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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016 04-11 City Council Workshop PacketPPLLEEAASSEE NNOOTTEE SSTTAARRTT TTIIMMEE AGENDA MAPLEWOOD CITY COUNCIL MANAGER WORKSHOP 6:00 P.M. Monday, April 11, 2016 City Hall, Council Chambers A. CALL TO ORDER B. ROLL CALL C. APPROVAL OF AGENDA D. UNFINISHED BUSINESS None E. NEW BUSINESS 1. Hillcrest Neighborhood Zoning Discussion F. ADJOURNMENT RULES OF CIVILITY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND OUR COMMUNITY Following are rules of civility the City of Maplewood expects of everyone appearing at Council Meetings - elected officials, staff and citizens. It is hoped that by following these simple rules, everyone’s opinions can be heard and understood in a reasonable manner. 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THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK MEMORANDUM TO: Melinda Coleman, City Manager FROM: Michael Martin, AICP, Economic Development Coordinator DATE: April 6, 2016 SUBJECT: Hillcrest Neighborhood Zoning Discussion Introduction The city has been contacted by Sam Munger, a Hardee’s franchisee who owns most of the locations in the upper Midwest, and he has 1706 White Bear Avenue under contract with the intention of demolishing the existing building and building a new Hardee’s building. Staff has met with the real estate broker representing the Hardee’s franchisee to discuss the code limitations and have invited them to attend the April 11 workshop. Background September 23, 2002: The city council adopted the Hillcrest Village Redevelopment Plan dated March 15, 2002, and the Hillcrest Village Urban Design Standards dated April, 2002. The plan and design standards were based on the Metropolitan Council’s smart-growth development principles, which are designed to help guide changes in an area to create a village center with an active street life that mixes shops, workplaces, housing, passive recreation, and civic uses. February 23, 2004: The city council adopted the mixed-use zoning district. The purpose of this zoning district is to provide areas in the city with a mixture of land uses, made mutually compatible through land use controls, and high-quality design standards. February 23, 2004: The city council rezoned areas in the Hillcrest neighborhood from business commercial and single-dwelling residential, to the new mixed-use zoning district. Discussion The Hardee’s proposal would be the first proposed new construction in this neighborhood in several years. There are some initial zoning challenges with this project. In 2004, the city council adopted the mixed use zoning district for this area which prohibits drive through and drive up sales. Setbacks would also require the building to be no more than 10 feet from the front property line. Staff would like to explore opportunities to amend the language of the zoning district to allow more options and flexibility to facilitate new development. A consideration of making any amendments to the mixed use zoning district is that the changes would affect all properties zoned mixed use not just 1706 White Bear Avenue or the Hillcrest neighborhood. For example, a large portion of the Gladstone neighborhood is also zoned mixed use and could potentially benefit from added flexibility. E1 Workshop Packet Page Number 1 of 4 Representatives from Hardee’s will be in attendance at the council workshop and will present examples of potential site layouts for 1706 White Bear Avenue. Below are links to documents that are relevant to this discussion. The first link is for the Hillcrest report that includes the adopted redevelopment plan and urban design standards for this neighborhood. The second link is to the actual mixed use zoning district from the city’s ordinance. Hillcrest Village Opportunity Site – Metropolitan Council Report detailing Hillcrest Village Redevelopment Plan and Hillcrest Village Urban Design Standards http://maplewoodmn.gov/DocumentCenter/View/15956 Mixed Use Zoning District https://www.municode.com/library/mn/maplewood/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_ CH44ZO_ARTIIDIRE_DIV14MIEDI Recommendation Staff will be looking for direction from the city council as to whether to explore options for amending the city’s mixed use zoning district. Attachments 1. Overview Map 2. Neighborhood Zoning Map E1 Workshop Packet Page Number 2 of 4 Hazelwood Hillside Beaver Lake Parkside Highwood Gladstone Battle Creek Sherwood Glen Vista Hills Kohlman Lake Western Hills Maplewood Heights Carver Ridge Maplewood, City of Maplewood Maplewood, Source: Esri, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, i-cubed, Earthstar Geographics, CNES/Airbus DS, USDA,USGS, AEX, Getmapping, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP,swisstopo, and the GIS User Community, Esri, HERE,DeLorme, TomTom, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMapcontributors, and the GIS user community 1706 White Bear Avenue - Hillcrest Zoning Discussion Overview Map E1, Attachment 1 Workshop Packet Page Number 3 of 4 Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, TomTom, Intermap, increment P Corp., GEBCO, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN, GeoBase, IGN, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), swisstopo, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community, Maplewood, City of Maplewood Hillcrest Zoning Discussion Zoning Map Legend Open Space/Park Single Dwelling (r1) Farm (f) Mixed Use (mu) E1, Attachment 2 Workshop Packet Page Number 4 of 4