Resolution - #05-09-337 - 09/27/2005

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(;om~cilmcm ber Cook moved for the adoption of the following resolution: RESOLUTION #05-09-337 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINDINGS OF FACT #0742 RELATING TO A REQUEST FOR AN AMENDED CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR THE SALE OF BULK LANDSCAPE MATERIALS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE GREEN VA LI.E¥ GREENHOUSE OPERATIONS IN A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. W! IEREAS, John Rowe, hereinafter referred to as "Applicant", has properly applied for m~ amended Conditional Use Permit to allow for the sale of bulk landscape materials in co~.junction with the greenhouse operations on the property generally known as 6530 Green Yallcy l~,oad and legally described as follows: Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 3, Township 32, Range 25, Anoka County, Minnesota, subject to easement to Rural Co-op Power Association. (thc "Subject Property"). ?~()W TllEREFORE, 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 9.03.05 of the Ramsey City Code on September 1, 2005, and that said public hearing was properly advertised and that the minutes of said public hearing are hereby incorporated by reference. Tha! the subject property is located in the R-1 Residential Rural Developing District. That thc surrounding parcels are zoned R-1 Residential Rural Developing and the agricultural uses are permitted uses in said zone with the exception of flower nurseries with bui Idings and the Subject Property includes a flower nursery with buildings. That on July 31, 1990, the City issued a Conditional Use Permit to the Subject Property to expand the lawful non-conforming greenhouse use, which was initiated in 1977, to increase thc size of the warehouse from 4,050 square feet to 8,910 square feet and add another 13,000 square feet of greenhouse space. That on November 28, 2000, the City Council approved an amendment to the Conditional IJsc l~crmit to add a 528 square foot permanent accessory structure to the greenhouse operation. That on August 24, 2005, the City received an application from the Applicant for an amendment to the Conditional Use Permit to expand the greenhouse operations to include bull< sales of landscape materials. 'l'hat thc Applicant has submitted a site plan, received by the City on July 20, 2005, that identilScs a 30' × 145' area on the Subject Property, where bulk landscape materials will be stored.