Agenda - Planning Commission - 05/22/2025

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Me Regular Planning Commission Meeting Date: 05/22/2025 Primary Strategic Plan Initiative: Promote economic growth and development. Information Title: PUBLIC HEARING: Consider a Preliminary Plat for Bunker Lake Crossing at the northeast corner of Sunwood Drive and Armstrong Boulevard Purpose/Background: The City of Ramsey received an application from Capital Real Estate, Inc. (the "Applicant") requesting Preliminary Plat approval for a three -lot subdivision on the property generally located on the east side of Armstrong Boulevard, between Bunker Lake Bouelvard and Sunwood Drive, and legally described as Outlot D, Waterfront Village, Anoka County, Minnesota (the "Subject Property"). Notification: Staff attempted to notify property owners within 700 feet of the Subject Property, as reflected in the Anoka County Property Records, of the request and the Public Hearing to be held by the Planning Commission. A notice of the Public Hearing was published in the Anoka County Union Herald, the City's official newspaper. A "proposed development" sign was placed on the property. Time Frame/Observations/Alternatives: Subject Property The Subject Property is a 7.46-acre outlot that was last platted as part of the Waterfront Village development. It is generally located along the east side of Armstrong Boulevard, between Bunker Lake Boulevard and Sunwood Drive. The Subject Property is zoned COR-2b, Commercial Subdistrict. Properties to the east (in the Waterfront Village neighborhood) are zoned COR-4b, Neighborhood Subdistrict. Properties to the west (across Armstrong Bouelvard) are zoned B-2, Community Business District. Properties to the south (across Sunwood Drive) are also zoned COR-2b. The Subject Property and all surrounding properties are guided for Mixed Use in the City's 2040 Comprehensive Plan. Preliminary Plat The proposed Preliminary Plat consists of three buildable lots oriented along Armstrong Boulevard and one outlot for an existing wetland. The Preliminary Plat depicts several easements on the property, including the following: • A 30-foot-wide drainage and utility easement along Armstrong Boulevard on the west side of the plat and along Sunwood Drive on the south side of the plat; • A 10-foot-wide drainage and utility easement to follow the private access road along the east side of the three buildable lots, co -located with proposed water and sewer lines to serve all three lots. • An existing right -of -access easement along Armstrong Boulevard, of which a 40-foot-wide section is proposed to be vacated by Anoka County to allow for a right -in -only access off of northbound Armstrong Boulevard, straddling the lot line between Lots 1 and 2; • An existing drainage, utility, sloping, sidewalk, trail, snow storage and signing easement (to be vacated by Anoka County). Lot 1 (the northernmost lot) will be for Taco Bell (which is being reviewed in a separate case at tonight's meeting) will be approximately 1.32 acres and features a long 30-foot-wide extension up to Bunker Lake Boulevard to accommodate a shared multi -tenant sign for the overall development. This sign will be reviewed administratively in alignment with the newly -adopted sign code regulations and would require an encroachment agreement. Lot 2