Agenda - Planning Commission - 01/25/2024

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Commissioner introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #24-033 A RESOLUTION APPROVING A VARIANCE TO MINIMUM LOT AREA NORTHEAST OF ALPINE DRIVE AND HEMATITE STREET NORTHWEST RECITALS 1. The City of Ramsey received an application from DeeAnn Deiss, personal representative for the estate of Harries Everett Haugtvedt (the "Applicant") requesting a Variance to Section 106-430 (RR Rural Residential District minimum lot standards) of the Ramsey City Code with regard to the minimum lot area requirement to facilitate a subdivision of the property legally described as follows: The South half of the Southeast quarter of the Southeast quarter of the Northwest quarter of Section 22, Township 32, Range 25, Anoka County, Minnesota, subject to easements of record. (the "Subject Property") 2. That the Subject Property is approximately 3.87 acres in size and zoned RR Rural Residential. 3. That the minimum required lot size in the RR Rural Residential District is 2.5 acres. 4. That the Subject Property was previously 5.00 acres in size prior to the construction of Alpine Drive NW where the City of Ramsey acquired a roadway easement. 5. That the parcels adjacent to the Subject Property range in size from 0.98 acres (to the east), 2.25 acres (to the northeast), and 2.24 acres (to the north) with properties 0.88 and 1.36 acres to the south across Alpine Drive, all with the same RR zoning. 6. That the Subject Property is guided as Rural Developing on the City's Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map as are the adjacent and surrounding parcels. Land across Alpine Drive to the southeast is guided as Public for Alpine Park. 7. That the resulting lots from a subdivision would not have the required 2.5 acre minimum of lot size. 8. That the Applicant appeared before the Planning Commission for a public hearing pursuant to Section 106-220 (Variances) of the Ramsey City Code on January 25, 2024, and that said public hearing was properly advertised and that the minutes of said public hearing are available.