Agenda - Planning Commission - 03/26/2026

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Councilmember ___________ introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #26-087 A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF A VARIANCE TO UTILIZE AN ALTERNATIVE METHODOLOGY FOR THE TREE INVENTORY FOR SERENITY AT RIVERS EDGE AND DECLARING TERMS OF PERMIT RECITALS 1. The City of Ramsey received an application from Rivers Edge Development LLC (the “Permittee”) requesting a Variance to Section 106-354 (Private Trees in New Development Areas) of the Ramsey City Code to utilize an alternative tree inventory technique for the property generally located south of Riverdale Drive, west of Sunfish Lake Boulevard and east of Dolomite Street, and legally described as: Tract C, Registered Land Survey Number 119, except the East 210 feet thereof, as measured at right angle to the East line of said Tract, except road, subject to easement of record, Anoka County, Minnesota. (the "Subject Property") 2. That the Permittee appeared before the Planning Commission on March 26, 2026, related to this request, and before the City Council for a public hearing pursuant to Section 106- 220 (Variances) of the Ramsey City Code on April 14, 2026, and that said public hearing was properly advertised and that the minutes of said public hearing are available. 3. That the Subject Property is approximately 9.24 acres in size, is zoned R-1A (Single- Family Residential), and is guided as Low Density Residential in the Comprehensive Plan. 4. That the surrounding parcels to the east and west are zoned R-1A (Single-Family Residential), with one parcel zoned Public/Quasi-Public. The parcels north of Riverdale Drive are zoned B-2 (Community Business District). 5. That the surrounding parcels east and west of the Subject Property are guided as Low Density Residential, while the parcels north of Riverdale Drive are guided as Commercial, in the Comprehensive Plan. 6. That City Code Section 106-354 (Private Trees in New Development Areas) requires an inventory of all significant trees (defined as any oak or evergreen with a Diameter at Breast Height [DBH] of four [4] inches or greater and all other trees with a DBH of eight [8] inches or greater) within the developable portions of a project site. 7. That approximately six and a half (6.5) acres of woodland are present on the Subject Property, with the dominant species being eastern red cedar.