City Council Minutes 11-13-1978MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING — MONTI CELLO CITY COUNCIL
November 13, 1978 — 7:30 P. M.
Members Present: C. 0. Johnson, Dan Blonigen, Arve Grimsmo, Gene Walters,
Phil White.
1. Consideration of Rezoning Request from R-1 to R-3 on Lot 5, Block 1,
Riverside Addition — John Sandberg.
A letter was presented by John Sandberg to the City Council requesting
the withdrawal of his application for his rezoning request for Lot 5 of
Block 1 of Sandberg Riverside Addition. The withdrawal request was based
on the fact that he did not have full plans and specifications to present
to the Council. (See supplement 11-13-78 #1).
2. Consideration of Variance Request from Parking Lot Curb Barrier Require—
ments — Silver Fox Motel.
At a previous Council Meeting, a variance request from the parking lot curb
barrier requirements at the Silver Fox Motel was denied by the Council,
but there was discussion by the Council that they might be receptive to
a variance if a particular time limit was set.
Mr. Larson requested the variance again to allow the elimination of the
curb barriers around his truck parking lot to allow for more maneuver-
ability of the semi—trailers to get in and out of the parking lot,
especially during the busy season. Mr. Larson also stated that the curb
barriers recently installed have been damaged by the heavy trucks running
over them, and requested a variance for up to 24 months as future expan—
sion may occur in the area in which the curb barriers are required.
While some Council members felt a 12 month time limit would be appropriate,
it was also noted that the present curb barriers required are not perma—
nent in nature, and therefore would not be a hardship to remove if
expansion would occur.
Motion was made by D. Blonigen, seconded by P. White to grant a variance
extension for up to one year on the parking lot curb barrier installation.
Voting in favor: D. Blonigen, P. White, A. Grimsmo. Opposed: G. Walters,
C. Johnson. Motion denied since a 4/5's vote is required for approval.
3. Consideration of Approving Surety Arrangements for Oakwood Industrial
Park Partnership on the Improvement of Dundas Road.
The Oakwood Industrial Park Partnership proposed a surety arrangement
to cover the improvement of Dundas Road by submitting a note to the
Wright County State Bank in care of the City of Monticello.
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This arrangement would allow the City of Monticello to utilize the note
for 12 times the amount of improving Dundas Road if the project were not
completed to the satisfaction of the City.
Councilman Gene Walters indicated that he would be abstaining from any
discussion and voting on the issue since he did have an interest in the
Oakwood Partnership.
The proposed arrangement was reviewed by City Attorney, Gary Pringle,
and in his opinion, the arrangement would protect the City if the improve-
ment was not completed to the satisfaction of the City.
Motion was made by P. White, seconded by A. Grimsmo to approve the surety
arrangement as presented with the comments made by City Attorney, Gary
Pringle. Voting in favor: C. Johnson, P. White, A. Grimsmo .
Abstaining: G. Walters , Dan Blonigen.
4. Consideration of Policy Relative to Four -Fifths (4/5's) Voting Require-
ments.
The current Monticello City Zoning Ordinances covering requests for
rezonings, variances and conditional use permits require a 4/5's vote
for approval of the City Council.
Council discussion centered on whether an applicant would have the
prerogative of coming back to the Council at a later date to get approval
if his request was voted and approved upon by the members, but the 4./5's
vote was not possible because of one or more councilmen being absent
at the meeting. Also discussed was the possibility that applicants for
rezonings, variances and conditional use permits be asked if they only
want the request heard before a full council. If the applicant so indi-
cates, an item requiring 4/5's vote would not be brought up a Council
Meeting unless all members were present. This would eliminate the
Council's voting on a request with less than full membership and then
having the item brought back at a later date in order to get the 4/5's vote.
Hearing no motion, the policy requiring a 4/5's vote for approval on
any variance, conditional use or rezoning request was left as is with
the understanding that an applicant can request that the item be dropped
from the Agenda if a full Council is not present. If an item is heard
before less than a full Council and it is voted upon, the decision reached
would be final.
5. Consideration of Variance for Off -Premise Sign - Electro Industries.
Since the policy relative to 4/5's voting requirements was not changed
in Item 4. above, allowing for an applicant to come back to a full
Council if a request was previously denied, this item was not heard.
6. Report from Civil Defense Director - Doug Pitt.
Civil Defense Director, Doug Pitt, was not present at the meeting, and
this item was dropped from the Agenda.
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7. Consideration of Adoption of 1976 Edition of Uniform Building Code,
On September 16, 1978, the newly adopted Minnesota State Building Code
went into effect in the State of Minnesota, and the Building Official,
Loren Klein, recommended that the new 1976 Edition of the Uniform Build-
ing Code be adopted by the Council.
In the current ordinances relating to the adoption of the Building
Code, a provision requires hardsurfacing of all driveways in single
and two-family homes. In addition, in the zoning ordinance sections,
hardsurfacing of driveways is exempted in the case of single and two-
family dwellings.
Motion was made by A. Grimsmo, seconded by D. Blonigen and unanimously
carried to adopt the latest 1976 Edition of the Uniform Building Code
and to exclude the requirement of hardsurfaced driveways for single
and two-family dwellings.
In addition, motion was made by D. Blonigen, seconded by P. White and
unanimously carried to adopt the 1976 Uniform Fire Code in lieu of the
present 1973 Code. (See ordinance amendment #62 dated 11/13/78
8. Consideration of Requiring Registration for Rental Units in the City of
Monticello.
Building Official, Loren Klein, recommended to the Council that a regis-
tration system for all rental units in Monticello be adopted to insure
that all rental properties would be inspected. This ordinance amendment,
if adopted, would require all rental property -owners to register their
property on an annual basis. The Building Official indicated that
this would provide a basis for systematic inspections since possibly the
numerical order of registration would be the order in which property
would be inspected.
It was the Council consensus that rental registration of all property
in Monticello would not be required, and that the Building Official
should use his own discretion in determining a systematic system for
inspecting these properties.
9. Consideration of Extension of Time for a Portion of the 197.1 Improvement
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Project.
Northdale Construction requested that the City grant them an additional
extension of time from November lst until Spring 1979 for the completion
of concrete curb and gutter in the Riverside Addition.
The reason for this request was that concrete for the curb and gutter was
not available, and may not be available until it is too late to complete
this Fall.
Motion was made by P. White, seconded by D. Blonigen and unanimously
carried to approve the extension of time until July 1, 1979. It was
noted that if construction of homes and certificate of occupancy re-
quests were to take place in this area before the streets were completed,
a variance may be necessary to allow for the occupancy of the home.
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10. Approval of Minutes.
The Minutes of the October 23, 1978 Council Meeting were approved as
presented.
11. Miscellanernus_
A special meeting to discuss salaries for 1979 was scheduled for
November 30, 1978, at 2:00 P.M. It was also recommended that all
Department Heads be asked to be in attendance at this meeting.
It was also noted that only one Council Meeting will be held in
December 1978•
Meeting adjourned.
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"Richard Wolfs ler
Assistant A nistrator
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