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Lakeville, Minnesota
PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES
January 16, 1986
7:00 p.m.
Diane MacGibbon, Vice Chairperson, called the meeting to order at
7:03 p.m. in the Lakeville City Council Chambers.
Roll call of members was taken. Present: Langhorst, MacGibbon,
Sizer, Whittingham. Absent.: Cammack, Miller, Walters.
Also present: Roger Knutson, City Attorney;. David Licht, City
Planner; Jim Robinette, Community Development Director;. Shirley
Sorensen, Recording Secretary.
Vice Chairperson MacGibbon called for additions or corrections to
the minutes of the January 2, 1986 planning commission meeting.
Whittingham stated the new secretary was Steve Sizer, not Steve
Cammack and on page 2, motion 86.03, Whittingham voted to
recommend denial and Cammack voted against the denial for a
planned unit development conditional use permit to build a school
district office at 8670 210th Street West. Motion 86..03, the
reason 'it is duplication of buildings' should be added after
'the best interest of the city,--------, and adversely affects
the taxpayers of the school district. and city.'
Sizer stated that part of a sentence was stated by him and not
Mr. Licht in the last paragraph on page 3. 'with effects getting
worse as years went by,' should be added after 'Mr. Sizer
indicated for the record that he had personal experience with
areas where accessory apartments were allowed,--------, and that
the consequences were so bad that he would consider moving from
Lakeville if they were allowed.'
The last part of the last sentence in the last paragraph on page
1 should read 'In general discussion, the commission indicated
they thought a joint building was more economical and in the best
interest of the taxpayers of the city.' instead of .'the city.
site at Highway 50 and Holyoke was a better site and more
suitable for the use.'
Several of the motion numbers were incorrect, with 85 instead of
86, and Langhorst abstained from approving the minutes. Mr. Dan
Mehleis' name was incorrectly spelled, also.
.86.08 Motion was made by MacGibbon, seconded by Langhorst, to approve
the minutes, as amended.
Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes: Unanimous
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S Vice Chair erson MacGibbon called for discussion on consideration
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of change in city Sign Ordinance ~~254, regarding special district
regulations, institutional.
Mr. Licht went over the. planner's report of January 8,1986 and
the proposed sign ordinance draft. He explained the increments,
based on site area, and the need for .reader board restrictions.
Mr. Dan Mehleis, representing the school district, stated they
desired a new sign, with 160 square feet of signage. He went on
to say, he had researched the surrounding area school signs and
found them all larger than their city .ordinance requirements. He
feels very strongly about needing a much larger school identifi-
cation sign because of the fact the school is tucked behind the
hill. The present sign is not seen until you are in the. turn
lanes.
Whittingham feels the ordinance should be changed to permit a
larger sign.
Sizer suggested that maybe if we put a larger category on, say,
20.1 acres and above, with another 32 square feet, then the
proposed school district sign would be in compliance.
• Langhorst agreed with Sizer, and also went on to say that he has
seen in the past year at least two requests for a different type
of sign and each time an ordinance change is made.
Mr. Licht explained that after the long study was done a couple
of years ago on a new sign ordinance for the City of Lakeville,
and it was kept quite conservative, requests do come for some-
thing different, but then at that time we can make the necessary
changes.
Mr. Licht suggested that we perhaps set the new category at 25.1
acres and above.
86.09 Motion was made by MacGibbon, seconded by Langhorst, to recommend
to city council approval of a sign ordinance amendment, as
suggested by the city planner in the report of January 8, 1986,
subject to recommended changes.
Roll call. was taken on the motion. Ayes: Unanimous
Vice Chairperson MacGibbon called for discussion and recommenda-
tion on change of Sign Ordinance ~~254 to allow portable signs of
a maximum size of 4' x 8'.
Mr. Robinette stated our ordinance allows a permit to be issued
for 10 days at a time, no more than 30 days in a year.
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Mr. Licht said that 4' x 8' is the smallest ortable si n
p g that is
manufactured today, according to their research, therefore felt
an ordinance change is in order.
86.10 Motion was made by Sizer, seconded by MacGibbon, to recommend to
city council approval of a sign ordinance amendment to allow
portable signs of a maximum size of 4' x 8'.
Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes: Unanimous
Discussion followed on cleaning up code violations in the city.
Mr. Robinette showed a revised drawing of SouthFork Village
Apartments, which was approved by planning commission members.
86.11 Motion was made by Sizer, seconded by Langhorst, to adjourn the
meeting.
Voice vote was taken on the motion.
Vice Chairperson MacGibbon adjourned the meeting at 8:20 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Steven C. Sizer, etary
ATTEST:
Diane MacGibbon, Vice Chairperson
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