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Case 98: Consider Amending Section 9.20.28 (B -3 Business District) of City Code; Case of City of Ramsey • Community Development Director Trudgeon reviewed that the City created the B -3 Business Zoning District in 2006, in anticipation of the Ramsey Crossings redevelopment project, located west of Armstrong Boulevard and north of Highway 10. Since the B -3 District was established, staff has made note of several deficiencies in the code that need to be remedied. The entire district will be master planned and is intended to contain larger- scale, more auto oriented commercial uses than are intended for the Town Center one east side of Armstrong Boulevard. To accomplish this, the B -3 District was drafted to a%: `= " cant amount of design flexibility through the master planning process, r t -by -lot development with specific setbacks and lot standards (as is thethe zoning districts). The district contains performance standards to guid .` reah lan. Trudgeon explained the B -3 District follows the review p uthn yin the P ' uvelopment (PUD) District. Once the City has approved a at meets the _ : e standards in the B -3 District, any significant changes to th Xequire the de r to process a revised preliminary site plan for the entire site. A r. would be processed for each phase of the project as they are constructed, ensuring ompli -fie Master Plan. n Community Development Director Trud�o - Ze Chang � is proposing would , clarify that proposed developments w- b the entire PUD review process, including a preliminary and final site pl _- taff i = � Uggending a change to Subd. 6 b -3: Building Orientation, to explicitly a mor an fl Wiling per lot. This type of development was anticipated wh x th Dis t was ully drafted, but staff feels it is • important to state this explicitl �n the B. strictaoid conflicts with other sections of City Code. Staff would also no , no parce rezoned to B -3 Business to date; this action is expected to coincid � reliminary p� of Ramsey Crossings. Mr. Trudgeon advised the Planning Ccin:," and staff are recommending adoption of the proposed changes.�� N Motion W Elvig, y Councilmember Strommen, to introduce an ordin .;ndin�� 0.2 ess District) of Chapter 9 of City Code. lied. Voting YeNO— r Gamec, Councilmembers Elvig, Strommen, Dehen, Jeffrey, Olson. Voting N�e Case esolution to if t Anoka County Multi - Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Fire Chief Kaper ral Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), under the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2 RNs ordained that every county and incorporated municipality within the coup is required to �a�rtici ate and complete a Hazard Mitigation Plan. Over the past two county q P p p g p years, each community within Anoka County has been involved in creating a Multi- Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan. The plan was sent to FEMA for review and was approved in its first draft in late 2006. The plan details the history of disasters experienced in each community within Anoka County, along with an extensive evaluation of both natural and man- • City Council / January 23, 2007 Page 22 of 28 -162--