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01-10-05 PC Minutes . e . e . Regular Meeting of the Golden Valley Planning Commission January 10, 2005 A regular meeting of the Planning Commission was held at the Golden Valley City Hall, Council Chambers, 7800 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley, Minnesota, on Monday, January 10, 2005. Chair Keysser called the meeting to order at 7 pm. Those present were Commissioners Eck, Hackett, Keysser, McAleese, Schmidgall and Waldhauser. Also present were Director of Planning and Development, Mark Grimes and Administrative Assistant, Lisa Wittman. Commissioner Rasmussen was absent. I. Approval of Minutes November 22, 2004 Planning Commission Meeting MOVED by Eck, seconded by Waldhauser and motion carried unanimously to approve the November 22,2004 minutes as submitted. Chair Keysser abstained from voting. II. Discussion of Proposed New City Code Section 11.50 "Sexually Oriented Businesses" Grimes reminded the Commission that in June of 2004 the City placed a one year moratorium on sexually oriented businesses. He said that the City will be adopting one ordinance regarding licensing of sexually oriented businesses and one ordinance regarding the zoning of them. The licensing ordinance will not be reviewed by the Planning Commission. Grimes stated that the courts have ruled that cities can not deny locating sexually oriented businesses. He referred to a map showing the places they could be located in Golden Valley as part of the proposed zoning code amendment. He explained that they can not be located within 500 feet of any residential or church property or within 500 feet of businesses that cater to children, such as the skate park located on Florida Ave. He stated that there are no properties in the commercial zoning district that fit the criteria of being 500 feet from a church, school or residential area and that is why staff looked at the Industrial zoning district for this type of use. He stated that the City Attorney has reviewed this proposed ordinance and is in favor of this approach. Schmidgall asked if there are other types of businesses that are regulated similarly, such as liquor stores. Grimes said there are no other types of business that have these kinds of regulations and that each city is allowed only so many liquor licenses. However, no off or on-sale liquor establishment may be located within 300 feet of a school and 100 feet of a church. Waldhauser referred to the 500-foot buffer from residential areas and asked why that requirement doesn't apply to adjoining cities as well. Grimes stated that he thinks all Industrial properties in Golden Valley are located 500 feet from residential areas in adjoining cities, but that he would check to make sure. Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission January 10, 2005 Page 2 . Keysser asked about massage parlors. Grimes explained that massage therapy is covered in a different ordinance and has a different licensing process. McAleese said he has a bit of a problem using a tool like zoning to address a moral problem. He said that there are really development related reasons that the City would want to keep these types of businesses in certain areas and restrict them in certain ways. He said when this ordinance comes back to the Planning Commission for the public hearing he would like more reference to the findings and purpose section of the ordinance and he would like the presentation to be more about the data from the findings and to have reasons for the things they are proposing. Grimes said he needs the Planning Commission to decide if this ordinance is headed in the right direction and then he will bring it back to them, with the changes they've e discussed, for a public hearing. Eck questioned the 500-foot distance. Keysser said that a 500-foot buffer is a pretty well accepted distance. Waldhauser said that the traffic pattern in and out of these types of businesses should not be by a school or daycare. . Grimes said that when this ordinance comes back to the Planning Commission he'll include the ordinance regarding the licensing portion of sexually oriented businesses. Keysser asked if the City Attorney could be present when this ordinance comes back for the public hearing. e III. Reports on Meetings of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority, City Council, Board of Zoning Appeals and other Meetings No other meetings were discussed. IV. Other Business Grimes told the Commissioners that the City Council is in the process of hiring a consultant to start working on the 1-394 Corridor Study. He added that the Planning Commission will playa large part in this study within the next couple of months. Eck asked if there were any specific ideas regarding the 1-394 corridor that came from Envision. Grimes said yes, and explained that each consultant was given a Vision Guide. Keysser asked which consulting firms are giving proposals to the City. Grimes said the . three firms are Hoisington Koegler, URS and DSU. . e . e . Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission January 10, 2005 Page 3 WaJdhauser said that the 8ZA has mentioned that one of the most frequent issues they have is the amount of storage allowed on a residential lot (1,000 sq. ft.). She said they've been getting a lot of pressure to allow additional storage facilities and larger garages, particularly in parts of the City where there are very large lots and large homes and that if people are willing to purchase a similar property, not in Golden Valley, they can have more storage for boats and other belongings. She asked Grimes if he has seen other ordinances that are more variable based on other characteristics of the property rather than just a set amount. Grimes said he has seen ordinances based on total square feet. He said he doesn't have any objections to looking at changing the current requirements. He said staff could take a look at the current ordinance, do some research and bring it to the Planning Commission for their review. v. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 7:35 pm.