Agenda - Planning Commission - 11/01/2018

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Commissioner introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #18-227 A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF A VARIANCE TO ALLOW AN ADDITION TO A DETACHED ACCESSORY BUILDING THAT WILL BE NEARER THE FRONT PROPERTY LINE THAN THE HOME ON THE PROPERTY GENERALLY KNOWN AS 17630 NOWTHEN BOULEVARD NW AND DECLARING TERMS OF SAME. RECITALS 1. Richard Watson and Shirley Watson, husband and wife, hereinafter referred to as the "Permittee", have properly applied for a Variance to allow a detached accessory building nearer the front property line than the home on the property located at 17630 Nowthen Blvd NW and legally described as follows: That part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 3, Township 32, Range 25 described as follows: Commencing at the northeast corner of said Quarter Quarter, thence west along north line thereof 830.2 feet to center line of CSAH No 5, thence south 41 1/2 degrees east along said center line 546 feet to point of beginning, thence southwest with deflecting angle to right of 91 1/2 degrees for 435.6 feet, thence north 41 1/2 degrees west 200 feet, thence northeast parallel with first course 435.6 feet to said centerline, thence south 41 1/2 degrees east along said center line 200 feet to point of beginning, except road subject to easement of record, Anoka County, Minnesota ("Subject Property") 2. That the Permittee appeared before the Planning Commission for a public hearing pursuant to Section 117-53 of the Ramsey City Code on November 1, 2018, and that the public hearing was properly advertised and that the minutes of said public hearing are hereby incorporated by reference. 3. That the Subject Property is zoned R-1 Residential (MUSA) District and the surrounding parcels are also zoned R-1 Residential (MUSA), with the exception of the parcel to the northeast, which is zoned Public/Quasi-Public and contains a utility sub station. 4. That the majority of the rear yard of the Subject Property, with the exception of a small area directly behind the home, is identified as General Floodplain, which essentially eliminates the Permittee's ability to construct a new structure behind the home without a hydrological and hydraulic analysis to determine floodway and flood fringe boundaries.