02-13-78 PC Minutes 1
MINUTES OF TME GOLDEN UALLEY
PLANNING COh1MISSION
February 13, 1978
A reguiar meeting of the Golden Valley Planning Commission was held at 7:30 P.M.
on Monday, February 13, 1978 at the Civic Center, 78�0 Golden Valley Road,
Golden Valley, Min�esota.
Chair Sehlin presided and tk�e following members a�re present: Ce�mmissioners
Edstrom, Herje, Mi�adess, and Wa�gman. Also present was Jo� Westlake, staff inember.
Mer�bers absent: Cc�€+missioners Forster, Hughes, Polachek, a�d Speekto�.
1 . APPR�VAL OF MI�IUTES: MUVEO by Herje, secoaded by Mindess, carried
wnanimc��sly, to approve the Janwary 23, 1978 Planning Cc�mnission minutes as �+aited.
2. WAIVER OF THE PLATTING ORDINANCE
Applieant: Rt�dolph Kargel
Location: 1535 Jersey Avenue North-6909 Olympia Street
Request: Divide Parcel into Taro Lots
Zoning: Residential
The fotlowing lots are presently combined into one parcel of land: Lots 59 through
60 and the East 25 feet of Lot 58 including the �lorth 23 feet of Lots 133 and 134
Belmont. The request is to subdivide the above combined parcels into two lots.
Parcel A (South Parcel )
Site contains a house
Lot frontage — 9�.67'
Lot �epth — 125'
Lot Area — 11 ,�65 square feet
Parcel B (North Parcel )
Site — — Open
Lot Frontage — 125'
Lot Depth — 7�.5'
Lot Area — 9,312 squar� feet
The area has varying lot sizes ranging from Sp to lU0 feet of fr0ntag� and from
7,15� to 12,870 square feet. If the Planning Cc�mmissior� recc�mnends approval of
the request a condition should be made to relocate the utilities for the home on
the South parcel becawse of their present lo�atior� in the proposed North parcei .
Mr. Stackhouse, real estate agent, and Mr. Kargel , property owr��r were present.
Mr. StackF�c�ase stated they i ntend to rel ocate the uti 1 i ti es by pl aci r�g thern i n
the Right of Way of Jersey Av�nue and then �orth to Olyrnpia Street.
The Plan�i�g Corm�ission in discc�ssing the reqaest for the North parcel took into
consideratio� the setbacks on the lot noting that if the new home faces Oly�pia
Street, the rear �ard v�ould be limited. Also, the �rarying lot sizes in tt�e area
were reviewed.
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It was moved by Edstrom, seconded by Wagman, carried unanimously, to reccxn�end
approval of the request for the waiver of the Platting �rdinance, subject to
the relocatiot� of the sewer and water services to be located in the Right of Way
of Jersey Avenue.
3• PLA�INING COMMISSI�N �FFICERS FOR 1978
The Plan�ing Cc�mmission at their April 10, 1978 annual meetir�g will consider the
election of Planning Commissio�a officers for this year. Chair Sehlin appointed
a nor�i nati ng ec�nmi ttee consi sti ng of Cc�i ssi oners Edstrc�m, Her je, a�d t�i ndess.
The naninating ec�rrmittee is to report to the Planning Ccxrnnission at the
Apri1 10, 1978 n+eeting.
4. GENERAI
The Planr�ing Ccxnmission was infor�d that the City Council gave concept approval
for P.U.�. #1—B Colonial Acres at the Februar}r 6, 197$ Council �eeting.
There being no fort�ier business to cc�e befor� the meetit�g, it was o� motion,
duly seconded, adjourned at 8:15 P.M.
Jody Sehlin, Chair G. William Forster, Secretary
N� PIANNING C�MMISSI�N FAEETING February 27, 197$