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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-04-93 * i CITY OF LAKEVILLE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES FEBRUARY 4,1993 The meeting was `called to order by Chair Holberg at 7:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers. Roll call of members was taken. Present: Whitehouse, Holberg, Whittingham, Smith. Absent: Steigerwalt, Miller. Also present was Robert Erickson, City Administrator; Jim Walston, Assistant City Attorney; Michael Sobota, Community and Economic Development. Director; Allan Hunting, Northwest Associated Consultants; Jeff Oliver, Assistant Engineer; Daryl Morey, Assistant Community and Economic. Development Director; Mira Holliday, Recording Secretary. The minutes of the January 19,1993 Special Planning Commission meeting and the January 21,1993 Planning Commission meeting were approved as printed. ITEM 4 The public. hearing to consider the application of the City of Lakeville for a text amendment to Section 47 of the Zoning Ordinance to conform to the new Minnesota Department of Natural Resources State Shoreland Regulations was opened. The City Attorney attested that all legal notices had been • duly published. Michael Sobota .presented 'an overview of the proposed text amendment, stating. the revisions are made necessary by changes in State Shoreland Regulations. He further stated that City staff has met with representatives of the Orchard Lake and Lake Marion Homeowners Associations,_has met previously with the Planning Commission and Environmental Affairs Committee for input and has had numerous discussions with the State Department of Natural Resources staff regarding the proposed amendments. He went on to discuss the following issues which the City has requested flexibility from the DNR: - Bluff Impact Zone - Impervious surface coverage - ..Building height Double setback requirement for non water oriented uses - Shoreland boundary for Lee Lake Mr, Sobota then outlined the DNR's initial response to their review of Lakeville's shoreland ordinance and noted five areas of minor change required by the DNR for the proposed ordinance to be consistent with State regulations: - The missing definitions .are contained. in the existing Zoning Ordinance. Eight definitions will be added to be consistent with the estate rules. - The reference to the necessary variance language is contained in the existing Zoning Ordinance. S • PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES FEBRUARY 4,1993 Page 2 - A requirement to the size and height of boathouses must be added. - The City Council approved mining ordinance. - The City is required to provide a program to identify and upgrade non-conforming septic systems. Mr. Sobota stated DNR staff is formaiiy reviewing the flexibility request this week and expects a decision by next week. He further recommended. ..that the hearing be continued until February 18,1993 for a final recommendation: The Commission held a lengthy discussion which included: - Boathouses (precluded from ordinance or maximum size requirements imposed): - Bluff impact zone - Lots of record - Size of "significant trees" - Construction on nonconforming lots of record - Stairways, lifts, and landings - Sewage and waste disposal - Water supply - Timeframe for stabilization of disturbed areas • - Vegetation alterations - 70 percent rule - Fences Commission members indicated a preference for eliminating. boathouses from .being a permitted. use.. Members also raised .questions about non conforming site sewage treatment systems. Mr. Erickson mdicated Dave Krings, Building Official, will be at the next Planning Commission meeting to review the current status of septic systems in shoreland areas. Mark Hamlin, attorney representing Jackson Landscape Supply raised a number of issues related to the Jackson site and. future development unpacts of the shoreland amendments. Mr. Erickson stated that the Jackson site would be considered for commercial. redevelopment and was being studied as a part of the County Raad 46 interchange land use study. Wally Potter, 202nd Street, requested clarification regarding bluffs along the ravine west of Austin Bay within the Shoreland Overlay District. He furtherstated he has no objection to the construction of boat/storage houses provided "they. are not shacks". 93.25 Motion was made by Smith, seconded by Whittingham to continue the .public hearing until the. February 18,.1993 Planning Commission meeting. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes: Unanimous. i • f PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES FEBRUARY 4, 1993 Page 3 ITEM 5 The public hearing to consider the application of the City of Lakeville .for an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 167, the City's Zoning Ordinance concerning accumulation, storage and disposal of waste was opened. The public hearing to consider the application of the City of Lakeville for a rezoning from I-2, General Industrial to PUD, Planned Unit Development on land located east of Cedar Avenue and south of 215th Street was opened. The City Attorney attested that all legal notices had been duly published and mailed. Michael Sobota explained that a waste management study has been coinpleted by Dean Johnson of Resource Strategies,. Inc. and submitted to the City for review. The study recommends changes m the Zoning Ordinance regarding the regulation and definition of waste. Aptus Environmental Services located in Airlake Industrial Park is an existing business that would become a non conforming use under the proposed Zoning Ordinance changes. He further stated City staff has met with Aptus and has been working with the City Attorney to prepare a PUD agreement between the. City and Aptus, Inc. He recommended the Planning Commission continue both public hearings until the February 18,1993 meeting at which time staff will have had time to review the PUD aggrreement and obtain an agreement in principle between Aptus and the City. Copies of the study by Resource Strategies, Inc. were distributed to Commission members. 92.26 Motion was. made by Whitehouse, seconded by Smith to continue the public hearings. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes: Unanimous. There being no further business, Chair Holberg adjourned the meeting at 1Q:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted: Mi Holliday, ecording cretary ATTEST: a L' Hob rg, hair