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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPL MINUTES 03191974 Meeting Sheet IIIIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIIIIIIIII 106258 Box: 36 Folder: PL MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1974' Document: PL MINUTES 03191974 4p CITY OF ST. ANTHONY PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MARCH 19, 1974 THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:30 P. M. BY MRS. MCGINN, CHAIRMAN PRO TEM. THE FOLLOWING WERE PRESENT AT RO'L-t CALL: JOHNSON, LETOURNEAU, CARLSON, MCGINN AND PETERSON. MR. THOMPSON ARRIVED AT 7:50 P. M. ALSO PRESENT: HARRY LEKSON JIM FORNELL THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENT WAS MADE TO THE MINUTES OF THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING FEBRUARY 19, 1974: PAGE 1 , PARA 4: MOTION BY MR. THOMPSON AND SECONDED BY MR. LETOURNEAU TO GRANT A LOT SIZE VARIANCE OF 5-1/2 FT. TO REBUILD THE HOUSE ON THE 69.5 FT. LOT AT 3508 ROOSEVELT N. E. MOTION CARRIED. MOTION BY MR. LETOURNEAU AND SECONDED BY KRONK TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS AMENDED. • MOTION CARRIED. %A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE LOT SIZE VARIANCE AEgijt_tt TO REBUILD THE HOME AT 3508 WAS / OPENED AT 7:37 P. M. TWO NEIGHBORS OF MRS MUNKBERG, WHO HAD MADE THE REQUEST TO REBUILD HER HOME WHICH HAD BEEN DESTROYED BY FIRE, WERE PRESENT FOR THE HEARING. THEY WERE MR. AND MRS. THOMAS B. OlROURKE, 3500 ROOSEVELT N. E. , AND THEY EXPRESSED THEIR CONCERN WITH THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS OF THE PROPERTY. THEY FELT THE WRECKING JOB WAS IN COM— PLETE AND WERE INTERESTED IN STEPS THE CITY WOULD TAKE TO ASSURE THE PROPERTY WAS KEPT UP PROPERLY IN THE EVENT A STRUCTURE WAS NOT ERECTED RIGHT AWAY. MR. LEKSON INDICATED THE WRECKING CREW WOULD COMPLETE THEIR WORK AS SOON AS THE WEATHER PER— MITTED AND THE USUAL PROCEDURES WOULD BE FOLLOWED TO ASSURE THAT THE PROPERTY DID NOT BECOME AN EYESORE OR A HAZARD TO THE NEIGHBORING CHILDREN. MOTION BY MR. JOHNSON AND SECONDED BY MR. LETOURNEAU TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST FOR A LOT SIZE VARIANCE AT 3508 ROOSEVELT N. E. TO PERMIT CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON THE LOT WHdCH IS 69.5 FT. WIDE AND 8287 SQ. FT. IN SIZE. MOTION CARRIED. MRS. CAROL BROWN, 3511 - 37TH AVENUE N. E. , OF THE FREDERICK HERFURTH REAL ESTATE CO. REQUESTED A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW THE HERFURTH COMPANY TO CONVERT THE HOLIEN HOME AT 3901 SILVER LAKE ROAD TO A REAL ESTATE OFFICE. PLANS FOR RE— NOVATING THEIHOME WERE PRESENTED BY MR. MARSHALL OF THE MIDWEST PLAN14ING CO. AS • WELL AS PARKING AREA AND LANDSCAPING PLANS WHICH MR. MARSHALL INDICATED WERE dgr��}N WITH THE INTENTION OF PRESERVING THE RESIDENTIAL QUALITY OF THE PROPERTY. v � 2 IN EXPLAINING THE DROC14URE FROM THE HERFURTH COMPANY, MRS. BROWN TOLD THE BOARD OF HER CONTACT WITH MORE THAN 30 HOMEOWNERS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND EFFORTS TO • REACH THE REST BY CORRESPONDENCE TO OBTAIN THEIR OPINIONS ON THE PROPOSAL. MRS. BROWN REPORTED ONLY TWO OF THE NEIGHBORS HAD VOICED OBJECTIONS TO THE USE OF THE PROPERTY FOR A REAL ESTATE OFFICE. MR. HOLIEN, THE FORMER OWNER OF THE PROPERTY SAID THE PLANS WERE FAVORABLE TO HIM AS THE POTENTIAL RESIDENT OF THE ADJACENT LOT. THE BOARD INDICATED THEIR DISAPPROVAL OF THE SIZE OF THE IDENTIFYING SIGN PROPOSED FOR THE REAL ESTATE OFFICE AND MR. LEKSON WAS DIRECTED TO SUPPLY MRS. BROWN WITH THE SIGN ORDINANCE GOVERNING ANY SIGN PLACED ON THE PROPERTY. MOTION BY MR6':THOMPSON AND SECONDED BY MR. CARLSON TO INDICATE TO THE COUNCIL THE BOARD'S APPROVAL OF THE HERFURTH REQUEST FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT ONLY FOR A REAL ESTATE OFFICE ON THE W. 186 FT. OF LOT 9, BLOCK 6, MOUNDSVIEW, 2ND ADDN. ___-M TION CARRIED. MR. HENRY MURLOWSKI , CONTRACTOR, PRESENTED HIS PLANS FOR THE 50 X 100 FT. ADDITION HE PROPOSED TO BUILD ON THE REAR OF THE ARO INDUSTRIES STRUCTURE AT 3615 -29TH AVENUE N. E. MOTION BY MR. KRONK AND SECONDED BY MR. PETERSON TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE RE- QUEST FOR A BUILDING PERMIT FOR THE ADDITION TO ARO INDUSTRIES AS PROPOSED. MOTION BY MR. JOHNSON AND SECONDED BY MR. THOMPSON THAT THE ABOVE MOTION BE AMENDED TO STIPULATE THAT ALL PLANS F3R THE ADDITION BE REVIEWED AND APPROV9D BY THE FIRE MARSHALL AND MEET ANY APPLICABLE BUILDING CODES. MOTION ON THE AMENDMENT CARRIED. • '-"ORIGINAL MOTION CARRIED. NEW BUSINESS MOTION BY MR. KRONK AND SECONDED BY MR. THOMPSON TO APPOINT MRS. GRACE MCGINN AS CHAIRMAN AND MR. RICHARD LETOURNEAU AS VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE ST. ANTHONY PLANNING BOARD FOR 1974. MOTION CARRIED. DURING A DISCUSSION OF THE WETLANDS ORDINANCE SOME MEMBERS OF THE BOARD EXPRESSED AN OPINION THAT PASSING THE ORDINANCE WOULD SERVE AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL TOWARDS OBTAINING COOPERATION IN PRESERVING THE WETLANDS OF THE COMMUNITY. MR. CARLSON MADE THE POINT THAT MEASURES TO PRESERVE THE ECOLOGY OF A REGION ULTIMATELY ADD TO INFLATION AND RESULT IN COST TO THE TAXYPAYER. MOTION BY MR. JOHNSON AND SECONDED BY MR. KRONK THAT THE BOARD RECOMMEND THE ADOP- TION OF WETLAND ORDINANCE ## 1973-003 WITH THE FOLLOWING MODIFICATIONS: 1 ) THE ORDINANCE BE APPLICABLE TO THE ENTIRE CITY OF ST. ANTHONY. 2) THE WORD "SUBDIVISION" BE ELIMINATED FROM THE WORDING OF SECTION 5 OF THE ORDINANCE. • MOT16N CARRIED. �l 3 MOTION BY MRS. MCGINN AND SECONDED BY MR. JOHNSON THAT A RECOMMENDATION BE MADE TO THE COUNCIL THAT THE CITY OF ST. ANTHONY LOBBY THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN THE RICE CREEK WATERSHED TO ADOPT SIMILAR ORDINANCES. MOTION CARRIED. MOTION BY MR. THOMPSON AND SECONDED BY MR. PETERSON TO ADJOURN AT 9130 P. M. FOR A WORK SESSION ON THE ZONING ORDINANCE REVISION. MOTION CARRIED. •