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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPCMin_86Feb3• MINUTES REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION FEBRUARY 3, 1986 Acting Chairman Mead called the meeting to order at 7:30 P.M. Mead, Finegan, Black, Trent-Sullivan, Daykin, Duncan and Boche. PRESENT Also present was Council Liaison Hard. Northrop and Grittner. ABSENT Finegan moved, seconded by Duncan, to approve the January 13, 1986 Minutes JANUARY 13 as presented. Motion carried unanimously. MINUTES APPROVED A conditional use request was requested by John L. Murray, 1744 Arona Avenue, to allow the use of the residence by his wife, Dr. Jane Murray. CONDITIONAL Dr. Murray is a family practitioner who would like to see patients in USE REQUEST her home approximately four days a week with a patient load of about FROM JOHN twenty. They plan on turning the back bedroom into an office equipped L. HURRAY, with appropriate medical equipment and construct a ramp and outside 1744 ARONA entrance to the south side of their home to allow wheel chair access. Proposed widening of the driveway would accommodate additional parking. They are requesting free standing signage. Duncan expressed concern with a business in a residential area. It does not add anything to the neighborhood (has no benefit, and felt that the DUNCAN neighbors themselves were not particularly pleased. Finegan personally felt that the 15/20 patients per week does not pose a FINEGAN problem and approved of the general concept. His concern mainly centered around the size of the signage and that no employees being hired. Hard pointed out that Council will want to know what type of equipment HARD will be installed, will the Fire Department have to be consulted and what type of drug security is being proposed. Murray specifically stated that they are not planning on having any prescription drugs. Mead stated that delivery procedures will have to be monitored so no traffic MEAD obstruction. He also advised that the signage as described in the Code could not be more than two feet square. Pat Phillips, 1740 Arona, south side of the lot for a survey be done. Murray line is eight feet and he the usual sidewalk width. also as a deck. questioned whether there was room enough on the PAT PHILLIPS the installation of a sidewalk and requested 1740 ARONA answered that the footage between the property did not want to make the sidewalk any wider than The proposed ramp will be multi-purpose and used Councilmember Hard advised that a public hearing will be required on the HARD • approval of the conditional use permit, which requires that adjacent property owners be notified. MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION • FEBRUARY 3, 1986 PAGE 2 Finegan moved, seconded by Boche, approval of the conditional use permit CONDITIONAL and recommended the following points to the City Council. USE APPROVED (1) The sidewalk as proposed should not be less than three WITH feet from the property line, RECOMMEND- .. ATIONS TO (2) Signage should be in conformance with R-1 zoning, CITY COUNCIL (3) No employees be permitted on this business activity, (4) Driveway should be widened to accommodate one extra car width, and (5) Conditional use have a four year limitation. Daykin did not approve of the concept in a residential neighborhood and DAYKIN questioned what control the city would have in the case of increased patient load. Black approved of the motion as he felt the City could deal with the issues BLACK involved, the type of structure and the location is not inappropriate as long as recommendations made are met. ~ ' ~ Trent-Sullivan asked Mrs. Phillips if she had any additional objections to TRENT- I which she replied that if approved the City could not prevent other businesses SULLIVAN of this nature on Arona and she would like to see the residential area kept residential. Councilmember Hard. advised that the conditional use runs with the land not HARD with the owner of the property as it must be registered with Ramsey County. Time limits can be placed on conditional uses. Dorothy Grittner, 1718 Arona, objected to the extra traffic that will be DOROTHY generated, questioned the emergency aspect--can an emergency situation be GRITTNER handled at that location, and drug security. 1718 ARONA Boche questioned why Dr. Murray had not requested the conditional use for herself and why she had not appeared to answer questions. He requested that BOCHE she be in attendance at any future meetings on the conditional use. Upon a vote being taken, the following voted in favor thereof: Boche, Finegan, Black, and Mead, and the following voted against the same: Duncan, Trent-Sullivan and Daykin. Motion carried. The Planning Commission discussed and reviewed the January 17th letter from CITY C. John Uban. Members found the language poorly written. Finegan requested, PLANNER and the other Planning Commission members concurred, that the Planner be REQUESTED TO in attendance at the next meeting to answer questions. The information was ATTEND NEXT then tabled u ntil that meeting. MEETING • MINUTES PL~,Y3NING COMMISSION FEBRUARY 3, 1986 PAGE 3 The changes as proposed to the Zoning Amendments of the Municipal Code were discussed and after a lengthy discussion as to the need for expansion of permitted uses in the B-2 district and the removal of seasonal business from the conditional use section, Boche moved, seconded by Trent-Sullivan, to table the amendments until the next meeting. acting Chairman Mead advised that he has conflicts with the Monday night Planning Commission meetings and felt he could not solely accept the Chairmanship. After a discussion, Mead moved, seconded by Duncan, to elect Black as Chair, Mead as Co-Chair and Finegan as Secretary. Motion carried unanimously. Ne~;t Planning Commission meeting will be March 3, 1986 at 7:30 P.M. Finegan moved, seconded by Black to adjourn the meeting at 9:25 P.M. i~ -,~ ~. ~', d~ if ,q fl Edgar F' egan, Secreta PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENTS TO MUNIC- IPAL CODE TABLED ELECTION OF OFFICERS ADJOURNMENT i•