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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning Commission Minutes 12-29-1976PLANNING COMMISSION CITY OF PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA' December 29, 1976 A regular meeting of thQ Plymouth Planning Commission was called to order by Chairman Davenport at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Public Works Building,- 14900 -23rd Avenue North. MEMBERS PRESENT; Chairman Davenport, Commissioners Erickson, Hagen, Schneider and Stewart MEMBERS ABSENT; Commissioner Threinen STAFF PRESENT: Charles Dillerud and (fate Marx A-41 O 01yinouth State Bank T-41 O Conditional Use Permit Staff presented petitioner's request for a conditional use permit for a remote drive --in. teller use on a temporary basis for the Plymouth State Bank located on Highway ;No. 55 between County Road No. 6 and Industrial Park Boulevard. Commissioner Hagen asked petitioner what the schedule was for ,a permanent location for the bank.. Mr. Gunther, representing Plymouth State Bank, stated that a perma- nent building was three to four years in the future. Commissioner Stewart asked if petitioner could live with a deadline on the condi- tional use permit of August 18 'IV8. Petitioner stated that the bank could do so. MOTION was made by Commissioner Hagen supported by Commissioner Stewart that the Plenning Commission make the following 'recommendation to the City Council; That the request of Plymouth State Bank for site plan and a conditional use permit approval for a drive-in banking facility on the northeasterly 18,150 q ft. of Flat 44352, Parcel 3216 be approved subject to the following tMonditions: I. Permit shall expire August 103, 1978. 2. Upon permit expiration, the site shall by returned to present appearance within 90 days. No structures, paving or curb cuts shall remain. Planning Commission Meeting Minutes December 29, 1976 3. Aggregate identification sign area shall not exceed 96 sq. ft. 4. Security to guarantee site improvements Within 180 days at 1501 of the estimated value prior to building permit issuance shall be posted with the City. 5. All areas disturbed by construction shall be seeded or sodded. MOTION CARRIED (4-0-0) (All in favor) MOTION CARRIEJ9 147Q_jjkd_e_Jor,gdnson A-470 Lot Division/Consolidation Staff indicated that petitioner had requested to be removed from the agenda and appear before the Planning Commission at , later date, MOTION TO DEFER Waas made by Commis trier Schneider supported by Commissioner Stewart until a later date when petitioner v,Z.Jd be present to represent his request. MOTION TO DEFER CARRIED (4-0-0) (All in favor) MOTION TO DEFER CARRIED Cogimissioner Erickson arrived at 8;00 p.m. 7066 Dennis WeestraiTd -A-706 Lot Division Staff presented petitioner's request for a lot division of his property located on the east side of Zachary Lane at 3rd Avenue North. It was pointed out that the lot had already been sold. The Commission discussed the assessments on the property as to how they would be split once the lot division was completed. TION was made by Commissioner Schneider supported by Commissioner Hagen that the Planning Commission make the following recommendation to the City Council: I That the request of Dennis Weestrand for division of Plat 437.36, Parcel 7800 as: per the survey submitted November 18, 1976, be approved sijbject to the f.: lowing condi ti ons 1. Dedication of 7 ft. additional right-of-way to a total of 40 ft. from the center- line of Zachary Lane along the full frohtage of Zachary Lane (County Road 73). 2. Kark Dedication Fee in the amount of $150.00 be paid to the City prior to recording. MOTION CARRIED (3-1-1) (Chairman Davenport against, Commissioner Erickson abstaine0) MOTION CARRIED Chairman Davenport stated he was against based on the fact that petitioner had already sold the lot and he did not feel the division would be approved under other circumstances. City Hall/CivicCenter Members of the Citizens for Plymouth Progress were present for discussion of this item including Marilyn Bremer, Myrna Marofsky, Larry Marofsky and Pat Hoyt. M Planning Commission Meeting Minutes -3- December 29, 1976, Dale Mullfinger of Thorsen and Thorshov presented the Preliminary Plans for the City Hall and Civic Center to the Planning Commission and explained the narrative report accompanying their presentation. Commissioner Erickson asked the architects how the solar energy would be affected by the use of such, a high parapet - which would shade the roof and, therefore, solar panels when installed. The architects explained that the shading would not af-,`ect the efficiency of the, system sufficiently at this point in time to cause any problems. At such time as the solar energy system would be installed, the type of system would be the determining factor as to how much of the roof being, shaded would be too much shading. The architects added that by today's products, 50% of the roof was the maximum amount needed to be exoQsed to the sun. The current plan Mould allow for at least 50% and was flexible to 66% exposure. O,ilyn Breme-r, a member of the CPP, asked what plans for parking would be made t,osidering the difficult parking situation at the present City Hall location. Staff explained that municipal building parking requirements were one and two-thirds times the parking requirements for the type of building in which City Hall is presently located. This would aide in alleviation of the parking problems City Hall is now experiencing at the proposed site. Mr, Lawrence Marofsky questioned the use of the foyer area within the floor plan of the proposed. City Hall. The architects explained the flexibility of the use for both quick in -out situations like purchasing of a dog license and longer term situations such as conferences with several, members of staff with petitioners and other groups, Mr. Marofsky also questioned the plans for expansion. The architects explained the present building proposal to be large enough for the City's purposes fora minimum of 10 years. After that time, expansion would be available when, public safety would move out of the building, a minimum of an additional 6 years, and further expansion to the northeast would be available for the administrative offices after that time. Mr. Marofsky asked why a separate entrance for the Council Chambers would not be available allowing the remainder of the building to be locked up during the evening hours when that part of the building would not be in use. The architects explained that it would be necessary to gain access to bathroom facilities as well as elevators for the handicapped, etc. even during Council and Commission meetings, therefore, a separate entrance was not proposed. Commissioner Stewart explained that many times during meetings, it was important for members of the audience to caucus with commissioners, councilmen or even amongst themselves and that the extra, space of the City Hall would be able to be put to use in these situations if the building was open as opposed to opening only the Council Chambers during such meetings. The Commission then discussed the two alternatives presented for their recommendation for the exterior treatment of the building. It was the consensus of the Commission: that the alternatives presented for the exterior of the building were too few in number and that the character of the two alternatives presented did not represent the City's character, Commissioner Erickson stated that the City Hall was intended to be built for the citizens, not for the Commissioners or the Councilmen; he pointed out that he felt it should represent the City in its outer design and that this representation would be the single most visible and therefore most important part of the building. Planning Commission Meeting Minutes -4-- December 29, 1976 It was the consensus of the Commission that more schematics .be presented for Commission and Council review with t)is statement in mind. MOTION was made by Commissioner Schneider supported by Commissioner Stewart that the Planning Commission make the following recommendation to the City Council: That tLe site plan represented by Schematic #12 as presented by the architects for the City Hall be approved, MOTION CARRIED (5-0-0) (All in favor) ,MOTION CARRIED MOTION was made by Commissioner Stewart supported by Commissioner Hagen Dat the Planning Commission make the followingrecommendationndat7on to the. City Council. That the floor .plan Schematics P13A and r138 as presented by the architects for the City Hall be approved, MOTION CARRIED (5-0'-O) (All in favor) MOTION CARRIED Commissioner Erickson stated that he felt the architects were capable of presenting alternatives other than the two available for: the exterior treatment of the building and stated to the architects that the Commission had faith in their abilities to do so. However, at this point in time, the alternatives presented were not satisfactory with respect to representing the character of the City visibly by the design of the exterior of the building, MOTION TO DEFER was made by Commissioner Stewart supported by Commissioner Hagen action on the exterior design of the City Jiall structure until the architects could present ad0tional schematics at a later date. MOTION TO DEFER CARRIED (5-0.0 (All in favor) MOTION TO DEFER 'CARRIED The Commissium then summarized some of their concerns with the two proposed alterna- tives for exterior treatment of the structure to give the architects more direction. With respect to Alternative A, the Commission stated that they felt 1) the curved affect of the southeast corner of Alternative B could be incorporated; 2) more character could be represented in the exterior treatment of the City of Plymouth as opposed to replicas of otherarchitecture in and surrounding the City. With respect to Alternative B, the Commission stated that they felt 1) there was little imagination with respect to the exterior treatment; 2) the west elevation appeared less like a, main entrance and more informal than was imagined from the conception of the building. A-647 Schmidt Lake Estates A-647 Staff presented petitioner's request for an amended preliminary plat 1°;hick would result in the elimination of the park on the "peninsula" of the lake. This would create one additional building 'lot and also enlarge the frontage of several other lots within the plat. Petitioner proposed to pay Park Dedication cash fees-in-li.eu for both the Subdivision Unit Project open space requirements and for the public open space requirements MOTION was made by Commissioner Stewart supported by Commissioner Schneider to make the following recommendation to the City Council;' Plannincz Commission Meeting Minutes -5- December 29, 1976 That the request of Lundgren Brothers; Construction, Inc. for an amended preliminary plat of Schmidt make Estates, to include the .elimination of Subdivision Unit Project open space, i.e.. the park proposed for the peninsula" of the lake, be denied for the following reason: Elimination of the park on the."peninsula" of the lake would make the plat ineligible for consideration under the Subdivision Unit Project ordinances It was stated that if petitioner wished to eliminate the park, conventional platting ,procedures would be required Staff stated that petitioner's reason for the request was based on the fact that financing of projects involving homeowners associations whereby the association would be responsible for the "common land" was becoming impossible, MOTION CARRIED (5-0-0) (All in favor) MOTION CARRIED The Commission then discussed the Subdivision Unit Project Ordinance;. MOTION was made by Chairman Davenport supported by Commissioner Stewart that the Planning -Commission make the following statement to the City Council: The Commissioners have concluded that the present application of the Subdivision Unit Project Ordinance by the Council is inconsistent with the ordinance provisions as outlined therein, The Planning Commission therefore asked far direction to either administer the ordinance consistently or on changes that needed to be made as a result of the problems that have surfaced with the ordinance, MOTION CARRIED (5-0-0) (All in favor) MOTION CARRIED REPORTS OF OFFICERS, BOARUS AND COMMISSIONS Southwest Reservoir # Planner Dillerud presented a progress report on the landscape plan for the water reservoir to be located at County Road No. 6 and Xanthus Lane, He stated that Engineer Goldberg had made additional contact with the residents and that an architect had been hired to aid in the design of the exterior of the tower and landscaping. Housekeeping Items The Commission discussed several items regarding agenda format, procedure of conditional use permit renewals, enforcement of zoning violations and appointment of a: member to the Board of Zoning Adjustments which is now vacant. MINUTES OF PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF DECEMBER 15, 1976 MOTION was made by Commissioner Hagen supported by Commissioner Erickson that the minutes of the December 1`5, 1976 Planning Commission meeting, be approved as written. MOTION CARRIED (5-0-0) (All in favor) MOTION CARRIED Planning Commission Meeting Minutes _C DeceMber 29, 1976 MOTION TO ADJOURN was made by Commissioner Erickson supported; by Commissioner Schneider. Chairman Davenport adjourned the meeting at 11.15 p.m. PPROVEO BY PLANNING COMMISSION January 12, 1977 David J. Davenport, Chairman Plymouth Planning Commission Charles E. Dillerud, Secretary