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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/13/2006 P&Z MinutesAPPROVEDMINUTES CITYOFLINOLAKES PLANNING&ZONINGBOARDMINUTES I.CALLTOORDERANDROLLCALL : Chair Tralle calledtheLinoLakesPlanningandZoningBoardmeetingtoorderat 6 :33 p.m.,September13 ,2006 . II.APPROVALOFAGENDA Theagendawasapproved. III.APPROVALOFMINUTES: August9 ,200 6 andJuly12,2006 Mr.Rafferty madeaMOTION to approvethe August9 ,200 6 Minutes andtheamended July12,2006minutes andwassupportedby Mr.Hyden .Motion carried 5 -0. IV.OPENMIKE Chair Tralle declared O pen M ike at 6:35 p.m. Therew asnoonepresentforOpenMike. Mr.Pogalz madeaMOTIONtocloseOpenMikeat6:36 p.m.,andwassupportedbyMr. Rafferty .Motioncarried 5 -0. V.ACTIONITEM S D ATE :September13 ,200 6 TIMESTARTED :6 :33 P.M. TIMEENDED :7 :5 5 P .M. MEMBERSPRESENT :MichaelHyden,Perry Laden,RobertNe lson ,Brian Pogalz (ViceChair),Rob Rafferty ,PaulTralle (Chair) MEMBERSABSENT :MichaelRoot STAFFPRESENT :PaulBengtson &JeffSmyser Planning&ZoningBoard September13,2006 Page 2 APP ROVED MINUTES A.PUBLICHEARINGfora Rezoning,MUSA Allocation,Varianceand PreliminaryPlatfor GoldenAcre Mr.Pogalz madeamotiontocontinuetheP ublicHearing to theOctober11 ,2006 meeting.Motionwassupportedby Mr.Hyden .Motioncarried 5 -0. B.PUB LICHEARINGfor aZoningOrdinanceAmendmenttomodifythe allowableuseswithintheNB,NeighborhoodBusiness,andtheLB,Limited Business,zoningdistrictsandforaRezonefromLB,LimitedBusiness,toNB, NeighborhoodBusiness,atLot1,Block16,Mil lersCrossroads,locateda t the southeastcornerofBirchSt.andHodgsonRd Mr.Smyser clarifiedthataPublicHearing noticewaspublished forthisitem forthe next CityCouncilmeeting which willincludeamendmentstotheGB,GeneralBusiness District inadditiontotheNBandLBDistricts . Mr.Smyserpresentedthestaffreport and explain ed thattheCityCouncil directedstaffto rezonetheproperty .Examiningthedifferencesbetweenzoningdistrictsledtostaff recommendationtochangesomeofthe usesallowedinthebusinesszones .Staff requestedthattheboardtakeactionthisevening inorderfortheitemtogototheCity Councilmeeting aspublished . Mr.Tralle opened thePublicHearinga t6:59 p.m. Mr.GregSchlink,BruggemanProperties,ownerof Lot1,Block16,MillersCrossroads , gav eabriefhistoryofthesite .Mr.Schlink state d that thePlanning&Zoningboard recommendedapprovalof ac offeehousewithadrive -through ,butt he CityCouncil was preparedto denytherequest.Mr.Sc hlinkexplainedthattheywithdrewtheirapplication insteadofreceivingadenial.Mr.Schlink distributedaletter,datedSeptember13,2006, referredtoas MillersCrossroads ShoppingCenter(AgendaItemV.B.),to board membersandcitystafftobeinc ludedas partofthepublicrecord.Mr.Schlink toldboard membersthathe wasinformedt heissue wasa “donedeal,”thereforehehad no further comments butwould answer any questions. BoardMembersquestionedtheapplicantaboutthechangestothezoni ngordinanceas presentedand asked ifthedrive -through wa stheapplicant’smainconcern.Mr.Schlink statedthathethinksadrive -through useonalimitedbasisisreasonable forthissite, addingthattheintentisforasmallc offeeshop.Hebelieve sthiswould notcausea traf f icissueorbedetrimentalto theneig hborhood.Mr.Schlinkstatedthathismain concernisthedrive -through.Headdedthattheydo wanttheabilitytoservebeerand wine,provide outdoorseating,andhavethepotentialfo ra smallhospicefacility. Mr.Raffertyaddressedthatstaffhasaddedoptionstothe N eighborhood B usiness district asproposed ,andthattheCityCouncilwoulddenyadrive -throughatthislocation .Mr. Schlink statedhe wouldliketheopportunityt opropose a drive -through againinthe future,butarezonetothepropertywouldeliminatethatoption. Planning&ZoningBoard September13,2006 Page 3 APP ROVED MINUTES Mr.Rafferty madeamotiontoclose theP ublic H earing at7:09p.m .andwas supported by Mr.Pogalz.Motion carried 5 -0. Mr.Laden statedthathe is infavorofaneighborhoodbusinesszonetotheproperty.Mr. Ladenquestion ed whya cateringbusinesswouldfitin to aneighborhood zone ,asmost cateringbusinessistakenoffsite,andopposedachangetocatering butagreed with the other proposed c hanges. Mr.Pogalzasked whatthepropertywaszonedwhenthisprojectwasoriginallyproposed. Mr.Smyser repliedthatthesitewasoriginallydividedintoR -1and R -3 districts ,butthe sitewasguidedforcommercial.The C ouncil later approved arezo neto LB for th e corner.Mr.SmyserstatedthatwhenpropertywasrezonedtoLB,therewasagreat amountofdiscussionbetweentheLBandNBzonesatthattime.Themostr ecent applicationincluded the drive -thru,andC ity C ouncilstatedtheywouldden y the proposal. Mr.Pogalzquestioned Council’s intentfordenial.Mr.SmyserstatedthattheCity Councilre -examinedzoningofthesite,andnolongeragreedwiththeoriginaldecision. Mr.Smyserexplainedthatstaffgeneratedtheadditionalrevisi onstotheordinance accordingly.Mr.Pogalzquestionedthefairnessofthedecision. Mr.Smyserpointedoutthat the applicantwithdrewtheapplication,thereforeanintent wasamootpoint. Mr.Ladenaskedifabuildingwasproposedw iththe origina l approval .Mr.Laden believestheproposeduseseemedappropriateforthesite.Mr.Ladenaddressedthatthe originalproposaldidnotincludeadrive -through.Mr.Smyser repliedthat aproposed buildingwas reviewed andconsidered with theoriginalap proval. Mr.Ladenasked staff if a C onditionalUsePermit isgrantedforacoffeeshop,atalater time couldthatuseturnintoafastfoodrestaurantorwouldtheapplicanthavetoreapply. M r .Smyser responded thatconditionswereproposedforth is site torestrictthattheuse w ouldbe limitedto acoffeeshopaspartof C ity C ouncildiscussion. M r.Smyser explainedthatap e rmitteduseisausebyright,however acity canlegally addstipulationstoa ConditionalUsePermit.Hes tated thata C on ditionalUsePermit givesthecityexcessregulatoryability ,add ingthatthisisani mportantdifference betweenthetwo. Uponfurtherdiscussion,boardmembersandstaffagreedthatthefactistheapplicant withdrewtheapplication,thereforetheyneed edtoaddresstheproposalspresentedbefore themtonight. Mr.Smyser reiteratedthatthec ityhastherighttorezoneproperty.Headdedthat often decisionsaremadeandlaterdeterminedthatadifferentdecisionmayhavebeenbetter. Mr.Hydencommen tedthathe understandsthatth ecityhastheabilitytomakechanges andcan,but statedthat thedeveloperthoughttheyknewwhattheruleswere,andnowthe Planning&ZoningBoard September13,2006 Page 4 APP ROVED MINUTES rulesare being changed.Hestatedthathef eelsbadabouttheprocess.Mr.Hydenagreed with theproposedtextchangese xcept forthe catering issue .Hefeltthat all proposed amendmentssee mtofit theNeighborhoodBusiness district. Mr.Trallecommentedthathe alsodeterminedthata drive -throughwas notappropriate forthissiteaftertheP&ZBoard’srecommendation.Mr.Trallepointedoutthatmany proposalshavebeenmadeforthispropertyandth atthe proposedchangeswillopenup opportuni tiesforbusiness . Mr.Ladenpointedoutthat oftentimes thecityrezones property withouttheprop erty owner’sapproval ,andadded thatt herearenoguaranteestothezoningofaproperty. Mr.Raffertymadeamotiontorecommendapproval oftheproposed ZoningOrdinance AmendmenttomodifytheallowableuseswithintheBusinesszoningdistricts as pro posed withtheexceptionofthechangetocateringbusinesses.Motionwasseconded byMr.Hyden. Mr.Pogalzcommentedthatthe proposed siteiscurrentlybeingdeveloped and the propertyownerhassomethinginmind.Heb elievesthat theCityCouncil sh ouldwork withdevelopersthathavealreadybeenapproved. Arollcallvotew astaken onthemotion.Motionwasapproved3 -2 withthefollowing votes:Ayes:Rafferty,HydenandLaden.Nays:NelsonandPogalz. Mr.Laden madeamotionto recommend appr ovalofa RezonefromLB,Limited Business,toNB,NeighborhoodBusiness,atLot1,Block16,Mil lersCrossroads . Motionwass econdedby Mr.Ra fferty . Mr.Raffertycommentedthat iti sdisappoint ing whenthesethingshappen ,but acknowledgedthat rules canchangeandthedeveloperremovedtheoptionfromthetable. Arollcallvotewastakenonthemotion.Motionwasapproved3 -2withthefollowing votes:Ayes:Rafferty,HydenandLaden.Nays:NelsonandPogalz. Staffstatedthattheseitemswillg o to the CityCouncilmeetingonS ept ember 25. (Mr.Hydenleftat7:46p.m.) VI.DISCUSSIONITEMS A.TrashEnclosures/DetachedAccessoryStructures Mr.Bengtson asked whattheboard’sdirectivewasonthisissue. Mr.Ladenstatedthat the suggest ionofpro posing restrictions regarding thisissuehad be en madetoavoidlengthydiscussionso f thisissueinthefuture.Mr.Rafferty commentedthathefelttheboardcouldcontinuetoencouragecompliancewithout adopt ingstrictr equirements. Planning&ZoningBoard September13,2006 Page 5 APP ROVED MINUTES Upon further discu ssion,boardmembersagreedthattheywouldcontinuetoencourage futureapplicantstotakemeasurestoattachtrashenclosurestobuildingsinanappropriate waywithoutplacingrestrictionsintheordinance. VII .ADJOURNMENT Mr.P ogalz madeaMOTIONto a djournthemeetingat 7:55 p .m.Motionwas supported by Mr .R afferty .Motioncarried 4 -0. Respectfullysubmitted, DawnBugge CommunityDevelopmentAss istant