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MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE
GOLllEN VALLEY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
MARCH 9, 1976
The regular meeting of the Golden Valley Board of Zoning Appeals was held
Tuesday, March 9, 1976 at 7:30 P.M. at the Golden Valley Civic Center, 7800
Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley, Minnesota. The following Board members
were present:
Mahlon Swedberg, Chairman
Mike Se11
Walter Kost
Donald Hughes, Planning Commission Representative
Mahlon Swedberg, Chairman of the Board, presided and Jim Ingemunson acted
as recording secretary.
The first item of business was consideration of minutes of the meeting from
February 10, 1976. The Chairman read a letter from himself to Councilwoman,
Mary Anderson, and with Board`s approval, corrected the Board's conclusion
in the second to last paragraph on page two (2) of the February 10, 1976
minutes to read: The Board concl�ded that they were basically in a�reement
with Mrs. Anderson's proposed recommendations to improve` communications and
the P.U.D. procedures.
Mike Sell MOVED to accept the February 10, 1976 minutes as corrected, and
it was seconded by Walter Kost and so carried.
7_6-3-3 604 North Lilac Drive (M� 7) Commercial Jax of Golden Valley:
The petition is for the extension of the existing non-conforming
use to the point of addin� on a 239 square foot addition to house
a new dishwashing machine as per the plan submitted and reviewed
only.
Present requesting the variance was Mr. William Kozlak, Vice President of
Krown Foods.
The Chairman reviewed the petition application and found it to be in order.
Mr. Kozlak explained the need for an enlarged dishwasher. He also explained
that the proposed addition is at the recommendation of the City Inspection
Department.
The Board studied the proposed addition and the site plan and survey of the
existing building. It was agreed thaC the proposed addition was necessary
and that it would not greatly a€fect the overall. site as far as parking,
landscaping setbacks, etc. , are concerned. It was noted that the site is
in non-conformance for setbacks, landscaping and parking.
Mike Sell �IO�IED to grant the extension of the existing non-conformance to
the extent of this request only. In discussion of the question, it was con-
cluded that this addition would not increase the problem of non-conformance.
Donald Hughes seconded the motion and it carried unanimously.
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The Chairman pointed out to the petitioner that the intent was to approve
the addition as presented in this request only and does not affect the
existing condition of non-conformance.
76-3-4 621 Indiana Ave, No. & 4224 Olson Hi hwa Ma 7 Industrial St.
Regis Paper Company:
The pet�tion is for the waiver of Section
5.05 B for 10' off the required 1Q' landscaped area to a
landscaped area of 0' along the following lines:
The West 98.09 feet of the North lot l.ine of Lot
107, Glenwood Addition.
The West 98.09 feet of the South lot line of Lot
108, Glenwood Addition
The South 26 feet of the West l�it line of lot 1.07,
,Glenwood Addition.
The North 95 feet of the East lot line of Lot 75,
Glenwood Addition.
East and West lot line of lots 75 & 76, Glenwood
Addition.
All for the purpose of so constructin� only a paved parking lot to
the 1ot lines as so described only.
Present for the petitioner was Mr. Jim Steilen, attorney. Mr. Steilen
explained the St. Regis Paper proposal to tear down the existing house
on the subject lots and construct a paved parking area for the St. Regis
Paper employees. Also present, as an interested party, was Mr. Zalasky
from Action Electric, neighboring property owner.
The Board questioned Mr. Steilen about parking on the North edge of the
preperty shown on their survey. Mr. Steilen asked to be excused to ca12
his client. for an�ers to some of the Board's questions. Also, Mr.
Zalasky requested a delay in the hearing of this item until his attorney
could be present. The Board Chairman deferred this item until no later
than 9:00 o'clock of the same evening.
73-3�5 4700 Olson Hi hwa (Ma 7) Li�ht Tndustrial Volp Construction
C°m.PanY.�
The petition is for the waiver of Section
5.05 B for a front yard setback of 29.96' on tYie;existing
building (required 35').
for a side yard setback of .30' on the existing
building (required 20' ).
for a side yard setback of .30' for a proposed
addition to existin�; buildin� (required 2Q')
�lease see next pa�e:
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73�3-5 4700 Olson Hi�hwa�,continued:
and for waiver of Section
5.05 B for a sideyard landscaped area of 10' on the East
side (required 1Q').
for a sideyard landscaped area of 10' on the West
side (required 10') .
for a rear yard landscaped area of 10' (required
10' ).
The Chairman reviewed the petition form and found that Mr. Schaper, owner of
one adjacent parcel, had not been contacted by the petitioner. It was also
noted that the property o�,mer at Gopher Gasket had refused to sign.
Present requesting the variance were Mr. Lyman and Mr. Schuler, property
owners for the subject site. Also present, as an interested party, was Mr.
Dostal, owner of Gopher Gasket, a nei�l�boring properCy owner. The petitioner
had prepared a new site plan which included the proper landscaping on the West
and North sides of the property and those pt��tions in the petitioner's request
were removed. The petitioner also agreed that it was possible to landscape
the East ed�e of the property for a distance of 35 feet back from the street.
Mr. Dostal spoke to the Board and expressed his concern about snow being
pushed onto his property from the parking lot of the subjecC property. He
�aas also concerned about damage to his fence.
Mike Sell felt that this item should be continued to provide an updated survey
which would show existing paving, the fence and the distance to the building
owned by Gopher Gasket. The Board was also concerned about notification for
the property owned by Mr. Schaper.
Mike Sell MOVE� to defer this request until the next regular meeting in April
in order to give the petitioner time to resolve some of the questions brought
out by the Board. It was seconded by Walter Kost and so carried.
76-3�6 5930 Golden Valley Road Ma 11,�_Institutional Golden Vallev Baptist
Church:
The petition is for the wa3.ver of Section
11.07 for 6` to a front yard setback of 44' on an existing
building (required 50' front yard setback).
The Chairman reviewed the application and found it to be in order. The Board
studied the proposed addition to the existing building and examined the vari-
ance request.
Walter Kost MOVED to approve the variance as requested. It was seconded bt
Donald Hughes and so carried.
The last item of business was to return to item 73-3-4.
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It was not clear from Mr. Steilen's comments just where the new parking
area would be located. There also seemed to be some discrepancy between
what he thought St. Regis Paper Company ocmed- and what the survey showed.
Speaking for Action Electric, attorney Harry Ray explained Che negotiations
that had taken place between Action Electric and St. Regis Paper Company
concerning the possible trading of land. Those negotiations, however, did
not result in any settlement.
The Board felt that a variance at this time may only complicate the dis-
cussion between St. Regis Paper Company and Action Electric.
Mike Sell MOVED to defer this item until the next regular meeting in April
to give the parties more time to confer and to give the petitioner time to
update the survey of their property. Donald Hughes seconded the motion and
it carried unanimously.
There being no further b�siness to come before the Board, it was on motion,
duly seconded, ad�ourned at 9:30 P.M.
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Mahlon Swedberg, Chairman James M. Ingemunson, Acting Secretary