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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-10-01 PC Packet AGENDA MAPLEWOOD PLANNING COMMISSION Tuesday,October 1, 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.September 17,2013 5.Public Hearing a.7:00 p.m. or later: Approval of the following for Maplewood Fire Station No. 1 on McKnight Road south of Minnehaha Avenue: 1)Approval of a Resolution for a Comprehensive Plan Amendment from I(industrial) to G (government) 2)Approval of Resolution for a Conditional Use Permitfor a public building use 6.New Business 7.Unfinished Business 8.Visitor Presentations 9.Commission Presentations a.Commission presentation for the September 23, 2013city council meeting. Commissioner Bierbaum was scheduled to attend but there were no items requiring planning commission representation. b.Commission representation for the October 14, 2013 city council meeting. Commissioner Donofrio is scheduled to attend. At this time, there are no items scheduled requiring planning commission representation. 10.Staff Presentations 11.Adjournment DRAFT MINUTESOF THE MAPLEWOOD PLANNING COMMISSION 1830 COUNTY ROAD B EAST, MAPLEWOOD, MINNESOTA TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17,2013 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.byChairperson Desai. 2.ROLL CALL Paul Arbuckle, CommissionerPresent Al Bierbaum, CommissionerPresent Tushar Desai,ChairpersonPresent Larry Durand, CommissionerAbsent –Resigned September 9, 2013 Absent John Donofrio, Commissioner Lorraine Fischer, CommissionerPresent Allan Ige, CommissionerPresent Bill Kempe, CommissionerPresent Dale Trippler, CommissionerPresent Staff Present: Michael Martin, Planner 3.APPROVAL OF AGENDA Planner Martin added 10 a. Board and Commission Appreciation Event. CommissionerFischermoved to approve the agenda as amended. Seconded by CommissionerTrippler.Ayes –All The motion passed. 4.APPROVAL OF MINUTES CommissionerFischermoved to approve theAugust 20,2013, PCminutes as submitted. Seconded by CommissionerIge.Ayes –Commissioner’s Arbuckle, Bierbaum, Donofrio, Fischer, Ige, Kempe & Trippler Abstain -Chairperson Desai The motion passed. 5.PUBLIC HEARING None. September 17, 2013 1 Planning CommissionMeetingMinutes 6.NEW BUSINESS a.Approval of Selling Excess City-Owned Real Property Policy i.Planner, Mike Martin gave the staff report and answered questions of the commission. Commissioner Trippler moved to approvethe selling city-owned real property policy in the staff report. Thispolicy has Maplewood’s criteria and project review policies, procedures and criteria for any city-owned real property that would be sold in the city of Maplewood. Seconded by CommissionerArbuckle.Ayes -All The motion passed. This item goes to thecity council October 9, 2013. b.Approval of Sale of City-Owned Real Property, Castle Avenue and Van Dyke Street i.Planner, Mike Martin gave the staff report and answered questions of the commission. Commissioner Trippler moved to approverecommendation to the city council in determining the property the city owns on the southeast corner of Castle Avenue and Van Dyke Street is in excess and not needed for any public use and should be marketed for sale. Commissioner Trippler moved to approve recommendation tothe city council and the city’s economic development authority to move forward with a purchase agreement to sell the property located on the southeast corner of Castle Avenue and Van Dyke Street. Seconded by CommissionerIge.Ayes -All The motion passed. This item goes to the city council October 9, 2013. 7.UNFINISHEDBUSINESS None. 8.VISITOR PRESENTATIONS None. 9.COMMISSION PRESENTATIONS a.Commissioner Arbuckle was scheduled to attend the city council meeting of August 26, 2013, but was unable toattend. He reported after speaking to councilmember Cardinal that the items for review were the proposed land use plan and zoning changes for Tyrus Land Company which was tabled and the Bruentrup Farm parking lot expansionwas approved by the council. b.There was no commission presentation for the September 10, 2013, city council meeting. Items discussed were the proposed warehousing amendment to the business commercial zoning district which was not approved and the Hill Murray School conditional use permit revision which was approved. September 17, 2013 2 Planning CommissionMeetingMinutes 10.STAFFPRESENTATIONS a.Board and Commission Appreciation Event i.Planner, Mike Martin reported September 26, 2013, from 6:30 –9:30 p.m. at the Maplewood Community Center all board and commission members should have received apost card inviting them to the gathering. Please RSVP to staff or Sarah Burlingame regarding attendance. 11.ADJOURNMENT Chairperson Desaiadjourned the meeting at7:27p.m. September 17, 2013 3 Planning CommissionMeetingMinutes MEMORANDUM TO:Charles Ahl, City Manager FROM:Michael Martin, AICP, Planner Melinda Coleman, Assistant City Manager DATE:September 25, 2013 Approval of a Resolution for a Comprehensive Plan Amendment, SUBJECT: Resolution for a Conditional Use Permit, Design Review,Parking Waiver and Wetland Buffer Waiver for Maplewood Fire Station No. 1, McKnight Road A.Approval of a Resolution for a Comprehensive Plan Amendment B.Approval of aResolution for a Conditional Use Permit C.Approval of a Waiver of Wetland Buffer Requirements for a Public Use Introduction Project Description The Maplewood Fire Department is proposing to build a 16,409-square-foot, one-story fire station north of the new 3M Company research building.The fire station will be built on land dedicated to the city by 3M Company. The facility will also include space for a police substation. Requests The applicant is requesting that the city council approve: 1.A comprehensive land use plan amendment from I(Industrial) to G (Government). The code requires that, to approve a conditional use permit (CUP), the land use plan designation for a property must be in conformance with the proposed use. 2.A CUP for a public building. The city code requires a CUP for “public utility, public service or public building uses.” 3.Design plans, which include building, site and landscape plans. 4.A parking waiver to allow for fewer parking spaces than required by ordinance. 5.A wetland buffer waiver for a public use Background June 28, 2013,city staff approved a minor lot division which divides the site for the proposed fire stationfrom the rest of the 3M campus. This approval also creates a separate legal parcel for the recently approved research building on the 3M campus. Discussion Comprehensive Plan Amendment The city council must approve the proposed land use plan change to G if they wish to approve the CUP. Staff recommends approval of this change since the proposed use complies with the general development policies in the comprehensive plan. Public buildings are allowed in all zoning districts so a zoning amendment is not required. Conditional Use Permit The proposed fire station would be compatible with this neighborhood.Staff surveyed property owners within 500 foot of this site, both in Maplewood and Saint Paul, and did receive two responses from Saint Paul residents who were concerned about noise and traffic affecting the neighborhood. Traffic Traffic will increase, but a fire station is not a high traffic generating use. The proposed fire station will, in fact, create much less traffic than if this land were developed as currently zoned and planned. Noise Noise associated with the fire station would be the occasional fire call with siren and vehicle noiseassociated with it. Design Review The proposed building would be attractive.The exterior of the building will include brick and concrete masonry units designed to look like Kasota stone and surface mounted LED lighting. A light colored, thermo-plastic polyolefin, low pitched roof system is designed to reflect heat and control rainwater runoff to the rain gardens located on the site. LED site lighting will be provided and controlled to minimize spill to adjacent properties. The proposed site is elevated above 3M Lake, along McKnight Road, between a service road to the south of Minnehaha Avenue and a service road into the 3M campus. The building will be placed on the northwest corner of the site, which is elevated, treeless and provides access to the north boundary service road and McKnight Road. The building layout and site will allow itself to promote the use of rain gardens for control and filtration of runoff before entering 3M Lake. Evergreens and ornamental trees will be provided on the west side of the building, providing a screen from the residential use across McKnight Road. Photometric Plan The photometric plan submitted by the applicant displays the light intensities within the actual project area, but not at all property lines. The applicant shall submit a revised photometric plan showing compliance with the ordinance’s requirement of not exceeding 0.4 footcandles at the north and west property lines. Parking Waiver The applicant has proposed 19 visitor parking spaces tobe includedon the north side of the fire station as well as 4 employee parking spaces on the south side of the station.Code would typically require 66parking spaces. The office area of the building totals 6,965.5 square feet which requires 35 spaces. The apparatus bays and support areas total 9,443.5 square feet, which required 31 spaces. This is not a facility that would expect to see a high number of visitors. All fire and police emergency vehicles will be parked inside the building. Staff is comfortable with approving a parking waiver of 43parking spaces. Wetland Buffer Waiver 3M Lake is classified as a Manage B wetland in the City’s wetland ordinance. The wetland ordinance requires a 75-foot buffer from a Manage B wetland. The ordinance allows the City Council to waive the buffer requirements for public projects where it determines that there is a greater public need for the project than to meet the requirement of the ordinance.The Fire Station building will maintain an 83-foot setback from the wetland. A small portion of the parking lot (approximately 0.45 acres) will encroach within the 75-foot buffer. In 2012, 3M attended an Environmental and Natural Resources Commission meeting to present their proposal for a semipublic trail and boardwalk to be constructed around 3M Lake, within the wetland buffer. The trail location is shown on the fire station plans. The City’s wetland ordinance allows staff to approve the construction of a semipublic trails and boardwalks within a buffer if it meets certain standards. Because of the size and scope of the project staff required review and comment by the Environmental and Natural Resources Commission. The Commission approved the trail and boardwalk within the buffer, with mitigation strategies to counterimpacts to the environment. Grading for the fire station site was planned around the 3M trail location. As such, there are grading encroachments in the wetland buffer. This encroachment will be mitigated with native seed planting in all disturbed areasof the wetland buffer, and throughout a majority of the site. Department Comments Building Official’s Comments The building will need to comply with the State Building Code.We are recommending the architect follows the City’s new Green Building Ordinance and have forwarded this comment to the applicant. Fire Marshall’s Comments Will need to comply with all state and local fire codes concerning fire protection and fire alarm systems. City Engineer’s Comments Michael Thompson, city engineer reviewed thisproposal and commented;“No comment here. The plan is consistent with ongoing coordination and discussions.” Environmental Planner’s Comments Shann Finwall, the city’s environmental planner, reviewed this proposal and her comments are attached to the report. Committee Review September 24, 2013: The community design review board reviewedthis projectand recommended approval of the design plans. October 1, 2013: The planning commission will review this project. October 21, 2013: The environmental and natural resources commission will review this project. Recommendations A.Approvethe resolution adoptinga comprehensive land use plan amendment from I (industrial)to G (government) for the property located north of the 3m Company’s campus along McKnight Road. Approval is based on the following reasons: 1.The property is presently vacant and is to be used by the city for a fire stationwhich would be compatible with a land use classification of G(government). 2.Government uses and buildings are allowed in all zoning districts in the city with an approved conditional use permit. This action is subject to the approval of a comprehensive plan amendment by the Metropolitan Council. B.Approve the resolution approvinga conditional use permit for the proposed fire station. This development will be on the eastside of McKnight Road, north of the 3M Company’s campus. Approval is subject to the findings required by ordinance and subject to the following conditions: 1.All construction shall followthe site plan date-stamped September 11, 2013. Staff may approve minor changes. 2.The city council shall review this permit in one year. 3.The proposed construction must be substantially started within one year of council approval or the permit shall become null and void. The council may extend this deadline for one year. 4.Comply with the requirements of the city’s engineering department. 5.The applicant shall work with the building official,fire marshal and environmental planner to ensure compliance with applicable codes. C.Approve a waiver to the buffer requirements for the fire station public improvement. Approval is subject to the following conditions: 1.After grading and planting of the site the applicant must install city approved wetland signs atthe edge of the approved wetland and creek buffer that specify that no building, mowing, cutting, grading, filling or dumping be allowed within the buffer. The signs must be placed every 100-feet along the edge of the buffer at a minimum. The placementof these signs must be verified with a survey to ensure proper placement. 2.City’s wetland ordinance requires that native plants within the buffer be established within a three-year period. NeighborhoodSurvey Staffsurveyed the 52property owners within 500feet of this site for their comments. Staff receivedtwocomments regarding this project. 1.St. Paul residents get disrupted but get nothing except for sirens and traffic. I do not like th St. E. They should enter via the Wells Fargo that trucks will enter McKnight near 6 th St. E.) road. (Toby Sauro, 2237 6 th street directly across from the proposed station. I and my neighbors 2.I am a resident on 6 are very concerned about the noise and disruption to our homes, which are in Saint Paul, that this station would bring if it is built. I understand that fire stations provide a valuable service to the communities they serve; my argument is that it is wrong to bring the noise and disruption to a community that is outside the city that this station serves. To have the exit of the fire truck garage lead directly towards homes across the street in the City of Saint Paul is ill-thought out. McKnight is a busy road and there is no traffic light at this intersection, so there would always be a need for the sirens to be blaring each time the trucks head out. As Maplewood Fire responds to thousands of calls per year, this is a lot of noise for these homes to deal with. This is the equivalent of dumping sewage in the river on the edge of town for the people downstream to deal with. As this is a Maplewood service, Maplewood should bear the burden of the negative impacts of this station as well as receive the positive service impacts. The garage should not be across the street from a neighboring city. Ideally, Maplewood should not place a station, especially not the fire truck exit way, so close to any residential area. The placement of the original station on Century Ave, which is also across from a neighboring city (Oakdale) is at least in a non-residential area, and was a th St. E.) much more logical location.(Therese Scherbel, 2228 6 Reference Information Site Description Site size:3.23acres Existing land use:Undeveloped Surrounding Land Uses North:Wells Fargo South:3M Company West:McKnight Roadand Single-Family Homes East:3M Lake Planning Land Use Plan designation:Existing –I(Industrial); Proposed –G (Government) Zoning: M1(Light Manufacturing) Attachments 1.Location Map 2.Aerial Site Map 3.Land Use Map 4.Zoning Map 5.Site Plan 6.Landscape Plan 7.Building Elevations 8.Photometric Plan 9.Applicant’s Letters 10.Environmental Report, dated September 25, 2013 11.Wetland Buffer Map 12.3M Trail Map 13.Comprehensive Plan Amendment Resolution 14.Conditional Use Permit Resolution 15.Plans date-stamped September 11, 2013(separate attachments) P:\SEC36\MCKNIGHT_00_Firestation 1 Attachment 1 Fire Station 3M Campus Proposed Maplewood Fire Station Location Map Attachment 2 Wells Fargo Fire Station 3M Campus Proposed Maplewood Fire Station Aerial Site Map Attachment 3 Wells Fargo Fire Station (I) Industrial 3M Campus Proposed Maplewood Fire Station Future Land Use Map Attachment 4 Wells Fargo Fire Station (M1) Light Manufacturing 3M Campus Proposed Maplewood Fire Station Zoning Map Attachment 6 Attachment 7 Attachment 7 Attachment 7 Attachment 8 Attachment 9 WRITTEN NARRATIVE The project proposes to construct a new City of Maplewood Fire Station #1 at the northwest corner of the 3M campus, near the intersection of McKnight Road and Minnehaha Avenue. The facility will be comprised of 16,409 square feet of space to house four fire department apparatus bays, departmental offices and staff support spaces. The facility will also include space for a police department substation. The facility size, scope and plan were determined through planning work sessions with department staff and consideration of the site and context of the 3M campus. The building will accommodate the city’s fire department needs for the foreseeable future. The exterior of the building will include brick and concrete masonry units designed to look like Kasota stone and surface mounted LED lighting. A light colored, thermo-plastic polyolefin, low pitched roof system is designed to reflect heat and control rainwater runoff to the rain gardens located on the site. LED site lighting will be provided and controlled to minimize spill to adjacent properties. The proposed site is elevated above 3M Lake, along McKnight Road, between a service road to the south of Minnehaha Avenue and a service road into the 3M campus. The building will be placed on the northwest corner of the site, which is elevated, treeless and provides access to the north boundary service road and McKnight Road. The building layout and site will allow itself to promote the use of rain gardens for control and filtration of runoff before entering 3M Lake. Evergreens and ornamental trees will be provided on the west side of the building, providing a screen from the residential use across McKnight Road. Native trees, shrubs, perennials and seed mixes will be provided around the remaining portions of the site to provide positive growth year after year while also providing minimal maintenance. 19 visitor parking spaces will be included on the north side of the fire station as well as 4 employee parking spaces on the south side of the station. Flashing beacons controlled with an emergency vehicle preemption device will be placed at the McKnight Road exit to warn motorists that fire trucks are leaving the premises. It is anticipated construction will begin in March 2014 and continue until November 2014. Approval of a Conditional Use Permit for this project will not result in any adverse traffic or environmental impacts to the surrounding area. Attachment 9 Filing Requirement 1.b Narrative: A variance is requested for the required number of parking spaces for the City of Maplewood Fire Station No. 1 project. The project includes a four stall, drive thru apparatus bay with a support space and a storage mezzanine and fire department support space consisting of offices, a conference/training room, dormitory space, an exercise room, kitchen and dayroom. A police department substation is also included within the proposed fire station building. The City’s Zoning Code has been reviewed regarding parking requirements. The office area of the building totals 6,965.5 gross square feet requiring 35 parking stalls by Ordinance. The apparatus bay and support area totals 9,443.5 gross square feet requiring an additional 31 parking stalls. The number of stalls required by City Ordinance for the entire building is 66. We are requesting a variance in the parking requirements to reduce this number to 23 stalls. The station will be occupied by a maximum of five fire fighters and one police officer at any given time and does not contain spaces that will be open for public use. The 23 stalls requested will provide more than an adequate number of spaces for the rare occasion when events are held at the fire station that require additional parking. Attachment 10 Environmental Review Project: Maplewood Fire Station #1, McKnight Road Dateof Plans: September 10, 2013 Date of Review: September 25, 2013 Location: Located on the East Side of McKnight Road, North of the 3M Research and Development Building and South of Wells Fargo Bank Reviewers: Shann Finwall, Environmental Planner (651) 249-2304; shann.finwall@ci.maplewood.mn.us Background: The Maplewood Fire Department is proposing to builda16,409-square- foot, one-story fire station north of the new 3M Company research building.The fire station will be built on land dedicated to the City by 3M Company. Tree Preservation Ordinance: A.The City’s tree preservation ordinance describesa significant tree as a hardwood tree with a minimum of 6 inches in diameter, an evergreen tree with a minimum of 8 inches in diameter, and a softwood tree with a minimum of 12 inches in diameter. Specimen trees are healthy trees of any species which are28 inches in diameter or greater. The ordinance requires any significant tree removed be replaced based on a tree mitigation calculation. Public improvements such as a fire station are exempt from the tree replacement requirements if there is a greater public need for the project than to meet the requirements of the ordinance. Regardless of the exemption, the City has surveyed the trees on the site and will ensure the project meets the tree replacement requirements. Tree Impacts: The City’s tree survey identifies eight significant trees situated on the south side of the property, for a total of 156 caliper inches. There is one specimen tree,a 36-inch burr oak, and sevensignificant softwood trees.Grading for the site was planned to ensure that all significant trees will be preserved. Tree Replacement: In addition to preserving all existing significant trees on the site, the landscape plan shows 39 new trees including 11 deciduous, 4 evergreen, and 24 ornamentaltrees. These trees will equal 94.4 caliper inches of new trees planted on the site. Wetland Ordinance: B.3M Lake is classified as a Manage B wetland in the City’s wetland ordinance. The wetland ordinance requires a 75-foot buffer from a Manage B wetland. The ordinance allows the City Council to waive thebuffer requirementsfor public projects where it determines that there is a greater public need for the project than to meet the requirement of theordinance. In waiving the requirements the City Council shall apply the following standards: 1 Attachment 10 1.The city may only allow the construction of public projects through buffers where there is no other practical alternative. 2. Before the City Council acts on the waiver the Planning Commission and the Environmental and Natural Resources Commission shall make a recommendation to the City Council. The Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing for the waiver. The city shall notify the property owners within 500 feet of the property for which the waiver is being requestedat least ten days before the hearing. 3.Public projects shall not be allowed when endangered or threatened species are found in the buffer. 4.Public projects shall be as far from the wetland as possible. 5.Public projects shall protect the wetland and buffer and avoid large trees as much as possible. 6.The City shall not allow the use of pesticides or other hazardous or toxic substances in buffers or wetlands; however, in some situations the use of herbicides may be used if prior approval is obtained from the administrator. 7.The owner or contractor shall replant buffers with appropriate native vegetation, except trees, at preconstruction densities or greater after construction ends. Trees shall be replaced as required by city ordinance. 8.Any additional public road or utility corridor access for maintenance shall be provided as much as possible at specific points rather than to the road which is parallel to the wetland edge. If parallel roads are necessary they shall be no greater than 15 feet wide. 9.The City Council, upon recommendation of the administrator, may require additional mitigation actions as a condition of granting the waiver. Wetland Impacts: The Fire Station building will maintain an 83-foot setback from the wetland. A small portion of the parking lot (approximately 0.45 acres) will encroach within the 75-foot buffer. In 2012 3M attended an Environmental and Natural Resources Commission meeting to present their proposal for a semipublic trail and boardwalk to be constructed around 3M Lake, within the wetland buffer. The trail location is shown on the fire station plans.The City’s wetland ordinance allows staff to approve the construction of a semipublic trails and boardwalks within a buffer if it meets certain standards. Because of the size and scope of the project staff required review and comment by the Environmental and Natural Resources Commission.The Commission approved the trail and boardwalk within the buffer, with mitigation strategies to counter impacts tothe environment including: 1.GPS technology isused to align the trail and minimize disturbance and avoid mature trees, 2 Attachment 10 2.buckthorn removal, 3.expanding the delineated bufferin areas, 4.adding an infiltration basin to pre-treat existing parking lot runoff; 5.oak savannah reforestation; and 6.aquatic plant enhancement. 3M plans on completing the trail in the near future. Grading for the fire station site was planned around the 3M trail location. As such, there are grading encroachments in the wetland buffer. This encroachment will be mitigated with native seed planting in all disturbed areas of the wetland buffer, and throughout a majority of the site. WetlandRecommendations: The City Council must approve a waiver to the buffer requirements for the fire station public improvement. Following are recommendations for approval: 1.After grading and planting of the site the applicant must install city approved wetland signs at the edge of the approved wetland and creek bufferthat specify that no building, mowing, cutting, grading, filling or dumping be allowed within the buffer. The signs must be placed every 100-feet along the edge of the buffer at a minimum. Theplacement of these signs must be verified with a survey to ensure proper placement. 2.The City’s wetland ordinance requires that native plants within the buffer be established within a three-year period. Shoreland Ordinance: C.3M Lake is classified as aClass 1 Lake in the City’s shoreland ordinance.Buildings need to maintain a 50-foot setback from a Class 1 Lake.Maximum impervious surface area is 50 percent.The site can have up to 70 percent impervious surface with approved best practices bonuses. Shoreland Impact: The entire site is within the Shoreland area.The site is 3.23 acres and the impervious coverage is 2.20 acres or 68 percent.The City Engineer has agreed to allow an 18 percent bonus for impervious surface for the use of rainwater gardens on site which will double the amount of stormwater required to be collected on site. Shoreland Recommendation(Rainwater Garden Planting Requirements): The landscape plan shows seeding within the three rainwatergardens.Seeding rainwatergardens almost always fails. In order to meet the impervious surface bonus requirements, the applicant must submit a revised landscape plan which shows detailed plantings for the three rainwater gardens. 3 Attachment 11 Attachment 12 Attachment 13 COMPREHENSIVEPLAN AMENDMENT RESOLUTION WHEREAS, Fire Chief Steve Lukinof City of Maplewoodhas requested a change to the City of Maplewood’s land use plan from I (Industrial)to G(government) for consistency between the plan and actual use of the land. WHEREAS, this change applies to the property located north of the 3M Campus, on McKnight Road.The legal description is: The west 437.85 feet of Tract B, Registered Land Survey No. 524, on file and of record in the Office of the Registrar of Titles,Ramsey County, Minnesota, and; All that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 36, Township 29 North, Range 22 West, Ramsey County, Minnesota described as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of Registered Land Survey No. 524, thence North 89 degrees 09 minutes 58 seconds East, bearings orientated to the Ramsey county Coordinate System NAD 83, along the south line of Tract B of said Registered Land Survey No. 524, a distance of 437.86 feet to the southeast corner of said west 437.85 feet of said Tract B; thence South 34 degrees 33 minutes 40 seconds West, a distance of 292.96 feet; thence South 89 degrees 11 minutes 41 seconds West, a distance of 270.00 feet, more or less, to its intersection with the west line of said Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 36; thence North 00 degrees 23 minutes 48 seconds West, along the west line of said Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, a distance of 238.69 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. This parcel contains 3.23 acres, more or less, and is subject to the roadway easement of McKnight Road North and all other easements of record. WHEREAS, the history of this change is as follows: 1.On October 1, 2013, the planning commission held a public hearing. The city staff published a hearing notice in the Maplewood Review and sent notices to the surrounding property owners. The planning commission gave everyone at the hearing a chance to speak and present written statements. The planning commission recommended that the city council ________the land use plan change. 2.On October 28, 2013the city council discussed the land use plan change. They considered reports and recommendations from the planning commission and city staff. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the city council ___________ the above described change for the following reasons: 1.The property is presently vacant and is to be used by the city for a fire stationwhich would be compatible with a land use classification of G (government). 2.Government uses and buildings are allowed in all zoning districts in the city with an approved conditional use permit. This action is subject to the approval of this land use plan amendment by the Metropolitan Council. The Maplewood City Council _________ this resolution on October 28, 2013. Attachment 14 CONDITIONAL USE PERMITRESOLUTION WHEREAS, Fire Chief Steve Lukin of City of Maplewood has applied for a conditional use permit tobuild a fire station. WHEREAS, Section 44-1092of the city ordinance provides that a conditional use permit must be approved for all public uses and buildings. ‘ WHEREAS, the site will be used for a new fire station. WHEREAS, this change applies to the property located north of the 3M Campus, on McKnight Road.The legal description is: The west 437.85 feet of Tract B, Registered Land Survey No. 524, on file and of record in the Office of the Registrar of Titles, Ramsey County, Minnesota, and; All that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 36, Township 29 North, Range 22 West, Ramsey County, Minnesota described as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of Registered Land Survey No. 524, thence North 89 degrees 09 minutes 58 seconds East, bearings orientated to the Ramsey county Coordinate System NAD 83, along the south line of Tract Bof said Registered Land Survey No. 524, a distance of 437.86 feet to the southeast corner of said west 437.85 feet of said Tract B; thence South 34 degrees 33 minutes 40 seconds West, a distance of 292.96 feet; thence South 89 degrees 11 minutes 41 seconds West, a distance of 270.00 feet, more or less, to its intersection with the west line of said Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 36; thence North 00 degrees 23 minutes 48 seconds West, along the west line of said Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, a distance of 238.69 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. This parcel contains 3.23 acres, more or less, and is subject to the roadway easement of McKnight Road North and all other easements of record. WHEREAS, the history of this conditional use permit is as follows: 1.On October 1, 2013, the planning commission held a public hearing. The city staff published a hearing notice in the Maplewood Review and sent notices to the surrounding property owners. The planning commission gave everyone at the hearing a chance to speak and present written statements. The planning commission recommended that the city council _______the conditional use permit request. 2.On October 28, 2013the city council discussed the conditional use permit. They considered reports and recommendations from the planning commission and city staff. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the city council __________ the above- described conditional use permit, because: 1.The use would be located, designed, maintained, constructed and operated to be in conformity with the City's Comprehensive Plan and this Code. 2.The use would not change the existing or planned character of the surrounding area. 3.The use would not depreciate property values. 4.The use wouldnot involve any activity, process, materials, equipment or methods of operation that would be dangerous, hazardous, detrimental, disturbing or cause a nuisance to any person or property, because of excessive noise, glare, smoke, dust, odor, fumes, water or air pollution, drainage, water run-off, vibration, general unsightliness, electrical interference or other nuisances. 5.The use would not exceed the design standards of any affected street. 6.The use would be served by adequate public facilities and services, including streets, police and fire protection, drainage structures, water and sewer systems, schools and parks. 7.The use would not create excessive additional costs for public facilities or services. 8.The use would maximize the preservation of and incorporate the site's natural and scenic features into the development design. The use would cause no more than minimal adverse environmental effects. 9. Approval is subject to the following conditions: 1.All construction shall follow the site plan date-stampedSeptember 11, 2013. Staff may approve minor changes. 2.The city council shall review this permit in one year. 3.The proposed construction must be substantially started within one year of council approval or the permit shall become null and void. The council may extend this deadline for one year. 4.Comply with the requirements of the city’s engineering department. 5.The applicant shall work with the building official,fire marshal and environmental planner to ensure compliance with applicable codes. The Maplewood City Council __________ this resolution on October 28, 2013.