01-12-2017 Planning Commission Minutes

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MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION JANUARY 12, 2017 has some concerns. She noted that Staff contacted Mr. Nygaard prior to the Planning Commission meeting to discuss his concerns. Chanda Hin, owner of Balanced Therapies, stated that any class she offers would be held on weekends. She stated that she also had parking concerns and has visited the site at various times during the day to see if there was enough parking, and never found there to be a shortage of spaces. She explained that in the future she would like to have another employee so that she can work less. Davison stated that since there does not appear to be a shortage of parking spaces, he feels that the limitation to one employee could be removed so that Ms. Hin does not have to go through the amendment process. The Associate Planner stated that the reasoning for the limitation was because the office condo is only allocated six parking spaces, and there are three employees on the upper level, plus Ms. Hin and one or two clients, and that uses those six spaces. She noted that if more of the units in the office park start building out the lower levels, there will likely be a parking shortage and staff needs to monitor that. There were no comments from the public. Davison recommended approval of the conditional use permit to allow massage therapy as a principal use at 2580 Rice Street, subject to the conditions in the staff report. Motion seconded by Schletty-Flores. Motion carried 6 — 0. The City Planner reported that he and City Staff are preparing for the City's Comprehensive Plan update, and the Planning Commission will be very involved over the next year. He explained that the Metropolitan Council requires cities Comprehensive Plans to be updated every 10 years, and the next update is due in 2018. ADJOURN There being no further business, Buesing adjourned the meeting at 8:18p.m. Res ectfully submitted, (A, Heidi Heller City Clerk -3-