Resolution - #95-08-167 - 08/08/1995

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Councilmember Zimmerman introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #95-08-167 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINDING OF FACT #0383 RELATING TO A REQUEST FROM GOOD VALUE HOMES, INC. FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO GRADE AND EXPORTS SOILS WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey received an application from Good Value Homes, Inc. for a conditional use permit to grade and export excess soils from the property legally described as follows: Ouflot A, Chestnut Ridge, Anoka County, Minnesota. That part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 26, Township 32, Range 25, Anoka County, Minnesota, lying south of County Ditch #43. (the "Subject Property") NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THIS CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA that the findings of fact relating to the request are determined to be as follows: That on July 20, 1995, Good Value Homes, Inc., hereinafter referred to as "Applicant", properly applied for a conditional use permit to grade and export excess soils from the proposed plat of Chestnut Ridge 2nd Addition, which plat received preliminary plat approval from the City Council on August 22, 1994. That the applicant appeared before the Ramsey Planning Commission for a public hearing pursuant to Section 9.03.04 of the City Code on August 1, 1995, and that said public hearing was properly advertised and that the minutes of said public hearing are hereby incorporated as a part of these findings by reference. That the subject property is zoned R-1 Urban Residential, is approximately 65 acres in size and is proposed to be developed with 72 single family lots. That Section 9.11.18 (Grading, Mining and Filling Permits) states that a conditional use permit shall be required to grade individual lots by more than 3 feet in depth, fill individual lots by more than 2 feet at any point, and excavate more than 400 cubic yards of earth That the grading plan submitted was prepared by Passe Engineering, Inc. and is dated August 11, 1994 and it proposes to regrade the Subject Property to create more attractive building sites. That the Applicant is proposing to strip the topsoil on the Subject Property, export approximately 15,000 cubic yards of earth material, and replace the topsoil.