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01-10-94 PC Minutes33 ** December 13, 19.93 -- No meeting of the Planning Commission due to the lack of an agenda. ** December 27, 1993 -- No meeting of the Planning Commission due to the lack of an .agenda. MINUTES OF THE GOLDEN VALLEY PLANNING COMMISSION January 10, 1994 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 Chair McAleese at 7:05 PM. Those present were Commissioners Groger, Johnson, Kapsner, McAleese, Pentel and Prazak; absent was Lewis. Also present were Mark Grimes, Director of Planning and Development; Beth Knoblauch, City Planner; and Mary Dold, Secretary. I. Approval of Minutes - November 22, 1993 MOVED by Johnson, seconded by Groger and motion carried unanimously to approve the November 22, 1993 minutes as submitted. II. Informal Public Hearing - Conditional Use Permit - Continued Applicant: Schumacher Wholesale Meats, Inc. Address:. 1114 Zane Avenue No., Golden Valley, Minnesota Request: Allow for the processing and packaging of foods involving heating, cooking, smoking, soaking. or marinating procedures in a Light Industrial District Chair McAleese summarized for the audience attending what had occurred at the November 22, 1993 informal hearing and the reason for the continued hearing -- to have staff do additional research and technical input on odor control. Beth Knoblauch reviewed the "Second Addendum to Schumacher C.U.P. Application Report - Odor Control Research" memo commenting on the four potential strategies which had been raised at the November 22, 1993 meeting. She stated that two questions continued to be asked: 1) what constitutes a fair odor control stan- dard and 2) who decides whether that standard is being adequately met. Ms. Knoblauch summarized staff's research on the above two questions. She commented that State law requires the City to include standards and criteria for condi- tional uses that apply to such uses in general and also those that apply to particular categories of conditional uses. The City follows certain practices which have been in use since 1981. The City borrows standards from other sources, such as using existing precedent, the use of outside regulations (state law), using the basic mandate of zoning and the use of industry standards. Ms. Knoblauch said that she had not found anything in the City's normal procedures to indicate that a goal of zero tolerance for odor would be reasonable or that the type of odor involved here requires extraordinary controls. There is no precedent for requiring full odor suppression by industrial or commercial Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission January 10, 1994 Page Two cooking uses that are conditionally regulated. Staff's research indicates that it would be difficult to impose conditions on the proposed use beyond the level of current industry standards. Ms. Knoblauch talked about who determines whether a business is in compliance with an odor standard. The best method would be an odor panel. There would have to be many questions answered before an odor panel could be established. Ms. Knoblauch then went on to discuss the four potential odor control strate- gies. Staff's recommendation was to incorporate two of them -- a limit on hours of operation, and use of commonly accepted industry standards for odor control -- into the conditional use permit. Mark Grimes, Director of Planning and Development, read the eight conditions that would be recommended as part of the conditional use permit. Mr. Grimes told the commission that Gary Johnson from the Inspections Department reviewed the engineering plan which was submitted by the applicant. Robert House, from Air Cleaning Technology, Inc a, talked about the design of the charcoal filtering system. A key to the design is the fan or blower which moves the exhaust through the charcoal filter. Mr. House also talked about the main- tenance of this unit and how to check for saturation of the charcoal unit. Maintenance is critical because if the charcoal is saturatd it will not elimi- nate odor. Mr. House felt this unit would filter 90-98~ of the smell from this type of cooking. Commissioner Prazak asked if this filtering unit has been used elsewhere. Mr. House commented that charcoal filtering is used in many, many places, i.e. fish processing facilities, chemical plants, restaurants and smoking rooms. Mr. Schumacher, applicant, commented on the operating hours of 10 AM to 3 PM suggested by staff. He would like to see a bigger window, 7 AM to 3 PM which would fit his operation better. Mr. Schumacher also talked about retail sales and that all orders are pre-ordered in bulk size. He would not sell to someone who walked in off the street requesting one or two pasties. Commissioner Pental asked staff who residents would contact to file a complaint? Mark Grimes stated that residents should contact the Planning Department and staff would then consult with the Inspections Department. The Planning Commission all agreed that the filtering system should do the job and that the hours of 7 AM to 3 PM should be adequate. Commissioner Groger com- mented that if Mr. Schumacher would want to expand his operation to a later hour in the afternoon he would have the opportunity to amend his conditional use permit. Commissioner Pentel requested that the conditions require a saturation check on the charcoal filters and regular replacement before reaching 100% saturation. MOVED by Pentel, seconded by Prazak and motion carried unanimously to recommend to the City Council approval for a conditional use permit to allow for food pro- cessing involving cooking and/or heating in the Light Industrial District amending condition No. 2 (hours) and No. 5 (check saturation before 100q). 35 Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission January 10, 1994 Page Four IV. Reports on Meetings of the Housing and redevelopment Authorit City Council and Board of Zonin Appeals Mark Grimes reviewed the City Council meetings with the commission. V. Other Business Mark Grimes gave background information on the CO-OP organization and suggested to the Planning Commission that this would be a good meeting to attend. VI. Adjournment Chair McAleese adjourned the meeting at 8:35 PM. ~. ,,-Jean Lewis, ecretary ~.. 1 1