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CASE # <br /> <br /> PUBLIC HEARING <br />CONSIDER ADDING SECTION 9.28 (B-3 BUSINESS DISRICT) TO <br />CHAPTER 9 OF CITY CODE; <br /> CASE OF CITY OF RAMSEY <br /> By: Amy Geisler, AICP, Associate Planner <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />The City has initiated a redevelopment project for the area generally west of Arrnstrong Blvd and <br />north of Highway 10. This area is currently part of the Town Center zoning district. This <br />redevelopment project requires the creation ora new business zoning district for this area. <br /> <br />The following items are enclosed for your information: <br /> <br />a) District area boundary <br />b) Draft Planning Commission meeting minutes dated June :1,2006 <br />c) Draft B-3 Business District ordinance <br /> <br />Notification: <br /> <br />The public hearing was properly advertised in the Anoka County Union. Staff also sent a public <br />hearing notice to all affected parcels and those within 350 feet. <br /> <br />Observations: <br /> <br />The City Council selected Robert Muir Co. as the master developer for this project at their June <br />13th, 2006 meeting. The entke zoning district will be master planned and will contain larger-scale <br />and more auto-oriented commercial uses than are intended for the Town Center. This area is <br />currently zoned TC-2, which is not intended to accommodate this scale of commercial <br />development. A separate action to actually rezone these parcels will be brought before the <br />Planning Commission in August. <br /> <br />Because this district will be developed by one master developer, Staff has taken a different <br />approach in drafting a new B-3 Business District for the area. Rather than assuming a lot-by-lot <br />development pattern and listing specific setbacks and lot standards (as is the case in the B-1 and B- <br />2 zoning districts), the draft code is written to require a Master Plan for the entire district, and lays <br />out performance standards that will be used to guide the development of that plan. For example, <br />rather than requiring a set number of trees per foot of site perimeter, the draft code requires a <br />Landscape Plan that integrates a wide variety of plantings throughout the site in order to soften and <br />shade parking areas, line sidewalks and streets, accent building entrances, and break up large <br />building facades. <br /> <br />This represents a different approach to zoning than the City has taken in the past and will require a <br />different review process for development within this area. Staff is proposing to utilize the Planned <br /> <br />155 <br /> <br /> <br />