Planning Commission Minutes 10-19-1976
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PLANNING COMMISSION
October 19, 1976
7: 30 P. M.
Members present:
Howard Gillham, Jim Ridgeway, Henry Doerr,
Dr. Bauer, J. W. Miller.
Member absent:
Fred Topel.
1. Approval of Minutes.
Motion by Bauer, seconded by Doerr and unanimously carried
to approve the minutes of Sept. 23, 1976.
2. Public Hearing - Conditional Use Permit - 4 Unit Apartment.
Dan Blonigen was proposing a 4 unit apartment on the southeast
corner of 4th and Elm Street. Since this property is located
in an R-2 zone, a conditional use permit would be necessary.
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A motion was made by Ridgeway, seconded by Bauer and unanimously
carried to recommend approval of a conditional use permit for
Lot lQ and west half of 2, Block 23 for a 4 unit apartment
building.
3. Consideration of Rezoning Monticello Ceramics Property from
R-1 to B-3.
Mr. Floyd Kruse of Maple Lake is proposing to purchase the
Monticello Ceramic building and remodel it into a supper club.
The area is currently zoned R-1 (Single Family Residential) and
Mr. Kruse was requesting the property be rezoned to B-3 to allow
for a supper club restaurant.
A motion was made by Bauer, seconded by Doerr and unanimously
carried to recommend the southerly half of the Ceramic property
be rezoned from R-1 to B-3 while the northerly 465' towards the
river remain in R-1 zoning.
The portion of the property remaining in R-1 zoning would be
contiguous to the residential property line located to the east
(Hoglund Addition) and would be subject to a Certificate of
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Request for Building Permit - Bondhus Tool.
The Bondhus Tool Co. requested a building permit to add a second
story to their present structure located on east Broadway Avenue.
Committee discussion centered on whether Bondhus Tool should be
required to adhere to all of the requirements relative to
landscaping and parking, since the basic structure was already
there.
A new commercial development would require the entire property to
be landscaped in shrubs, sod, blackt~and plantings, with required
parking spaces hard surfaced.
A motion was made by Ridgeway, seconded by Doerr and unanimously
carried to recommend approval of the building permit application
for a second story addition with the driveway accesses blacktopped
to the property line from County Road #75 only.
Since the present building was currently a permitted use, the
committee felt that the ordinances relating to landscaping and
hard surface parking did not specifically apply to additions.
Consideration of Amendments to Sign Ordinance.
At the city council's request, Howard Dahlgren had reviewed
Monticell's sign ordinance, specifically in the area of pylon
signs and height requirements.
Mr. Dahlgren's recommendations were that properties contiguous
to the interstate Highway could be regarded as interstate oriented
and could be considered as such for sign size and height require-
ments.
The committee's consensus was to have Mr. Dahlgren study the
possibility of preparing "zoning" districts for different sign
classifications, rather than by road classifications. Thus,
freeway zones would have different sign requirements than a
downtown zone.
The committee also discussed the sign ordinance relating to
"overhanging public signs". Since the current ordinance is
not clear on the definition of what types of signs should be
considered overhanging sings, the committee instructed the
planner clarify and/or make recommendations regarding the definition
for the next meeting.
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6. Lot Subdivision - Crandall Hollister.
Crandall Hollister presented to the Planning Commission a
Certificate of Survey subdividing a parcel 100' x 200' from his
present homesite, next to the Rod & Gun Club property.
The subdivision request would meet the required minimum lot
size but the remaining parcel would have a large outlot un-
accessable to a public street.
Consensus of the committee was to table the subdivision request
until next meeting in order to have Mr. Hollister present to
to explain his future plans regarding the back lot.
Motion by Bauer, second by Doerr and unanimously carried to
adjourn.
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