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APPROVED MINUTES
CITY OF LINO LAKES
PLANNING & ZONING BOARD MINUTES
I. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL :
Chair Tralle called the Lino Lakes Planning and Zoning Board meeting to order at 6 :30
p.m . on Ma y 11 , 2011 .
II. A PROVAL OF AGENDA
T he Agenda was a pproved as presented .
III . SWEARING IN OF BOARD MEMBERS
Mayor Jeff Reinert swore in reappointed board members Perry Laden and Robert Nelson.
IV. ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR
Board Members re -elected Paul Tralle as Chair an d Brian Pogalz as Vice Chair.
IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
February 9, 2011
M r. Laden made a MOTION to approve the February 9 , 201 1 Meeting Minutes. Motion
was supported by Mr. Nelson . Motion carried 5 - 0 . Tralle abstained.
D ATE : Ma y 11 , 2011
TIME STARTED : 6 :30 P.M .
TIME ENDED : 7 :59 P.M.
MEMBERS PRESENT : Neil Evenson, Perry Laden, Robert Nelson,
Brian Pogalz (Vice Chair), Michael Root ,
P aul Tralle (Chair)
MEMBERS ABSENT : Michael Hyden
STAFF PRESENT : Jeff Smyser , Paul Bengtson
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March 9, 2011
Due to lack of a quorum of board members who were present at the March meeting, the
board was unable to vote on the March minutes. Therefore the minutes were table d to the
next board meeting.
I V . OPEN MIKE
Chair Tralle declared O pen M ike at 6:36 p.m .
There w as no one present for Open Mike.
Mr. Pogalz made a MOTION to close Open Mike at 6 :37 p.m. M otion was supported by
M r . Nelson . Motion carried 5 - 0 .
V. ACTION ITEMS
A. P UBLIC HEARING to conside r Amending the Conditional Use Permit for a
motor fuel statio n to allow for the installation of new gas pumps and canopy,
located at 7997 Lake Drive
City Planner, Jeff Smyser , presented the staff report. Staff recommended continuation of
the C UP Amendment as staff was awaiting additional information from the appli cant .
C hair Tralle declared the Public Hearing open at 6 :37 p.m.
There was no one present to speak.
Mr. Pogalz made a MOTION at 6:38 p.m. to continue the Public Hearing to the next
meeting . Motion was supported by Mr. Nelson . Motion carried 5 - 0.
B. PU BLIC HEARING to consider Amending Section 2 of the Zoning Ordinance
which includes requirements for zoning amendments, conditional use permits,
interim use permits, variances and appeals, administrative permits, site and
building plan reviews, and planned unit developments
City Planner, Jeff Smyser, presented the staff report. Staff distributed revised text due to
a n amendment by the MN State Legislature regarding variances.
Staff addressed questions of the board.
Chair Tralle declared the Public Hearin g open at 7 :53 p.m.
There was no one present to speak.
B oard Members discussed and proposed a number of changes to the text.
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Mr. Laden made a MOTION to close the Public Hearing at 7 :58 p.m. Motion was
supported by Mr. Nelson . Motion carried 5 - 0.
Mr . Nelson made a MOTION to recommend approval of Amending Section 2 of the
Zoning Ordinance to include the following revisions to the proposed document as
discussed by the board:
• Pg. 2 -1, Subd. 1: Paragraph C: add “or” after “Subd. .” and after “Subd. 1 0”. The
intent is that at least one of the information sets listed in the sentence is required.
• Pg. 2 -3, Subd. 1: Delete Paragraph J, regarding the 12 -month waiting period for
application resubmittal. Board Members did not see a valid reason for this
re quirement.
• Pg. 2 -4, Subd. 2.B.4: change word “must” to “may.” Board members agreed that an
applicant is encouraged to attend meetings but not required.
• Pg. 2 -5, Subd. 2.B.7.d: a dd reference to LOS levels. Board members felt it necessary
to define the LOS levels in the document.
Pg. 2 -5, Subd. 2.B.7.d.2): remove “or E”, a typo.
• Pg. 2 -9, Subd. 2.B: Delete Paragraph 1 4, regarding the 12 -month waiting period for
application resubmittal . Board Members did not see a valid reason for this
requirement.
• Pg. 2 -13, Subd. 4: The replacement text regarding variances handed out at the
meeting, based on the new state statute, replaces Subd. 4.
• Pg. 2 -24 , Subd. 6.B.3.f: add text “as de termin ed by city” to end of sentence. Board
Members agreed that a “qualifie d professional” leaves too much room for
interpretation .
• Pg. 2 -33, Subd. 6.D.4 : Paragraph c., remove “or E”, a typo
• Pg. 2 -33, Subd. 6.D.4: Delete Paragraph g, regarding LOS requirements. This
paragraph is no longer necessary due to the improvements to the I -35W/Lake Drive
interchange.
• Pg. 2 -50, Subd. 10.D.5.b: Delete requirement of 25 -foot setback unless necessary for
some reason. Board members asked staff to d etermine if a 25 -foot setback is required
for a reason. If not, the y requested delet ing t he setback requirement. The Board
considered this too restrictive, e s pecially in the case of a PUD when the City should
allow for a creative design.
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Motion was supported by Mr. Pogalz . Motion carried 5 - 0 .
VI. DISCUSSION ITEMS
A. None
VI I . ADJOURNMENT
M r. Pogalz made a MOTION to a djourn the meeting at 7 :59 p .m. Motion was supported
by M r. Nelson . Motion carried 5 - 0 .
Respectfully submitted,
Dawn Bugge
Community Development Ass istant