Minutes - Planning Commission - 04/05/2018

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Commissioner Anderson questioned what the projected growth was for this landscaping business. He asked if this company would only have two employees or if this would be increasing in the coming years. Mr. Shainess explained if the business were to grow it could not continue to operate from this residential site per City Code. Commissioner Anderson inquired if the landscaping business worked on weekends. Mr. Shainess stated the applicant does not work on weekends. Commissioner Anderson commented on how the landscaping business worked to dispatch employees and equipment from the residential home. Commissioner Surma asked if the neighbors liked one another and questioned if the main concern was the amount of traffic going up and down the road. stated the main concern was the amount of commercial traffic going to and from the residential home. Ricky Eagle, stated the proposed location of the barn was 100 feet north of his home. He explained he had called the police regarding the speed of traffic going up and down the roadway. He noted he also had concerns with the large brush fires the applicant has had on his property. Don Kveton, , reported he owns the working farm adjacent to the applicant's property. He stated he has horses and cattle on his farm. He noted he owns the Village Banks in Anoka County. He explained he loves living in Ramsey and noted he lives in Ramsey because he wants his property to remain rural. He encouraged the Planning Commission to speak with the Police Department and Sheriff's Department prior to making a decision on this matter in order to learn about what was really taking place. He explained 177th Avenue had been destroyed by the applicant and his equipment. He indicated he was scared for himself and his neighbors. He reported his employees were being harassed by the applicant and his employees. He reported he would be installing cameras on his property to capture the applicant's activity. Commissioner Surma stated freedom isn't easy and it demands responsibility from everybody involved. He commented if the number of police reports were high, this information could assist the Planning Commission in making a better-informed decision.He requested staff investigate this further and provide the Planning Commission with this information. Commissioner Bauer asked how many of the police calls were related to the business. Mr. Kveton stated he was uncertain and commented further on the activities occurring on his neighbor's property. He reported there has never been a police call to his neighborhood in the past 20 years until the applicant moved in. He encouraged his neighbor to relocate his business into an industrial park. Planning Commission/April 5,2018 Page 4of12