11-19-55 PC Minutes ���
GOL.DEN VALLEY PLANNING COi�1MI�SION
Minutes of Meeting of NovembEr 19, 1955
A special meetinc� of t�ae Golden Va11ey Planning Commission was
ca11�d to order at 8:�0 A.M., November 19, 1955, at the Village
Ha11. Members present were Erickson, Peterson, Lynch, Loughland,
Raugla�d, Putnam, Patterson, Kost, Borchert, Fwa1d, LaBissoniere
and Ve22. Engineer Ogard was also present.
Mr. Boblett, of the A. D. .Strong Company, appeared for am un.dis-
• closed clie�t to recTuest heavy industrial zoning of 105 acres of
property located at the Northwest corner of the Mi'nneapolis, North-
field and South2rn Railway an�. Douglas Drive. The bv.ilding would
cover 200,000 sq. ft. anc1 house offices, warehouse and manufact�ur-
, ing consisting of fabrication of sma11 metal pari;s.
The cost was estimated at 1.2 million dollars and initial employ-
ment of 350 with possible future employment of two to thr2e
thousand. The building would be of the one-story type and con- '
struction would start as soon as possible. A j�ortion of this - - �
property had recently been platted and th.e plat acceptecl by the
rouncil. However, the plat has not been recorded and the Com-
mission was assured that the plat W�u1d not interfere with the
rezoning. After considerable discussion of the possible �cra:ffic
problem.s which this proposal mic�ht create ancl the 3rrrprovement
of streets, the Commission took �h.is matter vnder advisement
and President Borchert set December 7, 1955, as the clate for a
public hearing. Engineer Ogard was requested ta advise the Vil-
lage Administrator to notify residents of the area of the public
hearing.
Private Home Construction in Heavy Use District:
Borchert read a letter from the zoning committee regaraing this
matter. There was discv.ssion of this problem in other svbt?rbs
and it was the opinion of the members that their problems da�'fer
from Golden Valleys� because of differences in terrain and type
or class of home development. It �ras felt that 5ec. 602 of the
Ordinance covers this matter adequately vnless there axe some
specific questions or problems of which the Commission is no�
aware ol" at this time.
Corner Radii:
The question. of whether radii �t corner 1ot lines is desirable
or not had been raised and referred to the F1at Committee.
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Engineer O�ard presented sketches of various 3ntersections sho�-
ing street ��d, lot-line radi� of different 1e�gths. It was the
opinion of the Commission that the purpose of such ra.dii is to
permft the maintenance of sight distance at in�ersections. It was
pointed out that the newly adopted ordinance ca11s for 20 �eet
radius c�rves a� the intersection of corner 1ot lines. Velz moved
�that the Co_mmission recomsnend th�t ther2 b2 .no change in the re-
quirement for corner radii. Seconded by Kost, carried.
Meeting adjourned at 1Z:00 A.M.
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