Planning Commission Minutes 09-09-1986
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MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING - MONTICELLO PLANNING COMMISSION
Tuesday, September 9, 1986 - 8:05 p.m.
Members Present: Richard Carlson, Warren Smith, Barbara Koropchak.
Members Absent: Richard Martie, Joyce Dowling.
Staff Present: Gary Anderson.
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The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Richard Carlson at 8:15 p.m.
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Motion by Warren Smith, seconded by Barbara Koropchak, to approve the
August 12, 1986, Planning Commission meeting minutes. Motion carried
unanimously.
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Public Hearing - A variance request to allow less than the minimum number
of off-street parking spaces. Applicant, Monticello VFW.
Mr. George HOlthaus, representing the Monticello VFW Club, was present
to propose the VFW's request to be allowed less than the minimum off-street
parking spaces. Discussion centered around the number of off-street
parking spaces that were available upon the site in relationship to
the total number of spaces required. zoning Administrator Anderson
indicated to Planning Commission members that this afternoon a count
of the marked parking spaces was taken, with the total number of parking
spaces marked on site totaling 95 spaces, with the total number of spaces
required being 104 spaces, therefore needing a 9 parking space variance.
Zoning Administrator Anderson also indicated that they would be losing
two of those parking spaces for the proposed addition to the VFW building,
therefore needing an 11 parking space variance. Chairperson Richard
Carlson questioned as to what the Monticello VFW Club does when their
parking lot is full and what they do for additional parking spaces.
zoning Administrator Anderson indicated to Chairperson Richard Carlson
and the rest of the Planning Commission members that the Monticello
VFW does have a verbal agreement with the Burger King Restaurant Corporation
owned by the Dolphin corporation for overflow parking to occur on the
southwest most corner of their existing Burger King lot.
Therefore, motion by Barbara Koropchak, seconded by Warren smith, to
approve the variance request to allow an 11 parking space variance request
with 104 parking spaces required of which 93 parking spaces will be
provided. Motion carried unanimously.
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Public Hearing - A variance request to allow a curb cut
within 40 feet of an existing curb cut driveway access.
to allow a driveway to be constructed within the 5-foot
Applicant, Winkelman Building Corporation.
driveway access
Variance request
green area requirement.
With no one representing the applicant, Winkelman Building Corporation,
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zoning Administrator Anderson indicated to Planning Commission members
Winkelman Building corporation's variance request. The first variance
request would be for parking as noted on the site plan to allow
a driveway curb cut within 40 feet of the existing south driveway entrance/
exit of the security Federal parking lot. The proposed new entrance
to the Ben Franklin Building would be within 25 feet of the existing
Security Federal entrance/exit to their parking lot. An explanation
of where the security Federal parking lot would be in relationship to
their proposed driveway entrance was given, and Commission members didn't
see any problem with that variance request.
The second variance request dealt with being allowed to construct a
driveway curb cut within the 40-foot setback requirement from a street
right-of-way. Winkelman Building Corporation is proposing to be allowed
to be within 30 feet of the street right-of-way with the proposed driveway
curb cut. The problem that the City staff saw with this variance request
is once the semi-truck tractor leaves the Ben Franklin property to go
west bound on West 4th Street, once it comes out of the Ben Franklin
property out onto 4th Street, the semi-truck tractor trailer will not
clear the driveway and be within its own driving lane before coming
to the stop sign at 4th street and Walnut street. Commission members
felt that the applicant should adhere to the minimum 40-foot setback
requirement from a street right-of-way.
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The third variance request dealt with being allowed to construct the
driveway right up to the north side of the existing sidewalk, which
is right on the property line. Commission members didn't see a problem
with being allowed to construct the driveway within the 5-foot green
area requirement.
Also a discussion was centered on the proposed layout of the driveway
coming in with no radii on the west side of the east entrance, nor on
the east side of the west exit to the Ben Franklin site. zoning Administrator
Anderson indicated that staff would like to see the sharp points of
these curbs be installed with a 5-foot radius.
Motion by Warren Smith, seconded by Barbara Koropchak, to approve the
variance request to allow a driveway to be constructed within the 5-foot
green area requirement; approve the southeast driveway entrance curb
cut to be within 40 feet of an existing driveway curb cut; and deny
the variance request to allow a southwest exit driveway curb cut to
be within 40 feet of a street right-of-way and would like the applicant
to redraw the plan showing the southwest exit driveway curb cut to be
at a minimum of 40 feet from the street right-of-way, and also to show
a 5-foot radius on the west side of the southeast entrance,
and on the east side of the southwest exit a 5-foot radius be put into
the driveway curb cut. The motion carred unanimOUSlY.
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. 5. Public Hearing - A request to amend the Monticello City Ordinance to
allow as a conditional use a daycare center in a B-3 (Highway Business)
Zone. A conditional use request to allow a daycare center in a B-3
(Highway Business) Zone. Applicant, Ken Catton.
Mr. Ken Catton was present to propose his ordinance amendment to allow
as a conditional use a daycare center in a B-3 (Highway Business) Zone.
Mr. Catton indicated his other projects that he has worked with in other
daycare centers in communities in Minnesota have consisted of Rochester,
St. Cloud, Eagan, and Plymouth. In these four communities, these daycare
centers have been constructed in some type of a business zone.
Motion by Warren smith, seconded by Barbara Koropchak, to approve consideration
of amending the ordinance to allow a daycare center in a B-3 (Highway
Business) Zone. The motion carried unanimously.
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Discussion then centered around the proposed conditions to the proposed
ordinance amendment to allow a daycare center in a B-3 (Highway Business)
Zone. Planning Commission member Barbara Karapchak had some problems
with the proposed number five item in the conditions for a daycare center.
She would like to see that no other daycare center located within a radius
of one mile be stricken as a condition to the proposed daycare center
conditional use. General consensus of the other two Planning Commission
members present was that item number five should be stricken as a condition
within the proposed ordinance amendment.
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Discussion then centered around the proposed condition number two and which
would be more appropriate, using the 75 sq. ft. per child or the 60 sq. ft.
per child as an indicator as to how much outdoor fenced in play area
would be required. Barbara Koropchak questioned some of the verbage
in condition number two and felt that number seven in the Brooklyn Center
Ordinance better addressed as a condition to be included in as number
two rather than the proposed condition number two as submitted by City
staff. Condition number two was, therefore, changed to read: "An outdoor
recreational facility shall be appropriately separated from the parking
lot and driving areas by a wood fence not less than 4 feet in height,
or Council approved substitute, and shall be located continuous to the
daycare facility, and shall not be located in any yard abutting a major
thoroughfare, and shall not have an impervious surface for more than
one-half of the playground area, and shall extend at least 60 feet from
the wall of the building or to an adjacent property line, whichever
is less, or shall be bound on not more than two sides by parking and
driving areas. A minimum size of the outside recreational facility
shall be 2,000 sq. ft. or in the alternative, 75 sq. ft. per child at
licensed capacity, whichever the greater figure." Planning Commission
member Barbara Koropchak also questioned under condition number three
that the Department of Public Welfare is no longer in existence, and
condition number three shall read, "The regulations and conditions of
the Minnesota Department of Human Services and Department of Health,
Public Welfare Manual 113130 as adopted, amended and/or changed, are
satisfactorily met."
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We wou~d like the following changes made to item number four to state
as follows: "A written indication of preliminary, pending, or final
license approval from the regulatory agencies is supPlied to the City
of Monticello."
Motion by Warren Smith, seconded by Barbara Koropchak, to approve the
conditions as previouslY stated in the conditional use subletter [0]
Daycare centers. Motion carried unanimously.
Mr. Catton respected the Planning Commission members' consideration
of his conditional use request, that his request is merely due to the
time frame he is in to be allowed to get under construction as soon
as approval would be obtained from the City Council. Planning Commission
members felt uncomfortable with considering Mr. Catton's conditional
use request in that there is not an ordinance amendment in place and
published allowing a daycare center in a B-3 (Highway Business) zone.
Planning Commission members also recognized the time frame that Mr.
Catton was in and the actual intent of a daycare center request. Planning
Commission members had no problem with a daycare center itself, but
granting approval of a conditional use request with an ordinance amendment
not in place left them in a very uncomfortable position.
Motion by Warren Smith, seconded by Barbara Koropchak, to deny the conditional
use request to allow a daycare center in a B-3 (Highway Business) Zone.
The reason for denial is without going through the process as stated
within the Monticello City Ordinance, and also approving an ordinance
amendment which is not in place and not entered in as a public reading
as of this date. The motion carried unanimously.
Additional Information Items
1. It was passed on to Planning Commission members that Mr. Mike Reher's
final plat of his proposed townhouse subdivision was approved and also
the preliminary plat for the layout, but as of tonight's meeting there
has been no final recording of his plat submitted to the City staff
as of yet and no response has been heard from Mr. Reher in regards to
when he would be starting his proposed townhouse pl.at.
2. Motion by Warren smith, seconded by Barbara Koropchak, to set the next
tentative date for the Monticello Planning Commission meeting for Wednesday,
October 15, 1986, 7:30 p.m.
3. Motion by Warren Smith, seconded by Barbara Koropchak, to adjourn the
meeting. The meeting adjourned at 9:51 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Gary~r~
zoning Administrator
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