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Board Member Bawden introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: <br /> <br />RESOLUTION #97-08-188 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINDINGS OF FACT #0437 RELATING TO GARY AND <br />BURNETTA LIEN'S REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE TO LOT WIDTH, LOT AREA, <br />AND STRUCTURE SETBACK FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Gary and Bumetta Lien, hereinafter referred to as "Applicants", have <br />properly applied for a Board of Adjustment variance from Section 9.21.07 of the Ramsey City <br />Code to develop the following legally described property as a buildable lot with a variance to lot <br />width, lot area, and structure setback from the Mississippi River: <br /> <br />Lot 15, Bowers Mississippi Acres, Anoka County, Minnesota <br /> <br />(the "Subject Property") <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT <br />OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: <br /> <br />That the Applicants appeared before the Board of Adjustment for a public hearing pursuant to <br />Section 9.03.05 of the Ramsey City Code on August 5, 1997, and that said public hearing <br />was properly advertised and that the minutes of said public hearing are hereby incorporated <br />as a part of these findings by reference. <br /> <br />2. That the Subject Property is zoned R-1 Rural Residential and is approximately 1.07 acres in <br /> size. <br /> <br />3. That the surrounding parcels are also zoned R-1 Rural Residential. <br /> <br />4. That the Subject Property is located in the Scenic and Critical River Overlay Districts. <br /> <br />That Section 9.21.07, Subd. 1.a of the Ramsey City Code requires a minimum of 200 feet of <br />lot width, 2.5 acre lot size, and a 35 foot bluff setback or 200 foot ordinary high water mark <br />setback, whichever is greater. <br /> <br />That Section 9.21.07, subd. 2.c. 1 (Critical River Overlay District/Existing Lots of Record) of <br />the Ramsey City Code indicates that only "lots of record in the office of the County Register <br />of Deeds (or Registrar of Titles) prior to July 29, 1985 (date of enactment) which do not meet <br />the requirements of 9.21.07, subd. 1, may be allowed as building sites provided: <br /> <br />a) such use is permitted in the zoning district <br />b) the lot is in separate ownership from abutting lands, and <br />c) all other sanitary and dimensional requirements of 9.21 Environmental <br /> Protection are complied with insofar as practical." <br /> <br /> <br />