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11-26-07 PC Agenda AGENDA Planning Commission Regular Meeting Golden Valley City Hall, 7800 Golden Valley Road Council Chambers Monday,November26,2007 8pm 1. Approval of Minutes November 5, 2007 Planning Commission Meeting 2. Presentation of Capital Improvement Program 2008-2012 - Sue Virnig, City Finance Director 3. Reports on Meetings of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority, City Council, Board of Zoning Appeals and other Meetings 4. Other Business 5. Adjournment Iternate formats upon a 72.hour request. Please call ) to make a request. Examples of alternate formats Braill . Regular Meeting of the Golden Valley Planning Commission November 5, 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, November 5,2007. Chair Keysser called the meeting to order at 7 pm. Those present were Planning Commissioners Cera, Eck, Keysser, Kluch Schmidgall and Waldhauser. Also present was Director of Planning a Grimes. Administrative Assistant Lisa Wittman was absent. Eck referred to the seve explained the sentence s the Conditional Us and clarified that the rogram it is a 1. Approval of Minutes September 24, 2007 Joint Planning/Environmental/O Commission Meeting Waldhauser referred to the presentation given by program that shares seeds with other gardeners different organization's program. . MOVED by Eck, seconded by Schmidg September 24, 2007 Joint Planning/En Commission minutes with the abo unanimously to approve the pace and Recreation ission Meeting page 7 and asked for clarification. Grimes d tha the applicant wants to make any changes to d he would have to amend the Conditional Use Permit. raph on page 18 and said he would like the wording to legal issues be resolved. paragraph on page 8 and stated that the word "wash" should ord "car" in the last sentence. seconded by Kluchka and motion carried unanimously to approve the 7 Planning Commission minutes with the above noted corrections. 2. Informal Public Hearing - Conditional Use Permit - Morrie's Automotive - CUP No. 118 Applicant: Wagener Properties, LLC . Address: 7500 - 7550 Wayzata Blvd (Former Suburban Tire) Purpose: To allow auto sales and service in the Industrial Zoning District. Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission November 5, 2007 Page 2 . Grimes referred to a site plan of the property and stated that it is located on the corner of Pennsylvania Ave. and Wayzata Blvd. in the former Suburban Tire building. He explained that Morrie's Automotive is considering purchasing this property and remodeling it in order to sell and service automobiles. Grimes discussed the history of the site and stated that it is located in the Industrial Zoning District. He explained that prior to the early 1980s the City did not require Conditional Use Permits for auto repair or auto sales in the Industrial Zoning District so the former tire store and former gas station operated without Condition" ermits. When the ordinance was revised to require Conditional Use Permits uses were considered non-conforming uses. They could continue to op t until Suburban Tire vacated the property. He stated that Morrie's is osing property as a satellite to their Cadillac/Saab dealership locat 0 e Grimes referred to his staff rep a Conditional Use Permit Industrial on the Zoning Map. He said he realizes 1-394 Corridor area unti the building applicant is lot and install curb g , space and stated that e south and east edges of Grimes referred to the site plans and noted that the area on t is unpaved and there are four driveways on the site. I . proposing to eliminate two of the driveways, pave and gutter. He also noted that currently the site the applicant is proposing to add some green s the property. . Grimes said it is his understanding tha be used for auto repair and the oth Ie e 10 factors considered when reviewing stated that the property is currently zoned . nated Industrial on the General Land Use Plan I y is the process of re-designating and rezoning the appens the property has to be considered Industrial. t is proposing to upgrade the entire look of the ing new lighting and signage, both of which will have to meet he thinks this proposal is an overall improvement to the site be considered is the amount of cars that would be appropriate the property and the number of designated parking spaces for ~mer parking. at the property used to be a gas station and asked if there were any tanks on Ite. Grimes said he found verification in City files that the tanks were removed from the property. . Kluchka asked if the two properties will remain separate parcels. Grimes said his understanding is that they will remain two separate parcels. He stated that combining the properties would require a PUD. He explained that the use is an existing non-conforming use and the law allows it to remain so he feels a Conditional Use Permit in this case is appropriate. Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission November 5, 2007 Page 3 . Cera asked if the property will require any variances for the existing setback issues. Grimes said no because the buildings footprints are not expanding. He explained that state law says that non-conforming uses can continue to operate and non-conforming structures can be improved and maintained. However they can not be enlarged or encroach further into setback areas. . Brad Gunn, Malkerson Gilliland Martin, representing the Applicant, stated that he believes the changes being discussed will be good for the community. He reiterated that the exterior of the buildings will be upgraded to improve their appearance, paces will be striped, curb and gutter will be installed grassy areas will be instal f the existing driveways will be eliminated which will improve traffic flow 0 he site. He referred to the Deputy Fire Marshal's staff report and said h seno rned about his recommendation that the buildings be sprinklered. fir rn is that the State Building Code indicates that buildings with an d u~,~.. tween 9,000 and 12,000 square feet need to be sprinklered and bot ' ings are less than that standard. He said his second concern is that'ti. h g is Conditional Use Permit and he questions whether or not sprin is an item that should be discussed as part of a Conditional Use Perm' 't should be addressed as part of the building code review. ird concern he has is that it would be extraordinarily expensive to con gs in order to sprinkler them. The two buildings are separately served Isting lines are not big enough to have sprinkler systems so t e su antial costs to change the size of the water lines. He requested th mission recommend approval of the Conditional Use Permit with 're Marshal's recommendation. Keysser said he thinks pa will have chemicals and f categorized these types 0 Marshal's commen e re Building Official afte Fire Marshal's concern may be that the building agreed but reiterated that the Building Code s by sit:e. Grimes explained that the Deputy Fire ndations but that the final plans are determined by the code analysis of the buildings. el comfortable leaving the 7500 building unprotected because access it from three sides. He said he is concerned about the up against the large building to the west and there is very ire fig ting equipment. He said he would feel more comfortable about Jilthe applicant could demonstrate that the west wall of the building is a . Eck said most applications the Planning Commission reviews come with a report from the City Engineer and the Deputy Fire Marshal. He said he thinks the things written in those reports are not for the Planning Commission to decide, it should be between the applicant and the City. Waldhauser stated that usually when the Deputy Fire Marshal makes these types of recommendations it is because of access issues or he may want the building sprinklered for other reasons. Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission November 5,2007 . Page 4 Keysser said he would be comfortable not having a condition of approval regarding the building being sprinklered. Kluchka recommended leaving the condition regarding sprinkering in the approval because it is only a recommendation, not a requirement. Grimes reiterated that the plans will be reviewed by the Building Official and the Fire Marshal and the applicant will have to meet the requirements of the building and fire codes. He said he would ask the Deputy Fire Marshal to write a memo that specifically addresses the issues discussed before the Conditional Use Permit request goes on to the City Council. . Keysser asked if they will be displaying understanding that certified pre-ow intent to b ck looks, said he area in Waldhauser referred to the sidewalks shown on the plans and as would abut the curb or if there would be a strip of asphalt betwe sidewalk like there is now. Steven Fichtel, Architect for the pr match the sidewalks with what is currently there and with ho but he would consider having the sidewalk adjacent to the ro would like to leave that decision to the Public Works D question is city-owned property. Kluchka asked how many cars would be display of the lot will be for display vehicles and ot . Fichtel said the south side behind the building. Kluchka asked about the numb employees. ,:,.<., oyees~;)Fichtel said there would be 3 to 5 Eck asked Fichtel to sho Applicant, said it hi' nt said he is concerne doesn't want t ve the number of lans ere the cars will be displayed. Morrie Wagener, ay the cars on the west side of the building. Grimes ees having to park on the street. Wagener said he arking on the street either. Keysser suggested limiting isplay to 15. Wagener said that would be fine. hearing. Hearing and seeing no one wishing to comment, pub IC hearing. he would like to see the City Council adopt the 1-394 Corridor Study ing Commission recommends any more of these types of uses in this . Waldhauser said she has no objection to the proposal and she likes that the lot will be paved and have curb and gutter installed. She said she would like to see something other than blue grass used because it will be hard to keep that type of grass alive in this location. . . . Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission November 5, 2007 Page 5 Keysser clarified that the Commission is recommending that the wording be changed in condition number 7 regarding the Deputy Fire Marshal's memo and that they are adding a condition regarding the number of cars allowed to be displayed. The Commissioners agreed. Kluchka suggested that the applicant add bicycle racks to the site. Eck stated that this site as always been automotive in use and he sees this as nothing more than an enhancement to the appearance. MOVED by Cera, seconded by McCarty and motion carried unani approval for a Conditional Use Permit at 7500-7550 Wayzata Tire) to allow auto sales and service in the Industrial Zoning conditions: ht s) and for the a body shop. r the site shall be ven Fichtel Architect and designated for customer isplay of cars or light 1. The property shall be used for the sale of vehicles service and repair of light trucks and cars. Thi 2. The maximum number of cars and light trClc limited to 37 as per the attached site plan pr dated 10/8/07. At least four of the parki parking. No more than 15 of the spa trucks for sale. 3. All signage and lighting of the s' 4. The exterior of the buildings Fichtel Architect and dated 5. As indicated on the su 8/2/07, the areas be Ave. S. and Wayzata' the grass or so be maintained by M 6. The recomA'l[i,pda Mark Grimes';" shall 7. Th date termi . ial. 8. No peakers shall be permitted on the site. 9. All gar e and recycling containers shall be screened or stored within a building. 10.AIl outside storage of materials (other than vehicles) shall be kept inside a building or screened from view of the street. This includes tires. 11.AIl other applicable local, state, and federal requirements shall be met. 12. Failure to comply with one or more of the above conditions shall be grounds for revocation of the conditional use permit. uirement of current City Code. d as per the plans prepared by Steven y Gronberg and Associates, Inc. and dated areas and the street curb along Pennsylvania II be ded with grass or have sod placed. Some of or MnDOT right-of-way. This grass area shall be rass dies, it shall be replaced by Morrie's. the memo from City Engineer Jeff Oliver, PE, to f Planning and Development and dated October 30, 2007, his recommendation. und in the email from Deputy Fire Marshall Ed Anderson 8, 2 07 shall become a part of this plan. However, the final the matters addressed in the email are made by the Building . Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission November 5, 2007 Page 6 3. Reports on Meetings of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority, City Council, Board of Zoning Appeals and other Meetings No reports were given. 4. Other Business No other business was discussed. 5. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 7:50 pm. . .