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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-17-2010PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA Regular Meeting November 17, 2010 Mounds View City Hall 2401 Highway 10, Mounds View, MN 55112 1. Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Chair Stevenson at 7:00 p.m. November 17, 2010. 2. Roll Call Members Present: Commissioners Meehlhause, Miller, Rundle, Schiltgen, Smith and Stevenson. Absent and Excused: Commissioner Cramblit. Also Present: Planning Associate Heidi Heller Community Development Director Ken Roberts Index to Minutes B-2, Limited Business Zoning District Discussion 3. Approval of Minutes October 6, 2010 Page F] MOTION/SECOND: Commissioner Miller/Commissioner Meehlhause. To approve the minutes of the October 6, 2010 regular Planning Commission meeting as presented. Ayes — 6 Nays — 0 Motion carried. 4. Citizens Requests and Comments on Items Not on the Agenda None. Mounds View Planning Commission November 17, 2010 Regular Meeting Page 2 5. Planning Cases None. 6. Other Planning Activity A. B-2, Limited Business Zoning District Discussion Planning Associate Heller stated the City recently received a sign permit for a new restaurant at Silver View Plaza. In reviewing the details of the new restaurant, staff determined that the City could not allow it in the mall because of the existing B-2 zoning. This restaurant would be a full operation restaurant and current B-2 zoning only allows delicatessens. Planning Associate Heller stated in 1988, the owner, Kraus Anderson, applied to rezone the property to B-3, but the City denied the request due to concerns about inadequate parking on- site. In 2005, Kraus Anderson again applied to rezone the property to B-3, and they were again denied for the same reasons as 1988. She added the main parking problem is that about thirty percent of the parking spaces at Silver View Plaza are in the back of the mall where employees would typically park, not customers. Planning Associate Heller stated by amending the B-2 zoning code by adding a few more allowed uses and/or conditional uses would be beneficial to this particular mall. Chair Stevenson stated that the current definition of delicatessen states there is a maximum seating capacity of 24. He added that by leaving the seating capacity at 24, and removing the specific type of cooking allowed could solve this issue. He proposed amending the B-2 Zoning Code to allow for delicatessens and small restaurants as permitted uses. Commissioner Meehlhause agreed with Chair Stevenson's amendment, and added that with this addition of more allowed uses, it may be beneficial to the mall. Community Development Director Roberts asked if the Commission was receptive to Chair Stevenson's recommendation for amending the permitted uses at Silver View. He also clarified the maximum restaurant seating amount of 24 chairs. Chair Stevenson stated it would be his preference to keep the maximum seating at 24 due to the parking constraints. Commissioner Smith asked if there would also be a square footage limitation to correspond with the maximum seating limit. Chair Stevenson recommended that 2,000 square feet be the maximum restaurant size allowed as a permitted use. Mounds View Planning Commission Regular Meeting November 17, 2010 Page 3 y Community Development Director Roberts stated that staff would propose code amendment with a square footage maximum along with a maximum seating limit for restaurants. Chair Stevenson stated that the City could allow a restaurant with more than 24 seats or 2,000 square feet in floor area with a conditional use permit. The Commission directed staff to move forward with amending the B-2 Zoning Code to include small restaurants with the maximum 24 seating requirement and maximum of 2000 square feet as a permitted use, and any larger restaurants would require a conditional use permit. 7. Next Planning Commission Meeting: A. December 1, 2010 B. December 15, 2010 8. Adjournment to Agenda Session There being no further business before the Planning Commission, Chair Stevenson adjourned the meeting at 7:32 p.m. (The meeting immediately adjourned to the Agenda Session) Respectfully submitted, Ken Roberts Community Development Director Transcribed by: Barbara Suciu TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc.