indicates that the City of Ramsey should designate specific area for inclusion within the 1990 Metropolitan Urban Service Area. The proposed plan amendment does conform with this directive.