Resolution - #24-108 - 04/25/2024

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Commissioner Bauer introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #24-108 RESOLUTION APPROVING MULTIPLE VARIANCES INCLUDING DOUBLE FRONTAGE LOTS, A SETBACK FROM AN ARTERIAL ROADWAY, AND REDUCED WIDTH OF A CORNER LOT, IN PEARSON PLACE 2ND ADDITION RECITALS 1. The City of Ramsey received a Land Use Application from John Dobbs (the "Applicant") for a Minor Plat of the property associated with PID 430-32-25-11-0034 and legally described as follows: Outlot A, Riverstone South, Anoka County, Minnesota -or upon recording- Lots 1-3, Block 1, Pearson Place 2nd Addition, Anoka County, Minnesota (the "Subject Property") 2. That the Subject Property is zoned R-IB Single Family Residential and is guided as Low Density Residential in the 2024 Comprehensive Plan. 3. That the surrounding properties are zoned R-1 A Single Family Residential(west of Bowers Drive), R-IB Single Family Residential (south of 148 h Avenue), and B-2 Community Business(east of Riverdale Drive). The Subject Property abuts Highway 10 to the north. 4. That the surrounding properties are guided as Low Density Residential (to the west and south) and Commercial (to the east) in the 2040 Comprehensive Plan. 5. That the Subject Property is approximately 1.05 acres in size. 6. That the R-IB zoning district requires a minimum lot width of sixty-five (65) feet and minimum lot area of 6,500 square feet. 7. That the proposed lots range in size from 10,230 square feet to 15,392 square feet and have widths ranging from sixty-five (65) feet to seventy-six (76) feet. 8. That City Code Section 117-614 (Subdivision Design Standards) (h) states that corner lots shall be platted at least ten (10) feet wider than interior lots and that lots shall not be permitted with frontage on two (2)parallel streets. 9. That when the City extended Riverdale Drive in 2022/2023, it created double frontages for the Subject Property.