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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPL MINUTES 04161962 Meeting Sheet 11111 111 11151 1111111 loll logo gill 100296 Box: 15 Folder: PL MINUTES 1962-1966 Document: PL MINUTES 04161962 MINUTES • PLANNING BOARD MEETING APRIL 16, 1962 PRESENT: W. . R. DOUGHHRTY, JOE ROSINEK, ANDREW SKOVRAN, NORMAN CAVANAGH, ERIK ROCKS, THE MEETING WAS OPENED AT 7i4O P,M: BY THE CHAIRMAN AND THE COMMISSION PROCEEDED WITH THE AGENDA. P�-62-1; ' FRANK FUDALI , MULTIPLE DWELLINGS. MR. FUDALI AND MR. VVAYNE .HOLTE APPEAR- ED TO REQUEST PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVAL OF THEIR PROPOSAL TO CONSTRUCT SEVEN 18-UNIT APARTMENT BUILDINGS ON THE NORTH SIDE- OF 37TH AVENUE N X. BETWEEN MACAL•ESTER AND FORDHAM - SEE MINUTES OF MARCH 269 1962). IN SUPPORT OF HIS REQUEST, MR. FUDALI PRESENTED THE FOLLOWING: 1; A LAYOUT PLAN OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT 2. A TOPOGRAPHIC MAP 3. A REPORT ON SOIL BORINGS 4. A LANDSCAPE PLAN 5. PLANS OF THE PROPOSED STRUCTURES 6. AN ARCHITECTURAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE FINISHED DEVELOPMENT THE PLANNING COMMISSION NOTED THE FOLLOWING: 1. VILLAGE ORDINANCE N0. 10A REQUIRES A MINIMUM AREA OF 3259500 S@. FT. FOR 1}� THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WHICH HAS AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 350,000 Sq.. FT. THERE- FORE, THE PROPOSAL MEETS THE AREA REQUIREMENTS.- 2. THE PLANS CARRIED A PENCILED NOTATION THAT THE EXTERIOR WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED ENTIRELY OF BRICK THEREBY COMPLYING WITH THE VILLAGE ORDINANCE. 3. THE PLANS WILL HAVE TO BE REVISED TO MEET THE PER-UNIT FLOOR AREA REQUIREMENTS OF VILLAGE ORDINANCE N0. 42A. 4. NO PROVISION HAS BEEN MADE FOR PAVING FORDHAM AND MACALESTER. 5. NO GRADING PLAN WAS PRESENTED. -6. PROVISION FOR A TURNAROUND ON MACALASTER IS REQUIRED. FOLLOWING SOME DISCUSSION OF THESE POINTS, CAVANAGH MOVED AND DOUGHERTY SECONDED THAT THE MATTER BE TABLED UNTIL THE COMMISSION HAD MADE ITS RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE ZONING IN THE VICINITY OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT. MOTION CARRIED. Z-62-1 IVALBON REZONING TO MULTIPLE DWELLING MR. KRALHEIM, ATTORNEY FOR THE WALSONS, APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMISSION WITH HIS CLIENTS TO REQUEST THAT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF 33RD AVENUE AND HIGHWAY 8 BE REZONED FROM SINGLE FAMILY TO MULTIPLE RESIDENTIAL. MR. KRALHEIM INDICATED THAT THE WALSONS HAD AGREED TO CONFINE THEIR EXISTING • NON-CONFORMING USE TO PARCELS 1 AND 2 BY MAY 15, 1962. HE STATED THAT WALSONIS INTEND TO CONTINUE THE NONCONFORMING INDUSTRIAL USE ON PARCELS 1 AND 2 INOEFINIT- LY AND THAT BECAUSE OF ITS ADVERSE LAND USE THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE NORTH PARCEL FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AS PRESENTLY ZONED. THEY PROPOSED THAT THEY WOULD PROVIDE A 40 FOOT WIDE PLANTING STRIP SCREEN • BETWEEN THEIR NON—CONFORMING USE AND THE HOMES TO THE WEST WHICH FACE CROFT DRIVE AND ARE 10 TO 15 FEET HIGHER IN ELEVATION, IF THE PARCEL ON 33RD AVENUE WERE REZONED, AS REQUESTED. AFTER SOME DISCUSSION OF THE APPEARANCE OF THE NON-CONFORMING USE AND THE PAST CLEAN-UP REQUESTS BY.THE VILLAGE, ROCKS STATED THAT THIS REZONING SHOULD 'BE CONSIDERED ON ITS MERITS WITHOUT REGARD TO PAST ACTIONS BY THE OWNER. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE REZONING IF GRANTED WOULD TEND TO PERPETUATE THE NON-- CONFORMING USE AND THAT NEITHER THE REZONING NOR THE NON—CONFORMING USE WOULD SEEM TO BEIN THE BEST INTEREST OF EITHER THE VILLAGE, OR THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS. DOUGHERTY, STATED THAT THE WALSONS SHOULD SPEAK TO THE NEARBY PROPERTY OWNERS TO ASCERTAIN THEIR FEELINGS ON THE MATTER BEFORE THE COMMISSION PROCEEDS FURTHER AND ON THIS BASIS THE MATTER WAS TABLED UNTIL THE FOLLOWING MEETINGe Z-62-2 ANDERSON REZONING TO MULTIPLE DWELLING MR. GARY ANDERSON APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMISSION TO REQUEST THE REZONING OF HIS PROPERTY AT 3010 HIGHWAY 8 FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO MULTIPLE DWELLING. BECAUSE THE LOT HAS ONLY 13,500 OR SO SQUARE FEET OF AREA INSTEAD OF THE 14,500 SQUARE FEET REQUIRED BY VILLAGE ORDINANCE NUMBER 10A FOR A 3' UNI.T DWELLING AS PROPOSED BY MR. ANDERSON AND BECAUSE THE LOT IS ONLY 85 OR SO FEET IN WIDTH, THE COMMISSION INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT FAVOR THE PROPOSED RE- ZONING. THE COMMISSION ALSO NOTED THAT ACCESS AND VILLAGE WATER TO THE LOT WERE SOMEWHAT AMBIGUOUS IN VIEW OF THE PRIVATE ALLEYS AND WATER PIPES AT THE REAR OF THE LOT. MR. ANDERSON WAS ADVISED TO CONSULT WITH HIS ATTORNEY ABOUT THE ACCESS AND WATER SITUATION AND THAT IF BOTH WOULD BE OBTAINED THE COMMISSION WOULD BE WILLING TO CONSIDER A REZONING TO TWO FAMILY DWELLING. Z-62-3 REZONING ON 37TH AVENUE N.E. MR. ART THOMPSON APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMISSION TO REQUEST INFORMATION ABOUT POSSIBLE REZONING ON 37TH AVENUE WEST OF SILVER LAKE ROAD. HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD REPORT ITS RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS MATTER TO THE COUNCIL BY APRIL 24, 1962. P-62-3 CRYSTAL REALTY CO. COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT MR. BECCHETI , AN ARCHETECTURAL ENGINEER RETAINED BY THE CRYSTAL REALTY CO., APPEARED IN BEHALF OF HIS CLIENTS TO REQUEST APPROVAL -OF PLANS FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE ST. ANTHONY VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LOWRY AVENUE. SEE MINUTES OF MARCH 269 1962). MR, BECCHETI WAS ADVISED TO CONSULT WITH HIS CLIENTS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF MAKING SOME MAJOR REVISIONS IN THE PROPOSED LAYOUT. THE COMMISSION ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THE BACK OF THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE BE FACED WITH BRICK, THAT LANDSCAPING SHOULD BE PROVIDED ALONG LOWRY AVENUE AND THAT THE PARKING PLAN SHOULD BE REVISED SO AS TO PROVIDE BETTER CIRCULATION WITHIN THE PARKING LOT. MR. BECCHETI INDICATED THAT HE WOULD CONSULT WITH HIS CLIENT AND RETURN WITH REVISED PLANS. D-62-1 RAMSEY COUNTY DIVISION #29849 THE COMMISSION CONSIDERED A REQUEST FOR A DIVISION OF ASSESSMENTS IN TWO PARCELS IN THE APACHE CENTER. ROCKS MOVED THAT THE DIVISION BE DENIED BECAUSE THE • MAP INDICATED THAT PARCEL �rl DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO A PUBLIC STREET. SKOVRAN SECONDED AND THE COMMISSION VOTED TO DENY THE REQUEST. -3- D-6M RAMSEY COUNTY DIVISION #30058 THE COMMISSION CONSIDERED A REQUEST FOR A DIVISION OF ASSESSMENTS- ON TWO PARCELS IN THE APACHE CENTER. ROCKS MOVED THAT THE REQUEST BE APPROVED. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY SKOVRAN AND PASSED UNANIMOUSLY: AT 12:30 A.M. THE COMMISSION DECIDED TO RECESS UNTIL 8:00 P.M. THE FOLLOWING EVENING. ERjK ROCKS. SECRETARY : •