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Young reside at 6421 - 154th Lane NW and they are requesting a conditional use permit to maintain a second dwelling on their property to provide living quarters when they retire and immediate living quarters for Mrs. Young's mother. The Subject Property is approximately 1.3 acres in size and is located in the Rural Residential Area. Mr. and Mrs. Young have an existing 576 square foot (24' x 24') detached garage that serves as their primary garage. The Youngs would like to construct another two story 960 square foot (24' x 38') detached garage. The proposed accessory structure would serve two purposes for the Youngs; they would like to store personal recreational items on the first floor and utilize the second floor as a future retirement living quarters for themselves and immediate living quarters for Mrs. Young's mother. Mr. and Mrs. Young do not intend to rent or lease the dwelling to persons at large. City Code allows a total of 1,664 square feet of accessory structures on the subject property. The proposed accessory structure and existing detached garage would equal 1,536 square feet, which meets City Code requirements. The conditional use permit request is in regard to the desire to add a second floor to the accessory structure for a secondary dwelling on the property. If the Applicants would like to construct the accessory structure and use it for personal storage, they would only be subject to the building permit process. The subject property is serviced by an on-site septic and well system. The applicants would be required to install a second septic system to service the proposed second dwelling and therefore a determination as to whether or not another septic system can be located on the property will need to be made by a site inspector. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency requires that for each septic system located on a property, an alternate location must be determined in case of a septic system failure. In this case, two alternate septic system locations or one alternate site that provides sufficient capacity for two dwelling units will need to be determined on the subject property. When the City Council reviewed previous requests for conditional use permits to maintain two dwellings on a parcel, it was stated that requests for two dwellings on a property should be viewed as a means to remedy a unique or already existing situation. The Council made a statement that they do not wish to set a precedent in allowing two dwellings on a parcel when new construction is required. The Planning Commission met on September 10, 2001, to review the conditional use permit request and hold a public hearing. There was no citizen input during the public hearing. The Planning Commission recommended denial of the conditional use permit request based on the direction the City Council has given in the past regarding new construction of second dwellings on a parcel. Mayor Gamec stated that typically second dwellings have not been permitted in the City. He explained that there were a couple of situations where second dwellings were permitted where a structure already currently existed on the property. Mayor Gamec stated that he could not support the request at this time because it does set precedent. Mr. Young, 6421 - 154th Lane NW, Ramsey, stated that the building would be living quarters. He explained that his mother-in-law is 75 and they would like to give her a peaceful home for the rest of her life. After that, their son wants to buy the homestead and they would like to live on the homestead as well in the second dwelling. He felt that he has enough land to accommodate the two dwellings and all of their neighbors have okayed it as well. City Council/September 25, 2001 Page 23 of 31