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07-22-91 PC Minutes MINUTES OF THE GOLDEN VALLEY PLANNING COMMISSION 1 July 22, 1991 A regular meeting of the Planning Commission was held at the Golden Valley City Hall, Council Chamber, 7800 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley, Minnesota. The meeting was called to order by Chair McAleese at 7:OOp.m. Those present were: Groger, Johnson, Kapsner, McAleese, and Prazak; absent were Lewis and McCracken-Hunt. Also present were Mark Grimes, Director of Planning and Development; Beth Knoblauch, City Planner and Mary Dold, Secretary. I. Approval of Minutes - June 24, 1991 1 1 MOVED by Johnson, seconded Kapsner and motion carried unanimously to approve the June 22, 1991 as submitted. II. Informal Public Hearing - Conditional Use Permit in a Light Industrial Zoning District Applicant: Brian Petersen Address: 9211 Plymouth Avenue North, Golden Valley, Minnesota Request: Allow the Use of a Gymnastics School in a Light Industrial Zoning District Chair McAleese introduced the agenda item and asked Mark Grimes, Director of Planning and Development, for a brief summary of the request. Mr. Grimes gave a summary of the request and reviewed the plan with the Commission. He talked about the parking and found it to be adequate. He is concerned with the aesthetics of the outside property and will make a condition, as part of the permit, that curb and gutter be constructed in the area west and south of the building and the whole area be striped for parking by November 1, 1991. Also, outside storage should be limited to the unpaved area south of the accessory building which includes construction trailers. If additional parking is needed, the future parking area west of the existing parking lot be constructed. This decision for extra parking will be at the sole discretion of the Director of Inspections. Mr. Grimes also commented that there will be no parking. on Plymouth Avenue and if parking occurs, "No Parking" signs will be posted. Chair McAleese asked Mr. Grimes how he calculated parking requirements. Mr. Grimes commented that the ordinance calls for one (1) space for every 400 sq.ft. of gym space or one (1) space for every three (3) seating capacity. Since there is no seating planned for the gym, parking was determined by the square footage of the gym and office space. Commissioner Prazak asked what role Mr. Vanman, owner of the building, plays. Mr. Grimes commented that Mr. Vanman is responsible for repairs and conditions of the conditional use permit. Brian Petersen, the applicant, had no additional comments. ~: Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission July 22, 1991 Page Two Commissioner Johnson asked Mr. Petersen his time frame for opening. He com- mented that he would like to open September 9th. Mr. Petersen asked Mr. Grimes about the curb and gutter. He said Mr. Vanman doesn't want the curb and gutter because of his trailers. Mr. Grimes stated that if this area is going to be a public parking area for the tenants, the City requires the parking area to have curb and gutter. He also commented that if there is a natural run-off to the slew in the back by the wetland, staff will talk with Mr. Vanman about not having curb and gutter in the rear and about how he can best clean up the area in the rear of the building. Chair McAleese opened the informal public hearing. Stephanie Selisker, 1317 Hillsboro Ave. No. asked who would be using the back portion of the building during the day. Mr. Grimes commented that Mr. Petersen has use of the building all day. Chair McAleese closed the informal public hearing. Chair McAleese sees no problem with this request but would like staff to meet with Mr. Vanman before the City Council hearing of the 3rd of September to come to some kind of agreement regarding the curb and gutter. MOVED by Prazak, seconded by Groger and motion carried unanimously to recommend to the City Council approval of the Conditional Use Permit for a Gymnastics School in a Light Industrial Zoning District. III. Informal Public Hearing - Amendment No. 2 - PEM Millwork P.U.D. No. 44 Applicant: Paul Hoover Address: 800 Mendelssohn Avenue North, Golden Valley, Minnesota Request: Amend P.U.D. Permit No. 44 to allow the west building to be used for manufacturing in addition to the current office and warehouse uses. Chair McAleese asked staff for a brief summary of the request. Mark Grimes reviewed the staff report along with commenting that Mr. Hoover would like the flexibility of having manufacturing on the site. Staff doesn't see a problem with this amendment to P.U.D. No. 44 and recommends approval. Commissioner Prazak asked if there were restrictions on the type of manufactur- ing. Mr. Grimes commented that manufacturing covers a wide range of uses that are all permitted in the Industrial Zoning District. Mr. Hoover had no comments. Chair McAleese opened the informal public hearing. Hearing and seeing no one Chair McAleese closed the informal public hearing. 1 1 1 The Commissioners thought the request was straight forward and in favor of it. Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission July 22, 1991 Page Three MOVED by Kapsner, seconded by Groger and motion carried unanimously to recommend to the City Council approval for the request of an amendment to PEM Millwork P.U.D. No. 44 to allow the west building to be used for manufacturing in addi- tion to the current office and warehouse uses. IU. Consideration of Pro osed Amendments to the Zonin Code Re ardin Bui dings on ots and Variances ranted by t e B A Chair McAleese asked staff for a review of this consideration. Beth Knoblauch, City Planner, reviewed her report with the Commissioners on the code amendments. The Commissioners were in agreement with the amendments. The amendment referring to the BZA was approved contingent on further review, discussion and rewrite with the City Attorney and a copy of any changes be sent to the Planning Commissioners before the City Council hearing of September 3rd. Chair McAleese requested that the minutes reflect that if the City or County require an applicant to come before the Zoning Board because of right-of-way taking, no fee should be charged them. MOVED by Kapsner, seconded by Johnson and motion carried unanimously to approve the amendments to the Zoning Code. V. Re orts on Meetin s of the Nousin and Redevelo merit Authorit Cit Counci an oard of Zom rig ppea s Mark Grimes reported on the Winnetka Avenue Project that came before the City Council on July 16th. VI. Adjournment Chair McAleese adjourned the meeting at 9:OOp.m. ;-i ,,._ an Lewis ec etary 1