Resolution - #05-05-130 - 05/10/2005

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Mayor Gamec introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #05-05-130 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINDINGS OF FACT #0720 RELATING TO A REQUEST FOR AN INTERIM USE PERMIT TO ESTABLISH AN OUTDOOR PAINTBALL FIELD ON A PROPERTY THAT IS ZONED E-2 EMPLOYMENT WHEREAS, David Bednarczyk, president of FSL Paintball Arena, (Permittee) has properly applied for an interim use permit to establish an outdoor paintball field on the property generally know as 6651 141 st Ave NW and legally described as follows: Lot 1, Block 1, Gateway North Industrial Park No. 5, Anoka County, Minnesota (thc "Subject Property") NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: That the Applicant appeared before the Planning Commission for a public hearing pursuant to Section 9.03.06 of the Ramsey City Code on April 21, 2005, and that said public hearing was properly advertised and that the minutes of said public hearing are hereby incorporated by reference. That the subject property is located in the Gateway North Industrial Park No. 5 and is approximately 11 acres in size. 3. That the subject property is zoned E-2 Employment District. That the surrounding parcels are zoned E-2 Employment, E-1 Employment, and PUD (Planned Unit Development). That the Applicant has submitted a site plan to establish an outdoor paintball field on the Subject Property. That the playing field would be 100 feet by 150 feet and would be enclosed by twenty (20) foot tall telephone poles, spaced at twenty-five (25) foot intervals, and industry standard safcty compliant twenty (20) foot tall netting. 7. That the top of the playing field would remain open, netting would not be used as a ceiling. That outdoor recreational uses are not a permitted use on properties zoned E-2 Employment.