Planning Commission Agenda Packet 07-19-1977AGENDA
CITY OF MONTICF.LLO PLANNING COMMISSION
Tuesday - July 19, 1077 - 7:30 P. M.
H. Giliham, F. Topet, H. Doerr, D. Bauer.
Jim Ridgeway, J. W. Miller
A. Approval of Minutes.
✓- Consideration of Allowing Paint Classes and
Antique Sales in a R-1 Zone.
✓3. Public Hearing - John Sandberg Plat A•e.sl of
County Road #75 and South of Prairie Road.
%/4. Consideration of Determining Approprialr
Requirements on Subdivisions.
/S. Consideration of Approval of John Sandbterg
JPlat East of highway 25.
Unfinished tris i news.
7. New business. -- Approval of Buildivig Permit -
Cedar•crest. Apts.
MAILING TO:
Richard Dwinell
Don Smith
John Bergstad
Mrs. Bettilou Christopher
JOhn Sandberg
AGENDA SUPPLEMENT
Agenda Item 2. Consideration of Allowing Paint Classes and Antique
Sales in a R -I Zone.
Mrs. Bettilou Christopher is considering the purchas.•
of a 5.29 acre parcel of land with a home and build-
ings on Prairie Road in the northwestern part of
Monticello (see enclosed map).
Mrs. Christopher would like to hold some paint clas.rs
in one of the garages that exists on the site in
addition to selling antiques on a limited scale.
Please refer to her letter for a more detailed
explanation.
Our ordinance does permit home occupations as a
permitted accessory use in a R -I (Single Family
Residence) zone, however, Che definition of home
occupation is as follows:
Any gainful occupation engaged in by th^ oc-
cupants of a dwelling at or from the dwelling.
Such activity shall be clearly incidental and
secondary to the residential use of the premist•s.
Permissable home occupations shall riot include
the conducting of a retail business other than
by mail, manufacturing business, or a repair
shop of any kind on the premises, and no stock
in trade shall be kept. or sold. Nu other than
persons residing on the premises shall be em-
ployed, and no mechanical equipment shall be
employed that is not customarily, found in the
home and no more than one (1) room may be deyntrd
to home occupation use. Such home occupation
shall not require internal or, external alterations
or involve construction features not customarily
found in dwellings. The entrance to the spar. -
devoted t.n such occupations shall be within tite
dwe111nr.. There shall be no exterior display,
no exterior signs except as allowed in the sit_ -n
regulations for the zoning district. in %hith
such home occupation is located. There shall
be no exterior storage of equipment or materialq
used in the home occupaLion. No home occupation
shall be permitted which results in or generates
more traffic than ung (1) car for off-street
parkina at any one given point, in time. Permtss-
able home occupations include, hot are not
limited to the following: art studio, dres.rnar ing,
special offices of a clergyman, lawyer, aro hi sect,
engineer, accountant, or real rst.ate agent nr
appraiser, when located in a dwell ina unit
occupied by the same; and teaching, with mostdal ,
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P dancing and other instruction limited to one
n (1) pupil at one time.
From the above definition and Mrs. Christopher's
letter the following would appear in viulation ,t'
the ordinance:
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a/ -1. No stock in trade shall be kept or sold.'
^^ .2. No more than one (I) room shall be devoted
'k to home occupation use.
_. 3• No home occupation shall be permitted whi c h
results in or generates more traffic than
one (1) car for off street parking at all)-
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nyone given point in time.
If Mrs. Christopher were allowed to operate as
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indicated in her request, a variance would have
to be granted on the above items.
Although it may appear the request is not unreason-
able considering the area in question is isolated
presently from other residences, there_ is concern
over future residential development in the area
and the precedent a variance -it' this nature mielrt
initiate. Additionally, it would be very hard to _
L V control any future expansion of the antique
or- painting classes.
POSSIBLE. ACTTON: Consideration of Granting variance,
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pt indicated.
J` RCFERENCLSI Map depicting area and request froni
Mrs. Christopher.
Agenda Item 3. Public Hearing - John SandberPLPlat. Nest of Count,
Road #75 and South of Prairie Road.
Mr. John Sandberg is requesting approval of a plat
`_ (see enclosed map) of 30 parrels.
�\`\ A petition for sewer and water has been approved
by the City Council cont.ingenl upon ultimate appro%al
of the subdivision plat.
As required by our ordinance for subdivision plats,
N a public hearing has been published and nuticen
sent to property owners within 3Stl feet
Mr. Sandberg was to have copies of the pre[iminary
�Q plat to we to allow for review by our planners and
engineers, however, the plat was not, received in
adequato time for review and it may W best. for the
Planning Commission to extend the hearinu to out,
next, regular meeting to allow for proper review and
and reports to be filed.
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POSSIBLE ACTION: Consideration of approval, denial
or rescheduling another hearing for subdivision
plat.
REFERENCES: Map depicting general area of plat.
Agenda IL— q. Consideration of Determining Appropriate Requirements
on Subdivisions.
This item appeared on our, agenda at our May 17
meeting, however no decision was made at that time.
Monticello ordinance 11-1-7 relative to subdivision
requirements reads as follows:
11-1-7: EXCEPTIONS: when requesting a subdivision,
if either of the two following Condit ions
exist, the City Administrator shall bring the reduest
to the attention of the Planning Commission whcr.•-
upon, they shall review said request and exempt the
subdivider from complying with any inappropriate
requirements of this Ordinance.
A) In the case of t e. uest.� o fiividt; a Int which
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is a part of a where the division
is to permit the adding of a panel of land to
an abutting lot or to create two lots and the
newly created property I i ne wi I 1 not. cause t he
other remaining portion of the lot to IHr in
vioJatJon with this Ordinance of IhvIoning
Ordinance.
B) Such division results in parcels having an area
of five (5) acres or more with frontage on a
public right-of-way measuring three hundred 1 Uul
feet or more and when auch division dues not
necessitate the dedicati roof a public right. -of -
way; or if a lot which is part of a plat recorded
in the office of the Register of Deeds of Wright
County is to be divided and such division will
nut cause any structure on the lot to be in
violation of the zoning ordinance or said new
portions of lots to be in violation of city
ordinances.
There should be a clarification of what the in-
appropriate requirements arc since they arc not spelled
out. Possibly the beat way t.o amend this ordinance
would be to spell out what requirements ha%o to be
met, rather than list all the inappropriate require-
ments.
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Among the requirements the following are
suggested:
1. Review by PlOnning Commission and review and
approval by the City Council.
2. Certificate of survey. �94AC
All other requirements such ae pa dFk edicat.ion, /k &qVI
preliminary and final plat procedures appear nut' iu-
' to be necessary in these cases. ?�,(
1 POSSIBLE ACTION: Consideration of recommendation
1 44 relative to clarifying what requirements must by met
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ifsubdivision subdivision falls under Section 11-1-7-(A) or
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Agenda Item 5. Consideration of Approval of John Sandberg Plat East
of Highway 25.
Mr. John Sandberg owned a parcel of land on the east
side of Highway 25 that was originally 4.V acres
and has sold a parcel of approximately 1-d -acres
for a home site. No plat or subdivision was ever
approved on this sale.
Additionally, Mr. Sandberg would now like to sub-
divide a remaining 2.91 acres into two parcels
° one of acres and one of 2.02 acres.
According to our ordinances, this subdivision o
land does not fall under Ordinance Section 11-1-7
(refer to agenda item 4) and therefore the entire
procedures for subdivision are required (i.e. park
dedication, topographic maps, etc.)
Mr. Sandberg is requesting that he be granted a
variance from the subdivision regulations and be
required to only meet the requirements as may be
necessary under Section 11-1-7.
Mr. Sandberg is preparing a certificate of survey
on the parcels in question and these will be available
for the meeting on Tuesday night.
POSSIBLE ACTION: Consideration of approval of plat.
l� and variance request from subdivision requirements.
REPERENCESt Enclosed map depicting area. Certificate
n 0 of surveys available at City Hall.
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Monticello Planning Commission
Special Meeting
Tuesday, August 9, 1977 -- 7:30 P.M.
Chairman; Howard Gillham.
Members: Fred Topel, Jim Ridgeway, Henry Doerr,
Dave Bauer, J. W. Miller.
Purpose of meeting will be to review the following issues
relative to Rick Longley's proposed relocation of "The
Glass Hut" to an area just east of State Highway 25 and
south of 1-94:
1. Public Hearing - Amendment of ordinance to allow "glass
sales and service" as a permitted use within a B-3 zoning
district, f�
Currently the area in question is zoned B-3 (Highway
Business), however, there is no reference to this kind A404C
of use and it would be necessary to -amend our ordinance
to allow "glass sales and service" as a permitted or
conditional use. 9.'
2. Bni.lding Permit. r �J
Mr. Longley is proposing a Morton steel building and
the application for a permit is being reviewed by J. W.
Miller. Additionally, all landscaping, setback and other
relative zoning ordinances will have to be adhered to.
3. Variance from 24 acre minimum lot size requirements for
lot without city sewer and water.
Ordinance section 10-3-4-(C) requires that any parcel
that does not have city sewer and water must be at least
2) acres in size In order to allow a private septic tank
and well. Rick Longley's parcel is 2.03 acres and there-
fore would require a variance from the ordinance provisions.
In talking with our city engineers they did not feel
there would be any problem with the size of the lot and
sugperted I call the state to determine if they had
any minimum standards relative to lot sizes for areas
within city limits not served by city sewer and water.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency indicated there
are no state standards relative to lot sizes since it
Mould be dependent upon soil conditions. They did
indicate that cities do adopt minimum lot size more
from a planning and development standpoint and to en-
courage use of a municipal system. The MPGA felt that
state standards of distance requirements from a septic
tank to a well or property line were more critical.
As a result, it would appear from a health standpoint,
pro vrded the state standards which the City of Monticello
has adopted in ordinance section 12, were adhered to,
there would be no harmful effects.
Furthermore, it would appear that development in the
general area mi6fi t be scattered and limited for the near
future and no sewer and water extensions are planned
at this time. However, it has been pointed out to Mr.
Lon Gley that should the city extend sewer and water past
his property the assessments would begin immediately with
hookup to the sewer system required within 3 years after
it is available.
4. Prupused access on to Stat.e. Ilighway 2%.
Mr. Longley would like an access opening on to State
Iil:;hway :5 as indicated on the enclosed map. An access
nptrning already has been granted on the south line which
is a Joint access with The Printing Place.
Mr. Longley would like an additional access opening nn
to #21i to the north sincehis building .is intended to bo
toward the north side of the property. This access
opening would be jointly shored with the parcel to the
north purchased by Dr. Joel Erickson for a proposed
pet hi.spital.
Mr. longley has written the State Highway Department.
I'M' an access opening and they indicate that the state
Nur4hased access rights in the area to provent a pvu-
liirrdtiun of entrances on to Highway 25 to provide
for it %aier and more hazard free highway and therefore
wool d net tyrant the access.
CMr. .�andbvi q, sol ler of the property to Lonnley and 1•rlr k.tnu,
has requested the City intervene in behalf of the property
owners since it would be quite costly to establish a
service road so that both parcels could utilize the pre-
jent access on the south side of Mr. Longley's property.
The entire length of both parcels is approximately 718
feet and Mr. Sandberg points out that city blocks are only
330 feet and feels that although the state purchased the
access rights he feels it is unreasonable.
NOTE: Tom Chock will be also at Tuesday's meeting to
r.quest a building permit for a double bungalow on Lot
Block 42. J. W. Miller has reviewed the request and
ecommends approval. All applicable ordinances should
adhered to including the landscaping requirement.
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