Planning Commission Minutes 02-12-1985
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MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING - MONTICELLO PLANNING COMMISSION
February 12, 1985 - 8:00 P.M.
Members Present: Jim Ridgeway, Joyce Dowling, Richard Carlson,
Dick Martie, Ed Schaffer.
Members Absent: None.
Staff Present: Thomas Eidem, Rick Wolfsteller, Gary Anderson.
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Jim Ridgeway at
8:10 P.M.
Motion by Ed Schaffer, seconded by Joyce Dowling, to approve
the minutes of the regular Monticello Planning Commission meeting
held on January 8, 1985. Motion carried unanimously.
3.
Election of Officers.
Chairman Jim Ridgeway opened the meeting up for nominees for
Chairman and Vice-Chairman positions for 1985. Motion by Ed
Schaffer, seconded by Richard Carlson, to nominate Mr. Jim Ridgeway
as Chairman and Mrs. Joyce Dowling as Vice-Chairman of Monticello
Planning Commission for 1985. Also, motion by Ed Schaffer to
have all nominations cease on the previous motion. The motion
carried unanimously with all in favor.
4.
Public Hearing - Review of Conditional Use Permit Issued to
Allow Major Auto Repair in a B-4 Zone - Applicant, Monti Motors.
Mr. Pat Townsend, owner of Monti Motors, was present to answer any
questions from Commission members or any concerned citizens in regards
to his operation of a major auto repair business in a B-4 Zone. Mr.
Townsend indicated he would like to be able to continue his operation
at the present site. Chairman Jim Ridgeway opened the public hearing
for public testimony. Mr. Stan Douglas, owner of Golden Valley Furniture,
was present to inquire as to whether Monti Motors is intending to
extend the auto repair business into the entire building. Zoning
Administrator Anderson countered that the intention of the public
hearing notice when it was sent out was to show the darkened in area
of the affected property and that Monti Motors has no intention of
expanding into the existing main portion of the old Monticello Ford
building. Zoning Administrator presented Chairman Ridgeway with a
letter received from Mr. Randy Havel, Havel Giarusso & Associates, Inc.
Mr. Havel indicated that he saw no problem with the business currently
operated out of there and with the intentions of Mr. Townsend and
Mr. Floyd Shake to renovate the entire old Monticello Ford building.
Motion by Dick Martie, seconded by Joyce Dowling, to approve the conditional
use permit to allow major auto repair in a B-4 Zone for a period of one
year from tentative Council approval at the February 25, 1985, City
Council meeting. Motion carried unanimously.
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5. Public Hearing - Variance Request to Allow an Entry Addition to be
Built onto the House Within the 30-foot Front Setback Requirement _
Applicant, William Malone.
William Malone was present to propose his request to be allowed to
put an 8' x 12' enclosed porch onto the front of his existing house.
In doing so, the front porch addition would be into the front 30-foot
setback requirement. City Administrator, Thomas Eidem, indicated
to Planning Commission members the intent of the proposed new subdivision
which the City is initiating with the developer, Construction 5.
The new subdivision would show a new alignment of Lauring Lane and
also a new alignment of Fallon Drive, or the old Copeland Road. The
City would, however, still obtain easement over the existing Fallon
Drive once the new road is in place, therefore still necessitating
the need for a variance. Mr. Eidem, representing the City Council,
sees no problem with Mr. Malone receiving approval of his variance
request.
Motion by Ed Schaffer, seconded by Joyce Dowling, to grant the variance
request to allow an 8' x 12' addition to be built within the front
setback requirement. Motion carried unanimously.
6.
Public Hearing - Request for a preliminary Stage Approval of a Proposed
New Subdivision Plat - Applicant, Construction 5, Inc.
Tom Eidem, representing the City of Monticello, indicated that the
City is the one that has initiated this subdivision request on behalf
of the developer along with the developer, Construction 5, Inc. The
City saw the need at this time to make the extension of Lauring Lane
to accommodate future growth along the freeway. Mr. Gary LaFromboise,
partner in Construction 5, along with their engineer, Dennis Taylor,
Taylor Land Surveyors, was present to explain to Planning Commission
members their proposed new subdivision. Planning Commission members
questioned if all the requirements of the preliminary stage approval
of the proposed new plat had been reviewed and a recommendation from
staff on the review. Zoning Administrator Anderson countered that
the plan had been reviewed by City staff; Consulting Engineering Firm,
OSM; consulting Planning Firm, Dahlgren & Associates, and their copies
are enclosed. The basic concept of the plan has been approved
and with some very minor Changes that would be incorporated
before the final plat would come before their approval or denial.
Mr. William Malone questioned as to any impact on his property
or onto his mother's property with the new proposed subdivision.
City Administrator, Thomas Eidem, answered that with the proposed
new alignment of Lauring Lane and also the termination of the
Fallon Drive or the old Copeland Road past his property and
his mother's property, it would be more or less a buffer area
created between Lauring Lane and Fallon Drive with the new park
that is to be dedicated within the subdivision plat.
Motion by Richard Carlson, seconded by Ed Schaffer, to approve the
preliminary stage of a proposed new subdivision plat. Motion
carried unanimously.
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7. Public Hearing - Conditional Use Request to Allow an Apartment
Building to be Constructed in Excess of 12 Units - Applicant,
Construction 5, Inc.
Thomas Eidem, City Administrator representing the City, indicated
to Planning Commission members that although the conditional
use request is legitimate, it is not within the realms of the
ordinance, as there is no approved plat for which the proposed
conditional use is coming from. He, therefore, suggested to
Planning Commission members that they table the applicant's
conditional use request indicating to them that it is not that
the City was denying their conditional use request but that
the City, under the ordinance, cannot act on it unless there
is an approved plat. Therefore, motion by Ed Schaffer, seconded
by Joyce DOWling, to continue the public hearing on the conditional
use request to allow an apartment building to be constructed
in excess of 12 units .at an upcoming meeting. Motion carried
unanimously.
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Public Hearing - Conditional Use Request to Allow an Apartment
Building to be Constructed in Excess of 12 Units - Applicant,
Metcalf & Larson.
Mr. Jim Metcalf, partner in the Metcalf & Larson, Attorneys
at Law Firm, was present to discuss with Plap.ning Commission
members a proposal to construct a 33-unit subsidized low to
moderate income apartment building. The building is to consist
of 2~ stories, with the lower most portion of the building to
be utilized as a walkout area to the rear of the apartment.
The apartment bUilding would consist of 19 one-bedroom units,
12 two-bedroom units, and 2 two-bedroom handicapped units.
The two handicapped units exceed the minimum requirements as
required by the Uniform Building Code. The lot area of the
proposed apartment building site has enough square footage to
allow a 33-unit apartment building to be built and does allow
enough room for 66 parking spaces.
Motion by Joyce DOWling, seconded by Richard Martie, to approve
the conditional use request to allow an apartment building to
be built in excess of 12 units. Motion carried unanimously.
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Public Hearing - Variance Request to Allow no Garage to be Constructed
on a 33-Unit Apartment Building Site - Applicant, Metcalf &
Larson.
Mr. Jim Metcalf, partner in the law firm Metcalf & Larson, was
present to request a variance to allow no garages to be built
on a 33-unit apartment building site. Mr. Metcalf explained
the background to the type of funding which they are requesting;
and according to the federal funding which they are requesting,
the federal government does not recognize garages as an allowable
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expenditure for funds to construct a low to moderate income
apartment building. Therefore, if garages were to be built,
they would have to be built at the developer's expense and/or
donated or given to the property to be marketed through market
rent. Each additional garage unit costs approximately $1,600.00
for each unit, which in turn would be an expenditure of approximately
a little over $27,000.00 for a 17-unit garage building. Under
the present ordinance, the requirement for enclosed parking
spaces or garage units is one per two units. In this case we
would need 17 enclosed garage spaces. Much discussion then
centered around whether garage units should be required as per
ordinance or if the ordinance should be amended to allow fewer
garage units or no garage units at all for this type of subsidized
multiple family housing.
Motion by Joyce DOWling, seconded by Richard Martie, to deny
the variance request to allow no garages to be constructed on
a 33-unit apartment building site. Motion carried unanimously.
10.
Public Hearing - Conditional Use Request to Allow a Government
Sponsored Program to be Conducted out of a Residential House -
Applicant, Marvin Kramer.
Marvin and Deborah Kramer were present to explain their proposal
for a group home for girls, ages 11-17 years. Mr. Jim Reese,
Director of Wright Direction Group Home for Boys, was present
to explain the currently run program which he has for boys and
the similarity of his group home for boys with the proposed
group home proposal for girls as submitted by the Kramers.
The intent of the conditional use is to allow a group home for
girls to be conducted out of the residential house. In looking
at our ordinance, it is only allowed as a conditional use through
some type of a government sponsored program or out of a government
building. Planning Commission members questioned if they did
have the approval of the Wright County Board of Commissioners,
and they said they had a verbal approval, Commission members
requested that they get a letter of recommendation from the
Wright County Board of commissioners and then come back to them
at another meeting.
Motion by Richard Martie, seconded by Joyce Dowling, to table
the conditional use request to allow a government sponsored
program to be conducted out of a residential house. Motion
carried unanimously.
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Public Hearing - Conditional Use Request to Allow an Additional
Number of Vehicles to be Placed on an Outdoor Sales Lot - Applicant,
Monticello Auto Sales.
Dr. McCarty wasn't present to answer any questions from the
Monticello Planning Commission on his conditional use request.
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Dr. McCarty would like to have increased the condition which
was applied to his original conditional use request on the number
of vehicles allowed to be parked on his outdoor sales lot from
10 to 20 as the maximum number of vehicles to be allowed to
be placed on an outdoor sales lot. Commission members questioned
if Dr. McCarty had complied to the other conditions that were
submitted by Planning Commission members and also City Council
members. zoning Administrator Anderson countered that the conditions
had been met by the applicant, Dr. McCarty.
Motion by Dick Martie, seconded by Joyce Dowling, to increase
the number of vehicles from 10 to 20 vehicles at the maximum
to be displayed on an outdoor sales lot for all 7 days of the
week. Motion carried unanimously.
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Public Hearing - Conditional Use Request to Allow as a Home
Occupation an Auto Sales Office - Applicant, Monticello Auto
Sales.
The owner of Monticello Auto Sales, Dr. McCarty, requested that
his conditional use request be withdrawn. Upon further information
received from the Licensing Division of the Minnesota Used Auto
Dealer Association, one requirement is that the sales office
be in a commercial building on a commercially zoned lot. Dr.
McCarty's house does not qualify for that. Therefore, the Planning
Commission members took no action on this request.
13. Public Hearing - Conditional Use Request to Allow Outdoor Sales
Service and Outdoor Storage in a B-3 Zone - Applicant, Samuel
Properties.
Mr. Sam Peraro was not present to explain his proposal for the
proposed conditional use request. Zoning Administrator Anderson
indicated to Planning Commission members that Mr. Peraro's request
is to allow as a conditional use outdoor storage, outdoor sales,
and outdoor service out of a wood frame, pOle-type commercial
building. The proposed use of the building is to be a retail
equipment rental business. To the rear of the building which
would abut Sandberg Road would be a screened fenced-in area
for outdoor storage of the rental equipment. Planning Commission
member Richard Carlson questioned as to the type of construction
of the building as to why there couldn't be another type of
construction other than a pOle-type building. Zoning Administrator
Anderson countered that we have other pOle-type buildings which
are compatible with this proposed new building.
Motion by Richard Martie, seconded by Joyce Dowling, to approve
the conditional use request to allow outdoor sales, service,
and outdoor storage in a B-3 Zone. Motion carried unanimously.
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Additional Information Items
1.
Consensus of the Planning Commission members was to set the next
tentative date of the Monticello Planning Commission meeting
for March 12, 1985, 7:30 P.M.
Motion by Ed Schaffer, seconded by Richard Martie, to adjourn
the meeting. The meeting adjourned at 9:56 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Gar~lrs~
zoning Administrator
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