Resolution - #97-06-147 - 06/10/1997

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Councilmember Zimmerman introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #97-06-147 RESOLUTION TO RESCIND RESOLUTION #97-04-080 ADOPTING FINDINGS OF FACT #0422 AND ADOPT FINDINGS OF FACT #0430 AND CONCLUSION RELATING TO A REQUEST TO REZONE CERTAIN PROPERTY IN SECTION 23 FROM B-1 AND B-2 BUSINESS 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 Good Value Homes, Inc., hereinafter referred to as "Applicant," has properly applied to rezone certain property from B-1 and B-2 Business 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 said public heating 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: The East Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 23, Township 32, Range 25, Anoka County, Minnesota (subject to easement to Rural Co-op Power Assn., 4/12/67, and subject to 80 foot public road easement to City of Ramsey, 3/18/77); 4. That the total area of the property to be rezoned is approximately twenty (20) acres in size. 5. That the subject property is currently zoned B-1 and B-2 Business That the surrounding adjacent properties to the west and north are zoned residential, and the adjacent property to the east is zoned commercial. The property on the south side of 153rd Avenue NW is zoned commercial and residential. 7. That the Applicant is proposing to develop the plat with single family urban residential lots. That area residents present at the public heating spoke out in opposition to the proposed rezoning because of concerns for traffic congestion, impact of urban densities on rural densities, and reduction in inventory of commercial acreage. That the City's Comprehensive Plan designates this property for commercial development and not residential development, and to rezone it to residential would require a Minor Comprehensive Plan Amendment.