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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY
PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES
• August 21 , 1984
1 The meeting was called to order by Chairman Zawislak at 7:32 P.M.
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3 Present .for roll call : Franzese, Bowerman, Wagner, Zawislak, Bjo.rklund, and Hansen.
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5 Absent: Jones.
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7 Also present.: David Childs, City Manager.
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. 9 During the consideration of the July 17th minutes, Commissioner Bjorklund requested
10 his reference to the City Ordinance pertaining to bays be added to the report on
11 the DeKanick request.
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13 The minutes were amended as follows:
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15 Page 4, para. 7: Insert between "chimney" and "are" "flues, sills, pilasters,
16 lentils and ornamental features" in line 6.
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18 Page 10, para. 7: Substitute "Zawislak" for "Jones" in line 1 .
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20 Motion by Commissioner Bjorklund and seconded by Commissioner Hansen to approve as
21 amended the minutes of the Planning Commission meeting held July 17, 1984.
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23 Motion carried unanimously.
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25 The request for signage to identify the St. Anthony Court townhomes at 3933
26 Silver Lake Road had been tabled during the June 19th Commission meeting to enable
27 the Homeowners Association to develop. adequate and quality identification of their
28 property and the Manager had advised the Commission members in his August 16th
29 memorandum that the._Association had returned with a proposal to take the existing
30 wooden signs for the project and mount them on a berm in a singular V-shaped
31 structure with substantive brick work supporting them and commented that a similar
32 concept had been approved for the Elmwood Church a few years ago.
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34 The matter was taken off the table and the new proposal made by.;Chester Krumm,
35 4005 Silver Lake Road, the Association President who reported only one sign was
36--now-being--requested-which-woul-d-be-developed--as-per-the-sketch i-ncluded i-n-the
37 agenda packet. He said one of the existing signs would be sited on the south side
38 of the property and described how shrubbery would conceal the columns which would
39 be set in a base of Chicago brick to match the exterior of the townhouses. Mr.
40 Krumm told Commissioner Bowerman the site plans for the sign which had been
41 developed by the Pine Cone Nursery had contained the elevations for the sign and
42 had been submitted for Commission approval during their June 19th meeting. The
43 two renderings were accepted as exhibits for action by the Commission.
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45 The Association President indicated he perceived that the U-turn sign installed
46 by Ramsey County had aggravated rather-than cured the problem the townhome residents
47 are experiencing .with drivers using their driveway 'as a passway. This, Mr. Krumm
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• 1 said was especially true of truck drivers who can't make the turn. As a remedy,
2 the Association is considering putting up small "private" .signs on both entrances
3 and putting up temporary barricades to educate the drivers that the driveway is
4 not part of the City's road system.
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6 When Commissioner Franzese asked :Mr. Krumm whether.the proposed sign would fulfill
7 its purpose of identifying the development, he responded, "It 's better than no
8 sign at all . "
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10 Commissioner Bjorklund referred the Association President to the discussion they
11 had during the June meeting as to whether the use of "Court" might add to the
12 driver's confusion regarding the driveway. Mr. Krumm said the Association members
13 were of the opinion they would lose their identity if they called themselves the
14 "St. Anthony Townhomes" since there are so many of that particular types of housing
15 in the City. When the Commi.ssioner asked the townhome representative whether he
16 construed his sign would be the sign permitted for the Hedlund PUD, the response
17 was they considered it to be "the sign for the- St. Anthony Court".
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19 Craig Morris, whose sign for Craig & Company had. been. a point of controversy over
20 the years, was present and had requested his signage be considered along with the
21 townhome signage, since both signs were affected by the same PUD. In his memorandum,
22 -Mr. Childs had suggested the Commission take some course of action regarding the
23 condition of Mr. Morris 's sign since the storm April 26th, but Commissioner
24 Bjork]:und indicated he perceived that direction- had already been given on Page 9
25 of the June 19th Commission minutes.
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27 Motion by Commissioner Bjorklund and seconded by Commissioner Hansen to recommend
28 the Council grant -the necessary variance to the Sign Ordinance to permit the
29 St. Anthony .Court Homeowners Association- to erect on their property along Silver
30 Lake Road the free standing monument type sign proposed in the Pine Cone Nursery
31 site plans submitted for such a sign June 19th and the sketch of the signage which
32 had been included in the August 21st agenda packet; contingent upon the sign 's
33 overall height not exceeding 60 inches from the brick base grade, and that all
34 setbacks frons'the right-of-ways be maintained as proposed by Chester Krumm. The
35 Commission finds that the proposed sign would conform to the type of signage per-
36 mitted in the Sign Ordinance for which the precedent has been set throughout the
37 City; meets the general quality and design criteria set for such signage; and has
38 taken into consideration the fact that there was no opposition to the request
39 expressed during any of the hearings on the matter.
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41 Motion carried unanimously.
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43___At 7:53 the hearing was opened to consider a petition from Robbie G. Nelson for a
44 variance to allow construction of an additional--6-feet onto the south side of the
45 garage located at 3420 Harding Street N.E. , which would permit the garage to be
46 built within 3 feet 8 inches of the south property line, where 5 feet are required
47 in the City Ordinance.
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49 Chairman Zawislak read the notice which had been published in the Bulletin, August 8th,
50 and which had been sent to all property owners of .record within 200 feet of the
5 1 subject property. No one present reported failure to receive the notice or objected
52 to its content. Mr. Childs reported receiving no calls either for or against the
53. proposal
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55 The applicant and his wife were-present for the discussion as were Mr. and Mrs.
56;' Earl B. Pearson who live south of the Nelson property at 3420 Harding Street N.E. ,
57 whose opposition was expressed by Mrs. Pearson.
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1 Mr.. Nelson indicated he would like to add 0i feet to the south -side of his existing
• 2 garage to make getting in and -out .of the cars easier, but said he would Mbe happy
3 to get only six He acknowledged =that the' Pearsons occasionally experienced water
4 problems in their back yard and reiterated the plans ' he had proposed in his appli-
5 cation .to prevent his addition from adding. to those problems. These included
6 sloping the concrete retaining wall lip in such a manner- as to force the runoff
.7 from his property to the- rear of his own property and away from the Pearson's
8 residence which is 14 feet away from his own south property line. Mr: Nelson al.so
9 indicated he could install a hydraulic pipe which would assure the water would
10 stay on his property.
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12 Mrs. Pearson .read a prepared statement which included her di.sappointment that
13 "since we built in-the City in the 50's, yards have become so small , you could
14 exceed your lot line with almost two swipes with a lawn-mower" . Commissioner 1;
15 Bjorklund agreed this was a common complaint with older residents who had moved to r
16 St. Anthony to- get "elbow room". Mrs. Pearson told how her backyard is consistently
17 flooded whenever there is a heavy rain and she said she is concerned that with more �.
18 building and driveway, there would be less areas to absorb the moisture. With
19 more driveway on her side, the complaintant .said she wondered where the snow from
20 the Nelson 's yard'- would be blown.
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22 Mr. Nelson responded that he believed the hydraulic pipe should keep the runoff
23 from the Pearson 's yard and indicated he has no intention of blowing snow towards !
24 the Pearson 's property.
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26 The applicant told Commissioner Franzese he could .cite no hardship except that he C
• 27 has no place to park the three-vehicles he now owns, but Mr.. Nelson concluded by f
28 saying, as he had 'stated in- his application, that he' would drop, his proposal if
29 his neighbor&- objected.
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31 The hearing was closed at 8:07 P.M.
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33 Motion by Commissioner Bjorklund and seconded by Commissioner Bowerman to table
34 action on the Nelson garage expansion request until such time as the neighbors can
35 come to some agreement regarding the project.
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37 Motion carried unanimously.
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39 At 8:10 P.M. , the Chairman opened the public hearing to consider the petition from
40 Jerry Isaacs and Associates, 357 .East .Kellogg Boulevard, St. Paul for variance from
41 parking and setback requirements of the City Zoning Ordinance which would allow
42 conversion of the Northgate Motel, 25.26 Highway 88, into a 19 unit office con-
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45 Chairman Zawislak read the notice of the hearing which had been published in the
46 August 8th Bulletin and had gone out to all property owners of record within {,
47 200 feet of the subject property. No one present indicated failure to receive
48 the notice or objected to its content.
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50 In his August 16th memorandum, the Manager had described the proposed project and
51 indicated that, because of site constraints, the new owner of the motel property
52 would be seeking to provide only 66 parking stalls, where the .City Ordinance re-
53 quires 74, .w.ith a -certain number of those .stal1s to -,be' % X 1;9 feet to accomodate
54 the more common compact cars, rather than'the 9 X 19. foot required in the Ordinance
55 for standard size automobiles.
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• 1 Mr. Childs had also reported the new owner had proposed to construct a small addi-
2 tion to the north side of the building for stairwells which would be an extension
3 of the non-conforming protrusion of the rear of the building which now exists. In
4 his memorandum, the Manager had also pointed out what he perceived would be an
5 improvement, the replacement of the freestanding NORTHGATE MOTEL sign with tasteful
6 wall signage on the structure.
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8 Gerald Isaacs introduced the members of his development team, Dan Gleeson of
9 Gleeson & Associates Architects, .and Dan Carlsen, Carlsen and Frank Architects, who
10 told the Commission members the plans generally call .for converting- three existing
11 motel rooms into one two story condominium .office similar to those in the Freight
12 House conversion project they have developed in St. Paul . The existing balconies
13 would be stripped..from the building and a new vestibule fora- solar .arcade for the
14 offices entered from the front would be developed along the Highway 88 side and
15 continued in the new rear addition-to service the offices which would face the
16 shopping center, both designed to enhance the traffic flow in and out of the con-
17 dominiums with. a walkway installed to make the- complex accessible from the shopping
18 and new residential areas. A new office supply store is also planned in the building.
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20 The colored renderings of the project along with the site plans which had. been
21 reproduced for the Commission agenda packet, were hung on the wall .and Mr. Gleeson
22 and Mr. Carlsen answered questions put to them by the Commission about the project.
23 These included the description of the brick and stucco proposed for the exterior
24 of the building and .the fact that sprinklers are not required by code for this
25 type of building. Commissioner Bjorklund indicated he thought he remembered
26 sprinklers in the crawl spaces but was told .the Fire Marshal would -make the judge-
27 ment as to just what the codes required of the complex.
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29 Mr. Isaacs addressed. the Commissioner's concerns about the placement of the air
30 conditioning condensers in relation to the proposed condominium housing which was
31 throught would be constructed about 60 - 75 feet to the west of the office con-
32 dominiums. He said all mechanics would be within the walls of the building and
33 there would probably not be a problem in any event, since most of the office
34 inhabitants are gone for the day long before the neighbors would be going to bed. I
35 Mr. Childs noted that the developer had planned unit air conditioners for the
36 condominiums and they might create a greater level of annoyance for the rest of the
37 center. -
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39 The Freight Station was again compared to the proposed project with the Commission
40 members being told only two parking spaces per unit were required at that location,
41 which the developers said had proved more than- adequate for that project.
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The Manager read the formula which requires 74 parking spaces for the City_project
44 and confirmed that St. Anthony's ordinances are more restrictive than those. for other
45 municipalities. As he had noted- in his memorandum, the developers had not been
46 encouraged to seek additional land to the west because that would probably have
47 been developed with access onto the .residential street, Lowry Avenue, and Mr.
48 Childs said, in a manner of speaking-, the City could be considered to have provided
49 the hardship required o be addressed for approval of the project. The Manager also
50 mentioned the possibility of the use of the Red .Owl parking lot by the condominium
51 owners although no formal agreement has..been reached at this time.
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53 Mr. Isaacs answered questions about the condominium prices by .saying he expects
54to sell the St. Anthony units for from $75,000 to $80,000 ;.even though the St._ Paul ;
55 units sold for $70,000 originally and are now going for $130,000.
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• 1 No one appeared to speak for or against .the proposal and the hearing was closed at
2 8:35 P.M. Commissioner Bjorklund indicated he perceived this to be a very pro:
3 gressive idea for improving .the appearance of the entry way to the City and a unique
4 use of property which was not being utilized. He approved of. not encouraging
5 access off Lowry and believed the project could be expected to increase the land
6 values and jobs for the area. The Commissioner also perceives the view from the
7 condominium housing could be much improved but wanted assurances built into the
8 recommendation of approval -that they would not be annoyed by the air condi-tioning.
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10 Commissioner Hansen viewed the proposal -as a very positive addition to the City and
11 liked the addition of trees in the project. plans. He indicated he would have no
12 problem with the variances for parking but questioned the distances from the con-
13 dominium homes. Mr. Childs told him Arkell. has to provide screening and a buffer
14 between the Kenzie Terrace Redevelopment Project and its abutting neighbors.
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16 Commissioner Wagner indicated he- was anxious to see the project go forward.
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18 Commissioner Franzese liked the architectural treatment of an unattractive building
19 and agreed the- office condominiums would be a.welcome addition to that area. She
20 was happy with the proposed exterior treatment of the building and perceived safety
21 would be provided with the stair enclosures in the back.
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23 The Chairman indicated. he was also pleased to see this improvement for that portion
24 of the City.
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2 6 Motion by Commissioner Bowerman and seconded by Commissioner Bjorklund to recommend
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27 the Council grant Jerry Isaacs and Associates the necessary- parking and setback
28 variances to allow the conversion of the .Northgate Motel , 2526 Highway 88, into
29 approximately 19 units of office condominiums; specifically., eight .stall variance I
30 to the City Ordinance requirement for 74 parking spaces, with no more than 50%
31 of those, downgraded to 8! X 19 foot spaces to .accomodate compact cars; and the
32 variance necessary to allow the extension of the existing north line of the build-
33 ing to provide enclosed stairways and an arcade passthrough to the condominiums
34 on that side.
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36 The Commission recommends granting these variances contingent upon the building
37 mechanics being enclosed to the extent they don 't increase the ambient sound units
38 and the landscaping is done according to the building footprint plan presented by
39 the architects. The Commission finds that:
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41 1 . The removal. of the existing non-conforming free standing sign in front of the
42 building seems 'to be a good trade-off for granting the variances;
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4 4 2. The hardship would be to turn down a project which would- be such an asset to the
45 community when compared to the existing structure;
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47 3. Granting these variances could not be expected to be detrimental to abutting
48 properties; and
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50 4. The three conditions which require satisfaction_ appear to have been met with
51 the proposal. as presented.
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• 1 At 8:50 P.M. , the Chairman opened the he on the request from Elizabeth Johnson,
2 3601. Stinson Boulevard N.E. , f or. subdivision without platting and a variance to
3 allow a split of the existing 50 X 239.25 foot lot into two lots, '50 X 120 feet in
4 size (6;000 square-feet each), one to be retained as a residence for Mrs. Johnson
5 and the other, fronting on Roosevelt,- to be developed fora single family residence.
6 The City Ordinance requires a minimum width .of 75 feet and a total size of 9.,000
7 square feet each, but the new lot would be buildable according to the Ordinance.
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9 The notice of hearing which had been published in the August 8th Bulletin and sent
10 to all property owners of record within 200 feet of the subject property was read
11 by Chairman ,Zawislak. No one present reported failure to receive the notice or
12 objected to its content.
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14 The Manager-reiterated the points aboutthe request he had made in his August 16th
15 memorandum, including the.fact .that the prospective buyer for the vacant lot which
16 would be created intends to build a home there, which .would meet all the Ordinance
17 setback requirements. He told those present he had received no comments from the
18 neighbors about the proposal .
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20 - Research, of the property background indiates' some evidence that at one time the
21 existing 50 X 239 foot lot had been platted for a street,- which the City had
22 decided against building.
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24 Commissioner Bjorklund requested specific instances of 50 foot lots and was told
25 there are many in that same neighborhood, i-ncluding the one which the Commission
26 had approved for construction by Mike Pribula at 3231 Roosevelt.
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28 Joseph Maas, who introduced himself as Mrs. Johnson's agent .from Century 21 Realty,
29 indicated Joseph Mezzenga, who was present, had the prelininary plans for a home
30 on the empty lot if the lot split is approved.
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32 C. C. Huang, 3540 Roosevelt, who lives next door to the Johnson property, said he
33 would .like-to see just what kind of a house would be going up-next door. Although
34 it was pointed out that the City does not customarily require such documentation for
35 a lot split, Mr. Mezzenga said he would be glad to show the "tentative" plans he
36 had with him, drawing Mr. Huang 's attention to the fact that the front yard setback
37 of 30 feet and all side and rear yard setbacks would be maintained in accordance
38 with the City Ordinance.
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40 When Mr. -Huang indicated he was interested in finding out who owned the retaining
41 wall between properties, Mrs. Johnson, who was accompanied by Cindy Larson, 8309 Zane
42 Avenue North; responded by telling him that the previous owner of his property had
____4_3__ built the retaining .wall without which his building "would probably fall down".
44 Mr. Huang raised no objections to the proposed split and the hearing was closed
45 at 9:03 P.M.
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47 Motion by Commissioner Hansen and seconded by Commissioner- Wagner to recommend the
48 Council grant the request from Elizabeth Johnson, 3601 Stinson Boulevard N.E. , for
49 subdivision without platting and a variance to allow the split of an existing
50 50 X239.25 foot lot fronting on both Stinson Boulevard and Roosevelt Street N.E. ,
51 into two lots which would be approximately 50.X 120 feet in' size and 'a total of
52 6,000 feet each where the City Ordinance requires 75 foot frontage and 9,000 square
• 53 feet for a single family dwelling, which would result in the retention of the exist-
54 ing residence fronting .on Stinson Boulevard and the creation of another buildable
55 ' lot fronting on Roosevelt -Street N.E. The Commission finds in recommending this
56 action be taken, that:
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• 1 1 . Another single family home could be added to the City stock;
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3 2. There have been ample examples of precedents of this type permitting similar
4 size lots to be built in the City and in that particular neighborhood;
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6 3. There is -some indication that historically this property might have been
7 divided into two entities in the past-; and
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9 4. All conditions which are required by law to be satisfied affirmatively have
10 been done so. '
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12 Motion carried unanimously.
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14 At 9:07 P.M. , Chairman Zawislak opened the hearing which had gone out to .all property
15 owners -of record within 200 feet of the subjectproperty and which had been published F'
16 in the August 8th Bulletin. No one present reported failure to receive the notice I.
17 or objected to its content.
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19 E. F. Flaherty, President of Rapid Oil Change, Inc. , 2950 4th Avenue South, was
20 present to request permission to erect- 6 two faced illuminated .sign (50 square 4
21 feet on each side) on a 14 foot pole, which he said is necessary to keep trucks is
22 from knocking the sign down, and to further: identify the establishment with signage
23 on both street sides. He said he believed the pylon sign-was necessary to- advertise
24 the price of. gas because the decision had .been made to keep the gas pumps on the !
25 west side as a convenience for along- time customers who were accustomed to buying
26 gas at that location. The rebuilding of 37th Avenue would .require the removal
•27 of � the gas pumps on the south. Mr. . Flaherty. insisted, the line of sight for a
28 50 square foot sign, the maximum size permitted by the City Ordinance, would be ;
29 shortened with a pole that tal-1 .
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31 The station owner contended he needed that -much identification on that corner and
32 he told the Commission he intends to improve the appearance of his .property by
33 landscaping once County Road D is rebuilt and working with NSP to get the brush cut
34 away from the rear of the station.. The east side of the existing building would
35 be opened for bays for servici:ng .cars and the plans are to pave behind the building
36 to provide an passway around. the station. Mr. Flaherty said he sees no parking
37 problems on the site since staging areas would be provided .on the east for seven
38 vehicles to be stacked wh.ile waiting 'the ten or so minutes required to service
39 each car. Rapid Oil Change delivers what is usually a preconceived purchase and
40 Mr. Flaherty said involves low volumes of cars per day.
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42 The firm President .indicated he believes when' Auto Tr.aac expands its business to the
43____f_o.r_mer dairy store east of_hi_s_property_, the two businesses would complement each
44 other.
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46 The Manager estimated the station was permitted 114 square feet of signage for one
47 wall sign which would be 72 .square feet for each of the two wall signs proposed,
48 if they are approved. , Mr. Flaherty stated he- believed he could live with 72
49- square feet of signage on the building as long as he is allowed the pylon sign
50 because he needs a gas price sign on that corner. and the Rapid Oil Change executive
51 told the .Commi,ssion the City is more-restrictive with its sign ordinance than other
•52 communities as evidenced in the photos of another of his service centers, which
53- 'he passed around.
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Eugene Krell , 1219.7 Olive -Street, Coon Rapids, MN, the owner,of the Auto .Traac was
2 present to 'find out why he had -been told .years ago he could not have any more
3 signage than he had on his building which ..is set back further than many of the
4 businesses on 37th Avenue. N.E. Mr. Childs told him that the Sign Ordinance had
5 been revised since that time and he is probably entitled to more signage now. The
6 Auto Traac owner told Mr. -Flaherty he doesn't plan to take the dairy store building
7 down yet and he doesn 't believe there is enough room between the two buildings to
8 drive a car through. He was also skeptical about the possibility of stacking seven
9 cars on the east side.
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11 Mr. Flaherty told him he planned to park the cars diagonally into the property line
12 and indicated he would make the building a drive-through if parking is inadequate
13 on the site. He reiterated his plans to talk to NSP to .see if the lot behind him =�
14 couldn't be filled in to create parking space for employees and thereby get better
15 utqlization of the lot- lines.
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17 The hearing was closed at 9:35 P.M.
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19 Commissioner Wagner commented that he did not perceive that corner to be a high
20 speed area and indicated .he doubted the need for a pylon sign the size Mr. Flaherty
21 was requesting. The Chair agreed, saying the visibility on ,that corner would be
22 improved with the reconstruction of County Road D. E`
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24 Commissioner Hansen indicated he would oppose a larger sign than permitted by the
25 'Sign Ordinance and said he believes the power lines would be dug underground with
26 the reconstruction of County Road D. The Commissioner was also ." skepticalabout E
•27 - the need for greater visibility.
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29 Commissioner Bjorklund stated that he would abstain on the vote because of a possible
30 conflict of interest if he had done any appraisal work for the. app.licant's company.
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32 The Manager told Commissioner Franzese the signage for Jet Gas and the Amaco station
33. across Silver Lake Road -had been grandfathered in as non-conforming uses with the
34 new Sign Ordinance.
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36 Commissioner- Bowerman indicated he had always been troubled about gasoline stations
37 being singled out for pylon signs when no other business .is permitted to have
38 one. He said he is personally opposed to all pylon signs and would not want to
39 see any larger than the Ordinance now permits. Loosening the restrictions -for_
40 this firm would leave the City vulnerable to more requests for larger:_� signs,._ the
41 Commissioner said, -and he stated that he would rather see an adjustment made to
42 permit two wall signs than to approve a larger pylon sign.
44 Commissioner Franzese said she shared the concerns of the other Commissioners.
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46 The Chair indicated he perceived the Commission had tightened up the restrictions _+
47 on pylon signs hoping to get rid of them altogether. He agreed the visibility on y
48 that corner would be improved and told Mr. Flaherty, "If you cut down some of the
49 trees behind you, you'll improve your line of sight" .
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5.1 Motion by Chairman Zawislak and seconded by Commissioner Wagner_. to recommend the
52 Council not permit. Rapid Oil Change, Inc. , to erect a :pyl"on_-sign=on their property
53 at 3001 - 37th Avenue N.E. , any larger than the 50 square feet permitted for that
5 4 type of sign by the City Sign Ordinance, but to grant the service center the
55 variance necessary .to utilize 114 square feet permitted for the building for .two
56 signs with location of the signs to be at Mr. Flaherty's discretion.
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3 Aye: Zawislak, Wagner, Franzese, Bowerman, and Hansen.
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5 Abstention: Bjorklund.
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9 The Commissioners told Chris Kelly, manager of the Sunset Memorial Park cemetery,
10 they approved of the materials and appearance -of the new masoleum Sunset proposes
11 to construct in the cemetery and.- indicated- they were very-.gratified to hear the
12 maintenance building on the site would be-.painted a color more compatible to its
13 natural setting. The cemetery association was seeking- conceptual approval for its
14 proposal and Mr. Childs confirmed-that all City setback requirements for Recreational `
15 Open Space zoning -would be met since the new- structure would be .about 125 feet t'
16 from Highway 88 and 60 feet away from the properties -in the industrial park. !
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18 Mr. Kelly was advised he would have to seek state approval. of an access off Highway
19 88. In response to questions about what type of security the cemetery provides,
20 the manager said trying to maintain access proof security"for the entire cemetery
21 was virtually impossible and that he had started -leaving the*main gates open rather
22 than driving all the way -from St. Louis "Park when someone gets locked in.
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24 Recent incidents of vandalism at both Sunset and' Hillside were discussed with
25 Mr. Kelly saying the St. Anthony Police had caught. the two nineteen and twenty year
26 old men as they were breaking- into the Sunset. Community Mausoleum and it is hoped '
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27 they are also the men who vandalized the Hillside facility. The Community Mausoleum
28 is the only building for which security is closely maintained and that is because
29 some of the marble and stained glass is so ancient it could never be replaced.
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31 Commissioner .Bjorklund indicated he frequents the walkways around the cemetery and
32 views the whole area as one of the City's .greatest assets. He would therefore
33 hate to see residents barred from enjoying the natural- beauties in the park. There
34 was some discussion of the loss of Dutch Elm trees in the cemetery before a motion
35 was made as follows:.
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37 Moti.6n: by Commissioner Bjorklund and seconded- by Commissioner Wagner to indicate '
38 conceptual approval of the Sunset Memorial Park Association 's plans to erect a new
3g mausoleum.which the Commission perceives would be very compatible with its natural
40 surroundings and with the requirements of the City's Recreational Open Space zoning
41 for the cemetery.
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Motion camed_unan -mo_usly_. _
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45 Mr. Childs agreed to contact the Red Owl Country Store owners about the unsightly
46 "temporary" signage they had erected on the 37th Avenue side. of their store after
47 the April 26th tornado. He said, he will also send a letter regarding Johnson Florist
48 tornado damage since there has been a delay in the cleanup- of-dangerous materials x
49 on the boulevard from the tornado.
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51 It was noted that the clean up of 'the otheh florist site -was almost accomplished
52 and.-the Manager indicated he had sent a letter- to the owner of the Standard Station
1053 .on the corner.:of 37th and Silver Lake Road to find out why there has been. no
54 attempt to repair the storm damage. on that facility..
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• 1 The appraisals on the Walbon property are expected the following week, Mr. Childs
2 said, :and the matter would be referred to .the H.R.A. and Planning Commission soon
3 thereafter.
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5 The Craig Morr.is sign status was discussed i.n depth with -the Manager telling the +'
6 Commission members he-perceives the beautician is anxious to sell - his business and
7 only needs their assurance that the new owners can have a reasonably sized free
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10 Motion by Commissioner Bowerman and seconded by Commissioner Wagner to adjourn the
11 meeting at 10:15 P.M.
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13 Motion carried unanimously.
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17 Respectfully submitted,
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19 Helen Crowe, Secretary
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