Agenda - Planning Commission - 09/23/2021

Home

Commissioner introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION#21-273 A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF A VARIANCE TO MINIMUM LOT SIZE IN THE R-1 RESIDENTIAL (MUSA)—80 DISTRICT AND DECLARING TERMS OF PERMIT RECITALS 1. The City of Ramsey received an application from US Home Corporation dba Lennar (the "Permittee") requesting a Variance to Section 117-111 (R-1 Residential District) of the Ramsey City Code regarding the minimum lot size requirement on multiple proposed lots on the property generally known as PID # 20-32-25-44-0003 and legally described as follows: THE SE1/4 OF SE1/4 OF SEC 20 TWP 32 RGE 25,EX E 466 FT OF N 466 FT THEREOF,EX RD,SUBJ TO EASE OF REC,Anoka County,Minnesota (the "Subject Property") 2. That the Permittee appeared before the Planning Commission for a public hearing pursuant to Section 117-53 (Variances) of the Ramsey City Code on September 23, 2021, and that said public hearing was properly advertised and that the minutes of said public hearing are available. 3. That the Subject Property is approximately 34 acres in size and is currently zoned R-1 Residential (MUSA)— 80 and R-3 Residential (High Density). 4. That the Applicant has requested a Zoning Amendment to rezone portions of the Subject Property from R-3 Residential (High Density)to R-2 Residential (Medium Density). 5. That the surrounding residential parcels to the west and north of the Subject Property range in size from about 0.99 acres to about 7.4 acres and are zoned R-1 Residential (Rural Developing), thus density transitioning is required on the Subject Property. 6. That if landscaping is used to achieve the required density transitioning, either a forty-five (45) foot wide corridor with 8 overstory trees, 8 understory trees, and 8 evergreen trees per 100 feet of property boundary adjacent to an impacted use or a thirty-five(35)foot wide corridor with a berm and 4 overstory trees, 4 understory trees, and 4 evergreen trees per 100 feet of property boundary adjacent to an impacted use is required. 7. That the Applicant has provided a Site Plan that provides for a forty-five (45) foot wide corridor for density transitioning, with berming and landscaping throughout much of it, but as proposed, that area is included in each of the individual lots. 8. That City Code states that the density transitioning corridor is to be held in common ownership rather than as part of each individual lot.