Resolution - #02-03-072 - 03/07/2002

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Or upon recording: Lot 1, Block 1, Sunwood Estates, Anoka County, Minnesota (the "Subject Property") NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: That the Applicant appeared before the Board of Adjustment for a public hearing pursuant to Section 9.03.05 of the Ramsey City Code on March 7, 2002, and that said public hearing was properly advertised and that the minutes of said public hearing are hereby incorporated as a part of these findings by reference. That the Subject Property is zoned R-3 Urban Residential and the Applicant has made proper application to the City to develop the Subject Property with multiple family rental housing consisting of 30 townhome units and 2 detached single family homes. 3. That Section 9.20.14 of the City Code requires a total lot area of 201,600 square feet for the Applicant's proposal for 30 townhome units and two single family homes. That the Applicant has properly applied to replat the Subject Property as Sunwood Estates and the plat consists of Lot 1, which is located east of Sunwood Drive and will contain the housing units; the remainder of the property is situated on the west side of Sunwood Drive N.W. and will be platted as Outlot A, most of which is wetlands. 5. That the total area of Lot 1 is 182,952 square feet, which is an 18,648 square feet deficit from the required 201,600 square feet for the number and types of units proposed. That in the year 2000, the Subject Property was severed by the City Public Improvement Project to extend Sunwood Drive from C.S.A.H. #5 to T.H. #47; and as a result, one (1) to two (2) acres of developable land was utilized for wetland mitigation purposes and separated from the bulk of the developable land that is now proposed to be platted and developed with the housing units. That if during the public improvement project to extend Sunwood Drive, the one (1) to two (2) acres on the west side of Sunwood Drive had remained contiguous with the developable land on the east side of Sunwood Drive, the Applicant's subdivision proposal for the size of Lot 1 would exceed the minimum requirement of 201,600 square feet by at least 24,912 square feet. That the Applicant has stated that alignment of Sunwood Drive adversely impacted the amount of contiguous, developable land on the Subject Property and has caused an undue hardship. Resolution #02-03-072 Page 2 of 4