Resolution - #21-207 - 12/14/2021

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Councilmember Riley introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #21-207 RESOLUTION APPROVING LAWFUL NONCONFORMING RIGHTS AND BOUNDARY AGREEMENT FOR KEN’S REPAIR AND SALES AT 15415 ST. FRANCIS BLVD NW WHEREAS, the property owner Sharon Niles (the “Property Owner”) has been operating an automotive repair and sales business with lawful. nonconforming rights on the property generally known as 15415 Saint Francis Blvd NW and legally described as follows: UNPLATTED CITY OF RAMSEY THAT PART OF THE SW1/4 OF SEC 24-32-25 IN ANOKA CNTY, MN DESC ASFOL-BEG AT THE SE CORNER OF SAID SW1/4 OF NW1/4-TH N 0 DEG 18 MIN 42 SEC E ON THE E LINE OF SAID SW1/4 OF NW1/4 A DIST OF 1491.56 FT-TH S 83 DEG 00 MIN 01 SEC W A DIST OF 991.96 FT TO THE CENTER LINE OF STATE TRK HWY NO 47 AS IT IS NOW LAID OUT & TRAVELLED-TH S 21 DEG 59 MIN 59 SEC E ALONG SAID CENTER LINE A DIST OF 1603.56 FT TO THE S LINE OF SAID SW1/4 OF NW1/4-TH E ON SAID S LINE A DIST OF 386.52 FT TO THE POINT OF BEG (SUBJ TO EASEFOR ROAD PURP OVER THE WLY 33 FT & THE S 33 FT OF THE ABOVE DE SCTRACT) (“the Subject Property”) WHEREAS, the Subject Property has a split zoning designation with the northern three- fourths of the property zoned R-2 Medium Density Residential, and the southern one-fourth zoned as B-1 Business District and is approximately 20.95 acres in size; and WHEREAS, Ken’s Repair and Sales, Inc has been in operation since the late 1960s, prior to the incorporation of the City of Ramsey as a City in 1974, and as such is afforded status as a Lawful, Nonconforming Use to continue operation on a property that is currently zoned as R-2 Residential; and WHEREAS, the City and the Property Owner seek to agree on the status and limits of the Lawful, Nonconforming Use on the Subject Property in order to provide certain protections to said use for the Property Owner and the City, and allowing for easier enforcement of current Code Standards; and WHEREAS, the Property Owner added U-Haul services (rentals) to their business in the 1980s; and WHEREAS, the Property Owner repairs customer and personal vehicles, and stores items in box trucks on the Subject Property; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Ramsey approved of the proposed declaring terms of the lawful nonconforming rights and boundaries for the Subject Property on December 14, 2021.