Agenda - Planning Commission - 07/27/2023

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1 2 Gold Text=Partially verbatim, paraphrased, or combined carried over paragraphs. 3 Rcd Tcxt = Text deleted from a carried over paragraph 4 Blue Text = New text 5 Purple Text = Text added based on Planning Commission Comments 6 Yellow Highlight = References to update, items to check on further 7 Maroon Text - City Council input 8 9 100 Title 10 This chapter may be known, cited, and referred to as the "Ramsey Zoning Code" or "Zoning Code," except 11 as referred to herein where it may be known as "this chapter." 12 13 101 Authority 14 This chapter is enacted pursuant to the authority granted by the Municipal Planning Act, M.S. §§ 462.351 15 to 462.364, as amended from time to time. 16 17 102 Purpose 18 The following zoning provisions and the zoning map established hereby have been enacted in accordance 19 with an adopted Comprehensive Plan of land use for the purpose of: promoting the health, safety, morals, 20 comfort, convenience, prosperity, and general welfare of the residents of the city; dividing the city into 21 zones or districts restricting and regulating therein the location, erection, construction, reconstruction, 22 alteration, and use of buildings, structures, and land for specified uses; regulating the intensity of the use 23 of land; regulating and determining the area of open spaces surrounding buildings in order to prevent the 24 overcrowding of land and to ensure adequate light and air; protecting waterways and natural resources; 25 establishing building lines and the location of buildings designed for specified industrial, commercial, 26 residential and other uses within such areas and fixing standards to which buildings or structures shall 27 conform therein; prohibiting uses, buildings, or structures incompatible with the character of the specified 28 districts; preventing additions to and alterations or remodeling of existing buildings or structures in such 29 a way as to avoid the restrictions and limitations imposed hereunder; limiting congestion in the public 30 streets by providing for off-street parking and loading and unloading of vehicles; providing for the gradual 31 elimination of nonconforming uses of land, buildings and structures; and conserving the economic value 32 of land and buildings throughout the city. 33 34 103 Coordination with other Codes 35 This chapter is intended to work in tandem with the adopted state Building Codes and state Fire Codes 36 and any locally -adopted optional chapters as amended from time to time. It is also intended to work in 37 tandem with the regulations set forth from the local watershed management organization. Nothing in 38 this chapter is intended to preclude or supersede any requirements in those Codes or regulations. 39 40 104 Rules of Construction and Interpretation 41 (A) conflicting conditions. Where the conditions imposed by any provision of this chapter are either 42 more or less restrictive than comparable conditions by another provision of this chapter or by other 43 chapters of this Code, rule or regulation of the City, the provision which imposes the more restrictive 44 condition, standard, or requirement shall prevail. 45 (B) Language rules of construction. The language set forth in the text of this chapter shall be interpreted 46 in accordance with the following rules of construction: 47 (1) All measured distances expressed in feet shall be the nearest tenth of a foot. All distances 48 unless otherwise specified shall be measured horizontally. Page 1 of 160