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Cox.,. We must approach these things from an overall KMOTH PEgONING
view. We have talked to Otto Bonestroo in regard Continued:
to drainage:
Egan,.,,, se of the building is projected for ACTION: To
October,- 1970. Will the roadways be ready then? Council 12--1-69
Cox.,,. Naturally, cne difficulty, though, is the
location of County roads, such as the proposed
ramp at #15 and #494.
Egan.... Back to the drainage, will your plan in-
crease or decrease the runoff to adjacent land?
Cox.,, It will decrease the runoff into the James
pond. I will have to run the storm sewers in the
direction as recommended by the Village Engineer.
James... No decision has been made on the buffer
also, it has been brought to the Commission's attention
that the plan showed an access. road along the South
border of Mammoth.
Cox:.. The access road is there assuming the inter-
change oe-, in. at #15. Most of the traffic to this:
plana will, come in this way and this would become the
main entrance to the plant. The distance from the
road to Mr. Jazzes' house would be 350' to the center- enterlinelineoftheroad.
Hedtke..-, 1 am concerned about the drainage situat ul
also
Hagen... Presented a report fro;.. tonestroo pertaining
to SII]', Mammoth and MIP 3rd.
Chapman, . I hada previoiisly voted against the re-
zoD ng due to access and would at'Ll like to see some
plan before l give mfr .approval,
Cox... I don't see how we can. hold off building
this building x.ot knotiaIn g whether or not the County
will note #15.
Hedtke... Please recoufirm your contouring plans.
Cox... We propose to contour and landscape so that
the activity that goes on at the side of the
buil:d.iug would be hidden from view, from the James
property.,
Egan.... . Our action at the: last regular meeting, was
to approve the Zoning, based on a public hearing
also held at that meeting
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PLANNING CCi*11$SION MINUTES
PLYMOUTH MINNESOTA
R,EGULAX MEETING
NOVFd=CSER 19, 196
A regular meeting of the Planning Commission was called to order 'by
Chairman Agan at 8.20 P. M.
The following were, present: Chairman Egan, Commi;ssa,oners Pollock,
Prekker., Xroskin, Hedtke,, Chapman and Hafner, and Engineer Iagen
PUBLICHEARINGS:'
The P1yrkouth Heights rezoning request was automatically PLYMOUTH HEIGHTS
carrr,ed over from the last regularly scheduled meeting,
although it was not on the agenda.. fir. Kirkman Attorney Continued to
for rCIP, stated that they were stall I. the process of 1--28-70
revising their plan in conjunction with a recent meeting x
of homeowners in the area. He felt that the revised
plan would be ready for the January meeting.
MOTION by Commissioner Prekker, second by Commissioner
Kroskin to continue the hearing to January 28, 1970.
Motion passed by unanimous vote.
The `rezoning request of Kunz, Hunz, and. Hunt` was HUNZ REZONING
introduced by Chairman Egan. This hearing was reheld
due to an incomplete legal descr Lptionof property ACTION:; To
involved_. Mr. Harold Birkland, representitg the Hunz 12-10=69 Committee'
family, explained the location, of the site and thein
itatent to rezone the 40 acre tract to 1-1.
Mr. Klaus Bekker, a homeowner in Napledell. is : Addition,
xxianted o know if there had been any change in the plan
since it had been submitted :Cast month. Mr., Egan
commented that there had been no change: in the plan,
Hearing closed "at 8:29 P.M.
TI;n hearing in regard to the rezoning of the Roland ROL.AIND PETERSON
peetevson property located At the intersection of Trunk REZONING
Highway #101 and County Road #6 from R -O 'to R-3, R-
and B-4 opened at 8:30 P M,, This was the second hearing ACTION Approval:
on the request, as te first was dna, equate due to an recommended of
Incorrect legal, description, furnished by the Petitioner R_3 and R-4 por- or-
tions. tions.
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Mr.,Peterson presented his plan to the. Coim-nission. ROLAND PETERSON
In answer to the access guestion, Mr. Peterson stated P.EZONING CON' T.
that there was a 95% chance that they could obtain
the 'Phillips Company property, adjacent to the station,
Commissioner Hedtke asked if this was their only
access. Mr. Petersoi stated •t~ha.t they would prefer
to use County Road 5 and explained proposed i access
points to the shopping center. A discussion was held
regarding the n tmber of units. Public hearing closed
at ; 35 PxM.
Z40T; ON by Commissioner Ha.fner, second by Commissioner
Hedtke to approve the petitioner's application for
rezoning of the LI-31 and R-4 portions of the project
as petitiofled, and recommended: deferring the rezoning
of the B-4 portion of the project until actual and
complete Site Plans could be submitted. Commissioner
Hafner asked if the Minute, could show that the
Planning Commiss't on had no obJection to the: B-4_'re-
zoning, The purpose for deferring the rezoning of the
B-4 portion of the projectwas to insure the residentspP .l
of the area, that the property ° would be utilized for
a supermarket~ and drugstore as proposed, rather trhan a
series of small shops.. Motion passed by unanimous aye vtote.
The Publl,c Hearing in regard to the rezoning request MAMMOTH IND.
of Bruce; Carlson Premium' Service Corporation, was REZONING
continued front' the last regularly scheduled meetri.ng
due to an irregularity in notification, Bruce James
was not: on the list received from the County Auditor.
Attorney Lefler had it:ten to fir. _James: assuring liim
that the Hearing would be continued so he could br,
heard. At this time Mr. Kirkman stated, that the people `
involved in this .hearing were not present so. the
Commission moved on to Committee Reports,.
COWITT E REPORTS.
Mr. Mooney contacted Engineer Hagen r,qarding MOC NEY PRELIM.
requiretients for bringing the prel.i,%%mazy plat up to PLAT - To stay
the proper standards. rds flat to = ;.ay in Committee. in Committee
i W. Youngberg is considering the Planner's recommendation. ZANZIBAR 2nd
Request temporarily deferred. Vern Youngberg
Temporarily de-
t
ferred.
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OLD BUSINESS'S
A. discussion on the rezoning and lack of utilities LOWRY HILL
in this area ensued. Engineer Hagen sated that REZONING
the recommendation for denial at this time was because
of the lack of utilities. Mr. Bile. Rosen, representing To Council 12-1>-69
Lowry Hill$ granted to know if' the area could be re-
zoned now if they agreed not to build until utilities
were available Other matters. entered into the
discussion, such as the, lack of a complete -plan for
that particular, area of Plymouth. Mr. Rosen was
concerned that the merits of the plan, would not reach
the Council. lair. Egan reassured him that members of
the Council were aware of the plan and Mx. _Kroska.n
added that our denial would not be a detriment to the
play itself.
PUBLIC HEARINGS REOPENED:
Attorney Ki cman and Dick Cox appeared, explained; MOMTH REZONING
the rezoning request and presented a Site Plan. Continued::
Opponent Bruce James of 715 Berkshire appeared and
stated his reasons for opposing the rezoning, ''I
am sure the Conanissi on is aware that I have been a
resident in this area for 18 years and have enjoyed
the character of the band up to this time I am
greatly concerned about the drainage of this area,
buffer zone and the considerable amount of dumping
done by MIP on the property adjacent to mine (south).
I would appreciate. some assurance from the Commission
that this area would not be turned into a Village
Dump and that something be done to hide this
monstrosity from my property."
Questions and commants cont:Ulued as follows;
Egan.... Questioned the possibility of having a buffer
between the James property and the ,plant,
Ct^-: ... We had not planned on any buffer because we
felt that: eventually the whole area would be zoned
1-1, but if -oecessary. ,would provide one.
Egan, .. What abruut grading in r-lation to
mr. James' property, which is 410' from the building
and whose elevation is 9601; the proposed building
elevation, will be 955'. Is kt possible with proper
contouring, 'to screen out the hoi,tae
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MOTION by Commissioner Kroskin and second by Commis- W MMOTH Can't.'
sioner Radtke to reaffirm our recommendation of our
previous approval of the rezoning : N ich -took dace
at the October 29, 1969 meeting. Motion passed by
four aye vote. Commissioner Chapman voted n. -.y.,
Mr. Lee Hedlund presented a request for Site Plan DEVAC SITE PLAN
approval for an addition to their present kuilding Approval, recom-
on Highway #55. The Plaiiniag Commission recommended mended subject to
approval subject to the following conditions: 4 conditions,
1, The entrance drive- to the parking, lot off To Council '¢2-1-69
the frontage road should be reduced to
20 and 30 foot curb openings.
2, All parking must be moved behind. the 50'
front.yard setback line,
3. Parking setback; from sidel,ot lanes; .should
Sbe maintained as 15".
4 The steep slope on the westerly side of the
property adjacent to the b%tum nous surface
area should be sodded.
MOTION by Commissioner Pollock, second: by Commissioner
K,;-oskin to adopt the.. Site Plan per the Planner's report,;
Motion unanimously passed.
A representative .of Watson Construction Company CHRYSLER SITE PLAN
presented the proposed site Plan for the Chrysler
Warehouse addition, The Planning Commission recommended. To Council 1.2-1-69
approval subject to the following conditions:
1. That a variance be granted to allow construction
of the building withit. 15' of the rear lot line
instead of 25' required by the Ordinance,
2. That the parking lot on the east side of the
bv il.di. a be moved to meet the required 15'
s i dayard setback
3. That 'the front entrance on the westerly side
of tae building be widened to 30' to allow
easy access for trucks to the property.:
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4- The planing bed: along the street side of
the property should be continued,, and the
loading tone should be screened,
MOTION by Com.-nissionar Pollock, second by Commissioner
Chapman to r cau need _ approval, subject to the above
mentioned items,
A public hearing was held at the last regularly PLAYHOUSE CORP.
schedulod meeting to discuss the razoning of the REZONING
Playhouse Corporation. The request was then sent to
the ComrO.ttee. The Planner was directed to formulate Deferxed
a detailed land use plan for the area.
MOTION by Commissioner Pollock, second by Commissioner
Chapmt.:c to table this request and direct the Planner
to formulate a, detailed land use plan extending froom
the :ut-off of the Central Plan, West to Dunkirk,
South of #55,• subject to Mr. Bergly being able to
accomplish this by the next regularly scheduled
zap.e t ing,,
MOTION by Commissioner Hedtke, second by Commissioner MAMMOTH SITE PLAN
Hafner to approve the Site, Plan subject to acceptable
screening in the area between James` Qie and Mammoth ACTIO`N: Approved
Building, subject to providing a 60' right-of-ray for
Hope Avenue, subject to providing a 201 variance to
allow a 301 setback along dope Avenue: Motion passed
by un4, inious aye vote,.
Meeting adjourned at 12:15 A.M.
Respectfully, submitted,;
Chairman, Planning Commission
Submitted by
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Acting Secretary