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CiTY OF RAMSEY
<br /> ANOKA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
<br /> ORDINANCE NO. 75-$
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<br />AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING COM-
<br />PREHENSIVE PLATTING AND REGULATIONS
<br />FOR THE LAYfNG OUT OF STREETS, ALLEYS,
<br />AND OTHER PUBLIC GROUNDS AND THE
<br />SUBDIVISION OF LAND ESTABLISHING THE
<br />REQUIREMENTS FOR THE APPROVAL OF
<br />SUBDIVISION PLATS WITHIN THE CITY OF
<br />RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, MINNESOTA,
<br />PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY GRANTED BY
<br />STATE LAW AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR
<br />THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE.
<br /> THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY
<br />ORDAINS·
<br /> SECTION I. SHORT TITLE.
<br /> This ordinance shall be known as lhe "Subdivision
<br />jOrdinance of the City of Ramsay", and will be
<br />'referred 10 herein as "this ordinance".
<br />SECTION 2, INTERPRETATION AND SCOPE.
<br />All land subdivision within the City of Ramsay
<br />shall equal or exceed the standards set forth in this
<br />ordinance. The standards established by this or.
<br />dinance are not intended to repeal, abrogate, annul
<br />or impair private agreements or restrictive
<br />covenanls running with the land which are equal fo
<br />or more restrictive than the standards hereby
<br />established, except that the most reslrictive shall
<br />apply.
<br /> SECTION 3. PLATTING AUTHORITY.
<br /> The City Council shall serve as the Platling
<br />AulbdrJty of the Oily in accordance with M.S.
<br />Chapter 462, and specifically M.S. 462.358. NO plat,
<br />rapier, subdivision of land or registered land survey
<br />shall be filed or accepted for filing by the Registrar
<br />of Titles or Register of Deeds of Anoka County unless
<br />if isaccompanied by a terrified copy of a resolution
<br />adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
<br />members of lhe City Council approving such plat,
<br />rapier, subdivision of land or registered land survey.
<br /> SECTION 4. DEFINITIONS.
<br /> For the purpose of this ordinance, certain words
<br />and farms are hereby defined as follows:
<br /> ALLEY is a public right-of-way which affords a
<br />secondary means of access to abulling property.
<br /> BLOCK is an area of land within a subdivision that
<br />is entirely bounded by streets, parks or by streets
<br />and the exterior boundary or boundaries of the
<br />subdivision, or a combination of the above with a
<br />stream or lake.
<br /> BOULEVARD is that portion of lhe street right-of-
<br />way between the curb I ina a nd the property line.
<br /> BUTT LOT is a lot at the end et a block and located
<br />beIweeo two corner lots.
<br /> CITY PLAN means a compilation of policy
<br />stalements, goals, standards and maps for guiding
<br />lhephysical, social and economic development, both
<br />private and public, of the City and its environs.
<br /> DESIGN STANDARDS are the specifications to
<br />land owners or subdividers for the preparalion of
<br />plals, both preliminary and final, indicating among
<br />other things, lhe optimum, minimum or maximum
<br />dimensions of such items as rights.of.way, blocks,
<br />easements and lots.
<br /> EASEMENT isa grant bya property owner for the
<br />use of a portion of land lot the purpose of con-
<br />slrucling and maintaining slopes or grade tran-
<br />sitions or utilities, including but not limited to,
<br />electric and telephone lines, sanitary and storm
<br />sewer lines, surface drainage ways and gas lines.
<br /> FINAL PLAT is a drawing or map of a subdivision
<br />which meets all of the requirements of the Cily and is
<br />in such form as meets the requirements under the
<br />state law for purposes of recording.
<br /> GRADE, SLOPE OR GRADIENT means the
<br />vertical riseor drop from any fixed horizontal llne or
<br />.point.
<br /> IMPROVEMENTS means the construction or
<br />inslallation of public or private utilities including,
<br />but not limited to, polable water, sanitary sewer
<br />systems, storm sewers, roads and other thorough-
<br />farce, sidewalks, curbs and gutters, paving
<br />barricades, trees and olher plantings, lighting, fuel
<br />or energy and the transmission thereof, trans-
<br />portation systems or facilities connected therewith
<br />and communication systems which are necessary,
<br />desirable or convenient in the maintenance of the
<br />health, safety and the general welfare.
<br /> LOT is a parcel of land delineated upon and
<br />thereafter described by reference to a plat,
<br />regislered land survey or auditor's subdivision, or
<br />olher similar recorded dedicatory document.
<br /> OPEN SPACE is an area set aside for lhe
<br /> preservation of nalural open spaces to counteract the
<br /> effects of urban congestion and monotony.
<br />
<br /> OWNER is any person, firm or corporation, or any
<br /> other legal entity, or a combination of any of them,
<br /> having sufficient legal proprietary interest in the
<br /> land sought to be subdivided to commence and
<br /> maintain proceedings to subdivide lhe same under
<br /> this ordinance.
<br /> PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS are public lands
<br /> andopen space in the City of Ramsay dedicated for
<br /> and usable for recreation purposes.
<br /> PEDESTR lAN WAY is a public or private right-of-
<br /> waywithin Or across a block to provide access for
<br /> pedestrians and which may be used for utilities.
<br /> PLANNING COMMISSION is the Planning
<br /> Commission of the City of Ramsey.
<br /> PRELIMI NARY PLAT is fha tentative drawing or
<br /> chart indicating the proposed layout of the sub-
<br /> division to be submitted hereunder in compliance
<br /> with the regulations including required supporting
<br /> data.
<br /> PROTECTIVE COVENANTS are contracts made
<br /> between private parties as to the manner in which
<br /> land may be used, with the view to protecting and
<br /> preserving the physical and economic integrity of a
<br /> given area.
<br /> REQUIRED PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS are
<br /> defined as those improvements in any proposed
<br /> sobdivislon, including streets, water and sewer
<br /> systems and storm water drainage systems, which
<br /> are required in connection with the approval of any
<br /> plat or other subdivision.
<br /> RIGHT.OF-WAY is the area within the limits of a
<br /> street, alley, pedestrian way, thoroughfareor
<br /> easement.
<br /> STREETS:
<br /> 1. STREET is a public right-of-way affording
<br /> primary access by pedestrians and vehicles abutting
<br /> properties whether designated as a street, highway,
<br /> thoroughfare, parkway, road, avenue, or however
<br /> other%vise designated.
<br /> 2. COLLECTOR STREET iS a streetwhich carries
<br /> traffic from minor streets to thoroughfares. It in-
<br /> dudes the principal entrance streets of a residential
<br /> development and streets for circulation with in such a
<br /> development.
<br /> 3. CUL-DE-SAC is a street with only one outlet and
<br /> having an appropriate terminal for the safe and
<br /> convenient reversal of traffic movement.
<br /> 4. MINOR STREET is a street used primarily for
<br /> access to the abutting properties and the local needs
<br /> of a neighborhood.
<br /> 5. SERVICE STR EE~, LANE OR ROAD is a street
<br /> which is adiacent to a thoroughfare and which
<br /> provides access to abutting properties and protection
<br /> from through traffic.
<br /> 6. STREET WIDTH is the shortest distance bet-
<br /> ween the lot lines delineating the right-of-way of a
<br /> street.
<br /> 7. THOROUGHFARE is a street primarily
<br /> designed tocarry large volumes of traffic and serves
<br /> as an arterial traffic way between various districts
<br /> of the City.
<br /> SUBDIVIDER is a person, firm or corporation
<br /> having sufficient proprietary interest in land in order
<br /> to subdivide the same under this ordinance.
<br /> SU BD IVI SION is the division of a tract of land into
<br /> tweet more Io1~ or parcels of [and for the purpose of
<br /> transfer of ownership or building development. The
<br /> term includes resubdivision and, when appropriate
<br /> to the context, shall relate to the process of sub-
<br /> dividing or to the land subdivided.
<br /> SECTION 5. SKETCH PLAN. .'
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<br /> · 5.01 Procedure
<br /> "" Prior to dividing a~y tract-- of land into two or mor..e:\,
<br /> Iotsor parcels of land the subdivider shall submita
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<br /> sketch plan for review by the Planning Commission.
<br /> At the time of submission of the sketch plan, the
<br /> subdivider of the land covered by the sketch plan
<br /> shall submit a petition for rezoning to the proposed
<br />\ use of said land, if the land is not atready so zoned.
<br />~ Theowner of sa id land shall loin in said petitibn.
<br />J a, The subdivider shall file five (5) copies of the
<br /> sketch plan with the Zoning Officer at least .21.~..
<br /> calendar days before 1he next regular monthly
<br /> meeting of the Planning Commission at which
<br /> meeting said sketch plan shall be considered.
<br /> b, At the time of submissio~ of the sketch plan, the
<br /> subdivider shall p. py ~3 fee as determined from time
<br /> · , to lime by City Council Resolution. The subdivider
<br /> shall a so deposit 5500 00, with the City at the time of
<br /> submission of the sketch plan which shall be used to
<br /> defray expenses incurred by the City in employing
<br /> the services of the C~fy En.ginee. r, ~J.g.~y~. and
<br /> other p~'J~_s.sJg_r~ll.Cg~g.l.t~nt~.in connection with the
<br /> reviewof said sketch plan. However, the said deposit
<br /> may also be used to reimburse the City for the ex-
<br /> peeseof employing the services of the
<br /> attorneys, and other professional consultants in
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<br />connection with the review of the preliminary plat
<br />and final plat as prescribed in this ordinance. If said
<br />Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) is not sufficient to
<br />defray lhe above expenses, additional monies will be
<br />required prior to final action on the plat, and if, in the
<br />~pinion of th e Zen in~ Officer, th.$..d~is~d~eEl.~et~e~,
<br />such that it is unlikely~ to be suffi~Lient to meet th_b_e..
<br />remaining anticipated expenses, the subd!vider shall
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<br />be r~;iuired to de, posit an amount sufficient to bring.
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<br />the account to a balance of $500.00, prior to_
<br />furlher action on the pl~t. If after final action on the
<br />proposed subdivision, a surplus balance remains in
<br />the City's accounts, said surplus balance shall be
<br />rofund..ed to the subdivider. The said deposit shall be
<br />in addition to the fees prescribed elsewhere in this
<br /> ordinance. _
<br /> c. The Zoning Officer shall distribute the copies of
<br />the sketch plan to the .ap_p_r_o. priate individuals. Fie
<br />shall also submit to the..P__l@.n, pin~g ~C~o_rn~missiqn a
<br />_report on the relationship of f_b_he, pr_~p_os_e_d_[a_~n_d uses
<br />to those existing in the area, those indicated on the
<br />.c.o._m_ prehensive land use~.la_n~ and those provided for
<br />by ,existing zoning ordinances.
<br /> d. The City Engineer~ shall submit a report to the
<br />Planning Commission, which shall deal with
<br />drainage, traffic, utilities, and other engineerj~ng.
<br />_metiers pertinent to the plan.
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<br /> e. The Planning Commission shall consider the
<br />sketch plan, the Zoning Officer's report, the
<br />Engineer's report, and any other pertinent in-
<br />formation which they may wish to consider. The
<br />Planning Commission shall advise the subdivider of
<br />the ~xtent _t0..wb!ch the plan ._con_fg_r~s' to the
<br />requirements of the community and the ability of the
<br />City to provide .es~en~ttla~l ~e~vices. and may discuss
<br />possible modifications necessary to secure approval
<br />of the subdivision.
<br /> f. If a petition for rezoning to land uses in con-
<br />formance with the sketch plan has been filed, the
<br />Planning Commission shall forward a written report
<br />of its findings and recommendations in regard to
<br />bath the sketch plan and the rezoning to the City
<br />Council.
<br /> g. The City Council shall act on the rezoning
<br />petition in accordance with procedures established
<br />by other ordinances. The report of the Planning
<br />Commission shall become a part of the rezoning
<br />proceedings.
<br /> h. After the City Council has acted on the rezoning
<br />petition, the City Council shall advise the subdivider
<br />as lo the land uses permitted in the sketch plan and
<br />may discuss possible modifications necessary to
<br />secure approval of the subdivision. 5.02 Content
<br /> It shall be a condition to the acceptance of a sub-
<br />division sketch plan for filing with the Zoning Officer
<br />thatsaid sketch plan shall include the data required
<br />here~mder. The sketch plan shall be drawn at a
<br />suitable scale and shall cover all of the owner's
<br />contiguous land. A freehand rendition of graphic
<br />data shall be sufficient.
<br /> a. Identify' property by fraction of Section,
<br />Township and Range.
<br /> b. Names and addresses of the owner ahd sub-
<br />divider of the land.
<br />c. Date and north point.
<br />d. Totai approximate acreage.
<br />e. Existing zoning classification for each tract of
<br />land in and abutting the property included in the
<br />proposed subdivision.
<br /> f. Location and names of existing or platted streets
<br />andother public ways, parks and public open spaces
<br />andsection and municipal boundary lines within the
<br />proposed subdivision and to a distance of 100 feet
<br />beyond.
<br /> g. Significant topographical features, such as hills,
<br />valleys, water courses, lakes, marshes,wooded
<br />areas, etc.
<br />h. Proposed street pattern.
<br /> i. Proposed land use including approximate
<br />density of dwelling units for residential uses.
<br /> [. Areas intended to be dedicated or reserved for
<br />public use, including the approximate size of such
<br />areas.
<br /> SECTION ~. PRELIMINARY PLAT.
<br /> 6.0t Procedure. Prior to dividing any lract of land
<br />intotwoor more lots or parcels of land, the following
<br />procedures shall be followed:
<br /> a. The subdivider shah file f..ji~e. (~_5) co~oie~s, of the
<br />preliminary plat with the Zoning Officer at leasl 3--0
<br />.??~t.~a~.r~da_~s~ before the next regular monthly
<br />meeting of the Planning Commission at which
<br />meeting said plat shah be considered, and at which
<br />time the required._p.u, blJ_c._he~ar_i.r}_g' may be held.
<br /> b. At the time of the filing of the preliminary plat,
<br />thesubdivider shall pay to the City such fees as shall
<br />be prescribed in a fee schedule adopted by City
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