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11-27-06 PC Agenda AGENDA Planning Commission Regular Meeting Golden Valley City Hall, 7800 Golden Valley Road Council Chambers Monday, November27,2006 7pm I. Approval of Minutes November 13, 2006 Planning Commission Meeting II. Presentation of Capital Improvement Program 2007-2011 - Sue Virnig, City Finance Director III. Discussion Regarding In-fill Housing Issues IV. Reports on Meetings of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority, City Council, Board of Zoning Appeals and other Meetings V. Other Business Rescheduling or Canceling the December 25, 2006 Regular Planning Commission Meeting VI. Adjournment 4 Regular Meeting of the Golden Valley Planning Commission . November 13, 2006 A regular meeting of the Planning Commission was held at the Golden Valley City Hall, Council Conference Room, 7800 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley, Minnesota, on Monday, November 13, 2006. Chair Keysser called the meeting to order at 7 pm. Those present were Planning Commissioners Cera, Keysser, Kluchka, Schmidgall and Waldhauser. Also present was Director of Planning a Mark Grimes and Administrative Assistant Lisa Wittman. Commissio October 23, 2006 Regular Planning Com rty, ment bsent. 1. Approval of Minutes October 23, 2006 Special Planning Commission Mee MOVED by Schmidgall, seconded by McCarty and m approve the above minutes as submitted. Waldhauser referred to the first paragr end at the word "hotel" and the rest of Id the last sentence should ou d be struck. . MOVED by Schmidgall, second approve the above minutes wit r and motion carried unanimously to ion. 2. Keysser explained t issues regardin~">i fil and said he wodr,;; unci! wants the Planning Commission to study the . He referred to the infill study that St. Louis Park did the data needs for the Golden Valley study. Grime repared by staff that illustrates the number of homes that could potentia i in Golden Valley. He said there are approximately 225 lots that c poss bdivided, but that number was obtained by making some ass tions t taking into consideration some important information such as the value xisting home on a lot, the location of an existing home on a lot and if an existing would be torn down. He added that the number of possible lots that could be subdivided also included dividing corner lots diagonally, creating two triangular shaped lots. He referred to the St. Louis Park study and explained that they have three or four different residential zoning districts and they looked at only the large lot zoning district. Their study concluded that there are approximately 20 lots that could be subdivided in that zoning district. . Grimes referred again the map of Golden Valley that shows lots that could potentially be subdivided and said he didn't think a lot of them would ever be subdivided. He said his conclusion is that the issue isn't really about lot size it's more about height, bulk and f Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission November 13, 2006 Page 2 . massing of homes. He referred to a study that the City of Edina did and said the key in that study was looking more at the zoning code to reduce the size or bulk of a home on a lot. Waldhauser referred to an article she read regarding development issues for fully developed communities because the issues are different for fully developed communities than that of a developing community. Keysser asked if that meant talking about design standards. Waldhauser said that is one thing to think about. Keysser said he would not be comfortable putting architectural guidelines on homes. The Commissio Keysser said one issue said some of the other co lot coverage, vertic rfa are "out of characte not in scale wit e lIey aid atory e as a part a good idea Cera suggested limiting the total floor area of homes. Grimes add currently has a lot coverage percentage. He referred again to t they have decided not to change their zoning code. They are notification of neighbors, neighborhood design education an of their Comprehensive Plan update. Keysser said he didn't t to have a public hearing for every building permit issu Waldhauser suggested having smaller conserv zoning requirements. Keysser said that would b neighborhoods. Waldhauser said she is n defined neighborhoods. Kluchka said h . the City to define their own neighborho uld have specific t having defined olden Valley doesn't have neighbors themselves, not . Cera suggested that they do so the issues and concerns that to try to come up with some options to blic hearings. . the style of a new home being built. He also ey h about are drainage and run-off, height, width, building volume. He said when neighbors say things borhood" they really mean that the house is too big or area. re is also a concern about open space versus lot coverage ximity of a new house to an existing neighbor's house. She correlation between setback distance and the height of a house. bout tying a coverage ratio to the size of a lot. Cera sug d redefining how height is calculated. Keysser said they have to be careful about how height is measured because there could be some really tall flat roofed houses and then the house appears to be really massive. . Kluchka suggested having neighborhood covenants and conservation districts tied to the individual neighborhood. Grimes said neighbors need to be informed that they have the ability to do restrictive covenants. . . . Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission November 13, 2006 Page 3 Grimes said another option would be to look at setbacks related to height. He added that some cities use a "face" approach where a picture is taken before a remodel and only a certain percentage can be added to the "face" of a home after the remodel. Grimes suggested looking at having a minimum lot depth and looking at the rear yard setback requirements and perhaps having a specific rear yard setback instead of the current 20% of the lot depth for the rear yard setback. Cera said he would like to put impervious surface limits on the list as w Grimes said he would take the list the Commissioners created an ideas that other cities have done. He also suggested that the C' doing subdivisions to hold a neighborhood meeting. Waldhauser said she would also like to discuss accessory str said that accessory structures do need some height rei . Keysser said he would still like the Commission this year or in January of next year. Grimes said having their report on the January 9 Coun some information back to the Commissi r ;done by the end of k to the City Manager about g. He said he would bring weeks. 3. Reports on Meetings of Council, Board of Zoni nd Redevelopment Authority, City 19ther Meetings No other meetings were 4. 5. T journed at 8:45 pm.