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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPCMin_85Nov4MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING NOVEMBER 4, 1985 The Planning Commission meeting was called to order at 7:30 P.M. by Vice-Chairman Erma Olson. Olson, Grittner, Northrop, Black, Finegary Trent-Sullivan, Mead and Wallin. Also present was Council Liaison Hard. Stefanson. Finegan moved, seconded by Wallin, that the Minutes of October 7, 1985, be approved as presented. Motion carried unanimously. PRESENT ABSENT OCTOBER 7, 1985 MINUTES APPROVED Paul Baehr, 1746 Holton Street North, requested a variance to place a driveway to the south property line. Mr. Baehr described the present PAUL BAEHR, conditions of his driveway and advised of the increase in cost if he were 1746 HOLTON required to move the driveway to the north. He saw no problem with snow VARIANCE %removal as presently he blows his snow north and would continue to do so. APPROVED ~~ Mr. Baehr advised that his neighbor to the south was granted a variance to one foot of the property line so he was asking for the same consideration. It would be extremely difficult to enter or exit. his garage without the variance. • Discussion ensued on the location of the utility pole and Mr. Baehr advised that the pole is located in the middle of the five foot setback. Mr. Baehr felt the pole should be properly located eight to ten feet north so that the pole would not have to be relocated again. Wallin ! stated that the location of a utility pole on public property on city ~ right of way is not a Planning Commission issue. Mr. Baehr advised that he was not consulted about the location of the utility pole. Mead moved to approve the variance for driveway placement of one foot north from the south property line. Wallin seconded the motion. Black offered an amendment to the motion to include the relocation of the utility pole. Mead accepted the amendment but Wallin did not because he felt the issue was whether or not the variance should be granted and Chairman Al Stefanson arrived to Chair rest of meeting. STEFANSON ARRIVES John Brietinger, Coldwell Banker, requested a parking variance on behalf • of Bullseye Golf, Inc. He reviewed his October 24, 1985 letter and PARKING advised that it was his goal to obtain a group of tenants who would VARIANCE complement each other in terms of the kind of traffic that they bring AT BULLSEYE and also in terms of the load. He also reviewed the kinds of services PLAZA to go beyond that deals with public property and it is not an issue before the Planning Commission. Mead then reworded the motion, seconded by Wallin, to state that the variance will be granted as requested with the limitation that the driveway be placed no closer than one foot from the property line and it will be Mr. Baehr's responsibility to formulate a plan for the utility pole relocation. Motion carried unanimously. MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING NOVEMBER 4, 1985 PAGE 2 • being offered by the tenants in the Bullseye Plaza building.. Wallin PARKING questioned the proportionate size of the square footage allocated to VARIANCE AT Bullseye compared to the number of parking stalls required by the code BULLSEYE as well as the space allocated as restaurant. Breitinger agreed that PLAZA it appeared to be disproportionate. Black asked if any changes would DISCUSSION be made by MN DOT to allow more parking on the boulevard area on the (contd.) west to which Mr. Breitinger answered that he was not aware of any changes but the parking shown on the diagram as presented is there, which totals 112 stalls on the Bullseye property not including the portion around the Embers Restaurant. Tenants will be required to use the parking situated on the old liquor store site. The proposed restaurant advised that the hours will be from 11:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M. with. peak hours being from 7:00 to 8:00 P.M. Finegan stated that parking is probably on the edge of what can be handled in view of the utilization of Bullseye of the downstairs activities, which might considerably increase the traffic and is quite concerned whether it will all fit. Olson requested information on what type of activities are taking place in the basement area of which Mr. Bretinger advised he was not aware of any activities. Mead advised that the basement area was to be used only for storage as originally proposed. Wallin stated that the parking issue was thoroughly discussed before construction was authorized, and felt that to come in at this time based on uses when the square footage has not changed is a little over-reaching on the owner of the Bullseye Plaza building. In fact, the very type of things they are asking for are easily forseeable • and should have come .out at that time. Therefore, he is opposed to expanding the parking situation with additional variances on what he saw as a piece- meal almost planned basis. Stefanson felt the problem that arose is what the area in the basement is being used for and the additional parking that will be required so if a package is going to be presented for variance approval in total, the package would have to consider what the basement area is being used for. Therefore, he could not consider approval until that matter is cleared up. Mr. Breitinger asked if approval could be contingent upon bringing the basement into conformation. Stefanson felt that Bullseye should be up front and advise what activities are .taking place in the basement area and it should be all one package when presented for approval. Black and Mead agreed that the basement issue needs to be resolved. Wallin advised that he could not vote on the variance as presented this evening as the Planning Commission need not be pushed into voting on the variance out of a necessity situation when Bullseye has created the problem on their own. Even if the basement useage were eliminated, he felt he still would be opposed to the variance since there was a variance already granted for the project. After a considerable amount of discussion regarding the parking variance, the Planning. Commission suggested that Mr. Breitinger attend the next City Council meeting scheduled for November 13 and be prepared to address two issues: (1) the variance for parking was not resolved earlier so if there is an expressed reservation to readdress the issue of parking stalls in the event a restaurant is in fact going to locate in the end of the • building, be able to show the Council that "it is a door that is not locked but has been left open", and (2) be in a position to show that Bullseye Golf will live within the restrictions of the variances that they have asked for in the past. The intensified use in the basement is not what they agreed to abide by in the past. MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING NOVEMBER 4, 1985 PAGE 3 BULLSEYE PARKING Finegan moved, seconded by Olson, that the variance request be tabled. VARIANCE TABLED Motion carried unanimously. Stefanson directed Mr. John Brietinger, to bring in whatever information he wanted put on the Council agenda by Friday, November 8, 1985, so that it is scheduled for November 13, 1985 meeting. Wallin moved, seconded by Olson to adjourn the meeting at 9:00 P.M. ADJOURNMENT Motion carried unanimously. ,G~~~~ e ry a lin, Secretary • •