07-02-2012 Council Work Session Minutes

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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION Jule 2, 2012 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 DATE : July 2,2012 5 TIME STARTED : 5:33 p.m. 6 TIME ENDED : 8:15 p.m. 7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Stoesz, Rafferty, Roeser 8 and Mayor Reinert 9 MEMBERS ABSENT : Council Member O'Donnell 10 11 12 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Community Development 13 Director Michael Grochala; City Engineer Jason Wedel; City Planner Paul Bengtson; 14 Public Safety Director John Swenson; City Clerk Julie Bartell 15 16 1. Zoning Ordinance Amendment—Industrial Zoning Districts-City Planner 17 Bengtson reported that the City engaged a consultant to review the industrial zoning 18 regulations and ensure consistency with the 2030 Comprehensive Plan and ensure the 19 quality of future industrial development. He introduced Kendra Lindahl of Landform 20 who conducted the review and prepared the proposed ordinance amendments. 21 22 Ms. Lindahl explained the process used to coordinate the ordinance changes including 23 meetings with staff for background and discussion of how to implement the city's `-- 24 Comprehensive Plan vision and address non-conforming situations, keeping in mind the 25 city's short and long term goals. She noted that the council expressed interest in 26 receiving information on outside storage in industrial districts, including what other cities 27 do; she explained that generally such storage is accepted as an interim use, is a typical use 28 and she has included recommendations on allowing the use with increased setback and 29 screening requirements and not within the gateway zone (adjacent to the interstate). 30 31 Regarding screening and setback, Council Member Roeser expressed some concern that 32 the requirements enforced between industrial properties could be an extra and 33 unnecessary expense to business owners. The mayor suggested that the change to allow 34 outside storage at all is business friendly and he recognizes the need to have some 35 protections included; perhaps there could be some language that allows consideration 36 based on the situation. Ms Lindahl added that it is not unusual to have the requirements 37 and there are certainly a lot of different uses that could occur. Community Development 38 Director Grochala expressed some concern about inequities that could occur but staff can 39 try to develop some language for council consideration; he noted that the screening 40 language is included in the landscaping ordinance. Also noted was concern about 41 creating a cluttered look by adding barriers and screens and also a definition that includes 42 a limit of 24-hours on storage. 43 44 2. Establishment of Cartway, Otter Lake Drive—Community Development 45 Director Grochala recalled the city's receipt of a petition for a cartway submitted by 1