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Home My WebLink About2013-06-04 PC Packet AGENDA MAPLEWOOD PLANNING COMMISSION Tuesday,June 4, 2013 7:00PM City Hall Council Chambers 1830 County Road B East 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Approval of Agenda 4. Approval of Minutes a.May 21,2013 5.Public Hearings 6.New Business a.Consideration of Commercial vs. Residential Land Use and Zoning for Van Dyke Street Properties b.Election of Chair and Vice Chair (no report) 7.Unfinished Business 8.Visitor Presentations 9.Commission Presentations a.Commission representation for the June 10, 2013 city council meeting. Commissioner Kempe is scheduled to attend. The item scheduled for review is the conditional use permit revision for the First Evangelical Free Churchand the Resolution of Appreciation for Stephen Wensman. 10.Staff Presentations 11.Adjournment DRAFT MINUTESOF THE MAPLEWOOD PLANNING COMMISSION 1830 COUNTY ROAD B EAST, MAPLEWOOD, MINNESOTA TUESDAY, MAY 21,2013 1.CALL TO ORDER A meeting of the Commissionwas held in the City Hall Council Chambers and was called to order at 7:00p.m.by Chairperson Fischer. 2.ROLL CALL Paul Arbuckle, CommissionerPresent Al Bierbaum, CommissionerPresent Tushar Desai,CommissionerPresent John Donofrio, CommissionerPresent Larry Durand, CommissionerPresent Lorraine Fischer, ChairpersonPresent Allan Ige, CommissionerPresent Bill Kempe, CommissionerPresent Absent Dale Trippler, Commissioner Staff Present: Tom Ekstrand, Senior Planner 3.APPROVAL OF AGENDA CommissionerArbucklemoved to approve the agenda as submitted. Seconded by CommissionerDonofrio.Ayes –All The motion passed. 4.APPROVAL OF MINUTES CommissionerDesaimoved to approve theMay 7,2013, PCminutes as submitted. Seconded by CommissionerIge.Ayes –Chairperson Fischer, Commissioner’s Bierbaum, Desai, Donofrio, Durand, Ige, & Kempe Abstention –Commissioner Desai The motion passed. 5.PUBLIC HEARING a.7:00 p.m. or later: Conditional Use Permit Revision for the First Evangelical Free Church Planned Unit Development, 2696 Hazelwood Street i.Senior Planner, Tom Ekstrand gave the report and answered questions of the commission. May 21, 2013 1 Planning CommissionMeetingMinutes ii.Director of Administration, First Evangelical Free Church, 2696 Hazelwood Street, Maplewood, Nathan Greenwalt, addressed and answeredquestions of the commission. Chairperson Fischer opened the public hearing. Nobody addressed the commission for the public hearing. Chairperson Fischer closed the public hearing. Commissioner Desai moved to approvethe resolution amending the conditional use permit for the First Evangelical Free Church, located at 2696 Hazelwood Street, to allow the expansion of the gymnasium. (Deletions are crossed out and additions are underlined.) 1.All construction shall follow the plans that the city stamped July 24, 1995 with the building addition shown on plans date-stamped subject to the following conditions:April 18, 2013. City staff may approve minor changes. a.All construction shall follow the site plan approved by the city and the school shall follow the building and floor plans submitted to the city. The interim director of community development may approve minor changes. The city council may approve major changes. b.Dropping the two parking spaces along the south property line at the east end of the parking lot. 2.The proposed gymnasium expansion shall begin in one year or this approval shall end.school use on the property parking lot expansion construction must be started within one year after the council approves this permit or the permit shall end. The council may extend this deadline for one year. 3.The council shall review this permit revision in one year. 4.The school shall have no more than 500 students. 5.The property owner or manager shall sweep and restripe the parking lot before the school occupies their space. This includes having the required handicapped parking spaces in the parking area near the building entrance.The applicant shall comply with all requirements of the engineer’s report dated May 9, 2013. 6.The applicant shall comply with all conditions of the assistant fire chief and building official. The school, the church, the fire marshal and the city building official shall agree on a plan for the school and church to make any necessary or required life safety and building improvements to the building. This plan shall incude the installation and maintenance of: a.The required fire protection (sprinkler) systems. b.An early warning fire protection system (smoke detection and monitoring). c.Additional emergency lights and exit signs (if necessary). d.Updated doors and hardware (if necessary). e.Updated doors and hardware (if necessary). f.A proper address on the building. g.Any other changes the fire marshal or the building official deem necessary. Seconded by Commissioner Durand.Ayes –All The motion passed May 21, 2013 2 Planning CommissionMeetingMinutes This item goes to the city council on June 10, 2013. 6.NEW BUSINESS a.Resolution of Appreciation for Stephen Wensman i. Senior Planner, Tom Ekstrand gave the reporton the resolution of appreciation. Commissioner Arbucklemoved to approvethe resolution of appreciation for Stephen Wensman. Seconded by Commissioner Ige.Ayes -All The motion passed. 7.UNFINISHEDBUSINESS None. 8.VISITOR PRESENTATIONS None. 9.COMMISSION PRESENTATIONS a.Commission report for the May 13, 2013, city council meeting. The item reviewed was the conditional use permit revision for the Tubman Center East. Commissioner Bierbaum was scheduled to attend but staff presentedthe item which passed ayes all. b.Commission representation for the June 10, 2013, city council meeting. Commissioner Kempe is scheduled to attend. The item scheduled for review is the conditional use permit revision for the First Evangelical Free Church. 10.STAFFPRESENTATIONS a.Commissioner’s Handbook for new commissioner handed out to Commissioner Ige b.Staff administered the Oath of Office for new commissionerAllan Ige c.Revised city council meeting attendance chart 11.ADJOURNMENT Chairperson Fischer adjourned the meeting at 7:23p.m. May 21, 2013 3 Planning CommissionMeetingMinutes MEMORANDUM TO:James Antonen, City Manager FROM:Tom Ekstrand, Senior Planner Chuck Ahl, Assistant City Manger Consideration of Commercial vs. Residential Land Use and SUBJECT: Zoning for Van Dyke Street Properties DATE:May 28,2013 INTRODUCTION The city is selling the property shown on the attached map. This property has135.38 feet of frontage and 296.68feetof lot depthfor anarea of .92square feet. It is currently zoned R1 (single dwelling residential) and guided LDR (low density residential)in the comprehensive plan.This parcel could be developed with onesingle dwelling home, but does not have enough lot width for two dwellings, unless a variance is approved.Code requires a minimum of 75 feet of lot width to be a buildable site. Also to be considered is the abutting single dwelling parcel to the southat 2260 Van Dyke Street. This property is for sale and being sold with the anticipation for commercial development by that property owner. This lotis the same size as the city-owned parcel. Request Staff would like the planning commission to comment on whether they feel single dwelling development is the best use for thesepropertiesor should the city consider revising the land use plan and zoning map for both to commercial. The city has received inquiries about ourproperty and all have been for commercial purposes. If the planning commission feels that commercial development is appropriate, staff would like theirguidance in order to proceed with development requests as we get them. If the planning commission supports commercial land use and zoningclassifications, staff would likelythenpropose toreclassify and rezone theselotsto commercial. We could then be ready for such development proposals. So far, examples ofthe types of commercial uses that have been brought forth are: car wash, coffee shop, restaurant and retail. There have been no formal requests made to develop either parcel. DISCUSSION Factors that may affect development on theselotsare: Building setbacks for commercial development: When acommercial lot abuts residential property, city code requires a commercial building to be set back 50to 100 feetfrom abutting residential land.Theincrease to 100 feet is required if the side of the building facing a residential lot line exceeds 3000 square feet. The street to the north, Cope Avenue, has not been vacated. This means that only the normal 30-foot front setback requirement must be met on thatside. Likewise, Lark Street, south of 2260 Van Dyke, has not been vacated, therefore, a commercial building could be setback 30 feet from that right-of-way. Parking setbacks for commercial development: A commercial parking lot must be at least 20 feet from abutting residential land. Staff mentions these setbacks since they would affect the developable area of these properties. Combination of both properties: Combining both parcels would create a more developable property than each could be individually. The city-owned parcel fronts on the roundabout intersection: The city-owned lot lies on the east side of the Van Dyke Street/Cope Avenue roundabout. Staff doesn’t feel this constitutes an obstacleto development, but, some commercial developers desire more visibility to their properties. RECOMMENDATION Give staff guidance as to whether the subject city-owned propertyand the parcel to the south, 2260 Van Dyke Street, should remain guided and zoned for single dwelling development or should they be reclassified as commercial. P:sec11\Van Dyke Property\Commercial vs.residential use for Van Dyke Property 6 13 te Attachment: 1.Land Use Plan Map 2.Zoning Map 3.Aerial Photo 4.Survey Drawing Attachment 4 I Q�U i!a