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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPL MINUTES 06171975 Meeting Sheet IIIIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIIIIIIIII 106240 Box: 36 Folder: PL MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1975 Document: PL MINUTES 06171975 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY PLANNING BOARD MINUTES June 17, 1975 • The meeting was called to order by Chairman Letourneau at 7:32 P. M. The following were present for roll call: Johnson, Hiebel-, Marks Letourneau and Cowan. Absent: Bowerman and Rymarchick Also present: Harry Lekson The following amendment was made to the minutes of the May 20, 1-975 Planning Board meeting: Page 2 - para 1: Strike "for a public hearing". Motioned by Mr. Marks and seconded by Mr. Cowan to approve the minutes of the May 20 meeting as amended. Motion carried. and Mrs. William R. Olson,-4220 Valley View Road,' owners of the Metropolitan Flea Market, 2500 - 38th Avenue N.E. , appeared to request additional_ signage for identification of their building in which they expect to have shops for approx- imately 350 dealers. • They explained that the flea market had been originally identified as such on the existing sign on the top of the building but this sign was painted out, when they were informed by the City that they had exceeded the 180 sq. ft. of signage a' '_owed by the present sign ordinance. This allowed them to use onty 90 sq'. ft. of the 300 sq. ft. sign on the east- and the 90 sq. ft. sign on the west sides of t_- the building, with no signs on either the north or south sides. This action resu-1_ted,- they said, in potential_ customers complaining of the diff- iculty in locating the building and caused many persons to believe they were going out of business. The signs already on the building when the Oison's leased it were those of the former tenantPl-aywor,_d and had been placed ther prior to the establishment of the present sign ordinance, During the discussion it was estab- Ushed that it would be virtual-1_y-impossible to remove the large sign on the top of the building. Mr. Olson showed photos of the building which he felt illustrat- ed the difficulty drivers on Silver Lake Road would have identifying the business in its present "landlocked" location on a road which is only partially a city street. Mr. 01son identified the dealers who use this building as "first class Business" and rated the flea market as classifying just below a "discount store" and said he felt that the number of dealers and size of the building which was 100,000 sq. ft. should justify the building being allowed a percentage of the amount of signage as would normally be permitted a shopping center of the same size. In the discussion which preceded the voting on the proposal Mr. Marks said that • although he preferred the single identification of the building to the possible listing of all the dealers in the building, he had "great difficulty with the size of the sign on top of the building. i -2- Mr. Letourneau voiced the same objection to the size of that particular sign and said he'-also felt granting such a large sized variance would be inconsist- ent with the Board's "rigid" compliance with the sign ordinance in recent decisions • and might set &. precedent for future decisions. Motion by Mr. Cowan and seconded by Mr. Hiebel to recommend to the Council that Mr. and Mrs. Olson be granted a variance to the sign ordinance whereby they would be allowed to utilize the existing signs on the building and permitted an-add- itional riadd- itional 90 sq. ft. sign for the purpose of identifying the building as the Metro- politan Flea Market; The variance would cover the moving the 90 sq. ft. sign on the east side of the building to the south side with a-300 sq. ft. sign placed on the east side and the existing signs utilized on the west side along- Stinson Blvd. and on top of the building and the Board felt could be justified under Section 430.25, Subd 3 of Zara 1 which stated a variance can be granted for a condition unique to a parcel of land which is not applicable to any other parcel of land. Reasons for the "unique" nature of the condition were that the building was land- locked" and not easily seen from nearby roadways and the amount of signage allowed by the ordinance is not proportionatley scaled to the size of the building nor the number of businesses it serves. Voting on the motion: Aye: Cowan, Hiebel and Johnson Nay: Marks and Letourneau Mot on carried. Mr. Lekson told the Board that the Gay Realty Co. were not able to present the request listed oi.,� the agenda and that he was asking that Mr. John Mezzenga, • 3813 Chandler Dr., be allowed to present his request for a building permit in that time slot. Mr. Mezzenga then showed the Board plans and drawings for the 40 x 90 office ware- house which would be 12 feet high and have 3,600 sq. ft. for which he was seeking a building permit to erect on Lot 3, Block 1 of the Henkel Addn. He said Ram, Inc., the present tenants in his building on Chandler Drive planned to use the building for their industrial illustration and draVing business which re- quired a 50 to 60 ft run to accomodate their drawings as well as an inside area to park a small delivery van which transported computer materials which required a controlled temperature. He said he also planned to use a small portion of the building as an office space for his own construction business. The contractor apologized for the lateness of his request saying it resulted from a lack of communication between him and his architect. Concern that not enough space was being allowed for parking in the plans led to a discussion of a different placement of the proposed building on the lot as well as whether a different configuration of the building itself might result in more space for parking. Mr. Hiebel and Mr. Johnson said they objected to trying to place an industrial building on a lot that was only 75 feet wide and Mr. Hiebel said he also opposed making a quick decision without final plans as would be necessary to meet the • July 1, deadline Mr. Mezzenga said he had in which to make a decision on whether to purchase the land. -3- Motion by Mr. Marks and seconded by Mr'+ Cowan to recommend approval to the Council of Mr. John Mezzenga's request for a building permit to erect an office warehouse on Lot 3, Block 1 of Henkels Addn. under the following conditions: 1. Mr. Mezzenga be allowed to erect the building 1 foot from the property line so that the building could be positioned to allow room for 6 parking spaces towards the real alongside the building and 4 in the front. 2. Complete landscaping and parking plans be presented for Planning Board and Council approval. 3. The building meet all building codes, ordinances and statutes. Voting on the motion: Aye: Marks, Cowan and Letourneau Abstention: Hiebel Nay: Johnson Motion carried. Motion by Mr. Hiebel and seconded by Johnson to adjourn the meeting at 9:50 P.M. Motion carried. Helen Crow, Secy. • • I