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Home My WebLink About08-02-07 CITY OF LAKEVILLE Planning. ~omrrtission Meeting Minutes AucusT 2, 2007 The August 2, 2007 Planning Commission meeting was called to order by Chair Swecker in the City Hall Council Chambers at6:00 p.m. Flag Pledge. Present: Stolte, Swecker, Pattee, Grenz, Drotning. Absent: Davis, Manikowski, Ex-officio Gerl. Staff Present: Frank Dempsey, Associate Planner; Allyn Kuennen, Associate Planner; Jay Rubash, Assistant City Engineer; and Penny'Brevig, Recording Secretary. ITEM 3. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES: The July 19, 2007 Planning Commission meeting minutes were approved as presented. ITEM 4. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Mr. Dempsey indicated the following item was distributed to the Planning Commission members and staff before tonight's meeting.. i 1. The August 1, 2007 Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Committee meeting motion regarding the Tullamore final plat. Mr. Dempsey reminded the Planning Commission that there is a work session immediately following tonight's meeting. ITEM 5. TULLAMORE Chair Swecker opened the public hearing to consider the application of Insignia Development for the vacation of an existing roadway easement, located on the north side of 170 Street and west of Pilot Knob Road (CSAH 31), and consider the final. plan of 51 single family lots and five outlots to be known as Tullamore. The Recording .Secretary attested that the legal notice had been duly published in accordance with State Statutes and City Code. Don Uram from Insignia Development, LLC presented an overview of their request. He indicated that they would like. to start construction as soon as they get City. Council approval of the final plat. • Associate Planner Allyn Kuennen presented the planning report. Mr. Kuennen stated that the development is proposed to have 51 single family lots and three outlots and will be the first addition of the Tullamore development. Planning Commission Meeting August 2, 2007 Page 2 Mr. Kuennen stated that in conjunction with the final plat the applicant is requesting the vacation of the existing roadway easement for the. north half of 170th Street that will be rededicated as right-of-way with the final plat. Mr. Kuennen indicated .that the submitted final plat plans are consistent with the approved preliminary plat plans and meet all the minimum standards of the Zoning and Subdivision Ordinances. Mr. Kuennen stated that should the Planning Commission recommend to the City Council approval of the Tullamore final plat and easement vacation, Planning Department staff recommends approval subject to the 16 stipulations listed in the July 27, 2007 planning report. Chair Swecker opened the hearing to the public for comment. There were no comments from the audience. .07.42 Motion was made and seconded to close the public hearing at 6:05 p.m. Ayes: 5 Nays: 0 Chair Swecker commented that the Tullamore final plat was consistent with the preliminary plat and was a very nice design. 07.43 Motion was made and seconded to recommend to City Council. approval of the Tullamore. final plat and the vacation of an existing roadway easement, subject to the 16 stipulations listed in the July 27, 2007 planning report. Ayes: Stolte, Swecker, Pattee, Grenz, Drotning. Nays: 0 ITEM 7. STAFF NOTICES Mr. Dempsey asked if there .were any questions regarding future or continued Planning Commission agenda items. There .were none. -There being no further business, the meeting was. adjourned at 6:07 p.m. Respectfully submitted, ATTEST: • Penny Br ig„Recording retary K in Swecker, Chair Mee#ing Notes Planning Commission Work Session - - Thursday, August 2,2007 Marion Conference Room The Planning Commission work session commenced at 6:30 p.m. in the Marion Conference Room at City Hall: Commissioners Present: Chair Swecker, Drotning, Grenz, Pattee, Stolte. Staff Present: Associate Planner Frank pempsey, Associate Planner Allyn Kuennen, and Planning Assistant Leif Hanson.. Comfort Fnn -Sunny Bhakta was present. to discuss her request to allow the' Comfort Inn Motel to construct a 60 foot tall freestanding sign on the property located at 17605 Kenrick Avenue. A 30 foot tall sign is located on the south side of the property. She said that her guests often complain about not being able to see the sign and find the motel. MNDOT removed Comfort Inn from the blue informational business sign at the southbound I-35 exit ramp last year following the completion of the 1-35/CSAH 50 interim interchange improvements. The Zoning Ordinance allows a freestanding sign up to 30 feet in height and 150 square feet in area in the C-3; General Commercial District and Freeway Corridor Special District Overlay. . Ms. Bhakta stated that the current sign is not visible from southbound 1-35 until the traveler is on the bridge over CSAH 50. She believes that 60 feet is the minimum height that would allow clear visibility from all. directions. The sign would be similar in height to Cracker Barrel, which received approval for a variance for sign height in 1994. The Planning Commission clarified the hardship. criteria that must be addressed in consideration of a variance. -The Planning Commission did not think that undue hardship exists in this case. .The Planning Commission expressed their willingness to study the issue of commercial visibility. and sign heights when the Zoning Ordinance is updated in 2009 after the 2008 Comprehensive Land UsePlan Update has been completed. The location, design and height of signs within the I-35 corridor should also take into account the improvements associated with the ultimate road design for the CSAH 5/50 and I-35 interchange. Bremer Bank -Larry Grell of Frauenshuh was present to discuss the Bremer Bank request for a variance to allow a second wall sign on their new building under construction at 17600 Cedar Avenue (CSAH 23). The Zoning Ordinance allows one freestanding sign up to 20 feet in height and 100 square feet in area and one wall sign up to 100 square feet in area per public street frontage. Double frontage lots are allowed two wall signs. Signage is not allowed along the west side of the building because it is not adjacent to a public street. Bremer Bank is proposing a wall sign on the east side of ifie buttdng facing Cedar Avenue and a freestanding sign also on the east side of the lot. Bremer Bank representatives state that they need signage on the west side of the building to identify the bank for vehicles entering the Double E Crossings development from Dodd Boulevard and when the right-in/right-out access onto Cedar Avenue is removed in the future when the Fischer property to the west is developed and a public street or private drive is • constructed adjacent to the Double E Crossings plat. Planning Commission Work Session Notes August 2, 2001 • Staff discussed the history of the property and the impact on the site designwhen Velmeir, the Dotxbie'E Crossings developer, decided to develop the site using private drives instead of public streets in order to maximize the development potential of the property. This allowed reduced building setbacks and a very compact commercial development. Staff indicated that if Velmeir. had platted and constructed public streets within the Double E Crossings development, Bremer Bank would have been allowed a second wall sign along the west or south side of the building. Velmeir also chose not to pursue a planned unit development for the property, similar to the Crossroads commercial development on the east side of Cedar Avenue which allowed wall signs facing the internal private drive with increased architectural design standards for all commercial businesses in that development. The Planning Commission clarified the hardship criteria that must be addressed in .consideration of a variance. The .Planning Commission did not think that undue hardship exists in this case. Mr.-Grow thanked the Planning Commission for their consideration: and stated that they will request that the variance. application be formally processed. The work session was adjourned at 7:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, • Frank Dempsey, Asso ate. PI ner-