HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 09-07-1966 SpecialMI1WfES OF VILLkaS COt3CIL R39TING
PoKourB, MINNESOTA
September 7, 1966
A special meeting of the Village Council was called to order by Mayor
Loring M. Staples, Jr. at 7:30 p.m.
Present: Mayor Staples, Trustees 01=t and Renner, the Village Administrator
and Attorney.
Absent: Trustees Hagen and 0' FL- in.
Alec present: Chairman Egan of the Planning Co®ission, Coam issicaers
Cavanaugh, Kirdseth, Holcomb and Peterson, and James B.
Knight, Planning Consultant,
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Mayor Usplea stated that the purpose of the meeting was to continue their
joint review of the Proposed Zoning Ordinance for Plymouth and that they
had left off at pagm 56 at the last meeting and would start Cohere at this
meeting,.
Mr. Leflier explained the present Sign Ordinance and explained the differences
between i.t and the sign regulations in the Proposed Zoning Crdinance. The
basic difference lies is the more liberal sign size regulations allowed by
the p.:•ese.nt Ordinance in the areas zoned Residential -Open (R4). Th! pro-
posed ordinance treate areas zoned (R-0) Residential -Open and R-1 rueidential
areas as the same. Mayor Staples asked the Planning Commission to review
this area and return with a specific recovmendation.
M:. Lefler pointed out that there were no definite sign height regulations
in the prolicsed ordinance and that definite heights should be not. After
a discussion concerning the proper height, placement and other regulution
of signs along freewayag Mayor Staples asked the Planning Commission to
review this area and make a recommendation.
Mr. Knight suggested that lots fr,.Ating on thoroughfares, through tho Buildiiyt
Code, be required to install driveway turn-arounds on the lot to slietinate
backing of vehicles out onto the thoroughfare. The Mayor suggested iwA all
agreed that the required off-street parking on lap 67, 14 (a) and (b) be
changed to too off-street spaces; (a) to 1.5 aff-street opicesj and 1;own-
houses should have twc, spaces per wait.
In di8eu64intf pagh 68 of the proposed ordinance, Mr. Knight stated that
additional thosght should be given to reducing the parking ratios for large
shopping centers as recent studies revealed tIvA this might be possible.
Mr. Knight suggested that the Planning Coamiss..a1 study this further.
Mayor Staples and all present agreed that the golf course parking requirements
were too low and they should be stud.ted further.
Both Council cad Planning Commission man"oere agreed the following poinAu
should be given further study:
1. Page 67, section (f),
2. Paan 69.
3• Page 68,
4• Page 72,
section v ,
section k ,
section 4 ,
Public narks and Reorea•.,iun Areae"
be removed.
needs Virther clarification.
requirements should be increasede,
the word "soreen" should be changed
and to review the definition of the
on pagai 3*
should
to "buffer"
word "buffer"
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Mr. Iwfler raised ascion regarding the section on lNor-Conforoine-men
on ,page 74, section r,8)* His question van in regard to the aoortisatii)n
schedule :'or elininating norosconforming uses. He stated Uat this prov::sion
is the prjposad ordinance his been uphold bj only approsinstel) 50 of tas
outstats courts deoisions gad that they unci no Minnesota decisions on this
natter. Mr. Knight felt it vas worth the chu:ce to have this provicion in
the ordinance. He thought that if it were ulteld at a later date it mould
be to the Village's advantage to have it in the ordinance now.
Upon notion made and carried, the meeting was adjourned at 11:20 p.m.
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