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Chapter 9 <br />Zoning and Subdivision of Land <br /> <br />9.01 Zoning <br /> <br />9.01.01 Title. This Chapter shall be known as the "Ramsey Zoning Chapter" <br />except as referred to herein where it shall be known as "this Chapter." <br /> <br />9.01.02 Authority. This Chapter is enacted pursuant to the authority granted by <br />the Municipal Planning Act, Minnesota Statutes, §462.351 to §462.365. <br /> <br />9.01.03 Purpose. The following zoning provisions and the zoning map <br />established hereby have been enacted in accordance with a comprehensive plan of land <br />use for the purpose of: promoting the health, safety, 'morals, comfort, convenience <br />prosperity, and general welfare of the residents of Ramsey; dividing the City into zones <br />or districts restricting and regulating therein the location, erection, construction, <br />reconstruction, alteration, and use of buildings, structures, and land for specified uses; <br />regulating the intensity of the use of land; regulating and determining the area of open <br />spaces surrounding buildings in order to prevent the overcrowding of land and to assure <br />adequate light and air; protecting waterways and natural resources; establishing building <br />lines and the location of buildings designed for specified industrial, commercial, <br />residential and other uses within such areas and fixing standards to which buildings or. <br />structures shall conform therein; prohibiting uses, buildings, or structures incompatible <br />with the character of the specified districts; preventing additions to and alterations or <br />remodeling of existing buildings or structures in such a way as to avoid the restrictions <br />and limitations imposed hereunder; limiting congestion in the public streets by providing <br />for off street parking and loading and unloading of vehicles; providing for the gradual <br />elimination of nonconforming uses of land, buildings and structures; and conserving the <br />economic value of land and buildings through out the City. <br /> <br />9.01.04 Relation to Comprehensive Plan. It is the policy of the City that the <br />enforcement, amendment and administration of this Chapter be accomplished with .due <br />consideration of the recommendations contained in the Comprehensive Plan as developed <br />and amended from time to time by the Planning Commission and Council of the City. <br />The Council recognizes the Comprehensive Plan as the policy adopted to regulate land <br />use and development in accordance with. the policies and purpose herein set forth. <br /> <br />9.01.05 Separability. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City that. the <br />several provisions of this Chapter are separable in accordance with the following: <br /> <br /> a. If any court of competent jurisdiction shall adjudge any provision of <br /> this Chapter to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect any other <br /> provisions of this Chapter not specifically included in said judgment. <br /> <br />9.01 ~ ]Introduction <br /> <br />Jan. ' 02 Draft <br /> <br />107 <br /> <br /> <br />