Resolution - #01-12-439 - 12/18/2001

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Councilmember Hendriksen introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #01 - - 439 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINDINGS OF FACT #0593 RELATING TO A REQUEST TO ALLOW FOR AN UNIMPROVED PARKING LOT AS THE PRINCIPAL USE OF A PROPERTY. WHEREAS, Anoka - Hennepin Technical College, hereinafter referred to as "Applicant ", has properly applied to the City of Ramsey (the "City ") for an interim use permit to allow for an unimproved parking lot as the principal use of a property located at 6021 Hwy. 10 and legally described as follows: That part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 35, Township 32, Range 25, Anoka County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the northeast corner of said Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, said corner having been set by the County Surveyor of Anoka County, Minnesota, pursuant to District Court Order in Torrens Case No. T -1186; thence on an assumed bearing south along the east line of said Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, a distance of 299.78 feet to the intersection with the southerly right -of -way line of Burlington Northern Railroad Company (formerly Great Northern Railway); thence north 66 degrees 30 minutes west along said southerly right -of -way line, a distance of 48.70 feet to the actual point of beginning of the tract of land to be hereby described; thence continuing north 66 degrees 30 minutes west along said southerly right -of -way line a distance of 199 feet to a judicial landmark set pursuant to Torrens Case No. T -1476; thence south 23 degrees 02 minutes west a distance of 427.10 feet, more or less, to the intersection with the northerly right -of -way boundary line of Trunk Highway No. 10, as shown on Minnesota Department of Transportation Monumentation Plat 02 -M6, filed as Anoka County Recorder Document No. 541043; thence southeasterly along said northerly right -of -way boundary line to the intersection with a line bearing south 23 degrees 02 minutes west from the actual point of beginning; thence north 23 degrees 02 minutes east a distance of 462.46 feet, more or less, to the actual point of beginning, Anoka County, Minnesota. (Said tract is also known as Lot 24, Auditor's Subdivision No. 96) The northwesterly line of the above - described tract has been marked by Judicial Landmarks set pursuant to Torrens Case No. T -1476. (the "Subject Property ") NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: 1) That the Applicant appeared before the Planning Commission for a public hearing pursuant to Section 9.03.04 of the Ramsey City Code on December 4, 2001, and that the public hearing was properly advertised and that the minutes of said public hearing are hereby incorporated by reference. 2) That the Applicant will be entering into a five -year lease with an option to purchase with the property owner, Inter City Oil Company, Inc. 3) That the Subject Property is zoned B -3, Highway Business and the surrounding parcels are zoned B -1, Business, B -3, Highway Business, and I Industrial. 4) That on November 7, 2001, the Applicant submitted a request for an interim use permit to allow for an unimproved parking lot as the principal use of a property.