HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/28/75PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES
APRIL
The meeting was called to order at 7:35 P.M. by Chairman Stoffel.
Members Present: Stoffel, Trautmarm, Latch, Stark,'Glennie, Walker,
and Krame r
Members Absent: Linde and Fischer
Student Members Present: Stoneberg
Student Members Absent: Humbert and Denn
The minutes of April 14, 1975 should have indicated
Stoneberg being the student member present, and
Humbert was incorrectly identified as being present.
On the motion regarding a variance request for
Greg Langenfeld, Mr. Glennie rather than Mr. Stark
should be identified as 9oting nay to the motion.
Moved by Commissioner Latch, seconded by Commis'sioner
Stark to approve the minutes as amended. Seven
ayes, zero nays.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Moved by Commissioner Latch, seconded by
Commissioner Stark to approve the request
for a home occupation permit for a catering
business, subject to the understanding by the
petitioner that the approval pertains only to an
office and that no cooking will be allowed in
the home. Seven ayes, zero nays.
HOME OCCUPATION PERM-
IT - DIRK PETERSON -
1322 W. 16TH STREET
Moved by Commissioner Latch, seconded by
Commissioner Stark to approve the request
for a home occupation permit for a catering
business, subject to the understandfng by the
petitioner that the approval pertains only to an
office and that no cooking will be allowed in the
home. Seven ayes, zero nays.
HOME OCCUPATION -
PERMIT - JOHN WILKUS -
934 W. 5TH STREET
The Archdiocese of St. Paul - Minneapolis
have submitted a proposal for an elderly
housing project located on 5.9 acres of an
ll. Z8 acre site. The petition requests that the
property be rezoned from an R-1 zone to an R-4
zone. Although the Comprehensive Plan does not
indicate specific areas for multiple family housing
on the Comprehensive Plan map, the text does suggest
that such items as access to arterial streets, its
proximity to shopping facilities and park property,
and the opinions of surrounding property own'ers
REZONING - ARCHDIOCESE
OF MINNEAPOLIS AND ST.
PAUL - t199 BAHLS DRIVE
Planni. ng Commis s ion Minute s
April ZS, 1975 (Cont.)
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should be considered for any rezoning to a
multiple family district. Commissioner
Kramer expressed a concern that although
the Archdiocese of Minneapolis - St. Paul
plan on using the structure for elderly housing,
he had heard of situations where buildings
similar to this have been 'used for low income.
families when there were vacancies.
Moved by Commissioner Kramer, seconded
by Commissioner Glennie to call for a Public
Hearing on May 1Z, 1975 at 7:30 P.M. to consider
the rezoning of the petitioners property from
R-1 to R-4. Seven ayes, zero nays.
The Planning Director mentioned to the Planning
Commission that he had received several complaints
from members of the Council and Planning
Commission that the present home occupation require-
ments were not stringent enough. If this indeed is
the concern of the Plannin8 Commission, the code
should be interpreted as prohibiting any businessess
which generate traffic or can not provide off street
parking. If such an interpretation is made applications
for such uses as beauty shops or photography studios
would be denied.
Moved by Commissioner Trautmann, seconded by
Commissioner Stark to refer to the Kramer Committee
the matter of home occupation permits and the
two specific requests involving a photography studio
and a beauty shop. Seven ayes, zero nays.
The Planning Director informed the Planning
Commission that a request has been made for
a used car lot in a C-3 zone along Vermillion
Street. The zoning code at the present time does
not allow as either a permitted or special use, a
used car dealer. The Planning Commission
was asked whether or not they wanted to reconsider
this position or simply deny this request since it
does not comply with the present zoning code.
Moved by Commissioner B[ramer, seconded by
Commissioner Walker to refer to the Fischer
Committee the matter of considering whether
the City should allow used car dealers in a C~3
zoning district. Seven ayes, zero nays.
HOME OCCUPATION
PERMIT REQUESTS
ZONING AMENDMENT
USED CAR LOTS IN C-3
ZONE
1Dlannin~ Cornrnis sion Minute s
April 28, 1975 (Cont.)
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Chairman Stoffel appointed Corn_n~issioner Stark,
Glermie and Walker to work with the Planning
Director regarding any proposals for sign
standards for the Downtown Redevelopment Area.
Moved by Commissioner Walker, seconded by
Commissioner Latch to adjourn at I0:Z0 P. M.
Seven~ ayes, zero nays.
SIGN STANDARDS FOR
DOWNTOWN REDEVELOP-
MENT AREA
AD JOURNMEIW T