Resolution - #97-05-133 - 05/27/1997

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Councilmember Haas Steffen introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #97-05-133 RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINDINGS OF FACT #0427 TO REZONE CERTAIN PROPERTY FROM R-1 RURAL RESIDENTIAL TO R-1 URBAN RESIDENTIAL WHEREAS, the City received an application to rezone certain property in accordance with Section 9.03.03 of the Ramsey City Code. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: That K.C. Land Company, hereinafter referred to as "Applicant," has properly applied to rezone certain property from R-1 Rural Residential to R-1 Urban Residential. That the Planning Commission conducted a public hearing pursuant to Section 9.03.03 of the City Code on April 1, 1997 and May 6, 1997, and said public hearing was properly advertised, and the minutes of said public hearing are hereby incorporated by reference. 3. That the property proposed to be rezoned is legally described as follows: Outlots A and B, Alpine Addition, Anoka County, Minnesota (Subject Property). That the total area of the property to be rezoned is approximately twenty-one (21) acres in size. That the City has concluded that the Comprehensive Plan Amendment approved in 1995 which implemented a Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA) boundary expansion to include the Subject Property was properly adopted by the City. o That a Minnesota Supreme Court case has established a precedent that it is arbitrary and capricious for a municipality to refuse to adopt a zoning ordinance implementing its comprehensive plan. That the Subject Property is zoned Rol Rural Residential and the adjacent property to the north is not in the MUSA and is zoned R-1 Rural Residential. The property on the south side of 153rd Avenue NW is a park. 8. That the Applicant is proposing to develop the plat with single family urban residential lots.