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01-11-62 PC Minutes 1 REGULAR MEETING of the GOLDEN VALIEY PLANNING COMMISSION January 11 , 19b2 A regular meeting of the Golden Valley Planning Commission was held on Thursday, January 11 , � 962 at 7:30 p.m. at the Civic Center , 7800 Golden Va11ey Road, � Golden Valley, Minnesota. President Penr�ock pre- sided and the following members were pres�nt : Bedwell , Brown, H�tman, Jensen, Loughland, tynch, Senstad, Shinder, Straw and VanHauer . Also present was Mike Seil , Planning C�nmission Secretary . On motion by .Brown, seconded by Hetman, the December 14, 1g61 Planning Commission milnutes were unanimousty approved. - � ELECTION OF OFFICERS Motion by Shinder , seconded by Straw to defer this item to end of the meeting. Motion unanimously carried. _ PLATS LILAC HEIGHTS ADDITION - Frar�k Cardarelle Plat Committee member Shinder gave the following report : "This subdivision is owned by several property owners . Frank R. Cardarelle, Gerald R. Piazza, Norman E . Nielsen, Donald Loken, E . E . Mikelsen and Elder Armstrong . Mr . Armstrong represented the owners at the plat committee meeting. At the present time, this property is subdivided into seven lots . The owners wish to ptat this property into fourteen additionai lots for a total of twenty one lots. Unity Avenue would extend thru the plat and connect with both its north and south extensions . All the lots within the plat r�eet minimum lot dimensions and areas with the exception of one lot designated as number seven and owned by Mr . Armsfrong. This lot is l00 feet in width but has only 12,000 square feet in area. The State Highway Department has recently taken a considerable amount of property from in front of Mr . Armstrong' s house which would otherwise have been a part of this lot. Much of this property may still be used by Mr. Armstrong as a boulevard although owned by the State. The plat eommittee recanmends acceptance of this plat with a waiver to 12 ,000 square feet of area for existing Lot No. 7, owned by Mr . Elder Armstrong. The committee has also instructed the _ platters to show the entire street as Unity Avenue instead of the former name of Utica Avenue.+' Mr . Armstrong and Mr . Loken rrere present and answered questions th� Gorrimission had concerning the plat. � Regular Meeting of the Golden Va11ey Planning Commission, Jan. 11 , 1962 PLATS - continued Motion by Brown, seconded by Lynch that the Planning Commission accept the committee report and recommend approval of this plat to the Council . Motion unanimously carried. STREET NAME CNANGE : Sandburg Road - North � South Portion Plat Committee member Shinder gave the foltowing report : ��That street near Cart Sandburg School extending from the North line of Che South 2 of the Northeast 4 of Section 29, Township 11$, Ranqe 21 to Medicine take Road is recommended by the plat cvmmittee to be Sandburg Lane.�' Motion by Loughland, seconded by Brown tMat the Planning Commission accept the committee report and recommend to the Counci1 that the portion of Sandburg Road extending North from the Honeywell boundary line to Medicine Lake Road be renamed Sandburg tane. Motion unanimous- ly carried. NEW STREET NAMES : Street in F � R Realty Property Ptat Commifitee member Shinder gave the following report : "�That street extending from Minnaqua Avenue thru Bungalow Terrace north to Lilac Drive is recommended by the plat committee to be named Unity Avenue, since it is an extension of the existing Unity Avenue�' . Motion by VanHauer , seconded by Straw that the Planning Commission accept the committee report and recommend that this sfireet be named Unity Avenue. Motion unanimously carried. NEW STREET NAME : New Street running North from Olson Nighway �r� Section 33 to Golden Valley Road. Plat Committee member Shinder gave the following report : �'That street extenciing from Olson Highway North to Golden Valley Road is recammended by the plat committee to be call�d Zane Avenue since it tines up with the existing Zane Avenue to the North.�� Motion by Loughland, seconded by Bedwell that the Planning Commission accept the committee report and recommend to the Council that this stre�t be named Zane Avenue. Motion unanimously carried . ZONING 1b09 XERXES AVENUE NORTH - Nursing Home; At Herman Zoning Committee Chairman Hetman gave the following report; r) Regular Mecting of the Golden Valley Planning Commission, Jan. 11 , 1962 ZONING - contin�ed r'This request is for the rezoning of thr�e lots from residentia1 to the institutionat category. The applicants met with th� Committee and presented their plan for the construction of an 80-unit nursing and convatescent home for the aged. Mr . A1 Herman explained the proposed development to the Committee which would include a two-story structure with a lower level basement walk-out arrangement to the rear of the building. The building would fa�ce Xerxes Avenue and woutd occupy 21 .5% of the total land area and would be situated on 3 � tots and vacat�:d street 16th Avenue North. The proposed plan would require an ordinance waiver to altow a 15-foot rear yard setback. The proponents estimated the cost of the building to be in excess of $400,000. The applicants submitted signatures from adjoining property owners to the north and to the south approving the proposed development plan. Two additional separate petitions against the proposed plan atso were discussed. One of these petitions contained 31 signatures of Gotd�*n Valley property owners in the immediate area; the other lists S1 signatures �rom persons in the Minneapolis residential area, which is directly across Xerxes Avenue. Mr . Stahl of Patch and Erickson, the architectural firm, presented the building plans to the Committee. After reviewing the application, the Committee members noted the following: The land under consideration is zoned residential and is surrounded by a residentiat devetopment consisting of one-story homes . The Committee members feel strongly that this land should remain in the residential zone category and that, frorn all indications , it should develop as such. The Committee unanimously recommends that the Planning Commission deny this rezoning request .�' Mr. A1 Stein was present to represent the applicant and described the project in detai1 to the Commission . After discussion a motion was made by Bedwell , seconded by Br�n that the Planning Commission accepfi the committee report and recommend denial of this request to the Council . Motion unanimously carried. 925 ZANE AVENUE NORTN - Light Industrial - Heinrich Envetope Company Zoning Committee Chairman Hetman gave the following report : � RegUlar Meeting of the Golden Valtey Planning Commission, Jan. 11 , 1962 ZONING - continued t'This application is a request for zoning from an open develop- ment to the 1ight industrial category of a land parce1 consist- ing of �.6 acres for a proposed 40,000 sq. ft . , one-story building with expa�sion plans for a total building space of $0,000 sq. ft . The applicants met with the Committee and presented their plans . Mr . Hugh Lindsay, the land developer, explained to the Committee that plans have been completed and construction has been ini - tiated to develop the area referred to as the tindsay Addition . He further stated that work could commence immediately on the construction of the necessary streets and roads which would serve the proposed building. Mr . Heinrich presented to the Committee an exptanation of the Company ' s operation, which consists of converting raw paper stock into finished products . Mr. Dave Griswold, the architect for fihe project , presented preliminary building plans and stated that the building would have exterior pr�-formed concrete panels similar to the type on the Pako building. The appticants agreed to submit to the Village Engineering � Department for approval final plans showing the street location leading North to Golden Valley Road and agreed to dedicate all necessary road right-of-ways fio the Vitlage. The appticants also agreed to include the proper tandscaping as part of their overall plan. After due consideration, the Committee unanimously recommends approval of this zoning request. The proposed use of this land satisfies in all respects the requirements of the Village ordinances .�� Mr. Hugh Lindsay and Mr . Neinrich were pr�sent and outlined their plans for this proposed development. Motion by Loughland, seconded by Senstad that fihe Planning Commission accept the committee report and recommend approval of this request to the Council . Motion unanimously carried. ORDINANCE WAIVERS 5411 CIRCLE DOWNS - Weldwood Nursing Home Ordinance Committee Chairman Jensen gave the following report : "Request is for necessary waivers to build an addition approxi - mately 50' x 125 ' onto existing building. � Regular Mesting of the Golden Valley Planning Commission, Jan. 11 , 1962 ORDINANCE WAIVERS - continued A waiver of Sec. 11 .04 (25% Area) to use 28.7% of area. A waiver of Sec . 11 .05 (Parking Area) 33 spaces required and approximately 13 available within the code. A waiver of Sec. 11 .06 (Side and Rear Yard Set Back) a 17 ft . waiver to 13 ft . from the East iot iine. A 20 ft . waiver to 30 ft . from the South Lot linc to new addition. A 42 ft. waiver to 8 ft. from the South lot 1ine of proposed addition to existing kitchen and dining room. The �ommittee ch�cked the proposed plans and survey and dis- cuss�d the numbers and magnitude of waivers at length. The Canmittee unanimously agreed th�: proposed addition was too large for the lot and therefore recommends denial ." Mr . Nechter and Mr . Don Erickson were present and answered questions tne Commission had concerning the waiver request . After discussion a motion was made by Shinder , seconded by Bedwell that the Planning Commission accept the committee report and recommend denial of this request to ' the Council . Motion unanimously carried. LONG RANGE PLANNING REVIEW OF ZONING - Parcels J, M � N and Industrial Zone lying North of Duluth Sfi . and Southwesterly of Minneapolis, North- field and Southern Railway. Long Range Planning Committee Chairman Brown gave the following report : "The Long Range Committee reviewed the zoning of Tracts J, M and N and the Tndustrial Zoned area t�orth of Duiuth Street and South- west�rly of the Minneapotis, Northfield and Southern Railway. After consideration and study the Long Range Committee recommends the following: 1 ) Tract J, (bounded by the new proposed County Road #66, Douglas Drive, Westmore Heights and Brunswick Ave. ) which the Planning Commission previously recommended for Resi - dentia1 Zoning, should be rezoned to Residential . 2 ) Tract M, (bounded by Wynwood Ave. , Douglas Drive, Grystal Vitlage limits and Zane Avenue) and Tract N, (bounded by C3ouglas Orive, Sandburg School and Medicine Lake Road) should be left in the Open Deveiopment category for the present . In the event of construction on the commercial � Regular Meeting of the Golden Valley Planning Commission,Jan. 11 , 1962 LONG RANGE PLANNING - continued 2) (cont ' d. ) sites in Crystal or the platting of these areas in Golden Vailey the Long Range Committee will again review them for possible rezoning. 3 ) Rezoning of the Industrial Zone North of Duluth St . and Southwesterty of the Minneapolis , Northfield and Southern Railway. The committee recommends that this item be deferred pending the outcome of the rezoning petition by Larnphere and Jones for Multiple Dwe1ling Zoning between this tract and Winn�tka Avenae.�� Motion by Loughland, seconded by Bedwell that the Planning Comrnission accept the committ�e report and recommend to the Councit that Tract J, ( Item 1 in report ) be rezoned to Residential . Motion unanimously carried. Motion by Hetman, seconded by Shinder that the Planning Commission ` accept the balance of the committee report and take no action at this time. Motion unanimously carried. Letter from Mr . S . M. Mrosak: Regarding Open Development Area to be Rezoned to Residential The Secretary reported that a letter had been received from Mr . S ,M. Mrosak requesting that a parcel of land he owned between the North- easterly line of Block 3, Mary Hills and Bassett ' s Creek be rezoned to Residential . Mr , Mrosak atso owns Lot �, and part of Lot 2, Btock 3 and wished to have all his property zoned Residential befo�e building his home. The Secretary stated that land in the quarter section immediatety North of this had been rezoned to Residential by the Council on January Z, 1962 . After discussion a motion was made by Brown, seconded by Hetman that the Planning Commission recommend to the Council that the Open Develop- ment area betwec�n the Northeasterly line of Lots 2, 3 � 4, B1ock 3, Mary Hills, and Bassett ' s Creek be rezoned to Residential . Motion unanimously carried. ELECTION OF OFFICERS Mr . Loughland, Chairman of the Nominating Committee, recommended that Mr . Joe Brown, Mr . Robert Raugland, and Mr . Mike Setl be elected as President, Vice President and Secretary, respectiveiy, of the Ptanning Commission. Motion by Jensen, seconded by Shinder that the Planning Commission accept the committee recommendation and elect Jo� Brown as President of the Commission. Motion unanimously carried. Motion by toughland, seconded by Hetman tkaat the Planning Commission � Regular Meeting of the Golden Valley Planning Commission, Jan. 11 , 19b2 EIECTION OF OFFICERS - continued accept the committee recanmendation and elect Robert Raugland as Vice President of the Commission. Motion unanimously carried. Motion by Lynch, seconded by Jensen that the P1anning Commission accept the committee recommendation and elect Mike Seil as Secretary of the Commission. Motion unanimously carried. Mr. Pennock expressed his gratitude to the Commission for their fine cooperation in the past years he had served as President. He stated that he was particularly thankful for the help of the Administrative Staff and the Committee Chairman. The newly elected President, Mr . Brown , speaking on behalf of the Commission, express�d the Commission ' s gratitude for Mr . Pennock ' s fine leadership of the Commission for the past five years . He further indi - cated that the value of Mr . Pennock � s services is readi1y evident by the progress the Village has made through the efforts of our well led Planning Cc�mmission. There being no further business to transact , motion by Shinder , seconded by VanHauer to adjourn the meeting at 10:00 p.m. Mation unanimously carried. ,� .�. ����� i e e , anning omm� ssion ecre ary � eor,� e en oc , at rman