Resolution - #96-03-042 - 03/04/1996

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concave to the Northwest; with said curve having a radius of 425.00 feet a central angle of 35 degrees 51 minutes 25 seconds, a chord length of 261.66 feet (chord bears South 46 degrees 27 minutes 41 seconds Wes0 for an arc length of 265.97 feet to a point of tangency; South 64 degrees 23 minutes 23 seconds West a distance of 63.65 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING herein containing 13.7705 acres of land area That the proposed plat lies within the shoreland overlay district for Grass (Sunfish) Lake (Protected Water #2-113). That Section 9.21.04 of the Ramsey City Code establishes a minimum lot size of 20,000 square feet for riparian lots and 15,000 square feet for non-riparian within the sewered area of the subject overlay district. That the Applicant's plat proposes to create 25 single family urban residential lots within the 12 acre area, ten (10) of which are considered riparian and fifteen (15) of which are considered non-riparian. That the Applicant has stated that the minimum lot sizes in the overlay district create a hardship because of the marginal depth of developable property between the lake and Sunwood Drive, and the need for the lots within the plat to be served by a minor street off of Sunwood Drive. That the Applicant has stated that the marginal depth of developable property between the lake and Sunwood Drive is due, in part, to the fact that the alignment for Sunwood Drive has been relocated nearer the lake than origianlly proposed or planned. That the Applicant has designed the plat in such a manner that the ten (10) riparian lots meet the 20,000 square foot area requirement. That the Applicant's plat proposal is designed in such a manner that only four (4) of the fifteen (15) non-riparian lots meet the 15,000 square foot area requirement. 10. That the plat proposes an average lot size of 13,822 square feet for non-riparian lots and 21,756 square feet for riparian lots, for a total of 424,890 square feet absorbed by 25 lots. Under Section 9.21.04 of the Ramsey City Code, 25 lots meeting the 15,000 and 20,000 square foot area requirements would absorb 425,000 square feet of property. Therefore, the Applicant's proposal does not increase the number of lots that would have been allowed had the area requirements been complied with on a lot by lot basis. 11. That the intent of the development standards in the overlay district are to preserve and protect public waters from pollution. 12. That the subject plat will be served by a municipal water system and the existing on- site septic system for the riparian homestead will be converted to the municipal system. 13. That the subject plat will be served by a storm sewer system. 14. That the special conditions causing the hardship, namely the depth of the subject property lying between the lake and the collector street, do not result from the actions of the Applicant.