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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-16-05 CITY OF LAKEVILLE Planning Commission Meeting Minutes • JUNE 16, 2005 The June 16, 2005 Planning Commission meeting was called to order by Chair Swecker in the City Hall Council Chambers at 6:00 p.m. Flag pledge and roll call of members: Present: Reuvers, Pattee, Swecker, Detjen, Grenz, Blee, Ex-officio Arvidson. Absent: Stolte, Drotning. Staff Present: Daryl Morey, Planning Director; Frank Dempsey, Associate Planner; Jay Rubash, Assistant City Engineer; Brian Anderson, Assistant to the City Administrator; Andrea Poehler, Assistant City Attorney; and Penny Brevig, Recording Secretary. ITEM 3. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES: The June 2, 2005 Planning Commission meeting minutes were approved as presented. ITEM 4. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Mr. Morey indicated the following items were distributed to the Planning Commission members and staff before tonight's meeting. 1. June 15, 2005 Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Committee meeting .motions regarding the Bellante final plat and the Argonne Estates final plat. Pertaining to the Bellante final plat consent agenda item, Mr. Morey stated that the agenda should read 38 twin home units not 94. Mr. Morey indicated that before the meeting is adjourned he would like to give a brief presentation of the revised Winkler property concept plan that was considered by the Planning Commission at their June 2, 2005 meeting. ITEM 5. CONSENT AGENDA 05.66 Motion by Blee, Second by Reuvers to recommend to City Council approval of the June 16, 2005 Planning Commission Consent Agenda as follows: • Planning Commission Meeting June 16, 2005 Page 2 • A. Approve the application of William Feldman for the final plat of 38 twin home units to be known as Bellante, located north of 185 Street (CSAH 60) and east of Judicial Road. B. Approve the application of D. R. Horton for the final plat of 26 single family lots to be known as Argonne Estates, located north of 175 Street, east of Kenrick Avenue, west of Jonquil Avenue and south of Joplin Avenue and Jordan Court. Ayes: Beavers, Pattee, Swecker, Detjen, Grenz, Blee. Nays: 0 ITEM 6. VERIZON WIRELESS Chair Swecker. opened the public hearing to consider the applications of Verizon Wireless, LLC to allow the construction of a personal wireless (cellular telephone) tower, located at 16990 Georgetown Way: A. Conditional use permit to allow the construction of the tower which is not located on a public or quasi-public structure; B. Interim use permit to allow the single ground-mounted pole tower to exceed 75 feet in height in the RS-3, Single Family Residential District. Assistant City • Attorney Poehler attested that the legal notice had been duly published in accordance with State Statutes and City Code. Associate Planner Frank Dempsey presented the planning report. Mr. Dempsey stated. that in 2006 the existing water storage standpipe in the Cedar Highlands neighborhood will be removed from the property following the completion of a new water tower to serve this area of the City now under construction at the Central Maintenance Facility west of Cedar Avenue and south of Dodd Boulevard. Mr. Dempsey stated that Sprint and T-Mobile have personal wireless service antennas on the water storage standpipe and the City has a contractual obligation to provide a suitable location for Sprint and T-Mobile once the water storage standpipe is removed. At the same time, Mr. Dempsey indicated .that Verizon Wireless is requesting to locate a tower to serve the northeast area of Lakeville. Verizon Wireless would be the third personal wireless service provider in that area of Lakeville. Mr. Dempsey stated that Verizon Wireless has agreed to design and construct a new 150-foot tall cellular telephone tower on the City owned Cedar Highlands property to provide a co-location tower facility to also include Sprint and T-Mobile. He indicated that there would be space available for a fourth cellular telephone Planning Commission. Meeting June 16, 2005 Page 3 • provider if needed in the future. Mr. Dempsey stated that the City of Lakeville will be the owner of the tower and will lease space on the tower. Mr. Dempsey stated that a conditional use permit is required to allow a personal .wireless service antenna that is not located on a public or quasi-public structure. He added that an interim use permit is required to allow the antenna to exceed 75 feet in height. Mr. Dempsey stated that the project will also include the construction of a 345 sq. ft. equipment building on the property. Mr. Dempsey stated that the Verizon Wireless equipment building will include a stand-by electric power generator. The generator will include a hospital grade muffler for sound attenuation consistent with other similar generators approved in residential areas of the City. Mr. Dempsey stated that to provide additional screening of the tower base and equipment buildings to the surrounding residential neighborhood, landscaping will be installed along the south and west sides of the property. Mr. Dempsey stated that the tower will be 150 feet in height, which is required to . provide adequate service for Verizon Wireless and three other wireless service providers in this location while the existing standpipe awaits removal. He indicated that a minimum of 15 feet is required between each company's antennas in order to prevent interference. Mr. Dempsey stated that the antenna tower will be set back a distance of 103 feet from the nearest residential property line. He indicated that the Zoning Ordinance permits the tower to be closer to a property line than the height of the tower if the tower is designed to collapse within a lesser distance under all foreseeable conditions. A structural engineer will need to submit a certified plan showing that the tower will collapse onto itself incompliance with this requirement. Mr. Dempsey showed computer-enhanced photographs of the property and proposed tower and equipment building. He indicated that if the tower is approved in the proposed location it will be painted Harbor Mist or a similar blue hue to more closely match the color of the sky. This is consistent with existing water towers and antennas throughout the City of Lakeville. Mr. Dempsey stated that the City of Lakeville hosted a neighborhood meeting on Thursday, April 28, 2005 between 6 and 7 p.m. at Crossroads Church. Planning Department and Administration Department staff attended the meeting, along with • Planning Commission Meeting June 16, 2005 Page 4 • Verizon Wireless representatives. No one from the public attended the neighborhood meeting. Mr. Dempsey stated that should the Planning Commission recommend to the City Council approval of the Verizon Wireless CUP and IUP, Planning Department staff recommends .approval subject to the 10 stipulations listed in the June 10, .2005 planning report, and approval of the Findings of Fact dated June 16, 2005. Dave Fischer from Buell Consulting, Inc, a representative of Verizon Wireless, LLC was in attendance at tonight's meeting to answer any questions that the Planning Commission or public may have. Chair Swecker opened the hearing to the public for comment. There were no comments from the audience. 05.67 Motion by Pattee, Second by Detjen to close the public hearing at 6:10 p.m. Ayes:. Pattee, Swecker, Detjen, Grenz, Blee, Reuvers. Nays: 0 Commissioner Reuvers commented that the cell tower is less intrusive than the current water tower and as long as it meets our Zoning Ordinance requirements, he saw no problem with approving the request. Commissioner Grenz indicated that the height of the tower was his main concern. He felt it did not need to be 150 feet as proposed. He felt that the tower should be constructed to a height to serve only the three wireless service providers identified at this time. Assistant to the City Administrator Brian Anderson explained that the tower needed to be higher than the 90 foot tall water storage tank to serve the cellular providers while the water storage tank awaits removal. He stated that a minimum of 15 feet is required between each company's antennas in order to prevent interference and because the original water tower in this location will not be removed until after this tower is erected, the lowest wireless service provider's antenna needs to have at least a 10 foot clearance over the water tower so there will be no interference. Mr. Fischer explained the coverage area goals for Verizon Wireless. • Planning Commission Meeting June 16, 2005 Page 5 • Mr. Morey explained that Sprint and T-Mobile were currently tenants on the current water tower that will be torn down. Verizon Wireless agreed to modify the contract that the City had with these companies and build the cell tower, with the City having ownership of the tower. Mr. Morey stated that we need to keep the old standpipe in place until the new water tower has been tested and is in service. Commissioner Detjen indicated that consolidating the antennas on one tower is the preferred method over a separate tower for each wireless service provider. 05.68 Motion by Detjen, Second by Blee to recommend to City Council approval of the Verizon Wireless, LLC conditional use permit and interim use permit, subject to the 10 stipulations listed in the June 10, 2005 planning report, and approval of the Findings of Fact dated June 16, 2005. Ayes: Swecker, Detjen, Blee, Reuvers, Pattee. Nays: Grenz. He felt that the cell tower is approximately 20 feet taller than it should be. Item 7. New Business Mr. Morey provided a brief update of the Winkler property concept plan which was considered at the June 2, 2005 Planning Commission meeting.. He stated that the sketch plan will be considered by the City Council at their June 20, 2005 meeting. He indicated that the developer has revised the sketch plan to address the guest parking issue raised by the Planning Commission at the June 2nd meeting. Mr. Morey pointed out the sketch plan revisions that the developer is proposing to address guest parking: 1. The developer has agreed that Streets D and E will be private. This will allow overnight on-street parking during the winter months, which is not allowed on public streets. 2. The sidewalk proposed on the west side of Street B adjacent to the proposed townhouses on Blocks 4 and 5 has been shifted to the back of the curb and the townhouse building pads have been shifted to the west in order to achieve a 40 foot setback from the face of the garage to the west edge of the sidewalk. This will enable four vehicles to be parked in tandem in .the driveway for each townhouse unit without blocking the sidewalk. This is consistent with twinhomes in the RST-2 District, which do not require off- street guest parking spaces. Planning Commission Meeting June 16, 2005 Page 6 3. The developer has identified up to ten potential off street guest parking spaces off of private Streets D and E. This will, however, reduce the number of on-street parking spaces for Streets D and E. Chair Swecker asked what the rear yard setbacks will be for the townhouses fronting Street B. Mr. Morey indicated that there will be approximately 70 feet or more from the back of the townhouse buildings to the edge of the trail to be constructed in the East Lake greenway corridor. Commissioner Blee asked if sidewalk proximity to Street B adjacent to the townhouses would cause potential snow plowing problems. Mr. Morey indicated that potential problems could be alleviated if the snow plowing was the Homeowners Association s responsibility. Mr. Grenz asked the width of Private Streets D and E. Mr. Rubash stated that they are 22 feet wide with parking on one side only. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:35 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Penny v' ,Recording Secreta y ATTEST: Ke 'n Swecker,. Chair •