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Regular Meeting
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Golden Valley Board of 7oning Anpeals
January 14, 1975
The regular meeting of the Golden Valley Board of 7oning Appeals was held
Tuesday, January 14, 1975 at 7:30 P.M. , at the Golden Valley Civic Center
7800 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley tiinnesota. The following board
members were �resent.
LeRoy Anderson
Mahlon Swedberg
Mike Sell
Don Hughes (Vice-Chairman-Planning Commission)
LeKoy Anderson, Chairman of the L�oard, presided and Jim In�emunson acted as
recordin� secretary.
The first order of business was consideration of the minutes of the meeting
of the board held on December 1�, 1974� copies of which had been distributed
to the Board. It was moved by Mahlon Swedberg, seconded by Mike Sell and
carried to approve the minutes for the meeting on DeceMber 10, 1975.
The Chairman then brought before the meeting the following requests for
waivers:
74-12-36 750 Florida Ave._So.� (Map_ 18) Indus_trial_ Product Desi�n & EnQ-
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The petition is for the waiver of Section
13.�1 for 17 spaces off the required number of £i5 parking
spaces to a total of 68 off street parking spaces on
the site.
and for the waiver of Section
5.05 A for 2.54' off the required 35` frontyard, setback
to a setback distance of 32.41' from the propertv
line along Florida Ave. , to the Southeast corner
of the existin� building only.
and for the waiver of Section
5:05 A for 4.33` off the required 35' frontyard to a setback
of 30.67' from the property line along Florida Ave. ,
to the Southeast corner of the proposed ad.dition only.
Present for Product Desi�n was Mr. Jerrv Porter, the Company's president.
He described the proposed site plan.
The Chairman reviewed the a�plication and found it to be com�l.ete
Two things that were noted were:
l. This site has a severe soil problem.
2. There is presently a lack of landscaping on ,;the site.
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It was found in the discussion of the proposed parking variance that a better
parking layout for this site could be accomplished by using two driveway open-
ings off Florida Avenue and by moving one row of parking up to the South side
of the proposed addition. This would also add six more parking spaces.
Ma.hlon Swedberg moved to grant the waiver of 11 parking spaces off the re-
quired number of 85 parking spaces for a total of 74 off street parking
spaces on this site, with the conditions that a double driveway layout be
used, and that landscaping be constructed as shown on the proposed site
layout. It was seconded by Mike Sell. After a brief discussion of the motion
it was carried by a unanimous vote.
The Board then discussed the frontyard setback variance for 750 Florida Avenue
South.
Mike Sell moved to grant the petition for the existing and proposed frontyard
setback variances as requested, based on the previous action and conditions.
It was seconded by Don Hughes and so carried.
The final item of business was a discussion of Planning Commission input into
B.Z.A. , decisions.
First the board reviewed Section 462.354 Subd. , 2 and Section 462.357 Subd. 6
of the Minnesota Statutes.
It was not�d Chat the BZA does have commnnication with the Planning Commission
in that the Vice Chairma.n of the Planning Commission is a regular member of
the B.Z.A. It was agreed that th3s might be more clear to persons reading
the board's minutes, if the Vice Chairman's title appeared next to his name
on the attendance list in the introductory portion of the minutes.
� It was also brought out in the discussion that the BZA received input from the
staff, the neighboring property owners, and the proponent, as well as, the
Planning Commission and the City Council. Also while the board feels that
this input is important, they wished to have it remembered that the decisions,
they make, are based on what they feel to be the uniqueness of the given case,
and may not always agree with the input received from one or more of the var-
ious sources.
However, the Board is receptive to ideas that would improve those lines of
communication as long as they are practical and d�n't unnecessarily complicate
the routine business coming before them.
The Board then discussed their action on item 74-9-25, Health Central, as it
occurred on September 10, 1974.
To clarify that decision the following points were made:
1. The Planning Gommission did have input by nature of Mr.
Hughes questfons and comments. Mr. Hughes also cast a
negative vote on the Boards final action.
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2. The matter in question was Section 1.03 of the zoning
code for Golden Valley, and subject to consideration
under the variance procedure.
3. The final action was to grant a waiver of Section 1.03
as requested, with the specific condition that the
waiver apply only to the existing structures on the
site.
At the conclusion of the Boards discussion the Chairman asked the
Secretary to communicate to attorney, Herbert Lefler the boards dis-
cussion and reaffirmation of item 74-9-25, Health Central on September
10, 1974.
There being no further business to come before the board it was on motion
daly seconded and carried to adjourn at 9:30 P.M.
, G�-.�-�a_
eRoy Anders Cha an J e Ingemunson, Acting Secretary