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Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Anderson, Board Members Kociscak, Jensen, <br />Dempsey, Johnson, and Wivoda. Voting No: None. Absent: Board Member Nixt. <br /> <br />PUBLIC HEARINGS/BOARD BUSINESS <br /> <br />Case #1: <br /> <br />Request for a Variance to build a dwelling on a lot that does not have 200 feet <br />of frontage on a public road at the driveway access location; Case of Philip <br />Johnson <br /> <br />Chairperson Anderson closed the regular portion of the Board of Adjustment meeting at 7:02 <br />p.m. in order to conduct the public hearing. <br /> <br />Public Hearin~ <br /> <br />Chairperson Anderson called the public hearing to order at 7:02 p.m. <br /> <br />Presentation <br /> <br />Zoning Administrator Frolik stated that Phillip Johnson has submitted an application to the City <br />of Ramsey for a variance from Sections 9.11 and 9.20 of the Ramsey City Code. These sections <br />of the City Code state that no lot shall contain a dwelling unless it has the minimum lot width <br />(defined as measurement of frontage on a public road) of 200 feet on a public road. Phillip <br />wishes to construct a new home for himself on a 20 acre parcel that has frontage on Green Valley <br />Road (County Road #63) and 178~ Lane Northwest. The Subject Property has approximately <br />320 feet of frontage on Green Valley Road and 66 feet of frontage on 178th Lane Northwest. <br />There is a County ditch that runs east/west through the property and the applicant is proposing to <br />construct a home on the property, north of the ditch. Access to the home from Green Valley <br />Road (County Road #63) is obstructed by the County ditch. In addition, City Codes states that <br />in cases of double frontage lots on a County or State road and a City street, the access shall be <br />from the local street. That would mean that the preferred point of access would be from 178~ <br />Lane Northwest and the Subject Property technically has 66 feet of frontage on that street. If the <br />City continues its practice of requiring 200 feet of frontage at the point of access to a public road, <br />then a variance becomes necessary. The applicant owns and currently resides on the adjacent 20 <br />acre parcel to the west. He has provided the City with a future subdivision plan that complies <br />with four in forty density restrictions. The resubdivision plan reflects that the placement of the <br />new home on the Subject Property will not obstruct orderly resubdivision of the property in the <br />future. <br /> <br />Citizen Input <br /> <br />Joel Berman, 17910 Vanadium Street Northwest Ramsey, stated that he lives to the east of the <br />site and is not interested in allowing the variance. He explained that he moved from Fridley <br /> <br />Board of Adjustment/October 5, 1999 <br /> Page 2 of 5 <br /> <br /> <br />