07-28-80 PC Agenda �
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Golden Valley Planning Commission
July 28, 1980
7:30 p.m.
(Civic Center, 7800 Golden Valley Road)
A G E N D A
I . Approvai of Minutes - July 14, 1980
II . Report on July 21 , 1980 City Gouncil Meet_ing - Sue Eastes
III . Report on July 15, 1980 HRA Meeting - Dave Thompson
IV. Set Date for Public Hearing - P.U.D. 26.
APPLICANT: Calvary Community Services, Inc.
LOCATION: Northeast Quadrant of intersection of
� Rhode Island Avenue and Golden Valley
Road
REQUEST: Set date for Informal Public Hearing
on General Development Plans for P.U.D. 26.
V. APPEARANCE OF CITY MANAGER
Jeff Sweet will speak to Planning Commission regarding HRA involve-
ment in Section 8 Development.
VI . Work Session
Review of revi.sed draft of Business and Professtonat Ofifice Zoning
District.
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� Minutes of the Golden Valley
Planning Commission
�uly 14, 1980
A regular meeting, of the Planning Commission was held at 7:30 p.m. on July
14, 1980, in the Council Chambers at the Civic Center, 7800 Golden Valley
Road, Golden Valley, Minnesota.
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Chairperson Eastes called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.
Those present were Commissioners: Eastes, Forster, Specktor, Edstrom,
Polachek and Thompson.
Commissioners Sehlin, Levy and Hughes were absent.
Also present were Mike Miller, Planning and Redevelopment Coordinator, and
Martin Farrell , Assistant City Planner. '
I . Approval of the Minutes - June 23, 1980.
It was moved by Thompson, seconded by Forster, and carried unanimously to
approve the June 23, 1980 Planning Commission Minutes.
� II . Report on the City Council Meetina - July 7, 1980.
Don Hughes attended the City Council Meeting but was not in attendance for
the Ptanning Commission Meeting. Any discussion of the Council Meeting was
postponed until Commissioner Hughes returns.
III . Request for Waiver of T.H. 12 Moratorium.
APPLICANT: Jim J. Smuda
�OCATION: 5001 Circle Downs
REQUEST: Waiver of City Platting Ordinance
Mike Miller briefed the Planning Commission of the background of this request
and recommended approval of the waiver request.
Jim Smuda, the proponent, explained the extent of the construction that he
proposed and stated that the BZA has already approved his request for a setback
waiver.
It was then moved by Thompson, seconded by Edstrom, and carried unanimously to
approve the request for the waiver of the Platting Ordinance as presented.
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July 23, 1980
T0: Golden Valley Ptanning Commission
FROM: Mike Miller, Planning � Redevelopment
SUBJECT: Set Date for Informal Public Hearing - P.U.D. 26
Calvary Community Services, Inc. , the proponent of the Calvary Square
Apartments, have requested that th�ir application for General Plan
Approval be reviewed. A set of plans will be made available to each
Planning Commission rr�mber.
I would recommend that the Planning Commission set the date for an
Informal Public Hearing for Monday, August 11 , 1980.
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July 22, 1980
T0: Golden Valley Planning Commission
FROM: Mike Miller, Planning � Redeveloprr�nt Coordinator
SUBJECT: Appearance before the Planning Commission by the City
Manager
Jeff Sweet, City Manager, will appear before the Planhing Commission
on Monday, July 2$, 1984 to discuss HRA involvement in Section 8
Housing Development.
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� BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL OFFICES
ZONING DISTRICT
SECTION 10.01 . District Established. Business and Professional Offices
Districts are hereby established as follows :
(Legal Description of Areas)
(Note: This Section number is used in Ordinance rezoning tracts of land
from Open Develop►r�nt to this Zoning District and from this Zoning District
to any other.)
SECTION 10.02. Purpose of Districts. Business and Professional Office Districts
are estabtished for the purpose of providing areas wherein there may be erected,
maintained and used, buildings suitably designed to provide offices for persons
engaged in business pursuits not involving the sale of or handling of goods,
wares, merchandise or commodities, as for example, accountants, insurance
brokers, realtors, fiscal agents , and the like; provided, how�ver, that nothing
herein shall be interpreted to prohibit in such districts the sale of goods ,
wares, merchandise or commodities by sample, as for example, by manufacturer's
representatives. (1955 Code, 9.02) .
� SECTION 10.03. Parking Requirements. All land uses and structures permitted
under this zoning district shall provide off street parking at the ratio of
one parking stall for each 250 square feet of gross floor area for every single
< tenant building. However, for developments involving multi-tenant structures
or buildings, the parking ratio shall require one parking stall for each 200
feet af gross floor area.
SECTION 10.031 . Each off street parking stall required under the provisions of
` thia Ordinance shall be installed at a size of 9 feet in width and 20 feet in
length and provide sufficient area for driving aisles in between parking stalls.
SECTION 10.032. Off Street Loading. Each building, or in the case of a multi-
tenant building, shall provide adequate off street loading and unloading facilities
for each business or tenant as may be allowed within the development.
SECTION 10.04. Height. No building or structure in this zoned district shall
exceed 7 stories in height at the front or street grade level . (For the purpose
of this Section, one story equals 10 feet) .
SECTION 10.05. Yard Restrictions.
� SECTION 10.051 . Front Yards. No building or other structure in the Business
and Professional Office District shall be located closer than 35 feet from
the property line along any abutting street. The 35 foot setback as described
above shall all be landscaped.
• SECTION 10.052. Front yards and side yards shall be provided for all buildings .
as follows : In the case of premises abutting a Residential or Open Development
Zoning District, side and rear yards of such premises shall be not less than 50
feet in depth or width, of which at least the 25 feet adjacent to the lot line
or property line shall be planted, landscaped and maintained as a buffer zone.
In the case of premises abutting on a Multiple Dwelling Zoning District or an
Institutional Zoning District, side and rear yards shall be not less than 30
feet in depth or width, of which at least the 15 feet adjacent to the lot line
Shall be planted, landscaped and maintained as a buffer zone.
In the case of premises abutting on another Business and Professional Offices
Zoning District, side and rear yards shall be not less than 20 feet in depth or
width for each building, tract, lot or premises of which at least one-half
the setback as measured from the lot line shall be landscaped and planted.
In the case of premises abutting on a Commercial or Industrial Zoning District,
side yards and rear yards shall be not tess than 20 feet in depth and width
of which at least one-half the setback as measured from the tot line shall be
landscaped and planted. (Ord. No. 131 , 273) •
SECTION lO.Ob. Area Restrictions. No building or other structure in a Business
and Professional Office District shall occupy more than 40i of the tract of land
on which it is located.
� SECTION 10.07. Lot Area. No building or other structure located in this zoning
district shall be located on a parcel of land that is less than one acre in
area or less than 100 feet in width.
SECTION 10.09. Speciat Uses. In addition to those uses specifically ctassified
and permitted within this district, there are certain uses which it may be necessary
to allow because of their unusual characteristics or the service they provide to
the public. These Conditional Uses require particular consideration as to their
proper location in relation to adjacent established or intended uses , or to the
planned development of the community. The conditions controlling the location
and operation of such Conditional Uses are established.by the following provisions
of Section:
SECTION 10.091 . Authority: The City Council shall have the authority, after
having received the recommendations of the Planning Commission, to permit or
deny the conditional uses of land or structures, or both, if the City Council
finds that the proposed location and establishment of any such use will be
desirable or necessary to the public convenience or welfare and will be harmonious
and compatible with other uses adjacent to and in the vicinity of the selected
site.
Procedures:
• A. An application (available on request in the Planning Director's Office)
shall be filed in triplicate with the Planning Director and may be made
by any governrr�ntal office, departmen�t, board, or commission, or by any
Section 10.091 Continued:
. person or persons having a freehold interest, applicable to the parcel
described in the application.
B. Applications may not be made for non-contiguous , or scattered sites.
Each site shall require its own application and each application shall be
considered on its own merits.
C. A fee of twenty-five ($25) shall be required for the filing of each such
application.
D. An informal public hearing shall be held on each apptication within 30
days after submittal of the application to the, Planning Commission. The
Planning Commission shall make its findings based on the following points:
1 . Current and anticipated traffic congestion;
2. Population and density;
3. Noise;
4. Effect on adjoining land values;
5•, Public health, safety and welfare;
6. Aesthetics.
E. A1l property owners within 500 feet of the subject site shall be notified
by U.S. Mail not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of the Informal
Public Hearing by the Planning Commission. Such notice shall include the
date, time and place of the Informal Hearing and reasonable identification
• of the subject site.
F. Following the Planning Commission's Informal Hearing and recommendations
to the City Council , the City Council shall conduct an official public hearing.
Notice of the public hearing shall be published in the local newspaper not
less than ten (10) days prior to the date of the hearing. Such notice
shall include the date, time, and place ofi the hearing and a reasonabte
identification of the site.
G. The Planning Commission shall present its findings and recommendations to
the City Council within 30 days following the date of the public hearing.
H. The City Council may, upon recommendation of the Planning Commission, impose
such conditions and safeguards upon the premises benefited by a conditional
use permit as may be deemed necessary to prevent injurious effects therefrom
upon other properties in the neighborhood. The City Council shall act on
the recommendations of the Planning Commission within thirty (30) days of
their receipt. The City Council may also request that evidence of sufficient
bonding be supplied by the property owner to insure satisfactory compliance
with the conditions established by the conditional use permit.
I . There shall be required a 4/5 vote of the City Council to override a
recommendation of denial from the Planning Commission.
J. Denial of a conditional use permit shall constitute a finding that the
conditions required for approval do not exist. No application which has
• been denied wholly or in part shall be resubmitted for a period of six (6)
months from the date of said denial , except on new grounds of new evidence
or proof of changes of conditions found to be valid by the Plannin� Commission.
Each resubmission shall constitute a new filing and a new filing fee of
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� twenty-five ($25) dollars shall be required.
K. Upon denial of a conditional use permit, the applicant shall be notified
in writing of the denial and the reasons for the denial .
L. Once the City Council has approved a Conditional Use Permit, all work
related to said Permit shall begin within twelve months of the date that the
Conditional Use Permit is approved, or the Conditional Use Permit shall
be considered invalid.
SECTION 10. 10. Allowable Conditional Uses :
A. Certain recreational facilities such as a ballfield, swimming pool , play-
ground, etc.
B. In certain cases, depending on the nature of the neighborhood, a daytime
activity center and/or other facilities providing school and/or training for
retarded or handicapped people.
C. Such other uses which, in the opinion of the City Council , are compatible with
the uses specifically described above.
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