Resolution - #82-059 - 04/27/1982

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Councilmember Van Wagner introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION ~82-59 RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE SUBDIVISION OF CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND OWNED BY WESTPHAL CONSTRUCTION BY METES AND BOUNDS %'~IEREAS, Westphal Construction Co., Inc., hereinafter referred to as "Westphal" is the owner of certain property on 154th Lane NW and 153rd Lane NW lying between Xenon Street NW and He matite Street NW in the City of Ramsey, which property was all known as Parcel 2000, Plat 89222 and which parcel is now known on Anoka County's tax records as follows: Plat Parcel PIN ~ 89222 2003 22-32-13-0025 89222 2004 22-32-13-0026 89222 2005 22-32-13-0027 89222 2006 22-32-13-0028 89222 2007 22-32-~13-0029 89222 2008 22-32-13-0030 89222 2115 22-32-14-0029 89222 2116 22-32-14-0030 89222 2001 22-32-14-0024 89222 2002 22-32-14-0028 and WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey, by Project #82-16, improved with blacktop and drainage improvements 153rd Lane NW and 154th Lane NW; and WHEREAS, as a result of said Project ~80-16, the City assessed Parcel 2000 for five (5) units based on the then 2 ½ acre minimum lot size; and WHEREAS, subsequent to the assessment of Project ~80-16, Westphal caused Parcel 2000 to be split into ten (10) units by metes and bounds subdivision and said subdivisions were recorded and became new tax parcel units as above described; and WHEREAS, the City, by this resolution, approves of the subdivision of Parcel 2000 into ten (10) units based on evidence presented by Westphal to the effect that Parcel 2000 had been surveyed into ten (10) units in 1972, that hereto- fore the City had permitted these type sudivisions on 154th Lane and 153rd Lane and issued building permits and that all of the other lots in the area are of similar size; and WHEREAS, since five (5) additional building 'sites or units are created by permitting the subdivision of Parcel 2000 into ten (10) units, which five (5) additional units have not received assessments for Project ~80-16 but which five (5) units benefit by Project #80-16; and WHEREAS, the City does not feel it would be economically feasible to reassess all of Project #80-16 in order to assess the additional five (5) units created by Westphal's subdivision; and WHEREAS, the parties agree that it is equitable for Westphal to pay the City's required park fee for the additional five (5) units created by the subdivision, which park fee is required by the City's subdivision code.