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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-07-21 PC Minutes MINUTES OF THE MAPLEWOOD PLANNING COMMISSION 1830 COUNTY ROAD B EAST, MAPLEWOOD, MINNESOTA TUESDAY, JULY 21, 2015 1. CALL TO ORDER A meeting of the Commission was held in the City Hall Council Chambers and was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Chairperson Arbuckle. 2. ROLL CALL Paul Arbuckle, Chairperson Present Frederick Dahm, Commissioner Present Tushar Desai, Commissioner Present Absent John Donofrio, Commissioner Allan Ige, Commissioner Present Bill Kempe, Commissioner Present Dale Trippler, Vice Chairperson Present Staff Present: Michael Martin, Economic Development Coordinator Daniela Lorenz, Planning Intern 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Commissioner Trippler moved to approve the agenda as submitted. Seconded by Commissioner Kempe. Ayes – All The motion passed. 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Commissioner Kempe moved to approve the July 7, 2015, PC minutes as submitted. Seconded by Commissioner Ige. Ayes – Chair Arbuckle, Commissioner’s Dahm, Ige, Kempe & Trippler Abstention – Commissioner Desai The motion passed. 5. PUBLIC HEARING a. 7:00 p.m. or later: Approval of Planned Unit Development Revision for Overflow Parking Lot, The Shores at Lake Phalen, 1870 East Shore Drive i. Economic Development Coordinator, Mike Martin gave the report and answered questions of the commission. ii. Greg Johnson, Maplewood Senior Living, LLC, representing The Shores of Lake Phalen, 1870 East Shore Drive, Maplewood, addressed and answered questions of the commission. Chairperson Arbuckle opened the public hearing. July 21, 2015 1 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes 1. Jason Zerwas, 1866 East Shore Drive, Maplewood, addressed the commission. Mr. Zerwas was unhappy that there isn’t enough parking for this development and it’s difficult to maneuver delivery trucks and campers when there are so many cars are parked on the street. As someone who lives in this area the 16 parking stalls are not enough to take care of the parking problem. Chairperson Arbuckle closed the public hearing. Commissioner Kempe wanted to offer an amendment to the staff conditions as a letter p. stating The applicant and applicants engineer will work with staff to expand parking beyond the 16 spaces to 26 or more. Commissioner Kempe amended it again to expand the parking beyond the 16 parking spaces to the maximum allowed. Seconded by Commissioner Trippler. Ayes – Chairperson Arbuckle, Commissioner’s Dahm, Desai, Kempe & Trippler Nays – Commissioner Ige Commissioner Trippler moved to approve the revised conditional use permit for a planned unit development resolution to allow an additional 16 parking spaces be added to the property located at 1870 East Shore Drive. Approval is based on the findings required by ordinance and subject to new conditions the following conditions (additions are underlined and deletions are crossed out, are in bold and underlined): a. The engineering department shall review and determine approval of all final construction and engineering plans. These plans shall comply with all requirements as specified in the city engineering department’s June 7, 2010 review and the city engineering department’s July 10, 2015 review regarding the overflow parking lot. b. All construction shall follow the plans date-stamped May 24, 2010, and with revisions as noted in this approval and the overflow parking lot shall follow the plans date-stamped July 2, 2015. The city council may approve major changes to the plans. City staff may approve minor changes to the plans. c. The project is approved with 28 underground and 24 40 surface parking spaces. This is a parking reduction of 158 142 parking spaces (210 parking spaces are required per city code) d. The project is approved with a 147 square foot floor area reduction in the required unit floor area for the memory care and assisted living studio units (580 square foot units are required per city code; 433 to 578 square foot units are proposed). e. The project is approved with a 20-foot front yard setback along Frost Avenue for the one-story dining room and kitchen portion of the building (30-foot front yard setback required per city code). f. The project is approved with a 5-foot side yard setback along the south property line for the overflow parking lot (20-foot side yard setback is required per city code). g. The project is approved with storage space of not less than 30 cubic feet for the memory care and transitional care units (120 cubic feet of storage area per unit required per city code). h. All signs on the property must be approved by the community design review board. July 21, 2015 2 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes i. Approval is conditioned on the owner constructing or funding a Gladstone neighborhood entry monument sign at the intersection of Frost Avenue and East Shore Drive. j. Approval is conditioned on the applicant implementing interior or exterior signage which reflects the previous use of the property as the St. Paul Tourist Cabin site. k. The approved landscape plan and tree preservation requirements shall be subject to monitoring by city staff to assure compliance. Minor modifications to these plans shall be subject to review by staff while major modifications shall require city council approval. l. The proposed construction must be substantially started within one year of city council approval or the permit shall end. The city council may extend this deadline for one year. m. The city council shall review this permit in one year. n. Approval is conditioned on the owner submitted a revised site plan for the overflow parking lot showing location, size and species of trees that will be removed due to the construction of the parking lot. Application must follow city’s tree preservation and replacement requirements. o. A sign shall be installed indicating the overflow parking lot is for employee parking only. p. If site conditions and ordinance requirements allow, the applicant shall maximize the amount of parking spaces that can be added to the overflow parking lot. Seconded by Commissioner Dahm. Ayes – Chairperson Arbuckle, Commissioner’s Dahm, Desai, Kempe & Trippler Nay – Commissioner Ige The motion passed. Commissioner Ige voted nay because he didn’t think the original proposal was handled correctly to begin with regarding the amount of units and the parking that should have been provided when originally built and he still doesn’t believe the parking problem is going to be resolved. This item goes to the community design review board for July 28, 2015 and is tentatively scheduled for the August 10, 2015 City Council meeting. 6. NEW BUSINESS a. Approval of Resolution of Appreciation for Al Bierbaum i. Planning Intern, Daniela Lorenz gave the report. Commissioner Desai moved to approve the resolution of appreciation for Al Bierbaum. Seconded by Commissioner Kempe. Ayes - All The motion passed. 7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS None. 8. VISITOR PRESENTATIONS July 21, 2015 3 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes None. 9. COMMISSION PRESENTATIONS a. July 13, 2015, city council meeting – Chairperson Arbuckle - 1955 English Street, Public Easement Vacations - 2020 Rice Street, Maplewood Collision Center, Conditional Use Permit Both were approved by the city council. b. July 27, 2015, city council meeting – Commissioner Dahm - 2016 – 2020 Capital Improvement Plan - 1870 East Shore Drive, Planned Unit Development Revision (has been moved to the August 10, 2015 meeting) - Ordinance Amendment to Allow Temporary Outdoor Sales in BC (business commercial) Zoning District - Resolution of Appreciation for Al Bierbaum Commissioner Kempe requested that commissioners be called on by the chairperson before speaking. (Just a reminder to the Chairperson to please state the commissioner’s name who made the motion and who seconded the motion. Also a reminder to the commission to please put your microphone on before speaking aloud.) 10. STAFF PRESENTATIONS a. Planning Commission Meeting Cancellation August 4, 2015 due to National Night Out – No Report 11. ADJOURNMENT Chairperson Arbuckle adjourned the meeting at 8:03 p.m. July 21, 2015 4 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes