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P& Z-!- 5/15/78 PLANNING & ZONING ~ity of Ramsey C~un~y of Anoka state of Minnesota A Special. meetinf~ of the Ramsey City Planning & Zoning Commission was held on Msy 15, 1978 at Ra~msey City Hall, 15153 Nowthen Boulevard. Meet~' was called to order by Chairman Ken Peterson at 7:35 p.m. with the fol.].o~,~ing in attendance:~ KennStb Peterson ~ Ronald West Also Present: AI Sorteberg ~ Bradley Bodle Clayton Berg, Bldgo Official Kathy Schneider Gerald Zimmerman Item ].. Variance requests for Mary Eggum- Ramsey 67 Ind. Park. Mr. M~orv M~gum and Mr. Pob~er~ Dillon from Calhoun Realty were present with three variance reque~ts~ to subdigide by metes and bounds in order to allow ]Pon Westphal to ~onstruct an office-wharehouse facility on one of the p~rcels. After discussion, it was determined that the<,pl~tting Dr0ceedure wou]d not take much longer than the June 1st deadline requested by Mr. Westphal. Mr. !q~ur,] asked for' a time table on the platting proceedure. Ken Peterson exo!.aine~ that a Public H~aring could be held as soon as June 5th and asked Clayton Berg if the_~e was anything else Mr.~,~um~o should be a~/are of. Mr. Eerg explained that the,~council would have to take action on issuing permits without approved roads in. Mr. Eggum explained earlier that he had talked with the County Highway Dept. and they stated that they cou].~t not object to a~cc!esses onto #57 and would provide a letter to that ef?ect. Ken Peterson asked Mr. Eggum what he wo~ld like to do, and explained that he had m choice of continuing on with the platting proceedure or ask for the variances. Mr. Eggum i[stged that he would like to continue with the pl~otting an~{ was told to prepare the necessary information for a public hearinr~ and presentation Of the preliminary plat. Item 2. Home 0ccupations~and Accesory Uses. It ~,/as ex-~~-~{o the C'dmmission that their previous discussion re- ~ar~n~ this maLter hsd nq~t been relayed to the Council and that the Counc~i] was still looking ~for direction from them. The discussion began with ~an unanimous agreement that home occupations cont~in~]e to be allowed in iac¢ordance with the present ordinance, and that any request for an oo. cupation out~ide of the principal dwelli-~g should be considered an aGceSsory use subject to a conditional use permit ~nn~t handled on a per case basis by the P & Z Commission. Also to be considered an. accessory use would be the storage of articles ty'pical]y used for commerC~ia! income generation purposes either on the property or in a building !other than the principal dwelling. Such ,orticles ~,~ou].d ~ot necess~ly be in use while on the property. It was further agreed that such ~ermits would be issued to the individual and not automoticalty transferred to a new owner, and that existing such accessory uses would have a time period such as six months to apply for ~, conditional use permit and review by the Commission to determine if they co~'~p].y with the o~dinance. Recommendations would be made by the Co~mmssion with infor~atfon provided by staff and if necessary a personal examination of tke case by commission me~bers. It was de- ter~n~,~] thst staff would '.have to be provided with guidelines in regards to this ~mtter since therq is the possibility of neighbors presenting un- just, c oi~l-O].ai.n t s. }