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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/19/1983 Council Minutes96 Special Meeting April 19, 1983 The Special Meeting of the Lino Lakes City C ouncil was called to order at 7:00 P.M., A pril 19, 1983 by Mayor Benson with all Council members present. Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Short, Mr. Schumacher, Mr. Kluegel and Mrs. Sarner were also present. Mayor Benson called the Public Hearing to order noting the purpose of this meeitng is to discuss the proposed new zoning ordinance and zoning district map. A task force has spent approximately ten months putting these documents together - there has been a lot of thought put into this map and ordinance. Mayor Benson asked that this meeting be conducted in an orderly manner. Each person will be allowed to speak without interruption had he requested that comments be liminted to 5 to 8 minutes, but if it takes longer - no problem. If this meeting carries into a late hour, then the meeting will be continued to another date in order for everyone who has questions to present them to the Council. Mayor Benson stated the format for this meeting will be as follows: The Planner will make a presentation. Mayor Benson asked that Mr. Short be allowed to complete his presentation before ny quesitons are aksed. If there is a quesitonn, please write it down, and it will be answered later. When Mr. Short has finished, there will be a hort break to give the people time to look at the maps, talk with Mr. Short or complete one of the forms in the rear of the Hall if they wish to speak to the Council. The meeting will be reconvened and the public will be heard. Mayor Benson requested that each person come forward and speak into the microphone, stataing their name and address and, if they are representing someone, their name and address. This will done on an individual basis. Mayor Benson felt there would be no decision made at this meeting. This meeting is for the purpose of taking input from the concerned residents. This input will then be considered by the Council. MR. SHORT's PRESENTATION Mr. Short noted that he had appeared at four quadrant meetings and had presented basically the same review at those meetings. Mr. Short said this began by going thorugh the existing Ordinance #56, page by page, and making extensive revisions. In fact the number of pages has basically doubled. The task force had also discussed this entire City, section by section, which encompasses over 33 square miles. After the work done by con- sulting maps, the task force had then toured the City on several different occasions. Mr. Short listed the work done by the City in conformance with the laws passed by the State Legislature in Chronoligical order listing the reason why this work was necessary. Mr. Short said this zoning ordinance and zoning map is necessary to conform to the Land Use Chapter contained withing the Comprehensive Plan of the City that has been adopted by the City Council. 1 IAn Urban service boundary was established. This is the aeea where growth will be encouraged, where services can be provided without the need to expand the existing services by any great amount. The rural area is where rapid growth will be discouraged, the minimum lit size is to be 5 acres, with the option to replat when sewer is available. 97 Special Meeting April 19, 1983 As this land use was discussed, the classifications have been expanded to 17 different districts. These districts were then tranferred to a zoning map. The relationship of commercial land use. Projections of how much commercial land is needed was done, and it was felt that approximately 400 acres of land would be needed. The decision of where to locate this classification was based on many factors. Some of the factors considered was the location of the commercial where access was adequate and to eliminate the strip zoning along Lake D rive and Hodgson Road. The most sensible location was at the intersections of the Freeways. The commercial lands along Lake Drive was located in clusters to eliminate the necessity for individual driveways along that thoroughfare. It creats a safer flow for the traffic. Mr. Short pointed out there are two parts to this - the zoning ordinance and the zoning district map. The ordinance sets the rules and regulations governing the districts as shown on the map. Mr. Short completed his presentation. Mayor Benson requested that each person who had a question to list it on the forms at the rear of the hall Iand leave it on the council table and they will be heard after the break. A ten minutes break was called at 7:45 P.M. The meeting reconvened at 8:OOP.M. Mr. James Flannery - representing Mr. Jim Spetzman with property on Lake Drive. Mr. Flannery pointed out this property was rezoned in 1979 from C -A to LI. Mr. F lannery pointed out that if this property is rezoned at this time he felt it would be inequitable and the owners would suffer a financial loss. Mr. Flannery had submitted a letter setting forth this matter in detail and requested the Council consider his request to not change the classification of this land. Forest Tagg - SE Corner of I35W and Lake Drive - He wons 29 acres and re- quested that the rear portion of this land be included in the LI classifi- cation. He also owns 10 acres on the North side of the Lino Air Park which, under this ordiannce, cannot be split. Gary Duncanson - Luther's Marine - the back of his buildings are about 10 yards from the GB calssification border. If the area remains divided in this manner, he will only be able to park about 10 boats in the proper area. Mr. Duncanson requested that the GB calssification be extended to include all his property to include the house and the two lots within the plat to the East that is under the high lines. Due to the lines, the lots are unbuildable. IMR. Reinert aksed would it create a problem by including the lakd where the house is and Mr. Duncasnon said, No, he would prefer the house not be there. With this calssification, he would then have more space for the storage of boats. 98 Special Meeting April 19, 1983 Wesley Jensen - has property just North of the 49 Club. Under the old ordinance all the frontage was zonaed as commerncial - under the new zoning it woul dbe 2 commercial and 1 residential. Mr. Jensen would ask for consideration of putting the eintre parcel in the commercial zoning district. V.S.Petersen - concerned with property in the 6900 blick of Lake Drive - owns approximately 400' of currently zoned commercial property. The land is too small to construct more than one home and is not the nest use of the land. Mr. Petersen suggested to begin to plan for a service road behind what was once the commercial property, leave the commercial zoning to create a buffer zone for the residential property on the lake. Another factor is the use of the land across the highwway is commercial. Mr. Petersen felt that perhaps this could also be used for a multi- family complex that could also serve as a buffer. Mr. Petersen pointed out that he has no immediate plans. Mr. Short noted that any lots of record can be developed even though they do not meet the proposed regulations. Roland Ford - Northland Tree Service - 6074 Hodgson Road. This has always been commercial ans would like the commercial zoning to remain - in fact, he would prefer LI zoning. This property is located in the same general area as Mr. Jensen's. Christie Grieve - 7859 Meadow View Trail in MarDon Acres - si concerned with the LI zoning proposed adjacent to their homes. She asked the rationale behind zoning this LI and if anyone has an invested interest in this land? Mr. Short noted this property is owned by the Molin C oncrete Co and is already zoned as LI. Also, the property is located under the runway of the Lino Air Park and there is limited development allowed in this type of area. Mrs. Grieve suggested that perhaps the lands north of 77th be R and the lands south of 77th remain LI. Kay Zisk - also from the same area - reiterated the same thoughts as above. Milt Jorgenson - 8221 Lake Drive - has 9 acres of land - is currently zoned commercial and requested that this land remain commercial. There is currently a pipe line running through his property which limits the develop,ent of residential. He felt the option of selling commerncial versus Residential has quite a financial advantage. John Benson - 6347 Red Maple Lane - has bought property to the South with the idea of restricting development in that area. Is in partnership (T.J.J.T.) had had propsoed this land be platted in lots of approximately 1.5 acres - had presented to P &Z and was advised to present this to Rice Creek Watershed Board. They have quite an investment in this property and the plans - now, with this new zoning, this land goes into Rural - one home per 10 acres - would be a substantial loss for the firm. Mr. Rinert wasked what size his lot is - Mr. Benson said his home is located on approximately 1 acre. Mr. Benson said the land cannot be farmend - has a lot of ponding areas, he felt that it could not be used IJeff Joyer - Lake Drive - 31 acres North of Main Street - He is purchasing this property with 1100 fee of commercial property along Lake Drive. They plan to farm the land but do have long range plans of a commercial nature and would request that the commercial zoning remain on that land. Special Meeting April 19, 1983 99 for industrial - nothing could occur in that area for a long time with the exception of residential development. Greg Coleman - 940 Evergreen Trail - was concerned with the ability of not being able to construct a 2nd garage. He has 2 acres of land and has plans of constructing a detached single garage for the storage of his equipment. Mr. Short read the arules and regulations as they refer to accessory buildings and in this case, Mr. Coleman would only be allowed to construct a tool shed of 120 square feet. Mr. Coleman said his equipment is tored outside - he would ask that the size of the lot requiring 22 acres or under for the 120 square foot tool shed and no extra garage perhaps should be set at 2 acres. Charels Prokop - 2210 Deer Pass Trail - was concerned with the SE quadrant of the City that is proposed to be zoned as Rural. He felt that perhaps this should reflect zoning of ER since there are several plats already existing in that area. He suggested that since the zoning in Ramsey County directly to the South, perhaps the immediate area should be ER then to the R zone. IGlement Schmitz - owns the land on the corner of Lake Drive and Highway 49 which is proposed to be zoned as commercial. Mr. Schmitz requeisted that the zoning on this land be R. He has plans for the development of this land. Mr. Short pionted out this was proposed as commercial in the Comp Plan and multi - family use due to the location and the access to the property. Mr. Schmitz felt that the designation of GB is of no value to this land. Jerry Blackbird - repreesnting E 1 Rehbein and Son - has three parcels in qustion - the warehouse has LI use at the present time - the second parcel is located just South of Vicky Lane on the West side of Lake Drive - this is proposed for ER and the firm would like this to remain as Commercial property. This property was purchased for commercial property,only contains about 1 acars. Would also like this parcel to remain as commercial. Arlo Morehouse - owns 40 acres at 660 79th Street. He pointed out that all lands around his land is platted into one acre lots - the land is pro- posed for ER - one house per 5 acres - felt no one would build on 5 acres. Mr. Short said this wouldonly remian this way until sewer is available and then could be platted in 4 acre lots. IJerry DeMars - 7090 Lake Drive - adjacent to Bastein Products - there has been conversation with that firm about purchasing his property and if the commercial zoning is removed, this would make this property unavailable to tha firm —would ask that the commercial zoning remain on his property. 100 Special Meeting April 19, 1983 John Doyle - of New Brighton - owns property on Pheasant Run and Captains Place. He is a contractor - is concerned with the property on Captain's Place. Has a problem with some of the lots on that street due to the high water table. These lots are zoned as R1. Mr. Doyle said one consideration is to retain the density but to construct homes such as a townhouse complex leaving some of the land open. Mr. Doyle pointed out that 4 of the lots are unbuildable according to the DNR and Corps of Engineers. John Tobish - owns at 6192 Hodgson Road - z mile North of Co. Road J. He would recommend to the Council that the commercial property zoning remain on Hodgson Road for at least 2 mile north of County Road J. Jim Schaffer - representing the Chamber of Commerce - expressed their appreciation of the work done on these documents. Explained their concern is with the business people of the area and one of the goals is to create cooperation between the business people, the City Ccuncil and the residents of the area. He noted one of the major concerns is the re- zoning of the Spetzman property. Mr. Schaffer asked that if the Council has any questions, please feel free to approach the Chamber. A ten minute recess was called at this point. The meeting reconvend at 8:55 P.M. Lyle Carpenter - represented Carpenter's Automotive - they have a re- claimnation yard which has a LI zoning at this time and he requested this zoning remain as is. Mr. Short felt this fell within the GB district on the propsoed map. Mrs. Elsenpeter suggested this could remain as a non - conforming use. Mr. Carpenter said he had paid premium proce for that land and wanted the LI zoning to remain. Bill Flannagan - 908 Orange St. - has an auto repari shop adjacent to the tire shop and he noted that his land has been left in the Ri Area. Mr. Short said this could operate as a non - conforming use that could continue as is with limits on expansion and if destroyed to a certain percentage, could not be rebuilt. Mr. Flannagan pointed out that he had been there for 20 years and if he could not rebuild, that would take away his means of income. There were no more questions from the audience. Mayor Benson said this meeting will be continued. He felt there have been some questions that this C ouncil will want to discuss with the Planning and Zoning and with the TAsk Force. All these questions will be discussed with those committees. This will then be discussed at a future dae with the property owners. It was suggested that after the meetins with the P &Z and the Task Force, a meeting be scheduled with these property owners. This meeting will be advertised in the paper and each one of the property owners, who had 101 Special Meeting April 19, 1983 concerns, will be notified by mail of the meeting date. IMr. Jorgenson asked, if the rezoning of commercial to residential, which would lower the value of the land, what would happen if a property owner filed an injunction against the City - would this halt the proceedings on this? Mayor Benson said he couldn't answer that question - this would have to be handled as it occured. Mayor Benson also pointed out that the Metro Council has also given some guidelines that must be followed or the City must obtain permission for the deviations. Mr. Jorgenson asked if the City would reimburse the property owners for the devaluation of the property by the down zoning? Mayor Benson said he did not have an answer. Mr. Marier moved to continue this hearing. Seconded by MR. Kulaszewicz. Motion carried unanimosuly. Mr. Marier moved to adjourn. Seconded by Mr. Kulaszewicz. Motion carried unanimously. 9:25 P.M. These minues were considered and approved at a regular Council meeting held on May 9, 1983. 7C. /r_ �22i�2i Edna L. Sarner, City Clerk Benja Council Meeting September 12, 1983 , Mayor The regular meeting of the Lino Lakes City Council was called to order at 7:00 P.M., September 12, 1983, by Mayor Benson with all members present with the exception of Mr. Marier. Mr. Burke, substituting for Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Schumacher, Mr. Wetzler of TKDA, Mr. Kluegel and Mrs. Sarner were also preent. MINUTES - AUGUST 22, 1983 Mr. Reinert moved to approve the minutes of August 22, 1983 as presented. Seconded by Mr. Kulaszewicz. Motion carried unanimously. DISBURSEMENTS AUGUST 31, 1983/ SEPTEMBER 12, 1983 IMr. Kulaszewicz moved to approve the disbursements as presented. Seconded by Mrs. Elsenpeter. Motion carried unanimously. CENTENNIAL SUMMER RECREATION REPORT Mr. Cliff Holman and Mr. John O'Brian presented the report covering the programs and the children involved in the Summer Recreation Program as