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Planning Commission Minutes 09-20-1977 J. ' . . . PLANNING OOMMISSION MEEl'ING September 20, 1977 -- 7:30 P.M. Members present: Gillham, Topel, Ridgeway, Doerr, Miller. Members absent: Bauer. 1. Approval of Minutes. Motion by Doerr, seconded by Ridgeway and unanimously carried to approve the minutes of Sept. 6, 1977 as presented. 2. Public Hearing - Consideration of Rezoning Parcel Along E. County Road 39 from R-1 and R-3 to R-B, for a 30 Unit Apartment. River Meadow Apartments, a partnership consisting of Ralph Smith, Bob Mosford and Gary Wieber, proposed to build a 3D-unit non-subsidized apartment along E. County Road #39. The area under consideration is approximately 7t acres and is proposed Multiple Family under the revised comprehensive plan, but is currently zoned as R-1 and R-3. As a result, a rezoning to R-B (Residential Business) was requested, since the R-B zone is the only zone that would allow for an apartment house over 12 units. The Planning Commission discussed whether rezoning the entire 7i acres to R-B would be appropriate for the surrounding residential areas because in addition to multiple family structures, such commericial uses as professional and commer.cial offices would be allowed as conditional uses. In order to limit the zoning to multiple family buildings a motion was made by Topel, seconded by Ridgeway and unanimously carried to recommend rezoning the 7t acres to R-3 (Medium Density Residential) and to grant a variance to allow one 30 unit apartment building on the site, provided all other applicable zoning ordinances are met. The Planning Commission also recommended that the developers submit a si te plan indicating any future apartment building locations at the time a building permit is applied for. 3. Public Hearing - Consideration of Allowing Pet Hospital as a Permitted or Conditional Use Within a B-3 Zoning District. Dr. Joel Erickson is proposing a pet hospital to be built on the east side of Highway 25 and approximateJy 500-600 feet south of the I-94 interchange. . . It Currently, this property is zoned as B-3 (Regional Business) and the permitted or conditional uses of a B-3 do not mention a Pet Hospital. In fact, no zone currently mentions a pet hospital as a conditional or permitted use. As a result, a public hearing is necessary to allow such a use within a B-3 (Regional Business) either as a conditional or permitted use. .. A motion was made by Ridgeway, seconded by Topel and unanimously carried to recommend allowing Pet Hospitals as a conditional use within a B-3 Zoning District provided the following conditions are met: 1. No outside pens or kennels. 2. Annual inspection by City's health officer at owner's expense. 3. All animals must be leashed. 4. Treatment would be limited .to domesticated small animals. 5. Side yard setbacks would be 20 feet instead of 10. 6. Carcasses must be kept inside the building. 4. Consideration of Building Permit - Pet Hospital. Dr. Joel Erickson requested approval of a building permit to construct a Pet Hospital on the East side of Highway 25, South of I-94. Dr. Erickson indicated that he would adhere to all of the conditional use provisions required for a Pet Hospital in a B-3 zone. A motion was made by Topel, seconded by Ridgeway and unanimously carried to recommend approval of the building permit for a Pet Hospital contingent upon final approval of the plans by the building inspector and city engineer. 5. Public Hearing - Ordinance Amendment to Allow Amusement Places and Bowling Alleys as Permitted uses within an 1-1 Zone. At our last meeting, Mr. Bill Pemberton indicated he is considering building a roller rink on the North Half of Lot 1, Block 1, of Oakwood Industrial Park. This lot is zoned as 1-1 (light industrial) and a roller rink is not listed among the permitted or conditional uses of an 1-1 area but is listed as a permitted use within a B-4 (regional business) zone. Consensus of the Planning Commission was to hold a hearing to add Amuse- ment Places (such as roller rinks or dance halls) and bowling alleys as permitted uses within an 1-1 zone. Dick Dwinell, consulting planner, recommended that amusement places such as bowling alleys and roller rinks, etc., be allowed as conditional uses within an I-l as a way of controlling future developments. A motion was made by Doerr, seconded by Topel and unanimously carried to recommend amending Ordinance Section 10-15-4 to allow Amusement Places and Bowling Alleys as conditional uses within an 1-1 District. -2- . 6. Consideration of Building Permit - Roller Rink. Mr. Bill Pemberton submitted revised building plans for a proposed roller rink to be located on the north t of lot 1, block 1, Oakwood Industrial Park. A motion was made by Doerr, seconded by Topel and unanimously carried to recommend approval of a building permit for Mr. Pemberton to build on the north ~ of lot 1, block 1, Oakwood Industrial Park, contingent upon final review and approval by building inspector and city engineer. A public hearing will be held by the Planning Commission to consider Mr. Pemberton's request for a conditional use permit for the roller rink. 7. Considerationof Building Permit - Fair's Market. Mr. Bud Fair requested a building permit for Fair's Market to allow an open framework structure to be built which would allow adequate amounts of rain, shade and sunlight to his nursery stock. Plans have been reviewed and approved by the building inspector. A motion was made by Topel, seconded by Ridgeway and unanimously carried to recommend approval of building permit to Mr. Bud Fair. . $. Consideration of Building Permit - Wright County State Bank. The Wright County State Bank is proposing to build a 2,400 square foot detached bank facility on Lots 6, 7, 8 and 9 of Block 6 of Upper Monticello. The facility is intended to house the Wright County State Bank's main insurance office and to handle deposits and withdrawals. A motion was made by Doerr, seconded by Topel and unanimously carried recommending approval of the building permit for the Wright County State Bank contingent upon final review by building inspector and city engineer, of all plans, including landscaping and drainage plans. 9. Variance Request - Setback Requirements - Ron White. Mr. Ron White requested a variance to allow a deck to be built within 6 feet of the east property line for Lot 4, except W. 25 feet and westerly 10 feet of Lot 3, Block 3, River Terrace Addition in Monticello. The lot size is 85 by 200 feet. This house is already under construction and the deck built. Mr. White indicated that he misunderstood the east property line and requested the variance to allow the deck to stay. . -3- ,. . . . The abutting property owner, Roy Lauring, opposed the granting of the variance. He felt that Mr. White had sufficient lot area to build on without building within 6' of the east property line. Doerr made a motion to approve the variance request to build within 6' of the property line. Died for lack of a second. Topel then made a motion, seconded by Ridgew~ to recommend denial of variance request. Voting in favor: Ridgeway, Topel. Opposed: Doerr. Abstaining: Gillham. 10. Consideration of Building Permit - 2 Car Garage and Family Room Addition - Charles Ritze. In February of 1976, Charles Ritze requested a conditional use permit to allow a truck garage be built within an &-1 zone. The City of Monticello granted the permit contingent upon a fence being constructed along the side of the garage to screen any equipment still stored outside. The garage was built without a permit and the fence never erected, and as a result, the planning commission discussed granting the building permit requested now only contingent upon a permit being paid for on the truck garage and the fence erected as required. Doerr made a motion, seconded by Topel and unanimously carried to recommend approval of the building permit for the family room and garage provided the previous building permit is paid for and the fencing required to screen the truck garage is completed by May 1st, 197$. 11. Consideration of Clarification of Pylon Sign Height Requirements - Perkins Cake 'n Steak. Monticello City Ordinances allow businesses within 800 feet of a freeway to have one pylon sign not to exceed 200 square feet and 32 feet in height. The ordinance reads that "actual sign height is determined by the grade of the road from which the sign gains its principal exposure". Perkins located their sign in the southwest corner of the parking lot which is extremely low in comparison to the road grade of Highway 25. As a result, they have asked for an interpretation of the height re- quirements. A motion was made by Topel, seconded by Ridgeway and unanimously carried to have the Ci ty Administrative offices clarify where the height require- ments should be started from. 12. Consideration of Parking Requirements - Trinity Lutheran Church. The Trinity Lutheran Church is requesting a determination of the amount of parking that would be required if the church expanded. -4- " . . . Current city ordinances require one parking space for every four seats of the main assembly hall and additional parking shall be required for any other function such as a school, etc. Rev. Miller of Trinity Lutheran Church indicated the current assembly hall has a seating capacity of 150 people and there are 35-40 parking spaces available. However, the expansion of the church would not only increase the seating capacity to 300 but would utilize some of the existing parking spaces. Rev. Miller asked whether a variance of any sort, including complete exemption from parking provisions could be possible. Additionally, he asked if parking provisions of any sort were required, would it be possible for the church to purchase additional land as it became available. The Planning Commission indicated that a complete exemption from parking requirements would be extremely unlikely, but advised the church building committee to prepare a site plan showing the proposed building expansion along with the location of available parking spaces. Once a plan is available the Plarming Commission would then be able to consider possible variances, etc., for parking requirements. 13. Consideration of Ordinance Amendment to Allow all Permitted uses Within a ~1 and R-2 Zone as Permitted or Conditional Uses Within a R-3 Zone. At our last' meeting a public hearing was held concerning an ordinance amendment to allow all permitted uses within a ~1 (Single Family Residential) and R-2 (Single and Two Family Residential) as permitted uses within a R-3 (Medium Density Residential) zone. It was discussed that although a desirable effect may be reached of distributing single and two family homes in multiple family zones rather than creating clusters of multiple family homes, there also was concern over the possibility of eventually having no areas left for multiple family houses. Since a good share of the land within R-3 zones is platted into large lots, it would appear not to be economically feasible to build single and two family homes on these lots. Mr. Dwinell also recommended that the ordinance relating to lot size requirements in ~3 zones be re-evaluated to determine if the present 6000 sq. ft. lot size requirement is sufficient. Consideration of amending the ordinance was tabled until Mr. Dwinell has had time to prepare a report. 14. Consideration of Building Permit - Dave Heskins. Mr. Dave Heskins requested a building permit to construct an Electrical Service Shop on part of Lot 1, Block 2, Oakwood Industrial Park. A motion was made by Topel, seconded by Doerr and unanimously carried. to approve the building permit for the electrical service shop contingent -5- ~~ . upon building inspector's and city engineer's final review of the plans. 15. Miscellaneous. . . Plarming Commission recommended to the City Council that commercial building permits which would not alter the outside structural appearance or inside remodeling permits be waived from Plarming Commission and Council review and approval. New commercial construction or additions would still require Planning Commission and Council approval. Plarming Commission also discussed future truck routes within Monticello, including the possible use of Walnut street as a new truck route, rather than routing trucks through the central business district. adjourned. -6-