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MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE
GOLDEN VALLEY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
June 1.0, 1975
The regular meeting of the Golden Val.ley Board of Zoning Appeals was
held Tuesday, June 10, 1975 at 7:3Q P.M. , at the Golden Valley Civic
Center, 7800 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley, Minnesota. The follow-
�ng Baard members were present:
LeRoy Anderson
Mahlon Swedberg
Walter Kost
Mike Sell
Donald Hughes, Planning Commission
Representative
Mahlon Swedberg, Chairman of the Board, presided and Jim Ingemunson acted
as recording secretary.
The first order of business was consideration of the minutes of the meeting
of the Board held on May 13, ].975, copies of which had been distributed to
the Board.
Mahlon Swedberg corrected the minutes for the May 13th meeting by removing
the words and costly from the end of the last sentence in the second to the
last paragraph of item 75-5-8, 1620 Independence Avenue North.
There being no further changes, LeRoy Anderson moved to approve the minuCes
as corrected. It was seconded by Walter Kost and so carried.
The Chairman then brou�ht before the meeting the following requests for
waivers:
75-6-14 328 Burntside Drive S,Map 8) Residential Daniel Heilicher:
The petition is for the waiver of Section
3.07 3a for 5' off the required �5' sideyard setback
distance to a setback distance of 10' from
the North property line to the I�E corner of
the proposed bathroom addition only.
and for Section
3.07 3a for 2.4' off the required sfdeyard setback
of 15" to a setback of 12.6' from the North
property line to the NE corner of the exist-
ing structure only.
The property owner, Mr. Heilicher, was present to request the vari-
ance. The Chairman reviewed the petition application and found it to
be complete except for signatures of adjoining property owners. Mr.
Heilicher explained that he had �ust returned from a business trip
and found out that one neighbor was not sure whether or not to give
consent. Therefore, Mr. Heilicher wished to postpone this matter until
the next regular meeting in Ju1y.
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Mike Sell moved to defer this matter to the regular meeting in July.
It was seconded by Don Hnghes, and so carried.
7_5-6-15 (Map 18) Wayzata Blvd. & Rhode Island Ave. So. Residential-
LiQht Industrial pending Minneapolis Glass Company:
The petition is for the waiver of Section
5.05 B for 80' off the required 100 setback distance,
and 30' off the required 50' landscape area, for
a setback and landscaped area of 20' on the North
side of the proposed office warehouse structure
only.
and for Section
5.05 A for off the required 35' landscaped area
along Rhode Island Ave. So. and for � off
the required 35' landscaped area along Sumter Ave-
nue South.
and for Section
6.025 to allow two loadin� docks on the East (Pennsyl-
vania Ave.) side of the proposed office warehouse.
Mr. Lichten, President of Minneapolis Glass Company, was present as
well as several nei�;hboring property owners. Chairman Swedberg felt
that this matter was improperly before the Board in that the zoning
change from residential to light industrial has not yet been consid-
ered by the Planning Commission.
LeRoy Anderson moved to strike this item fro� the agenda and return the
petitioner's fee, seconded by Mike Sell and so carried.
75-6-16 9235 Medicine Lake Road Ma 19 Commercial R. C. Ernst:
The petition is for the waiver of Section
5.05 B for 28' off the required 50' setback distance to
a setback of 22' from the East property line to
the proposed shopping center addition only.
Present to speak for the variance was Mr. Richard C. Ernst, property
owner. The Chairman examined the petition application and asked Mr.
Ernst to explain the proposed addition to the existing shopping center.
Mr. Ernst mentioned several prospective tenants and emphasized the need
for a building 50' in width. The Board was concerned about existing and
futnre parking requirements for a building of this size. By the Board's
calculations there would be need for 244 parking spaces. The present
plan shows 100 parking spaces. Mr. Ernst explained that the remaining
parking spaces needed can be provided on ad�oining property to the South-
east. Mr. Ernst again explained that Che issue was not parking but rath-
er the request for a building setback variance.
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The Chairman of the Board explained that the Soard would be derelict
in its' duties if it ignored the parking situation. Board member,
Anderson, said that he thought the proposal was very much like the
original proposal that had come before this Board approximately one
year ago and after more than one meeting, resulted in the present
shopping center. Walter Kost felt Chat the biggest problem with
this proposal was the parking situation, and whereas the ordinance
was presently bent to allow the existing shopping center, this pro-
posal would be far in excess of variances allowed in the past.
Donald Hughes pointed out that the access to the detached parking
lot on the Southeast corner of this property crosses an existing
Planned Unit Development. Air. Hughes did not feel that Mr. Gallant
could give Mr. Ernst an easement for a driveway on land which was
included in the Planned Unit Development. Mike Sell felt that Mr.
Ernst had not adequately researched this proposal.
Mr. Ernst felt that he would like more time to work on the problems
involved.
LeRoy Anderson moved to defer this item until the next regular meetin�
in July, seconded by Waiter Kast, and so carried.
As a general business item, the Board had planned a discussion of the
new City Flood Plain ordinance because Mr. Westlake and Mr. Skare
would not be able to atCend the present meet3ng. This item was held �
over until July.
There being no further business to come before the Board, it was an
motion, duly seconded, ad�ourned at 8:30 P.M.
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Mahlon Swedberg, Chairma � am s Ingemuns n, Acting Secretary