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07-23-07 PC Agenda AGENDA Planning Commission Regular Meeting Golden Valley City Hall, 7800 Golden Valley Road Council Chambers Monday, July 23,2007 7:30 pm 1. Approval of Minutes July 9, 2007 Regular Planning Commission Meeting 2. Discussion regarding Infill Housing Report - Height Issue 3. Reports on Meetings of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority, City Council, Board of Zoning Appeals and other Meetings 4. Other Business 5. Adjournment formats upon a ur request. Please call 763- to make a request. pies of alternate formats may include large print, electronic, Braille, audiocassette, etc. . Regular Meeting of the Golden Valley Planning Commission July 9, 2007 A regular meeting of the Planning Commission was held at the Golden Valley City Hall, Council Chambers, 7800 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley, Minnesota, on Monday, July 9, 2007. Vice Chair Waldhauser called the meeting to order at 7 pm. Those present were Planning Commissioners Cera, Eck, Kluchka, McCa and Waldhauser. Also present was Director of Planning and Develop and Administrative Assistant Lisa Wittman. Chair Keysser was abse 2. rn nanimously to en Space and Recreation 1. Approval of Minutes June 25, 2007 Joint Planning/Environmental/Open Sp Commission Meeting MOVED by Schmidgall, seconded by McCarty a approve the June 25, 2007 Joint Planning/Envir Commission minutes as submitted. . MOVED by McCarty, seconded. the June 25, 2007 Regular Plan otion carried unanimously to approve minutes as submitted. Informal Public Drive I Land Use Plan Map Amendment - 650 Douglas mend the General Land Use Plan Map designation from Industrial to Commercial 3. In I Public Hearing - General Land Use Plan Map Amendment - 6200 Olson Memorial Highway Applicant: City of Golden Valley Address: 6200 Olson Memorial Highway . Purpose: To amend the General Land Use Plan Map designation from Industrial to Commercial Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission July 9, 2007 Page 2 . The Commission decided to disc~JSS both items listed above together. Grimes stated that the owners of the properties at 650 Douglas Drive (BNC Bank Building) and 6200 Olson Memorial Highway (former Homesteader restaurant) are asking to amend the General Land Use Plan Map designation from Industrial to Commercial because they believe a Commercial designation would be more suitable for the redevelopment of the properties. Schmidgall asked about re-guid Grimes said they could co designation permits offic would be more housing created for the 1-39 office uses. alks in the area are 'sting trails. Grimes stated that Hempl Properties recently submitted a PUD applica . retail/office development on both properties but they withdrew their a the soil conditions. He said that the developers are now planning, development on the properties starting with the former Homest stated that the City Council discussed these General Land Us their last Council/Manager meeting and decided that Hempl could go ahead with the amendment proposal. Grimes referred to a map and discussed where th located and how this proposal will have sidewal . McCarty asked if there is any intention of that the applicants are proposing to red Bank property is redeveloped than the properties will share parking, drain roperties. Grimes explained mesteader site first. Once the to do a PUD because the two ut it will remain two separate lots. to Mixed Use instead of Commercial. the properties to Mixed Use but the Commercial . I uses whereas the Mixed Use designation e a tI that the Mixed Use category was primarily where there will be housing as well as commercial and * involvement the City will have in the potential development of plained that the developer would like to start their the former Homesteader site. If the former Homesteader site mercial on the General Land Use Plan Map and rezoned to go ahead with the project with no further Planning or Council ded that once the BNC Bank property is redeveloped the applicants will r a PUD because of the shared parking lot, utilities and entrances. At that need Planning and Council approvals. . Schmidgall asked how the applicants new proposal will differ from the one they recently withdrew. Grimes said the two proposals are similar but with the first proposal they were going to construct two buildings on the properties at the same time and with the second proposal they are planning on constructing one building right away and the other one in the future. . Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission July 9, 2007 Page 3 Schmidgall asked about the nature of the soil problems. Grimes said his understand is that the wetland/swampy areas were filled with construction debris instead of good fill. Waldhauser asked if the Commercial zoning district permits Class I restaurants. Grimes said yes. He explained that the Industrial zoning district also permits Class I restaurants, but the Commercial zoning district permits Class II and Class III restaurants with a Conditional Use Permit. Eck asked if the ba have a drive-throug property ing the feet eir Tony Kuechle, Hempl Properties, stated that they own the former Hom and are under contract to purchase the BNC Bank property. He expl . process of their original PUD application process they discovered p of fill and the former paper company directly to the west may h con a sites so they decided to withdraw their original PUD request. Kuechle explained that they are proposing a 12,000 square f the former Homesteader site and the goal is to constr property which would have retail on the first floor floors with underground parking. He added that appropriate use for these properties. facility on b on the bank on the second and third sing as an . Tim Franz, BNC Bank, stated that Hem both parcels. He said they realized tha under utilized site so they feel they proposed new development. them wanting to develop o large of a facility and it is an 'business and be a part of the Eck asked Franz if BNC b a retail bank and that th . particular trade. Franz said that BNC Bank is not small and mid-size businesses. quire a drive-through. Franz said it would be nice to bsolutely necessary. line or the proposed redevelopment. Kuechle, stated that they ,i~rmer Homesteader site this fall. He added that they are dntal consultant on the bank property so he's not sure about the erty yet. Kluc the former Homesteader site would be a multi-tenant building. Kuechle stated Id be a service retail facility which serves daytime customers with uses such as fo ,dry cleaning, etc. McCarty asked which building would be the three-story building. Kuechle said the former Homesteader site would be the three-story building. . Cera asked if the Planning Commission will get to see the plans for these proposed buildings. Grimes stated that if they request a drive-through window they will need to get a Conditional Use Permit which would require Planning Commission review. . Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission July 9, 2007 Page 4 He added that if the first phase of the development on the former Homesteader site meets all of the zoning code requirements then theywould not require Planning Commission review. Cera said he thought it would be good for the Planning Commission to see the plans. Grimes said he could show the plans to the Planning Commission at the building permit phase. Kuechle said he could show the Planning Commission a site plan when he comes back with his rezoning request. Schmidgall asked if the second phase of the development would come to the Planning Commission. Grimes said yes, because at that point it would be a PUD . He added that any plans would also have to go the Building Board of Re a said he would like to Planning Commission to review the plans also. Kluchka expressed concern that if the developer can build what they wan Grimes reiterated that the Plann' because the proposal will prob Conditional Use Permit an ment, Waldhauser opened the public hearing. Seeing and hearing n Waldhauser closed the public hearing. Kluchka asked where the bus stop would be located. corner where the signal is. He added that as a pa required which will prbvide better access. Kluch buses to pull in and out from. Grimes said that but that he could ask the Public Works De t stop is on the ent, sidewalks will be e I be a cut-out for the unty and a State decision might think about it. . e re ned to Commercial the g Commission seeing the plans. would more than likely see any plans a -through window which would require a mmission review. Kluchka said that corner be more proactive av wants to know that t develop this pr visl property so the Planning Commission should re of a hand in what gets developed there. He said he ,thing for the City and his preference would be to Planning Commission has two options. Either they nd Use Plan Map amendment or they recommend that the othing. He said he thinks the former Homesteader is currently an n't think a study of the area would recommend anything other than a on this site and since there is a developer willing to redevelop the ow, he is in favor of the Land Use Plan Map amendment. MOVED by McCarty, seconded by Cera and motion carried unanimously to recommend approval of the request to amend the General Land Use Plan map from Industrial to Commercial for the properties located at 650 Douglas Drive North and 6200 Olson Memorial Highway. . . Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission July 9, 2007 i Page 5 3. Reports on Meetings of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority, City Council, Board of Zoning Appeals and other Meetings No reports on other meetings were given. 4. Other Business No other business was discussed. 5. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 8 pm. . . . . . Hey Planning 763-593-8095 I 763-593-8109 (fax) Date: July 19, 2007 To: Golden Valley Planning Commission From: Mark W. Grimes, Director of Planning and Development Subject: Recommendation on Change to Height Requirement in the R-1 (Single-Family) Zoning District Earlier this month, Chair Don Keyser, Building Official Gary Johnson and I met to make a recommendation on a revised height standard for the R-1 zoning district. (The change to the height standard is one of the changes that will be made as a result of the Planning Commission infill development study.) As a result of that meeting, staff has written the following definition of height for Planning Commission consideration: BUILDING HEIGHT DETERMINATION-The vertical distance from the average grade plane at the building facing the street to the average height of the highest pitched roof or the highest point of the coping of a flat roof. On lots that have more than one side facing the street, the distance for height is from the average grade plan of all sides that face the street. Within the City's building code, the grade plane is defined as follows: A reference plane representing the average of finished ground level adjoining the building at exterior walls. The height of buildings limit in the R-1 zoning district would also be changed to 28 ft. for pitched roof houses and 25 ft. for flat roof houses. If these changes are acceptable, staff will prepare bring forward all the changes proposed as part of the infill study as part of an ordinance amendment in August.