Resolution - #00-12-329 - 12/12/2000

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• • Councilmember Hendriksen introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #00 -12 -329 RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINDINGS OF FACT #0544 TO REZONE CERTAIN PROPERTY FROM B -1 BUSINESS TO B -2 BUSINESS WHEREAS, the City received an application to rezone certain property in accordance with Section 9.03.03 of the Ramsey. City Code; and NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: 1. That Phoenix Enterprises LLC and Lyndale Terminal Company, hereinafter referred to as "Applicants ", have properly applied to rezone certain property from B -1 Business to B -2 Business. 2. That the Planning Commission conducted a public hearing pursuant to Section 9.03.03 of the City Code on December 5, 2000, and that said public hearing was properly advertised and that the minutes of said public hearing are hereby incorporated by reference. 3. That the property proposed to be rezoned is legally described as follows: 4. 1.4 acres of the northerly portion of Outlot C Rivers Bend 3r Addition, Anoka County, State of Minnesota ( "the Subject Property "). 5. That the total area of the Subject Property to be rezoned is approximately 1.4 acres in size. 6. That the Subject Property is part of a larger parcel that is currently zoned B -1 Business. 7. That convenience stores are a permitted use in the B -1 Business District; convenience stores with gasoline sales is a permitted use in the B -2 Business District. 8. That the Applicants are proposing to rezone the Subject Property to B -2 Business to facilitate development of it with a convenience store with gasoline sales. 9. That the surrounding properties to the north, west and south are zoned a combination of B -1 Business, R -3 Urban Residential and Multiple Residential; the property to the east is zoned R -1 Urban Residential. 10. That the R -1 Urban Residential property to the east was zoned Urban Multiple Business for commercial and multi - family development in the 1980 Comprehensive Plan; as part of a Comprehensive Plan Amendment in 1989, the City reviewed all land use categories in the community and the property east of the Subject Property was rezoned to commercial; in 1991, the fee owner attempted to rezone the property east of the Subject Property from commercial to a combination of single and multi - family development; the multi - family residential portion of the development proposal met with neighborhood opposition and consequently the multi - family portion of the development was eliminated and the City approved a rezoning of the property east of the Subject Property from commercial to single family in 1993. 11. The Subject Property has been zoned for commercial uses for 20 years.