11-14-94 PC Agenda
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GOLDEN VALLEY PLANNING COMMISSION
Regular Meeting
Golden Valley City Hall
7800 Golden Valley Road
Council Chamber
November 14, 1994
7:00 PM
1.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES - October 10, 1994
II.
INFORMAL PUBLIC HEARING - MINOR SUBDIVISION
Applicant:
Golden Valley Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA)
All of Block 1, Valley Square Area C _. Area Bounded by
Hwy. 55, Winnetka Avenue, Golden Valley Road and Rhode
Island Avenue
Address:
Request:
Combine and Re-divide two Existing Lots and an Outlot on
the Block known as "Area C"
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III. DISCUSSION OF THE PROCESS TO AMEND THE CITY CODE TO APPROVE ORDINANCES
WITH ONE READING INSTEAD OF TWO (Memo Enclosed)
IV. CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF UPDATING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
V. REPORTS ON MEETINGS OF THE HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,
CITY COUNCIL AND BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS, COMMUNITY STANDARDS TASK
FORCE, VALLEY SQUARE TASK FORCE
VI. OTHER BUSINESS
VII. ADJOURNMENT
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MINUTES OF THE GOLDEN VALLEY
PLANNING COMMISSION
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October 10, 1994
A regular meeting of the Planning Commission was held at the Golden Valley
City Hall, Council Chambers, 7800 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley, Minnesota.
The meeting was called to order by Chair McAleese at 7:02 PM.
Those present were Commissioners Groger, Kapsner, Lewis, McAleese, Pentel and
Prazak; absent was Johnson. Also present were Mark Grimes, Director of Planning
and Development; Elizabeth Knoblauch, City Planner and Mary Dold, Secretary.
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I. Approval of Minutes - September 26, 1994
MOVED by Groger, seconded by Lewis and motion carried unanimously to approve the
September 26, 1994 minutes with the follows corrections:
o Page Four, (New Paragraph Two): Commissioner Pentel asked the applicant if he
had been paying taxes on the proposed property and Mr. Ryan stated yes.
o Page Four, Paragraph Four, changed as follows: Paul McEnroe, ... spoke on
behalf of 42 neighboring residents who oppose the rezoning and gave the Chair
a statement with their signatures. Mr. McEnroe ...
o Page Six, Paragraph Two changed as follows: Mr. ~yan asked ... land could be
viable zoned residential though currently vacant.
o Page Six, (New Paragraph Four): Commissioner Groger recommended to replace
the original reason No.5, from the staff memo, by instead stating that
because there is no access from 1-394 to this area, any kind of use would now
need to use the neighboring streets to access the proposed lot. The consensus
of the Commission was to agree with Commission Groger that this neighborhood
did not need more intense traffic on its residential streets, but no formal
vote was taken on the recommendation and the motion stood with original reason
No.5 deleted and replaced by No.6.
II. Informal Public Hearing - Preliminary Design Plan, P.U.D. No. 67
Applicant: Westwood Lake Limited Partnership
Address:
8401,9421, and 8441 Wayzata Boulevard, Golden Valley, MN
To create a P.U.D. for the purpose of legalizing certain non-
conforming aspects of the existing office center which
includes more than one building on the lot.
Mark Grimes, Director of Planning and Development, gave a summary of the request
for a P.U.D. He commented that the creation of the P.U.D. would place each
building on its own lot. He summarized the history of the property and how it
related to various nonconformities including the buildings on the lot, setbacks
and parking.
Request:
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Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission
October 10, 1994
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Staff did receive a couple phone calls from concerned residents along Wisconsin .
(to the east of the proposed site) asking if new construction would occur on
the Wisconsin side of the parcel. The applicant has commented that at this time
no construction is planned. Mr. Grimes added that with the creation of the
P.U.D., an amendment application would have to be processed for any new
construction.
The representative for Westwood Lake Limited Partnership, Attorney John Bowden
spoke briefly about the piece of land that juts into the property. He requested
that as part of Condition No.3, that if the applicant is unable to attain this
piece of property, the City will allow the removal of the parking spaces. The
Commission decided not to add this request as part of Condition No.3 but would
rather have the Council address this issue, if the applicant cannot attain the
piece of land in a timely manner.
Chair McAleese opened the informal public hearing; seeing and hearing no one
Chair McAleese closed the informal pUblic hearing.
Commissioner Lewis asked staff who would be responsible for easement and other
agreements if the property were sold. Staff commented that the agreements,
which have document numbers, would be referenced in the P.U.D. and the new
owners would be required to uphold these agreements. Beth Knoblauch commented
that these agreements are usually reviewed by the City Attorney.
Chair McAleese commented that he would recommend approval with the conditions.
MOVED by Prazak, seconded by Pentel and motion carried unanimously to recommend .
to the City Council approval for the Preliminary Design Plan, P.U.D. No. 67 for
the purpose of legalizing certain nonconforming aspects of the existing office
center which includes more than one building on the lot along with the recom-
mended conditions.
III. Review of Attendance
Chair McAleese briefly went over the attendance with the Commission.
IV. Brainstorming (This item was discussed after items V and VI.)
The Commission brainstormed on the updating of the Comprehensive Plan and had
decided to form a subcommittee to review the housing element but will also con-
tinue the brainstorming process.
V. Reports on Meetings of the Housini and Redevelopment Authority, City
Council and Board of Zoning Appea s
Commissioner Pentel gave a brief update on the HRA meetings she had attended.
No other reports were given.
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Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission
October 10, 1994
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VI. Other Business
Chair McAleese, at the request of the HRA Director, asked the Commission if one
member would be interested in serving as the representative from the Planning
Commission to the HRA Task Force. After some discussion about the potential
conflict of interest, Commissioner Pentel was appointed to be the represen-
tative.
VII. Adjournment
Chair McAleese adjourned the meeting at 10 PM.
Jean Lewis, Secretary
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DATE:
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November 9, 1994
Golden Valley Planning Commission
Elizabeth A. Knoblauch, City Planner
Informal Public Hearing - Minor Subdivision - All of Block 1, Valley
Square 5th Addition - Area Bounded by Hwy. 55, Winnetka Avenue,
Golden Valley Road and Rhode Island Avenue, Golden Valley Housing
and Redevelopment Authority (HRA), Applicant
This is a replat of the Valley Square Area C subdivision that was approved last
year. The United States Postal Service (USPS) will be building the new Golden
Valley post office on the northeast corner of the block, and the lot that was
created when the HRA thought that an assisted senior housing project would go
there is not adequate for the needs of the USPS. Hence, this new application
for Minor Subdivison.
In addition to redesigning the lot at the northeast corner of the block, the
proposed subdivision will accomplish two other things. First, the City Engineer
has determined that the right-of-way taken for improvements along Winnetka
Avenue and Golden Valley Road during the last platting are not entirely ade-
quate; the new plat of Winnetka Square will carve out more r.o.w. along both
streets. Those areas are not shown on the site sketches enclosed in your agenda
packet, but staff should have the information by the night of the informal
hearing. Second, due to title problems that were uncovered late in the previous
platting process, part of the block had to be designated as an unbui1dab1e
outlot; the city attorneys have just about finished remedying the situation, so
the outlot can be obliterated with the current plat.
This plat qualifies as a minor subdivision, meaning that no preliminary plat is
needed, and the rules for approval or denial of the application are clearly
spelled out in City Code. Staff findings on the factors that must be considered
are summaried in the following paragraphs.
A. Proposed lots must meet all applicable zoning requirements. The property
is zoned commercial. None of the existing buildings will remain in place
over the long term, so there are no setback problems. There is no minimum
lot size or minimum lot width specified for the commercial zoning
district, so there can't be any problems there, either.
B. Proposed lots must not be encumbered by excessively steep slopes or
excessive wetness. Some grading will be necessary in order to bring all
of the proposed USPS lot to a single level. There will be a substantial
retaining wall along the south boundary of that lot, and along part of the
west side. No particular problems are expected.
C. Public sewer and water connections must be directly available to each pro-
posed lot. This is not a problem.
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D. Easements must be dedicated as required by the City. Again, this is not a
problem. The USPS is aware that, along with standard easements, the
former r.o.w. of Country Club Drive must also be retained as an easement
due to the variety of major utilities located there.
E. Other public agencies having some form of jurisdiction over the property
being platted may impose additional requirements. The block is bounded by
both county-owned and state-owned roads, so those two highway departments
will be reviewing the plat prior to final approval. Neither is expected
to raise any new issues.
F. A title review may be required by the City. Staff feel that the City
Council will probably not impose this requirement on the HRA. Not only is
the property entirely HRA-owned, but a great deal of effort has just gone
into clearing the title from the last platting.
G. Nonresidential plats must not result in a level of development that would
adversely impact public infrastructure or adjacent uses. Neither is
expected to be a problem.
H. New residential lots are subject to park dedication fees. This is a
nonresidential block, so no fees are due.
I. There are additional requirements in the case of a minor subdivision for
double bungalow. Those requirements do not apply here.
Staff Recommendation
Finding no reason for denial, staff recommend approval of the proposed minor
subdivision to be called Winnetka Square, with final plat preparation to
include any necessary r.o.w. changes proposed by the City Engineer.
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Attachments: Location Map
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November 7, 1994
Golden Valley Planning Commission
Mark W. Grimes, Director of Planning and Development
Process to Amend the City Code to Approve Ordinances with One
Consideration Instead of Two
At the October 18, 1994 City Council meeting, the Council was asked by Grow Biz
International to consider holding first and second consideration of an ordi-
nance to amend P.U.D. No. 61. At the same meeting the Council agreed to do
both first and second consideration at one meeting if the notice given to the
pUblic stated there would be two considerations. This meeting notice has been
sent out and the two considerations will be held on November 15, 1994. After
this decision was made by the City Council, the Council asked staff to study
amending the Code to allow for only one consideration of Ordinances. The City
Manager has asked that I get a recommendation for the Planning Commission on
this matter.
I have spoken to the City Attorney about this issue. He has reviewed the Code.
In order to make the change, there is only one relatively small change needed
to the City Code. This change would be the removal of the second sentence in
Section 2.12, Subd. 1. which states that every ordinance shall be considered at
two separate meetings (see attached).
Staff recommends making this change. Most cities in Minnesota have only one
reading of Ordinances. In the case of Zoning matters, there would remain
substantial opportunity for pUblic input even with one reading. The Planning
Commission holds informal public hearings on ordinances for Zoning Code Amend-
ments, Conditional Use Permits and Planned Unit Developments. After a recom-
mendation by the Planning Commission, the City council also holds public
hearings on these ordinances. In the case of Planning ordinances, two public
hearing notices are mailed to property owners within 500 feet -- once for the
Planning Commission informal pUblic hearing and once for the City Council
hearing. In addition, a legal notice is placed in the official newspaper at
least 10 days prior to the City Council public hearing.
In the case of other ordinances that do not involve the Planning Commission,
the ordinances are proposed by the City Council. A public hearing is then set
by the City Council for a first consideration of the ordinance -- second con-
sideration is then held after the first. Notice of this public hearing is not
published in the legal notices in the paper. (If the City Council would like
notice in the paper, it may ask the newspaper to write a story or pay to
publish a notice.)
In the case of all ordinances, pUblic hearings are listed on the City Council
agendas which are available to the pUblic the week before the meeting.
\1 Recently, the City Council has put the agenda for City Council and other com-
missions on Channel 37 (Cable TV).
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