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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPL AGENDA 01211997 Meeting Sheet IIIIII VIII II II IIII I IIII VIII IIII IIII 100945 Box: 19 Folder: PL MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1997 Document: PL AGENDA 01211997 • CITY OF ST. ANTHONY A �\ PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA JANUARY 21, 1997 7:00 PM COUNCIL CHAMBERS -- OLD CITY HALL I. CALL TO ORDER. II. ROLL CALL. III. SELECTION OF THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR FOR 1997 PLANNING COMMISSION. IV. APPROVAL OF .JANUARY 21, 1997 PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA. V. APPROVAL OF DECEMBER 18, 1996 PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES. • VI. DESIGNATE PLANNING COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVE FOR JANUARY 28, 1997 COUNCIL MEETING. VII. PUBLIC HEARING. 1. AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 16, SECTION 1635.05 REGARDING MINIMUM SETBACKS FOR SHOPPING CENTERS. Vill. CONCEPT REVIEW. 1. LARRY BEACH; VERKINS ADDITION A. REZONING B. REPLATTING C. BACKYARD SETBACK VARIANCE VIII. COMMENTS. IX. ADJOURNMENT. I 1 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES 3 JANUARY 21, 1997 4 I. CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 5 The meeting was called to order and the Pledge of Allegiance was led by Chair Bergstrom at 6 7:00 P.M. 7 II. ROLL CALL. 8 Commissioners present: Chair Bergstrom; Commissioners Franzese, Gondorchin, Horst, 9 Makowske, and Thompson. 10 Commissioners absent: Commissioner Delmonico. I l Also present: - Kim Moore-Sykes, Management Assistant. 12 III. SELECTION OF THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR FOR 1997 PLANNING 13 COMMISSION. 14 Motion by Horst, seconded by Franzese, to nominate Douglas Bergstrom as Chair for 1997 15 Planning Commission. 16 Chair Bergstrom called for additional nominations three times. Hearing no additional 17 nominations, Chair Bergstrom entertained a motion to close the nominations. Motion by Franzese, seconded by Makowske, to close the nominations for Chair of the 1997 19 Planning Commission. 20 Motion carried unanimously. 21 Chair Bergstrom accepted the nomination for Chair of the 1997 Planning Commission. 22 Vote on the motion: Franzese, Gondorchin, Horst, Makowske, and Thompson voted aye. Bergstrom 23 abstained. 24 Motion carried. 25 Motion by Bergstrom, seconded by Franzese, to nominate Chris Makowske as Vice Chair for 26 the 1997 Planning Commission. 27 Chair Bergstrom called for additional nominations three times. Hearing no additional 28 nominations, Chair Bergstrom entertained a motion to close the nominations. 29 Motion by Bergstrom, seconded by Horst, to close the nominations for Vice Chair of the 1997 30 Planning Commission. �1 Motion carried unanimously. Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes January 21, 1997 • Page 2 1 Commissioner Makowske accepted the nomination for Vice Chair of the 1997 Planning 2 Commission. 3 Vote on the motion: Bergstrom, Franzese, Gondorchin, Horst, and Thompson voted aye. Makowske 4 abstained. - 5 Motion carried. 6 Chair Bergstrom thanked Commissioner Thompson for serving as Vice Chair of the 1996 7 Planning Commission. 8 IV. APPROVAL OF JANUARY 21, 1997 PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA. 9 Motion by Gondorchin, seconded by Franzese, to approve the Planning Commission Agenda 10 for January 21, 1997 as presented.. 11 Motion carried unanimously. 12 V. APPROVAL OF THE DECEMBER 17, 1996 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING 13 MINUTES. Motion by Bergstrom, seconded by Makowske, to approve the December 17, 1996 Planning Commission Meeting minutes with the following changes: 16 Page 2, Lines 28 and 29: Delete sentence beginning with "she" and replace with "She 17 indicated she would vote to ban business ground signs for residences in R-1, R-1 A, and R-2 18 districts as she did not feel it benefitted those neighborhoods." 19 -Makowske noted he had not yet prepared the Commission consensus as noted on Page 3, Line 20 22 of the December 1.7, 1996 minutes. He apologized and noted he would prepare the draft 21 prior to the January 28, 1997 City Council Meeting. 22 Motion carried unanimously. 23 VI. DESIGNATE PLANNING COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVE FOR JANUARY 28, 24 1997 COUNCIL MEETING. 25 Commissioner Makowkse was appointed as the. Planning Commission representative for the 26 Tuesday, January 28, 1997, City Council Meeting. 27 VI. PUBLIC HEARINGS. 28 1. Amendment to Chapter 16, Section 1635.05 Regrading? Minimum Setbacks for 29 Shopping Centers. 30 Chair Bergstrom opened the public hearing at 7:08 P.M. 10 Ms. Moore-Sykes advised the amendment had been revised subject to the City Attorney 32 incorporating some of the items which the Commission had expressed concern and questions 33 of at the November 19, 1996 Planning Commission Meeting. Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes January 21, 1997 • Page 3 1 Ms. Moore-Sykes reported in an attempt to facilitate the redevelopment of commercial areas 2 in St. Anthony, the City proposes to amend Chapter 16, Section 1635.05 of the St. Anthony 3 1993 Code Ordinances. This change is being proposed to allow for the unique circumstances 4 created by current redevelopment strategies and efforts being utilized in commercial areas. 5 The current setback requirements of the Zoning Ordinance seem to be creating an impediment 6 to these redevelopment efforts, causing the request of several variances to be granted. It is 7 the intent of the City to allow for the orderly and logical redevelopment of its commercial 8 areas, while at the same time allowing redevelopment to occur in a controlled manner. 9 Ms. Moore-Sykes reported Staff is recommending the approval of the proposed amendment to 10 Chapter 16, Section 1635.05 of the St. Anthony 1993 Code of Ordinances by adding 11 Subdivision 8 and Section 2, Subdivision 27. 12 Chair Bergstrom noted that the requirement of 75,000 square feet of floor area was not 13 included in this amendment. He stated if the requirement was not included in the definition 14 of a shopping center, any center with 4 or more businesses would be able to present a 15 comprehensive signage package. He felt the comprehensive signage package was created for 16 larger shopping centers and may not be warranted for smaller centers with 4 or more 17 businesses. �8 Commissioner Gondorchin noted the 75,000 s uare foot requirement did appear in other areas q q 19 of the Code of Ordinances including Chapter 16, Section 14.04. 20 Commissioner Horst stated he felt the restriction of 4 or more businesses was sufficient. He 21 questioned the detriment of allowing smaller establishments to utilize the comprehensive 22 signage package. 23 Commissioner Gondorchin stated he felt the intent was to address the north and south side of 24 Apache Plaza. 25 Commissioner Makowske noted "strip malls" are included in the comprehensive signage 26 package. 27 Chair Bergstrom closed the public hearing at 7:23 P.M. 28 Motion by Gondorchin, seconded by Bergstrom, to recommend adoption of the proposed 29 amendment to Chapter 16, Section 1635.05 and Section 2, Subdivision 27 of the St. Anthony 30 1993 Code of Ordinances as outlined by Staff and including the addition to the last sentence 31 of Subdivision 8 of, "and a total minimum floor area of 75,000 square feet. 32 Motion carried unanimously. VIII. CONCEPT REVIEW. 34 1. Lam Beach; Verkins Addition. 35 A. Rezoning Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes • January 21, 1997 Page 4 1 B. Replatting 2 C. Backyard Setback Variance 3 Ms. Moore-Sykes reported approximately 18 months ago, this property had been replatted into 4 R-1 single family lots at the request of the-property owner. Late last summer, Mr. Beach 5 presented a proposal to construct townhomes on this property. That proposal required a 6 number of variances. Mr. Beach is currently presenting a new proposal to replat and rezone 7 the lots to R-3 in order to build townhomes on the property. The current proposal will only 8 require one 12 foot variance for a backyard setback. 9 Mr. Larry Beach reported that originally Mrs. Verkins had worked with Paul Redlinger in an 10 attempt to sell these lots as single family lots. To date, she has experienced no success. Mr. 11 Beach stated he had approached Mrs. Verkins with the proposal of building townhomes as he 12 felt it would be a good use of the land. Mr. Beach noted the proposal would allow for the 13 removal of two homes on the site that are not up to Code and have been used as rental 14 property for quite some time. He stated he felt R-3 was the right zoning for this property. 15 Mr. Beach reported he was proposing seven townhomes. He noted Mrs. Verkins home would 16 remain on the property. Mr. Beach explained the townhomes on Lots 4 and 5 are smaller 17 than the townhomes on Lots 2 and 3 to fit on the property without requiring a variance. The 18 only variance required is a 12 foot backyard setback variance for Lot 5. 19 Ms. Moore-Sykes noted Staff has verified this will be the only setback variance necessary. 20 Staff has not yet calculated floor area ratio or lot coverage. 21 Mr. Beach reported Hennepin County has given preliminary approval of the proposed curb 22 cuts. He noted a horseshoe driveway and a turnaround will be provided so vehicles will not 23 be required to back out onto Highway 88. 24 Commissioner Franzese complimented Mr. Beach on the homes he had constructed on Silver 25 Lake Road and Townview. 26 Mr. Beach reported the starting price of the townhomes would be $175,000 to $180,000. The 27 units facing Highway 88 would be step down units to accommodate the relief on the lot. Mr. 28 Beach stated his rationale for replatting and rezoning was that this proposal would eliminate 29 two homes which were in bad shape and would provide seven homes instead of three. 30 Commissioner Franzese asked if Mr. Beach felt the highway would affect the price of the 31 townhomes. 32 Mr. Beach stated he did not believe the highway would affect the price due to the horseshoe 33 driveway and the turnaround. Chair Bergstrom noted the area is quite congested on Saturday mornings in the summer due to 35 Little League games. He questioned if people would be tempted to park in the driveway. Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes January 21, 1997 • Page 5 1 Mr. Beach stated a "Private Drive" sign will be installed. 2 Chair Bergstrom commended Mr. Beach for presenting a proposal for an odd shaped lot and 3 only requiring one variance. He noted rezoning from R1 to R3 was not something the City 4 does lightly but also is not inconsistent with decisions made previously. 5 Commissioner Gondorchin stated he felt young families were the future of the City of St. 6 Anthony. He stated he was personally against the addition of multi-family buildings in the 7 City, especially on this lot after recently changing the zoning to R-1 for Mrs. Verkins. 8 Mr. Beach stated he felt this was a better zoning for the property since it was located on a 9 busy street. He felt it would be safer to have senior citizens on the lot than young children. 10 IX. COMMENTS. 11 Chair Bergstrom noted the first meeting of the Comprehensive Plan Task Force is scheduled 12 for January 29, 1997 at 7:00 P.M. An agenda has not yet been set. He stated that since it 13 would be the first meeting for many people, he felt it would be appropriate to back up and 14 give those people the opportunity to comment and make additions to the ideas already 15 received. Chiar Bergstrom stated he would like some concrete issues to be discussed at the meeting 4k including the possibility of the City facilitating low interest loans for home improvements, 18 construction of a bandshell, redesigning of Central Park, etc. 19 Chair Bergstrom noted the City Council has appointed Robin Bednarz Rovick to the 20 Comprehensive Task Force as a resident-at-large. 21 Commissioner Gondorchin stated that at one point in time the Sports Boosters had ear-marked 22 an amount of money for the redesign of Central Park and the ballfields. He noted it was his 23 understanding that if the money was not spent on this project, it would be spent elsewhere. 24 He questioned if and how the money had been spent. 25 There was Commission direction for Staff to check on this item. 26 Commissioner Gondorchin stated he was disappointed that there was no output from the Joint 27 Meeting with the City Council regarding the Comprehensive Plan Update. 28 Ms. Moore-Sykes stated it was her understanding that a compilation of the results of that 29 Meeting would be provided on January 29, 1997. She noted Suzanne has also been gathering 30 facts about the City such as information on the streets, utilities, past Comprehesive Plan, 31 Metroplitan Council Livable Communities Housing Plan and the Water Plan. There was Commission direction to Staff to try to obtain a compilation of the results of the 33 Joint Meeting prior to the meeting on January 29, 1997. Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes January 21, 1997 • Page 6 1 Chair Bergstrom asked if Staff had requested a Master Development Plan for Apache Plaza 2 from OPUS. 3 Ms. Moore-Sykes stated she had been attempting to reach Mr. Scott but had not been in 4 contact with him at this point. 5 There was Commission direction for Staff to send a letter to Mr. Scott requesting a Master 6 Development Plan. This will be utilized by the Planning Commission to make decisions as 7 Apache Plaza continues to develop. 8 Commissioner Gondorchin stated he was disappointed with the Beach proposal. He noted the 9 property had been rezoned to accommodate single-family housing without the need of any 10 variances and he did not feel the Beach proposal was the best use of the property. He stated 11 he would vote against approval of the proposal. 12 Commissioner Franzese stated she felt the lettering on the new City Hall/Community Center 13 was ghastly, atrocious, unattractive and detracts from the building rather than enhancing it. 14 She.stated she felt the logo should be included on the building. 15 Commissioner Gondorchin and Horst stated they agreed with Commissioner Franzese. 'P6 Commissioner Makowske stated he was also concerned with the design of the lettering on the 17 new building. He noted however, he had been inside the new building and was impressed 18 with the interior. 19 Commissioner Horst stated after reviewing the housing code and considering taxes and what 20 can and can't be done with the Verkins Property, he felt the Beach proposal could be the best 21 option for the property. 22 23 X. ADJOURNMENT. 24 Motion by Horst, seconded by Thompson, to adjourn the meeting at 8:15 P.M. 25 Motion carried unanimously. 26 Respectfully submitted, 27 Lorri Kopischke 28 TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial •