Planning Commission Minutes 02-14-1984
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MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING - MONTICELLO PLANNING COMMISSION
February 14, 1984 - 7:30 P.M.
Members Present: Jim Ridgeway, Don Cochran, Richard Carlson,
Ed Schaffer, Joyce Dowling.
Members Absent: None.
Staff Present: Gary Anderson.
The meeting was called to order by President Jim Ridgeway at 7:33 P.M.
2. Approval of the Minutes of the Regular January 10, 1984, Planning
Commission Meeting.
Motion by Ed Schaffer, seconded by Don Cochran, to approve the
minutes of the January 10, 1984, Planning Commission meeting.
Motion approved unanimously.
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Planning Commission member Don Cochran interjected motion to
nominate Jim Ridgeway as President for the 1984 Planning Commission
year. With no other nominations for president, motion by Don Cochran,
seconded by Joyce Dowling, to nominate Jim Ridgeway for President for
1984. The motion carried unanimously.
3.
Final Plat Review for the Proposed Par West Addition - John Sandberg.
John Sandberg was present with his request for final plat approval
of his proposed subdivision Par West Addition to the City of
Monticello. Mr. Sandberg indicated that he had been through several
meetings with the City staff and had come to an agreement on the
proposed park dedication where the City would get 1.62 acres of park
land for dedication, which would be on the higher part of the existing
proposed park dedication land, and the amount of $5,750.00 as a cash
dedication for park. president Jim Ridgeway questioned Zoning
Administrator Anderson if all underground utility problems had been
addressed and if the park situation had been addressed as John had
indicated. Anderson replied that all items had been addressed.
Therefore, motion by Don Cochran, seconded by Richard Carlson, to
approve the final plat request as presented for the Par West Subdivision
Addition to the City of Monticello. Motion carried unanimously.
4. public Hearing - Rezoning Request to Rezone Lot 9, Block 1, Auditor's
Subdivision #1, and Part SW~ of the SW~ Section 12, Township 121,
Range 25, from R-3 to RB Zoning - Applicant, Audrey Warner.
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Audrey Warner was present to propose her request to rezone the former
Rand Mansion from R-3 to RB Zoning. The current owner, Ed Doran,
indicated that he had no purchase agreement with Audrey Warner yet
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and asked that if the rezoning request was approved, what would
happen if she would back out of any agreement with him on his
property. Chairman Jim Ridgeway indicated that the agreement
does go with the land. First of all, the rezoning request, if
approved, would be contingent on the selling of the piece of
property to Mrs. Warner. Mr. Bill Malone was also present to state
that he had no problems with Audrey Warner's proposed use of the
property but did question as to whether or not once it is rezoned
to RB Zoning, what would happen if she would sell the property and
something else were to go in there. zoning Administrator Anderson
indicated to Mr. Malone and those in attendance that the only
permitted uses are those allowed in R-B Zoning, a club or lodge
without serving of food or beverage, and multiple family dwellings.
Therefore, there are very limited cases of permitted uses in RB
Zoning. The proposed use that Mr. Malone was indicating would only
be allowed as a Conditional Use, would require a public hearing,
and he would be notified at that time. With those permitted uses
clarified, Chairman Ridgeway turned the floor over to Audrey Warner
to explain her proposed use of the property. Audrey Warner's
proposed use of the property is providing a service to relocate her
business from the suburban metro area to the former Rand Mansion
here, which Mr. Ed Doran currently owns. She indicated her business
is primarily a service oriented business, and the clientele attracted
to her business fly in to the nearest airport, are picked up by
employees of Audrey Warner's business, and are delivered to the
proposed property in question. Once at this site they are oriented
toward the service which she offers through her business. If overnight
accommodations are needed, the second floor of the proposed property
would be used as sleeping quarters for prospective clients. The
main floor of the building would be used only for orientation of the
service part of her business to the prospective client and meals would
be prepared on this floor and served on the same floor. The third
floor of the proposed building would be used as work study areas for
her employees only. Mrs. Warner explained to Planning Commission
members a couple of the problems that she has experienced previous
to making an offer to buy Mr. Doran's property. The first one is
she has applied for a PIP Grant. She has currently received verbal
approval on the Grant as of January 31, 1984, but is currently
waiting for written approval. As of last night she had not received
written approval to go ahead with her plans for renovation of the
project with the money available through the PIP Grant. She indicated
to Planning Commission members that without the PIP Grant she would
be unable to proceed with her plans to purchase the property to renovate
it for her business. Planning Commission members indicated to Audrey
Warner that they didn't see any problems with rezoning the property
from R-3 to RB, but they did feel uncomfortable with granting the
rezoning request when essentially she has not made a commitment to
purchase the property. They did, however, indicate to Audrey Warner
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that they would be willing to set a special Planning Commission
meeting if she did come through with a purchase agreement on
the property and would consider the rezoning at that time.
Motion by Ed Schaffer, seconded by Richard Carlson, to table the
rezoning request. Motion carried unanimously.
5.
Public Hearing - Replatting Request to Replat Existing Lots into
New Lots - Applicant, Hal Wehman.
Mr. Hal Wehman was present to propose his replatting of Holker's
Hillside Addition, Lots l, 2, and 7. Mr. Wehman indicated some
background which led up to him coming before the Planning
Commission with his replatting request. He also indicated to
Planning Commission members some of the problems he is experiencing
with torrens title property, which is different from the abstract
title property. Chairman Jim Ridgeway indicated to Mr. Wehman
that they have currently received complaints of people moving into
the newly constructed 4-plexes without a certificate of occupancy.
Mr. Wehman countered that to the best of his knowledge no permission
was granted to prospective tenants to move into the property without
his okay. Zoning Administrator Anderson indicated to Mr. Wehman
that no occupancy will occur in the 4-plexes until such time an
occupancy permit is issued. That also indicates no moving of
furniture and/or household items into the property until a certificate
of occupancy has been issued. Mr. Wehman indicated he would stop by
the 4-plex site on his way home following the meeting to check on
the property to make sure no one has occupied the newly constructed
Lauring Lane 4-plex. Chairman Jim Ridgeway noted that documents
have to be filed along with the replatting request indicating that
the City Attorney had not looked over the documents to be filed
with the replatting proposal. Motion by Don Cochran, seconded by
Joyce Dowling, to approve the replatting request contingent upon
the City Attorney's favorable review of the attached documents.
6. Public Hearing - Conditional Use Request to Allow Wall Signs to be
placed on a Building in Which There are Two or More Business Uses,
A Variance Request to Allow More than 5% of the Gross wall Area for
Wall Signs - Applicant, Metcalf & Larson.
Mr. Jim Metcalf was present to propose his request for additional
square footage for signs to the new office retail building constructed
adjacent to their present law office building. Mr. Metcalf requested
approval of the Conditional Use to allow more than one sign to be
placed on the proposed building. He also requested a Variance to
allow more than the maximum square footage allowed for sign placement
on the proposed building. Mr. Metcalf indicated that the square
footage allowed under the proposed formula would be only 56 square
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feet, with the possible maximum amount of tenants being 8 tenants,
it would allow only 7 square feet of sign area per tenant if
equally divided. With the five proposed new tenants already
indicating moving into the new building, Mr. Metcalf received in-
dication from the five new prospective tenants that this amount
of square footage would not be enough to properly display the
signs which they would like to place on the building. Cecile
Muehlbauer, one of the proposed new tenants for the building, acted
as a spokes person for the four other prospective tenants to occupy
this new building and requested that this square footage be increased
to allow placement of five new signs with the possibility of three
more new tenants being added and allow for more square footage for
all tenants involved in the new building. Mrs. Muehlbauer also
indicated to planning Commission members that present before them tonight
also were two representatives of the sign company which designed
the proposed new signs to go on the building for them. She also
indicated the signs would have the same background, a white/ivory
background. They would also have the same height, and the only
difference would be in the length of the signs, ranging from six
feet to a ten-foot maximum length. Planning Commission members
felt very uncomfortable with granting a Variance from the maximum
allowed, as this would be setting a precedent for other new buildings
built. Motion by Joyce Dowling, seconded by Don Cochran, to approve
the Conditional Use Request to allow more than one sign to be
placed on the building and also approving the Variance request for
the signs with the following conditions;
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1. All signs have a uniform background.
2. A maximum of eight signs will be allowed with the maximum
size being 3' x lO' and only one sign per tenant.
3. The total amount of square footage allowed for all signs
will be not more than 168 square feet.
Motion carried unanimously.
Additional Information Items
Mr. Mike Dahmen was present to obtain input from Planning Commission
members on his request to allow as an amendment to the ordinance more
than five children, including ones own children plus the number of
foster children, in excess of five total children. Planning Commission
members looked favorably at Mr. Dahmen's request and indicated to him
that he should fill out an application for a Conditional Use, and they
would hold a public hearing for amending the ordinance to allow his
request. Motion by Ed Schaffer, seconded by Joyce Dowling, to approve
the next regular monthly meeting date for March 13, 1984, at 7;30 P.M.
Motion by Ed SChaffer, seconded by Joyce Dowling, to adjourn the meeting.
The meeting adjourned at 10:13 P.M.
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Respectfully submitted,
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Gary "Anderson
Zoning Administrator
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