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Home My WebLink About09-02-1987 PROCEEDINGS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW RAMSEY' COUNTY, MINNESOTA Regular Meeting September 2 , 1987 Mounds View City Hall 2401 Hwy. 10, Mounds View, MN 55112 The Mounds View Planning Commission was called to 1 . Call to order by Chairman Mountin at 7 : 32 PM on Wednesday, Order September 2, 1987. MEMBERS PRESENT: Commissioners Saunders, Zollner , 2 . Roll Call Burgers, Miller and Chairman Mountin. It was noted Commissioner Forslund had an excused absence, and Commissioner Peters had an unexcused absence. ALSO PRESENT: Councilmember Wuori. Motion/Second: Zollner/Saunders to approve the 3 . Approval of August 5, 1987 minutes as corrected. Minutes: August 5 , 1987 4115 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried Deborah Otto, 7405 Park View Drive, stated she had 4 . Residents requested a building permit for an addition to her Requests and home, which was denied by City Staff, and she is Comments from before the Planning Commission to request a variance the Floor and ask that they expedite it, if at all possible. Ms. Otto explained that her property, which is located in the Silver Lake Woods development, abutts the pond, and the house itself, which was built in 1985 , is within the wetland buffer, according to City code. She explained that for economic reasons, when the house was built, she was not able to include a planned family room or additional bedrooms above that, or the basement below, but now she has closed on a second mortgage to put on the addition, and each day the contractor is held up, it is costing her interest, and it is delaying her from locking into refinancing for the entire house. She added the existing home has 700 square feet per floor, and she needs the additional room. • • Mounds View Planning Commission September 2, 1987 Regular Meeting Page Two 411Ms. Otto stated the proposed addition, which will be 26 ' x 16 ' and will be attached behind the existing garage, will extend -21" further back than the existing house. She also stated that the blueprints on file at City Hall show the headers that were put in during the original construction, and they indicate that this addition was planned at that time. Chairman Mountin clarified that the variance that would be required would be for wetland encroachment, and she advised Ms. Otto that the Planning Commission cannot consider economic need in granting variances, and they must find uniqueness in the request. She pointed out the area was platted before the wetland ordinance took effect, and she reviewed the requirements of Chapter 48.05, Sub 5C, for the wetland buffer area. After considerable discussion, the Planning Commission listed the criteria that Should be included in a resolution to grant a variance for the wetland buffer. Motion/Second: Miller/Burgers to adopt Resolution No. 201-87, granting a wetland buffer variance to Deborah Otto, 7405 Park View Drive. 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried "'Chairman Mountin explained that Staff will have to look into the requirements of such a variance to determine whether it must be addressed at the Council level. She stated that if it did not, the Planning Commission was the final level of approval, and Ms. Otto would be able to get her building permit, but if it did require Council action, the permit could not be issued until she had gone through that process. Chairman Mountin stated she would get a clarification and get in touch with Ms. Otto the next day. It was noted there was no one present to represent 5 . Consideration the developer . of Rslt. No. 200-87 Motion/Second: Burgers/Saunders to adopt Resolution No. 200-87 , recommending approval of the final plat, North Star Industrial Park, Mounds View Planning Case No. 210-87, and forward to the Council prior to approval of the minutes. 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried 110 Mounds View Planning Commission September 2, 1987 Regular Meeting Page Three Wuori reported that the dissenting 6. Staff Report •Councilmember group from the Greenfield Estates development would be meeting with the Council, Staff, Harstad Company and engineer on September 10 , at 7 : 30 PM. She explained that the public hearing scheduled for August 24 had to be postponed until September 14, due to insufficient notification of affected property owners. Chairman Mountin reported .she had received a call 7 . Chairman' s from Paul Fedor, regarding a garage he would like Report to build behind his store, which isnot allowed by Code. She suggested to him he could do a Code appeal, but he didn't care to, and he asked that the Planning Commission consider the garage issue again. Chairman Mountin reported she had received a call from John Miller, regarding a conditional use permit for the sale of gas on his property at the North Star Industrial Park, and she indicated to him he would need a primary use before a conditional use permit could be considered. The attendees at the August 19 agenda session were Commissioners Miller, Zoller, Saunders and Chairman and Clerk/Administrator Pauley, with •Mountin, Commmissioners Burgers and Forslund having excused absenses. Chairman Mountin adjourned the me-tin, at 8: = A 'M. 8. Adjournment R.spec:f ' y ed, . OA( AL P Vej Don= • . 'a► ry Cler 4: nistrat•r MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 200-87 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF FINAL PLAT, NORTH STAR INDUSTRIAL PARK MAJOR SUBDIVISION, MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING CASE NO. 210-87 WHEREAS, Watson Forsberg Company has requested approval of a final plat for North Star Industrial Park; and WHEREAS, the preliminary plat for North Star Industrial Park was reviewed and recommended for approval by the Mounds View Planning Commission during 1987; and WHEREAS, the Mounds View City Council conducted a public hearing and reviewed and approved the preliminary plat on June 22, 1987; and WHEREAS, a final plat has been reviewed by the Mounds View City Staff and Planning Commission and found to be consistent with the previously approved preliminary plat. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the Mounds View Planning III Commission recommends approval of the North Star Industrial Park final plat conditioned upon the following items: 1. Deeding of Outlot A to the City of Mounds View. 2. Construction of a temporary retention or detention ponding facility by the Developer. 3. The cities of Blaine and Mounds View enter into a Joint Powers Agreement for theuse of public utilities by the occupants of the industrial park. Adopted this 2nd day of September, 1987. AdeATTEST: iic� ��' ,4-471 Ch. (SEAL) �� 1/N, Cler'iUministr. or \ 411 • MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 201-87 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA APPROVING VARIANCE FOR DEBORAH OTTO, 7405 PARK VIEW DRIVE WHEREAS, Deborah Otto has requested authorization to construct an addition to her single family residence located at 7405 Park View Drive ; and WHEREAS, said residence is located within the 100 foot wet- land buffer zone provided for in Chapter 48 of the Mounds View Municipal Code entitled, "Wetland Zoning Code" ; and WHEREAS, it has been determined that a variance is necessary in order to allow for the construction of an addition to a home located within a 100 foot wetland buffer area; and 411 WHEREAS, it has been determined that all homes within the area of the Otto residence are located within the 100 foot buffer zone; and WHEREAS, the original blueprint for this home included a provision for a future addition as currently proposed; and WHEREAS, denial would render any type of an addition to the home impossible and would further deny any future alterations to any other homes located in the area of the wetland in question; and WHEREAS, the proposed addition meets all the requirements of the City's Zoning Code including minimum rear yard setback. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that a variance is granted to Deborah Otto, 7405 Park View Drive to allow the construction of an addition to her existing home. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Staff should determine what erosion controls may be required during construction and the basement elevation is to be established at the existing basement elevation per the plans submitted and received by the City of Mounds View on August 31, 1987. , III