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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-08-75 PZMNOTICE CITY OF LAKE ELMO WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA The Planning Commission of the City of Lake Elmo will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, May 13, 1975, at 7:30 o'clock P.M. in the City Hall of the said City to consider the application of Allied Properties, Inc. for re --zoning of a 95.5 acre tract of land located in the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (SW 1/4 of SE 1/4), Government Lot Seven (7), Government Lot Six (6), and Government Lot Five (5), all in Section Five (5), Town- ship Twenty-nine (29) North, Range Twenty-one (21) West in the City of Lake Elmo and more particularly described in the Applica- tion on file with the City Clerk, The application is for re -zoning of the said property from "Agricultural. (A)" to "Single Family Suburban (SFS)". At the same time and place the said Planning Commission will hold a public hearing to consider the application of said Allied Properties, Inc. for approval of a preliminary plan for the sub- division and platting of the above described lands to be known as DEMONTREVILLE HIGHLANDS; a copy of said preliminary plan is on file with the City Clerk. All interested persons will have an opportunity to be heard at that time. Dated: April 14, 1975. Donald Mehsikomer, City Clerk AGENDA--PLANNING-ZONING COMMISSION CITY OF LAKE ELMO, MINN. 55042 MEETING TO BE HELD TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1975. 7:30 P.M.-- 7:40 P.M.-- 7:45 P.M.-- 8:15 P.M. -- Roll Call Approval of Minutes Lowell Rieks--4564 Kimbro Building of 28x40 barn (SW 1/4 of Section 11 ) "Hearing" - Special Homes. "Hearing" - - Patti Homes at 11450 Hudson Blvd. Use Permit for Sales of Trailer - Eldon Loescher Rezoning of Lot 4 of Cty. Aud. Plat 8 from its GB classification to a zoning classification which would permit the construction of a multiple family residential dwelling. 9:00 P.M.-- Kent Musegades-7223 Millroad , Centerville, Minn. P.O. Hugo, Minn. 55038 Office-221-7249 Home-426-2846 Questions on Lot 3, Pabst 2nd. Addition. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION: Washington County Landfill. CITY OF LAKE ELMO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF APRIL 8, 1975 Meeting called to order at 7:40 P.M. by Chairperson Johnson. PRESENT: Johnson, Williams, Dreher, Froehner, Grace, Lundquist, Novak Sovereign (9:10) and Armstrong. MINUTES MOTION by Williams to approve minutes of the March 24th Meeting as amended: 1. At the MINUTES section after the first sentence add: 1. In LOESCHER section, line 6 change "drainfield in" to read "drainfield for". 2. In LOESCHER section, line 6 change "GB and his" to read "GB and residential". 3. In FOLZ DOWNS LAKE section, in the first sentence of the Motion by Williams change "tabled the" to read "tabled until the". 4. In DERRICK section line 1, change "the park's" to read "the proposed city park's". Line 5, change "If it" to read "If Derrick". Line 6, change "it will" to read "Derrick will". 2. In LOESCHER section, line 1, change "for the April" to read "for a rezoning hearing at the April". 3. In LOWELL RIEKS section, line 2, change "SW 1/4" to read "NW 1/4". 4. In JOINT COMMITTEE WITH OAKDALE section, in lines 2 and 3 of the Motion by Lundquist, change "the committee as to Oakdale." to read "the Joint Committee regarding Oakdale's involvement." SECOND by Dreher VOTE All in favor (Sovereign absent). RIEKS Lowell Rieks requested approval for his plans to build a barn on his property in Section 11. The area is zoned SFU, but the PZC had received legal advice from the city attorney that this would not be considered an increase in the non -conforming pre-existing use. MOTION by Armstrong The PZC recommends that a building permit be issued to Lowell Rieks to construct a 28X40 barn for agricultural use on his 35.24 acres in the W 1/2 of Section 11. SECOND by Lundquist VOTE All in favor (Sovereign absent) PATTI HOMES Patti Homes, Inc., a Minnesota Corporation, requested a Special Use Permit for the sale of Trailer Homes at its lot on Hudson Blvd.. Present for the Corporation were Tom Damm, General Manager, and Ross Young, Lot Manager. John H. Wright, the MINUTES OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING April 8, 1975 PATTI HOMES property owner was also present. No one appeared in opposition. (Continued) The corporation is owned 100Z by Howard Padratzak (Sp), alias Nick Patti. John H. Wright and his wife Myra E. Wright own the property jointly and reside at 3445 Holmes Avenue South, Minneapolis 55408. The lot rented by Patti is approximately 375X750 feet. It was formerly rented to Century Homes. There are no permanent structures on the property except the empty structure owned by Wright which Patti may use for storage. Patti Homes, Inc. has other sales facilities at 5050 Central Avenue N.E. in Fridley; Cedar at 13 in Eagan; and Highway 169 Shakopee. Patti Homes, Inc. purchased this business from Century Homes on January 1, 1974. The sales are of new and used mobile homes. The Office is a mobile home on blocks. The sales units are left on wheels and blocked on one end. Johnson cited the complaint that persons are being allowed to live in the mobile homes at the site. Damm claimed this was no longer being allowed. There are double wide homes on the lot. Patti has the option to buy the property. The corporation belongs to the Minnesota Mobile Home Association and is regulated by the State through licensing and the FTC. MOTION by Williams: The Special Use Permit be issued subject to the following conditions: 1. The Mobile Homes must be blocked up for safety. 2. There will be no repair work or maintenance on Mobile Homes at the site. 3. Operating hours will be: 9:00 to 9:00 Monday to Thursday 9:00 to 6:00 Friday, except summer 9:00 to 9:00 9:00 to 6:00 Saturday 12:00 to 5:00 Sunday 4. The grounds will be kept in a neat and orderly manner. SECOND by Lundquist VOTE All in favor (Sovereign absent) LOESCHER Eldon Loescher requested a rezoning of Lot 4 of County Auditor's Plat 8. Notices of the Hearing were sent in compliance with the Ordinance. The following persons appeared: Loretta Taylor Mrs. Joel R. Eder Bruce Dunn Joe Streiff Mr. & Mrs. Brian Dennis Eugene Markgraf 11098 34th Street North 11082 34th Street North 11018 Upper 33rd Street North 11074 Upper 33rd Street North 11072 34th Street North 11002 Upper 33rd Street North Mr. Loescher would like the lot rezoned from GB to a classification that would permit the construction of a multiple family residential unit. Loescher indicated he would put a Karate School in half of the lower section. This would be an open room approximately 25 X 40 feet. It would be a slab building with no basement. There would be two two bedroom apartments and two one bedroom apartments. The lot is 100 X 150. MINUTES OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING April 8, 1975 LOESCHER Brian Dennis asked how the building would be sewered and the (Continued) parking be accomplished on a 100 X 150 lot. Loescher replied that the building would only be 40 X 50 and there would be two tanks at the back of the building. Someone stated that the Lake Elmo Inn has problems with its sewer and must pump the tank every week or so. Loescher stated that he owns the apartment building next door and in the last five years there has not been a problem with the sewer system. The other building is 43 X 53. Johnson informed the PZC that he had received a phone call from Ms Susan Dunn expressing concern for the adequacy of parking facilities for this new building, whether there was room enough for the proposed building and garages and what effect this will have on the character of the Old Village. Ms Dunn also expressed concern about the rapid development of Lake Elmo. Loretta Taylor indicated that she lives across the street from the present apartments and that the heavy traffic caused ruts in the street and it is difficult to get into her driveway because of the parked cars from the present apartments. Loescher indicated he would probably build garages for the old apartment building some day. Eugene Markgraf expressed concern about the water run off and drainage problems this new building would cause. Johnson stated that the City Engineer should be asked to study this runoff problem. The melting snow from the tracks runs north through this lot. Brian Dennis said that an apartment building would mean 24 hour traffic, but a business would only mean traffic for 40 hours a week. Bruce Dunn asked what incentives there would be to build garages for these two buildings. Loescher replied that the new building would have the garage built immediately and that he would see that someday the old building had garages. Brian Dennis stated he was against the rezoning because of Sewer problems and traffic. Where would the School parking be he asked. Loescher replied that the school would be open 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings and that there would only be 10 to 15 students. Jan Sovereign arrived at 9:10 P.M. Judy Eder asked where the garages would be on the old building. Loescher replied that they would be along the back lot line. It appeared that the driveways for the old building and new building would have to pass over the drainfield and proposed drainfield. Dreher indicated that this was not permitted. Concern was expressed that the home to the west would be restricted in view by the building 25 feet to the east Loescher said he would install holding tanks if necessary. Joe Streiff went on record as opposed to rezoning for a multiple unit dwelling but was in favor of a SF Unit. MINUTES OF THE PINNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING April 8, 1975 LOESCHER (Continued) MUSEGADES SECTION 11 REZONING SALUS LAND FILL OAKDALE- LAKE ELMO JOINT COMMITTEE Chairman Johnson asked for further comment from the persons present and hearing none, closed the Public Hearing portion of the Meeting. MOTION by Williams The Loescher request for rezoning should be tabled until the PZC has a written opinion from the City Attorney clarifying §301.040 U. 2. as to whether lot areas given refer to SF units or to entire structures regardless of the number of family units therein. SECOND by Armstrong VOTE all in favor Kent Musegades requested an opinion from the PZC as to whether his property was buildable. It is lot 3, Pabst 2nd Addition. It measures 49.62 by 150 and is 7443 square feet with lake frontage. Where no sewer and water have been provided by the community, under §301.040 U. 2. the minimum square footage must be 18,500 with a 125 foot minimum width. Zoning Code §4.04 (A) would allow a lot to be buildable if it met 60Z of the requirement. This would be 11,100 square feet, so even if §4.04 was applicable, the lot is still too small. The lot is unbuildable and Williams Parks should be notified that it is only an access lot and should be so assessed if it is not so already. The PZC requests an opinion from the City Attorney on the merits of rezoning that part of Section 11 zoned SFU to A at this time. Raymond Salus, 494 Lake Elmo Avenue, indicated he would like an extension of the 18 month limit placed on his occupancy of a mobile home. His future plans can not be determined until the final decision is made for the I 94 route. He was advised to make an appointment with the Council. John Mueller indicated there are no problems with the extension as far as his building inspection was concerned. Chairperson Johnson informed the PZC that one of the sites for the proposed Washington County Landfill would involve 40 acres in Lake Elmo. The exact location is not known but an informed source felt that it appeared to be the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 28 in Lake Elmo and the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 29, and the E 1/2 of the E 1/2 of Section 20 south of old Stillwater Road in Oakdale. The County is looking for 200 acres upon which to place 10 feet of trash. Members of the PZC expressed the wish that the Metro Council investigate recycling centers instead of looking for more landfill sites. The PZC appointed Dreher and Armstrong to investigate the matter. Chairperson Johnson informed the PZC that Don Raleigh, the city attorney had met with Mr. Wolf, the City Attorney for Oakdale and they had reviewed the PUD Ordinances of the two cities. They found no significant difference and felt that a more specific ordinance might cause as many problems as it would solve and would tie the hands of the Municipalities. MINUTES OF THE LAKE ELMO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING April 8, 1975 AIRPORT MOTION by Williams WHEREAS the Lake Elmo Planning and Zoning Commission has reviewed the plans and alternatives for expansion and development of the Lake Elmo Airport by the Metropolitan Airports Commission; and WHEREAS, the Lake Elmo PZC has received opinions from many residents of Lake Elmo and other communities in Washington County, regarding the above -mentioned plans; and, WHEREAS, the vast majority of residents appear to be opposed to any expansion and development of the Lake Elmo Airport beyond its present facilities; and, WHEREAS, there appear to be no substantial benefits to be gained by Lake Elmo, or by other surrounding communities, or by Washington County as a whole, as a result of expansion and development of the Lake Elmo Airport beyond its present facilities; and, WHEREAS, any expansion of the Lake Elmo Airport will be accomplished by significantly adverse environmental impacts due to noise, air pollution, and ground water contamination; THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Lake Elmo Planning and Zoning Commission go on record as opposing the expansion and development of the Lake Elmo Airport beyond its present facilities. SHAFER SECOND by Armstrong MOTION By Sovereign That the motion by Williams be tabled until the next PZC meeting and that the PZC requests the Council to schedule a hearing to obtain citizen response to the Airport expansion. SECOND by Grace VOTE In Favor Johnson, Dreher, Froehner, Grace, Lundquist, Novak and Sovereign Opposed Williams and Armstrong Motion to Table is carried. Johnson informed the PZC that the Mayor had received two weeks notice from Shafer Contracting that it will be using the Northern Route to Jamaca. Mr. Rudy of Shafer had been at the January 27 1975 meeting and the PZC had recommended the two week notice period. Rudy had said there was no problem with the easement rights over the property. Now the Company claims it no longer has the right to use the south access route. MOTION by Armstrong The PZC recommends that the Council deny the request of Shafer Contracting Company to use the North access route to Jamaca for reasons of traffic safety. SECOND by Grace VOTE In favor Johnson, Froehner, Lundquist, Novak, Sovereign and Armstrong Abstained Williams, Dreher and Grace. Motion is carried MINUTES OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING April 8, 1975 ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 12:00 P.M. THE NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING IS MONDAY APRIL 28TH AT 7:30 P.M. Respectfully submitted, ..)?7 C�. Thomas G. Armstrong Secretary Whereas the Lake Elmo Planning and Zoning Cori issiu01 ,r', reviewed the plans and alternatives for expansion and developmentof !tic Lake Elmo Airport by the Metropolitan Airports Commission; and, Whereas the Lake Elmo P.l.C. has received opinions fr,nn many residents of Lake Elmo and other communities in Washington County, regarding the above -mentioned plans; and, Whereas the vast majority of residents appear to be opposed to any expansion and development of the ake Elmo Airport beyond its present facilities; and, Whereas there appear to he no substantial benefits to be gained by Lake Elmo, or by other surrounding communities, or by Washington County as a whole, as a result ef expansion and development of the Lake Elmo Airport beyond its present facilities; and, Whereas any expansion of the Lake Llmo Airport will be accompanied by significantly adverse environmental impacts due to noise, air pollu- tion, and ground water contamination; THEREFORE be it resolved that the LakeElmo Planning and Zoning Commission go on record as opposing the expansion and development of the Lake Elmo Airport beyond its present facilities.