Agenda - Planning Commission - 10/04/2018

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Councilmember introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #18-208 A RESOLUTION APPROVING A REQUEST FROM HOUSE OF GOD CHURCH FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION IN THE B-1 BUSINESS DISTRICT AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5909 167TH AVE NW RECITALS 1. House of God, hereinafter referred to as the "Permittee," has properly applied for a Conditional Use Permit ("the Permit") to allow a religious institution in the B-1 General Business District on the property generally known as 5909 167th Ave NW and legally described as follows: Lot 3, Block 1, Muller Addition, Anoka County, Minnesota ("Subject Property") 2. The City of Ramsey received an application for a Conditional Use Permit from the Permittee on September 5, 2018. 3. That the Subject Property is currently owned by Flagship Bank, who was a part of the application. 4. That the Permittee appeared before the Planning Commission for a public hearing pursuant to Section 117-51 (Conditional Use Permits) of the Ramsey City Code on October 4, 2018, and that said public hearings were properly advertised and that the minutes of said public hearings are hereby incorporated by reference. 5. That the Subject Property is approximately 1.02 acres in size and is located within the B-1 General Business District. 6. That the Subject Property abuts 167th Ave to the south and Highway 47 to the east; the properties to the south and west are zoned B-1, the property east of Highway 47 is part of a golf course, and the property to the north is zoned R-1 Residential (Rural Developing). 7. That the Permittee does understand that there is an indoor shooting range operating on the adjacent parcel to the west. 8. That religious institutions are not currently identified as a permitted or conditional use in the B-1 General Business District but the Planning Commission has conducted a Public Hearing (September 6, 2018) regarding a Zoning Text Amendment to identify religious institutions in the B-1 and B-2 Business Districts as a Conditional Use.