Resolution - #01-12-425 - 12/11/2001

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Councilmember Hendriksen introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #01 -12 -425 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINDINGS OF FACTS AND DENYING A REQUEST FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHEREAS, on June 15, 2001, the City of Ramsey received a request for an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan from Bulow, Inc. (the Applicant) for the purpose of amending the land use designation of the following legally described property from commercial to high density residential: Lot 1, Block 1, Bulow's Addition, Anoka County, Minnesota (the Subject Property) WHEREAS, the Subject Property is located within the boundaries of the Metropolitan Urban Service Area and the Critical River Overlay Distrist; and WHEREAS, the property has been designated for commercial uses since the 1980 Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan Amendment approved in 1995 retained the commercial land use designation on the Subject Property; and WHEREAS, March 2001 Draft Comprehensive Plan proposes to retain the commercial land use designation on the Subject Property; and WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey Economic Development Authority has engaged the firm of Hoisington Koegler Group Inc. to prepare a Concept Plan For The Highway 10 Corridor and the June 10, 2001 draft of that Plan proposes to retain a commercial land use designation on the Subject Property; and WHEREAS, Section 9.20.31 (Planned Unit Development) establishes that rezoning to a Planned unit Development prior to development an acceptable preliminary site plan is not permitted; and WHEREAS, the Ramsey Planning Commission met on October 4, 2001, conducted a public hearing, and recommended that the Ramsey City Council deny the request for an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that changing the land use designation to high density residential is not beneficial in the Critical River Corridor and is inconsistent with the Comprehensive Plan; and