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Planning Commission Minutes 07-14-1981 . MINUTES REGULAR MEETING - MONTICELLO PLANNING COMMISSION Tuesday, July 14, 1981 - 7:30 P.M. Members Present: Jim Ridgeway, John Bondhus, Bill Burke, Dick Martie, Ed Schaffer, Loren Klein. Members Absent: None I-A. Approval of the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of June 9, 1981. A motion was made by Martie and seconded by Burke and passed unani- mously to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of the Planning Commission on June 9, 1981. 1. Public Hearing - Subdivision of Property - Quintin Lanners and Charles Soucy. . Quintin Lanners who has purchased the approximate north half of the Wayside Inn property which abuts Sandy Lane, was present to discuss his request for a subdivision of that property into four lots. If that subdivision request were approved, four new lots would be created with a portion of the property being retained by Mr. Soucy being an outlot. Mr. Lanners asked that the Planning Commission waive all of the sub- division requirements such as street development, soil surveys, etc., and that only the proposed new lots and lot lines be shown. Mrs. Jerry Peters was present and wanted to discuss the size of the lots in question for this subdivision reqarding the width and depth. Also, Bill Burke/who owns property across the street from this proposed subdivision/was present and questioned whether or not those lots should be allowed to be 15 inches less than the 80 foot requirement and stated that he would prefer to see those lots 100 feet in width, similar to the width of his lot. . In the case of the proposed westerly three lots, the width of the front yard at the set back line is 15 inches narrower than the 80 foot ordinance requires. The developer, however, has submitted an overlay onto each of the three lots showing the size and configuration of the houses which are proposed for those lots. (The developer indicated at the meeting that at least two of the proposed homes, as shown are sold, contingent upon the approval of this subdivision request). The reason the developer has shown the overlay of the houses on these lots is to show that houses, which meet the minimum square footage requirements of the City of Monti- cellolcan be built upon these lots without any variances being required for either the dwelling or the garage. In this case, the developer is willing to place a covenant on the property stating that no variances should be allowed for the dwelling or the garage. - 1 - Planning Commission Minutes - 7/14/81 . Basically, Lot 1 of the proposal is 20,000 square feet being over lOa feet in width and approximately 180 feet in depth and Lots 3, 4, and 5, although unusual in configuration, are 15 inches narrower than ordinance requirements and are approximately 180 feet in depth, being of 12,400 square feet each. Lot 2 would be treated as an outlot with possibilites of further development at some time in the futyre. A motion was made by Bondhus, seconded by Schaffer to recommend approval of this subdivision request and to waive the subdivision requirements with the exception of the lot width and recommend that that lot width be accepted with park dedication being in cash. Voting in favor was Bondhus, Schaffer and Ridgeway. Opposed: ~~rtie. Abstaining: Burke. 2. Public Hearing - Ordinance Amendment - Pam Lindberg/United Methodist Church/City of Monticello. At the June 9, 1981, regular meeting of the Monticello Planning Com- mission, Pam Lindberg was present to request a conditional use and rezoning of the property where the Methodist Church is located. (Specifically, that is; Lots 8, 9, and 10 - Block 19, original plat City of Monticello). . Mrs. Lindberg proposed to open a nursery, school (The Pumpkin Patch Nursery School) in the lower level of the educational unit of the Methodist Church and in order to do so, she must have a conditional use, variance, or whatever necessary requirement is placed upon that use which is located in an I-l zone. As a result of the public hearing of June 9, the applicant and the Planning Commission agreed to hold a public hearing at the July l4, regular Planning Commission meeting at which time con- sideration would be given to making a nursery school a conditional use within an I-l zone and placing guidelines upon that conditional use within the I-I zone. At the July 14, meeting, comments were available from John Uban, rep- resentative from Howard Dahlgren Associates, which reflected upon the possibility of a day care/nursery school being allowed as a conditional use within an I-l zone. The Planning Commissio~ after much discussion among the members and with people in attendance at the meeting} decided upon a ordinance amendment which would allow a day care/nursey school within an I-l zone. A motion was made by Bill Burke and seconded by Ed Schaffer to adopt an ordinance amendment allowing a day care/nursery school within an I-l zone with the following items being concerns directly related to the specific location in an industrial zone: 1. Whether or not the area would be more appropriately zoned to residential. . - 2 - Planning Commission Minutes - 7/14/81 . 2. Do surrounding industrial uses produce or use material. dangerous 3. What are the general noise levels of the area? Would this noise level interfer with the normal operation of the day care/nursery center. Are fumes or any other substances toxic in the air and is this area then appropriate for day carel nursery center. 4. Consideration of the truck and train traffic to determine whether or not this is a safe situation in which to locate a day care/nursery center. 5. Is the fire potential in this particular area high as is usually the case in an industrial area. 6. Is special emergency notification available to the day care center of any accident which might take place with such things as stored chemicals like liquid propane, etc. . 7. A valued judgement must be made concerning whether the child's environment versus the industrial intensity can be brought to- gether in a harmonious way to provide a good situation for a day care center. with Ridgeway abstaining, the motion passed four in favor and none against. As a continuation of the hearing regarding the possibility of the Pumpkin Patch nursery being allowed in an I-I zone as a con- ditional use, a motion was made by Burke, seconded by Bondhus to approve the conditional use for the Pumpkin Patch Nursery School to be allowed to be located at the Methodist Church property provided that the play- ground area be surrounded with a suitable safety fence. Those voting in favor were Martie, Burke, Bondhus and Schaffer, with Ridgeway abstaining. 3. Public Hearing - Conditional Use - Jack Kornovich. Mr. Jack Kornovich has applied for a conditional use for a Planned Unit Development within an R-3 zone. The R-3 zone upon which he proposed the Planned Unit Development is located between County Road 39 and the railroad tracks on the parcel of land which lies between Kampa Estates and the Northern States Power Company's main- tenance building. . - 3 - Planning Commission Minutes - 7/l4/8l . The public hearing being held is the general concept stage for the Planned unit Development, the first of three (3) public hearings and serves so that the proposal can be heard publicly and considered at an early stage before the developer incurs substantial expense in the preparations of plans, surveys, and other data. At the time of the submission of the general concept stage, the developer filed a preliminary development stage plan which shows basically what his intentions are for the property if the Planned Unit Development is approved as a conditional use. However, at a later date he will have to come back to the development stage hearing for the Planned Unit Development with his final proposed plan. Basically, at this regular meeting of the planning Commission the only action that was necessary would be for the Planning Commission to determine whether or not to recommend approval or denial of this general concept plan. Mr. Kornovich has determined that one apartment building and the ground it sets upon and one enclosed garage unit, that is, six park- ing stalls and the ground upon which that garage sets will be owned by anyone individual or group of individual~and that all the yard and open areas including the roads and parking lots would be owned in common by the townhouse association which would make the determin- ation of maintenance and decor of the buildings on the exterior and the upkeep of the grounds. . Basically, the Planned Unit Development proposed would contain four 12 unit apartment buildings with each apartment building being accom- panied by one six stall garage each and 72 uncovered parking spaces. All of the parking requirements as suggested by Monticello Ordinances would be met. Marie Schanen, property owner in the Kampa Estates) which lies directly west of this proposed development site, was present and felt that the traffic from this development should not exit unto Kampa Circle, but rather that the development should have its own exit unto County Road 39. It was pointed out to Mrs. Schanen that it would be a better situation to have the traffic flow from this proposed development first empty onto Kampa Circle, then onto County Road 39, since County Road 39 is a collector road and the less access points onto that collector roady the safer the traffic situation would most likely be. A motion by Ed SChaffer, seconded by Dick Martie and unanimously approved o recommend this Planned Unit Development for approval contingent upon he park dedication fee being made in cash. e ~~~odj7ne~,~ en ~'K Wi Zoning Administrator . - 4 -