HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning Commission Minutes 06-07-1989CITY OF PLYMOUTH
PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES
JUNE t 1489
T he Special Study Session of the Plymouth P1 anning
Commission, was called to order by; Chairman Plufka at 6:45
MEt?` PRESENT. Chairman Richard Plufka., Commissioners
John Wire, Nal Pierce, Michael Stulberg
and Joy Tierney,
MEMBERS ABSENT: Commissioners Larry Marofsky and Dennis
Zylla.
STAFF PRUENT. Community Development Director Blair
Tremere, Community Development Coordinator
Chuck Dillerud and Associate Planer Al
Cottingham.
Chairman -01%,A-fka announced that the first order of business
Raoul d be the continued consideration of the question of
whether Land Use Guide Plea Area 35 at the northwest corner
t of 1-494 and Countxy Road 9 was to be included within -the
areas that would be the subject of a later Public Hearing
reclassification.
Tfie Planting Commission at their meeting of May 31., 1989 had
determined that the materials submitted by petitioner
regarding Area 35 had not been received, by each
Cojnm 15sioner Those Commissioners that had not received'
that information concerning Area. 35, desired to have an
additional week to review the materials before deciding
whether they would desire to include Area 35 within the
future Public Hearing concerning reclassification.
MOTION by Commissioner Stulberg, seconded by Commissioner MOTION TO APPROVE
Tierney for the Planning Commi s i on to direct Staff to
include Area 35 in the group of parcels that will be
considered at a later Public Hearing, for reclassification
With respect to the Land Use Guide Plan,
Commission Stulberg observed that the Commission would have
a Public Hearing on this "matter if it were presented in a
primate petition by the developer, and that the Commission
is familiar with the developer and the d'eveloper's past
history of excellent products.
Chairman Plufka indicated that the previous proposal for
this parcel by the Vantage Company was looked at favorably
by the Planning Commission. He notk2d that resolution of
traffic problems on County Road 9 continue to be a key
concern with regard to this parcel.
VOTE, 5 Ayes. MOTION carried, VOTE _ MOTION CARRIED_
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Jane 7 1989
Pago 158
Director Tremere reviewed with the Planning Commission the
otential schedule for transmitting of the Land r Use u i de
Pian .dap; Land Use Guide Plan Text; end Coals, Ob Jectives
and Cr er,a to the C ,ty Counc'
MCTIO by Chai rman Plrifka, seconded by Commissioner Stulberg MOTION TO APPROVE,
to direct staff to prepare the materials for transmittal to
the City Council together with. .a transmittal memorandum from
the Planning Cormrssorr_ lbe. transmittal to the City
Council should include ,t 'east the following:1)
amendments to the Land Use u de Pian. Map responsive to
actions taken May 311, 1989 and any additional action that
may be taken at th's ateet nu the Coals, Qb ec Ives, and
Criteria, ) the Land Use Guide Plan Text; 4 notification
to the City Council that additional properties will continue
to be cons1tiered for reclassification teased on requests by
propert, owners submitted at the Public Hearing of May 10,
1989; s5to inform' the City Council that extra study will be
undertaken in the future on al I ands outsidethe
Metropolitan Urban Service Area the Zoning Ordinance > Text* ext;
andthe other elements of the Compre rens ve Plan.
VOTE. h Aye.. W)'i ION carried. VOTE MOTIOWCARRIED
Chairmanman PIufka toren asked the Commission if any
CotrMI!sSiorrer had additional actions they desired with
respect o the Land lose Guide Plan Map that the Commission
was directing staff to now transmit to the City Council .
MOTION by Camara ssioner Wiree to expand Area 9 from 5 acres to MOTION TO APPROVE
10 acres with the Gond tion that it he reduced again to D
acres in the suture if the market will not support retail
establishments sufficient in size to justify the entire 1
acre site.
MOTION dies for lack of a second. MOTION DIED 'FOR LACK OF
A SECOND
Chairman Plu.fka stated that it was his opinion that with
respect to Area g, it would be rip to a developer to show the
Commission a need ;to increase the size of the site from
acres to I O aures ,
Director Tremere them reviewed with the Planning CommI s s i on
the amendments to the goals, ObJectives -nd Criteria that
had been blade ill response to editorial observation that the
various Commissioners had made on May, 31, 1089.
Chairman Plufka stated that there were now two versions of a
SEMlssron Statement" existing for the City of Plymouth. The
first version was the one with which the Planning Commission
was deal i rig contained W11 th the Goal's, Objectives and
Criteria» The second version of the Mission Statement Its
published in a recent City publication by , the City
Planning Commisslon Minutes ,
Jane 71 1989
Page 1,59,
own i, cat Tons Coordinator.There were differences in the
two ver"ion *te suggested that the .Planning Commission may
wish to consider adoption of the version developed by, the
Communicetions, Coordinator for now, and update It for 1990
fron. the perspective of the Planning Commission. He also
indicated that its advisable to have a professional writer
involved in the actual formulation of the Mission Statement,,
T Com issTorer Tierney, seconded Chairman pl af a MOTTO; `APPROVE
to retain the i sl on' tateie7= that s contained 'n the
present version of the Gook, Objectives and Criteria
sobject,to the followlflq actions $, 1) clarification by staff
of the first sentence, 2).date the population i i l 'e
contained;' in the MissionStatement- 3) decided whither the
term "efficient staff philosophy" should be capitalized or
W 4), change the word "obdectives" contained in the 3rd
paragraph to` Dols f paragraph ) chane the wording o
to read "affordable quality housing",, b) add the word "and"
between the words education and leisure, in paragraph Vi
modify# p -agraph V to end the first sentence after the word
1 " n nave the anal sentence read "These willagencsand
Ut1l14. a aHable municipal buildings and rec,-at era'
face 1 it i es ) add the goal "fiscal resources" consistent
with the Mission Statement contained in the Plymouth
Community flandboulk.
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jTL,: Ayes.O I(N carried, VOTE. MOTION VOTE"°MOTIONCARRIEDRRhD :.
Fi .IF ATT r -
rH GOALS OBJECTIIIES ANTONS
ARIA
MOTION by Commissioner Tierney, seconded by Chairman Plufka ICN TO APPROVE
o make the" following modifications to the text: of the
Coals, Cb ect ves and Criteria: 1 add the word 'cult sral"
after the word. "educational" and insert the proper commas
within the Goal. E. Ubjective I wherever that statement
appears wth n the document; 2 prepare and insert cite a
for Coal A, Objective 4; ) change Coal $.« Objective I to
read "Determine and strive for a balance of commerce and
industry that i s appropr7 ate with retard to population."; 4)
wi th regard to Goal C. Objective Crtera 2 Ghl the
word "swamps' to the word "wetlands".
VOTE. Ayes r ',MOTION-carried{ CT OT OI CARRIED
LAND USE GUIDE PLAN-][W.
Core-,dinator D l lend noted that Commissioner Hyl l a had
telephoned to suggest a, change in the descrpton of
Idens'tyll w'th respect to LA-2 to make that description more
Chairman "P ufa ad4ou r ed the meeting at 10.30 P *M
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June 7, 1989
page 160
sections to read consistent with the LA -2, section, and in
A- LA -3, and LA -4 sections to add the . word
ely" for, the density numbersappearing t i ce in
thei descr pti-ort, and to add the word "range' of der the word
x density, %n the LA -1, LA-2,'LA-3, and LA -4 ddescriptioosi
0 ' . Ayes. "MOTION carried. VOA QTION CARRIED
o, ) g over ` er ey 1 rid 1 t
uniform, r thir, the Commercial Districts throughout the
Director Tremere sug' ested to the Commission that the
prescriptiveness" was questionably<for a Guide, Plan at this
stake of the City,1s, development and could create some.
diffr.t ty in dev n rg,the pole of offic'a controls such s
zoning, which is prescri ve He recommended that the
commer i a`1 class cats ort descri pt i ons be cleared of
language that tended to be—use spec If IC.
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MOTION by Chaintian, Piufka, secorid;Qd #by, ommissioner. tulber MOTION TO APPROVE
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to direct staff` to edit the {..; ,.mriptions c-,tai.ned ' ithin
the Land .Use Guide Plan Text with, respect W the commercial
dstr'ct to eliminate unnecessary prescr, veness resent
from the listing of specific uses,
f OTE i At2P DVOTEAntes . MOTION carried, C}
10 by Chair man Phu ka,. seClondeo b Commissio-e- t ober APPP("x
to establ,i sh duet 26, 1989 as the date of the Public Hearing
for those areas that have been designated by motion .by the
Planning Commiss1on to be the subject ` of a hearing
reclassification, as a part of the current Land Use Guide
Plan update program,
VOTE, AyeF4. MOTION carried. VOA' - MOTION CARRIED
As a point of clarification, it was the consensus of the
Planning Commissioners that with respect to Areas 31 and 391
all lands east of the existing Metropolitan Urban service
Area line proposed, tQ be Dui ded LA -1, and all' areas west of
the Metropolitan Elrban. ,service Area lith, are proposed to be
guided LAP.
Chairman "P ufa ad4ou r ed the meeting at 10.30 P *M