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06-13-88 PC Agenda ,. ' Golden Valley F9��ning G�am;�=m����� �, Ci vi c Cente�^, 7��8� G�1���^ Val��f°� R�a� �I�nday s ,���r� A3 Q �`�8� a;�� �..�.. A � � N � ,� I. APPROVAL OF �IINUTES - MAY �9 ���8 II. SET DATE FOR INFORMAL �'UBLIC ��:�;R��� s• �;������ONAL ��� PE�.�iIT APPLICANT: Vall�y Comm���i�.;� e�r>k:s�°d���a{���� Ct��aa~��; LOCATION: 3100 North Lil�c �a°�rr� REQUEST; Conditn���� t�s� ��«:��;�i '� �� t�llc�a� [�ay �ar� �G� an Inst��ution�l ��a�i�u� ni�$ric�� III. INFORMAL PUBLIC �I���tIN� �- f:���ITtiONAL ��� �E�6��r ; � APPLICANT: Ryan Automo�c���e L���� �:,om�an=� LOCATION: 8100 Wa�s�ata Bo��A����� REQUEST: Condi����r��� �a�� p�w�r��� �:�� �31�a� a L��r�} ��� ���t�rr���x°���Y l�easi�c� Op�r��ti�� ��, r:�r�j��7e�;^�!� ���h �ff;�;� �!:�� �� �he ���s±i ng �f��r:� ���`s�di rG IV. UPDATE ON I-394 V. REPORT ON HRA� BZA ANf! C��'Y CQ��CIl� �'fE����iGS VI, REPORTS ON APA CONFE��NGE � MINUTES OF THE GOLDEN VALLEY PLANNING COMMISSION � May 9, 1988 A regular meeting of the Planning Commission was held in the Council Chambers of the Civic Center, 7800 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley, Minnesota. The meeting was called to order by Vice Chair McAleese at 7:20 P.M. Those present were Commissioners Kapsner, Leppik, McAleese and Russell . Commissioners Lewis, McCracken-Hunt and Prazak were absent. Also present were Mark Grimes, Director of Planning and Development, Alda Wilkinson, City Planner, and Gloria Anderson, Planning Secretary. i, . APPROVAL OF MINUTES - APRIL 25, 1988 it was moved by Commissioner Kapsner, seconded by Commissioner Russell , and carried unanimously to approve the minutes of the April 25, 1988 Planning Commission meeting. II. INFORMAL PUBLIC HEARING - REZONING APPLICANT: Teacher Federations Credit Union LOCATION: Vacant Lot East of and Adjacent to 6500 Olson Memorial Highway � REQUEST: Rezoning from Open to the Business and Professional Offices Zoning District Vice Chair McAleese introduced the above item and asked for a review of the staff report. City Planner Alda Wilkinson reviewed the staff report stating that the proponent was planning to lease this parcel of land from MnDOT in order to allow construction of additional parking spaces for their offices at 6500 Olson Memorial Highway. Commissioner Russell asked if the traffic would still come into the site as it does now. Director Grimes stated it would, that there would be no additional driveways. Director Grimes also noted that the Teacher Federations Credit Union would have to go before the Board of Zoning Appeals to obtain variances for the setbacks from Highway 55 and Country Club Drive. Mr. Tim Keran, an employee of the Teacher Federations Credit Union, was present to answer questions from the Commissioners. He stated that the Credit Union has been growing creating a need for additional employee parking. Mr. Keran said they are presently leasing parking spaces from the Surgical Center but that this arrangement is not satisfactory because of the distance from their office and the poor lighting. Mr. Keran indicated that the new parking area would be used for employee parking and would be well landscaped and lighted. � Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission May 9, 1988 Page 2 � Commissioner Kapsner asked Mr. Keran what length of time this expansion would allow the Credit Union to grow. Mr. Keran said he could not give an answer to that question. He stated that the Teacher Federations Credit Union was install- ing a new computer system which should be in service early next year and that even though they continue to grow, the computer system should cut down on addi- tiorral employees. He noted that they have also considered opening branch offices. Commissioner Leppik stated she felt that if the Credit Union anticipated more growth� they should really be looking for a more accommodating site. Mr< K�r�n noted that this was a good location and would rather have satellite �a�f�c�� thar� relocate. `��ce� ���air McAleese asked staff that �f this parcel were rezoned to Business and Pr�fe�sional Offices, would parking be a permitted use. Staff said it would. C�r�r�issioner Leppik questioned how much alleviation will the location have if and when the Credit Union starts a branch and at what point they would start 1��k7n�� for a branch site. Mre K�r�an said their growth is coming from the north side (Osseo area) and also in the Rosemount and Bloomington areas and they would probably look for a site in Brooklyn Park or Eastern Hennepin County. He stated he did not know when they would start looking for a site. * Vice Chair McAleese apened the informal public hearing. Mr. Walter Moe, 6445 Olson Highway, stated he lives across Olson Highway from the site. He had concerns with landscaping and property values. He stated he had no objections as long as the project was done attractively. The informal public hearing was closed. Tt was moved by Commissioner Kapsner, seconded by Commissioner Russell and carried on a vote of 3 to 1 to recommend City Council approval of the rezoning of th� vacant triangular parcel of land to the east of 6500 Olson Memorial Highway from the Open Development to the Business and Professional Offices Zoning District. Commissioner Leppik voted against the rezoning and stated her oppos�tion was based on principle, as she believes the site is aver used. �II . REPORT ON MAY 3, 1988 CITY COUNCIL MEETING Commissioner Kapsner reported on the May 3, 1988 City Council meeting. IV. REPORT ON APA CONFERENCE Commissioner Russell and Director Grimes provided a report on the American Planning Association (APA) conference they attended in San Antonio. The meeting was adjourned at 8:20 P.M. � � June 7, 1988 T0: Golden Valley Planning Commission FROM: Alda Wilkinson, City Planner ' SUBJECT: Set Date for Informal Public Hearing - Conditional Use Permit for Day Care in an Institutional Zoning District - Valley Community Presbyterian Church - 3100 North Lilac Drive �alley Community Presbyterian Chur°ch is requesting a Conditional Use Perm�t to a13ow for a day care center in their church at 3100 North Lilac Drive in an Institutional Zoning District. Staff suggests that the Planning Commission set a hearing date of June 27, 1988 for consideration of this request for a Conditianal Use Permit. � � � June 8, 1988 T0: Golden Valley Planning Commission FROM: Alda Wilkinson, City Planner SUBJE�Ta Informal Public Hearing - Conditional Use Permit - Automobile Leasing in the Business and Professional Offices Zoning District - 8100 Wayzata Boulevard �y�� ����umotive Land Company requests a Conditiona1 Use Permit to allaw an �uta�obile leasing business at 8100 Wayzata Boulevard in the Business and Professional Offices Zoning District. Automobile rental is specifically listed as a conditional use in the Commercial and Industrial Zoning Districts. The Business and Professional Offices Zoning District does not specifically list automobile rental or leasing as a conditional use. However, the Business and Professional Offices listing of conditional uses inciudes a finai discretionary category which provides for other uses which are compatible in the opinion of the City Cauncil . Automobile leasing may be considered under this provision. The proposed location for the automobile leasing operation is an existing small office building located on the service road on the north side of Highway 12 directly to the east of Brookview Golf Course. The building is vacant at this � time. The building is the only office use in the area. Brookview Golf Course is across Field Drive to the west. The surrounding neighborhood to the north and across Hanley Road to the east is entirely Single Family Residential . A buffer of mature evergreens is in place along the north and east property lines and provides screening from the residential neighborhood. Primary access to the bui7ding is along the service road from the intersection of Winnetka Avenue South and Highway 12. The service road ends three blocks from Winnetka at the golf course, so the building is located at the end of this short section of service road. The proposed leasing operation is one of several uses proposed by Ryan for the building. The attached letter submitted with the Conditional Use Permit application describes the proposed uses. Primary use of the building will be as central offices for Ryan and Auto Host leasing operations conducted at other locations, including Ryan dealerships and the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport. The leasing business proposed for the Golden Valley site is the Auto Host insurance replacement operation, which provides replacement cars to people whose cars are undergoing repair covered by their insurance programs. The appiicant anticipates storage of a l�mited number of replacement cars at the site. Cars will tend to be loaned out during the week with the greatest number of lease cars on site on the weekends when employees are not utilizing the parking lot. The applicant does not expect to expand the leasing operation at this site in the future. Instead, the applicant states that any expansion in the operation would lead to the addition of another location which would better serve the geographic area covered by the business. � � Golden Valley Planning Commission June 8, 1988 Page 2 The reason automobile leasing is a conditional use rather than a permitted use is concern that lease car inventories tend to overcrowd parking lots and sites. Primary considerations in reviewing this request are provision of adequate parking for all uses and limitation of lease car inventory to a number adequately accommodated on the site. The parking calculation on the enclosed site plan indicates initial provision of 36 parking stalls, which is exactly the number required by City Zoning Ordinance for the 9,000 square foot building. There is space for ll additional parking stalls if needed in the �uture. At the same time, three could be lost for access to the possible fu�ure car wash indicated fior an existing extension on the rear of the building. The applicant states in the attached application caver letter that the�e will be no more than twenty employees working in the office building. Customers of the insurance replacement automobile leasing business will be transported to and from the site. Therefore, there will be no need for customer parking. There will be a minimum of 16 spaces avaiTabie for lease car parking during employee working hours, and the total parking lot will be avai1able after hours and on weekends. Staff feels that the applicant has planned for adequate parking for the proposed building uses, including the automobile leasing operation. Staff recommends that any Conditional Use Permit issued be conditional upon limitation of the total number of cars at the site to those accommodated in designated parking spaces. There should be no stacking of cars in the parking lot, no parking on drive or landscaped areas, � and no parking in the street. There are site improvements required in conjunction with issuance of a Conditional Use Permit in order to bring the site into conformance with current Zoning Ordinance requirements. The parking calculation does not include existing parking which is nonconforming in terms of setback. The site plan indicates removal of paved parking area in the northwest portion of the site which does not meet the 35 foot setback requirement from �ield Drive. Nonconforming parking directly off the service road in the front of the building is not included in the parking calculation and should be removed. The site plan indicates new paving to complete the proposed parking area. The new paving is shown on the site plan as shaded area. A further requirement to bring the parking area up to Golden Valley Zoning Code standards is installation of concrete curb separation around all parking and drive. Gutter is required with curb as necessary for drainage. A financial guarantee is necessary to insure installation of improvements by a specified date. Staff recommends that improvements be accomplished during the 1988 construction season. The applicant coordinated site planning with the Minnesota Department of Transportion (MnDOT) in order to take into account any future loss of site area to I-394 right-of-way acquisition. The only permanent loss is a small cut off of the sauthwest corner of the site. The anticipated MnDQT taking results in a nonconforming setback of approximately 32 feet, rather than the required 35 feet, from the southwest corner of the building to the expected new property � line. A variance may be requested if the building owners wish to make any changes in the building use or site in the future. The expected taking does not affect the current request for approval of a Conditional Use Permit for automobile leasing. � Golden Va11ey Planning Commission June 8, 1988 Page 3 Section 20.03 of the City Zoning Ordinance provides that in considering a conditional use permit application, the Planning Commission shall make findings and recommendations to the City Council on ten items, which need not be given equal weight in the consideration. Examination of the proposed automobile leasing use at 8100 Wayzata Boulevard in view of each of the ten items follows: 1. Demonstrated need for the proposed use. �y�n Autam�tive Land Company is experiencing need for additional space for its �easi�g offices. One reason is that Auto Nost has recently obtained the c���r��t for leas7ng at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport. At the same time, the existing office building at 8100 Wayzata Boulevard has been vacant for some time. The proposal meets the needs of Ryan for additional space and the needs �f the City for reuse of an existing building. ?_a �onsistency with the Comprehensive Plan of the City. The adopted City of Golden Valley Comprehensive Land Use Plan map designates long term use of the subject property as Business and Professional Offices. The proposed automobile leasing use is compatible with the primarily office use of the building. The only feature of the leasing business which is unusual to office use is the additional parking required for lease automobiles, and � parking needs for leasing are adequately met at this location. The lease cars will not change the office appearance of the parking lot and site. The proposed use is consistent with existing Business and Professional Offices zoning and with the office designation in the Comprehensive Plan. 3. Effect upon property values in the neighboring area. The proposed office and automobile leasing use of the existing office building at 8100 Wayzata Boulevard will not affect property values in the neighboring area. As discussed above, the use will not change the office character and appearance of the site. In addition, the building and parking lot are screened from the adjacent residential neighborhood to the north and east by existing mature evergreen trees. 4. Effect of any anticipated traffic generation upon the current traffic flow and congestion in the area. The prnposed automobile leasing use is not expected to add to traffic generated by normal office use of the subject building. 5. Effect of any increases in population and density upon surrounding land uses. There would be no increases in population or density. � 6. Increase in noise levels to be caused by the proposed use. The proposed automobile ]easing use would result in no increase in noise levels. � Golden Val}ey Planning Commission June 8, 1988 Page 4 7. Any odors, dust, smoke, gas or vibration to be caused by the proposed use. The proposed automobile leasing operation would not cause any odors, dust, smoke, gas or vibration, 8. Any increase in flies, rats or other animals or vermin in the area to be �aused by the proposed use. �'h� �rop�sed use would not result in any increase in flies, rats or o�her ��i�ais �r vermin in the area. 9. Visual appearance of any propased structure or use. Visual appearance of the site will be enhanced by site improvements required as a part of the Conditional Use Permit process. The improvements include removal of paving in setback areas and the a�dition of concrete curb separation of paving from landscaping. 10. Any other effect upon the general public health, safety, and welfare of the City and its residents. Staff foresees no other effects on the general public health, safety and M welfare. Review of the proposed insurance replacement automobile leasing operation in view of �he ten factors for examination of a Conditional Use Permit request indicates a favorable recommendation. Staff suggests that the Planning Commission recommend that the City Council approve the Conditional Use Permit requested by Ryan Automotive Land Company for automobile leasing at 8100 Wayzata Boulevard in the Business and Professional Offices Zoning District subject to the following conditions: 1. The site shall conform to the Proof of Parking Plan, Sheet No. 1, prepared by Schoell and Madson, Inc. , dated May 31, 1988 and revised June 7, 1988, with removal of existing bituminous parking located in the setback from the service road. 2. All green areas adjacent to parking and drive shall be protected by concrete curb as required by the City Zoning Code, and gutter shall be installed with curb as needed for drainage. 3. All required site improvements, including removal of existing landscaping in setbacks, the addition of paving as indicated on the approved plan, and installation of curb and gutter, shall be completed by October 15, 1988. 4. A financial guarantee in an amount approved by the City Engineer shall be provided to guarantee required site improvements, including removal of � existing pav�ng in setbacks, the addition of paving as indicated on the approved plan, and installation of curb and gutter. � Golden Valley Planning Commission June 8, 1988 Page 5 5. Parking shall be in designated parking spaces only. There shall be no more parked cars at the building location at any one time than can be accommodated in designated parking spaces. 6. Any failure to comply with one or more of the conditions of approval shall be grounds for revocation of the conditional use permit. A�taehments: 1. Site Location Map �. May 31, 1988 Letter from Ryan 3. 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N� �:, Q �Z000> >��°?.�.� �� �.1�� � � �7�� O `� . ��i � S-ye! � _ �� „ � o � � � - � :=� , ?yt0'�o� CITY OF ST LOUIS PARK ��'� °oss' ss AV�'•� o a \;,, "'' 6 �'•o.„z� " � ����y :�,..'�• h 8 ' _EY .- � � � ho ° 1 _ :!. .� 'O �� ��`° � May 31 , 1988 Lloyd Becker Director of Zoning & Community Services City of Golden Valley Golden Valley, Minnesota Gentlemen: Ryan Automotive Land Company, one of the family af companies of the Ryan Group, has signed a purchase agreement to acquire the commercial building located at 8100 Wayzata Blvd. , Golden Valley, Minnesota. The purchase agreement has certain contigenies contained in it, among which is a requirement that Ryan receive, from the City, evidence that the intended use of the property is a permitted use Ryan is engaged in various aspects of the automotive business. It operates three dealership locations in the Metropolitan area, with five new car franchises and a Winnebago motor home franchise, owns a daily car rental business with � operations in seven states, and has a number of real estate investments. We plan to use the 8100 Wayzata property to office our senior management group, house Ryan Car Rental & Leasing, which does business principally with our own companies, and the offices of Auto Host, a car rental company that operates, among other places, at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International airport. We plan to operate, in a small way, Auto Host rental business from the 8100 Wayzata site as well . This latter business consists of bringing customers to and from the facility in our own vehicle, so there will be no buildup of customer vehicles at the site. We expect ta have less than 20 employees in the building and no more than 25 to 36 vehicles parked at the premises at any one time. The site, with minimal additional blacktopping on the North side of the existing parking area, will accommodate 36 vehicles; we can add another 11 by blacktopping the Southeast corner if and when needed, and we may consider adding a small car wash at the Northeast corner of the building, were a garage once was, and where plumbing exists. ank you for your help in this matter. rel � e1 � May 7, 1988 T0: Golden Valley Planning Commission FROM: Mark W. Grimes, Director of Planning and Development SU�JECT: I-394 Update Th� �ex�t meeting of the I-394 Joint Task Force is scheduled for June 28, 1988. The purpose of that meeting is to review projections made by the traffic consultant regarding reserve capacity at the three interchanges shared by Golden Valley and St. Louis Park. The Task Force asked the consultant to Qstimate "reserve capacity" of the three interchanges based on existing and planned development ("base case") . The job of the Task Force is now to allocate the "reserve capacity" to the two Cities. After the allocation is made, the Cities will prepare amendments to plans, policies and ordinances to reflect these changes. The job of the Planning Commission will be to help prepare land use plans and ordinances to be consistent with the capacity of the interchanges. This will • be no easy task. Therefore, if any of the Planning Commission members have ideas for allocation of trips, your input is welcome. �