Planning Commission Agenda Packet 01-08-1985AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING - MONTICELLO PLANNING COMMISSION
January 8, 1985 - 7:30 P.M.
Members: Jim Ridgeway, Joyce Dowling, Richard Carlson, Ed Schaffer.
7:30 P.M. 1. Call to Order.
7:3 2 P.M. 2. Approval of the Minutes of the Regular Monticello
Planning Commission Meeting Held on December 11, 1984.
7:34 P.M. 3. Public Hearing - Conditional Use Request to Allow
an Apartment Building to be Built in Excess of
12 Unite - Applicant, Joseph G. Poehler 6 Associates.
7:49 P.M. 4. Public Hearing - variance Request to Allow No
Off -Street Enclosed Parking Spaces for a Multiple
Family Apartment Building - Applicant, Joseph G. Poehler
6 Associates.
Additional Information Items
8:04 P.M. 1. Set the next tentative meeting date for the Monticello
Planning Commiosion for February 12, 1985, 7:30 P.M.
8:06 P.M. 2. Information update on p000iblo Planning Commiooion
member appointment.
8:09 P.M. 3. Information Update on the now Comprehanciva Plan.
8:20 P.M. 4. Adjournment.
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3. Public Hearing - Conditional Use Request to Allow an Apartment
Building to be Built in Excess of 12 Units - Applicant, Joseph G.
Poehler 6 Associates. (G.A.)
A. REFERENCE AND BACKGROUND:
Mr. Joe Poehler is proposing to put up low income subsidized
housing on Outlot A, Country Club Manor Addition to the City
of Monticello. Outlot A currently consists of approximately
12 acres of unplatted land. A preliminary plat was done some
years ago by Marvin George Builders, Princeton, Minnesota, on
this 12 -acre unplatted property. However, Mr. George would
like to make some changes in the replatting of this to allow
larger apartment buildings to be built un It. Therefure, he
is going through a subdivision plat process. Mr. George will
be in for a preliminary plat review at the February Planning
Commission meeting. Mr. George indicated that he will have
his stuff done before Mr. Poehler will get final approval on
this proposed apartment building complex.
Mr. Poehler is proposing to build a 24 -unit subsidized low income
housing for low to moderate income people. Mr. Poehler has
changed his site location on that 12 acres twice since I have
talked to him last time. Basically, he to waiting for the plat
to be subdivided, and then he will choose the lot on which he
would like to build his 24 -unit apartment building. Apartment
buildings in excess of 12 unite 1n R-3 Zoning are only allowed
as a Conditional Use. Therefore, Mr. Poehlur-a request is before
you thio evening.
B. ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS:
1. Approve the Conditional Uoo Roquaot to allow an apartment
building to be built In oxc000 of 12 units.
2. Deny the Conditional Use Request to allow an apartment building
to be built In oxc000 of 12 unite.
C. STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff rocommando approval of the Conditional Uco Requeot to
allow an apartment building to be built in oxc000 of 12 unite.
With the data pr000nted to uo, there io a need for thio typo
of housing in the City of Monticello.
D. SUPPORTING DATA:
Copy of the location of the prop000d now 24 -unit ouboldizod
low Income apartment building olio; Copy of the alta plan for
the now apartment building will be pr000ntod at Tueaday night'o
Planning Commission mooting.
ME
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4. Public Hearing - Variance Request to Allow No Off -Street Enclosed
Parking Spaces for a Multiple Family Apartment Building - Applicant,
Joseph G. Poehler 6 Associates. (G.A.)
A. REFERENCE AND BACKGROUND:
As noted in the previous agenda supplement, Mr. Poehler is proposing
to build a 24 -unit apartment building on a portion of Outlet A,
Country Club Manor Addition to the City of Monticello. With
the type of housing Mr. Poehler is proposing to build, that
being subsidized low to moderate income housing, one of the
regulations in the funding for that type of housing is that
they provide no funding for garages. That has to be supported
strictly by the developer if he would like to build that type
of housing. Mr. Poehler is requesting a Variance to allow him
not to install any garage unite at all on his proposed 24 -unit
apartment building site. The Monticello HRA is meeting Thursday,
January 3, 1985, to consider recommending the amending of the
zoning ordinance to the Planning Commission to allow no garages
on any low to moderate income subsidized housing projects.
The Monticello HRA will be sending their recommendation on to
you, the Commission members, at your Tuesday night meeting.
If there is the need for this type of housing in the City of
Monticello and we no choose to grant the developer permission
to build that type of housing, there should be conditions attached
to the Conditional Use Request to build more than 12 units in
an apartment building to address the following:
1. No outafde storage of recreational vehicles or other vehicles
other than the ones used by the tenants.
2. The parking lot location be determined to put the parking
lot to the roar of the property if at all poocible.
3. Some typo of screening fence or tree plantingo be installed
along the back of the late adjacent to the freeway.
4. If there aro bicycloo owned by the tenants that they be
oat in a ooparato dooignad area in a bicycle rack for th000
bicycloo.
B. ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS:
1. Approve the Variance Request to allow no oncl000d parking
opocoo for multiple family building.
2. Deny the Variance Roqueot to allow no off-street ancl000d
parking apacoo for a multiple family apartment building.
3. Attach an conditiono to the Conditional Uso Roquoot In the
proviouo oupplam ant or no an ordinance amondmont, conditiono
to that being the following:
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1. No outside storage of recreation vehicles and the vehicles
stored outside are strictly for the vehicle use of the tenants.
2. The parking lot be designed so it be to the rear of the
apartment building if at all possible.
3. Tree plantings be planted along the back of the property
adjacent the freeway or some type of screening fence.
4. Outside storage of bicycles be in a designated area such
as a bicycle rack area.
C. STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of the Variance Request to allow no
off-street enclosed parking spaces for a multiple family building,
with that apartment building being funded through a government
agency and that be for only low to moderate income subsidised
apartment buildings. If there is a Conditional Use to build
more than 12 unite on a site for this type of housing that conditions
be attached to this. Or if the ordinance is amended that the
following conditions be attached to it:
1. The parking lot be located to the roar of the building.
2. No outoido storage except for tenants vehicloo only.
3. Tenants bicycles be allowed to be otored outoido in a bicycle
rack area only.
4. Some typo of ocrooning Pence or tree planting be inotalled
to the rear of the property adjacent to the freeway so that
we don't end up with another Balboul Eatatoo Addition next
to the freeway.
D. SUPPORTING DATA:
Copy of the oito for the prop000d Variance Roqueot;
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Additional Information Items
2. Information Update on Possible Planning Commission Member Appointment. (G.A.)
A. REFERENCE AND BACKGROUND:
In a phone conversation with Mayor Arve Grimsmo, Arve indicated
he had talked to Mr. Gene Walters to ask if he was interested
in serving as a member of the Planning Commission. Mr. Walters
said he would get back to Mayor Grimsmo and let him know his
response. At this time, this is the only name forwarded to
Mayor Grimsmo as a possible Planning Commission member successor
to the position of the previous Planning Commission member,
Don Cochran.
In a phone conversation with Mayor Arve Grimsmo, he indicated
Mr. Gane Walters has some family commitment conflict, so he
has declined appointment to the Monticello Planning Commission.
Arve had talked to Sally Martie to see if she would be interested
in serving on the Monticello Planning Commission_ She said
she would discuss it with her husband and call Arve back on
Friday. She called Arve back Friday morning, informing him
of her decision not to accept the appointment but felt that
her husband, Richard, having served previously on the Monticello
City Council, would accept appointment to the Monticello Planning
Commission. The Mayor felt Mr. Martie would be a fine choice
for the appointment.
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Additional Information Items
3. Information Update on the New Comprehensive Plan. (G.A.)
A. REFERENCE AND BACKGROUND:
In talking with City Administrator, Tom Eidem, this morning,
Tom indicated we would be starting up work again on the zoning
part of the new Comprehensive Plan. Hopefully we will get started
by the end of this week, which is already today's date, or possibly
the first part of next week, and go through the whole zoning
ordinance and make a check list of the items which we see problems
with. One possible suggestion, if you have the time, is to
go through the zoning part of your ordinance book and make a
check mark by the parte which you see we have had problems on.
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