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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/18/19981. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Approval of Minutes May 4, 1998 4. Approval of Agenda MAPLEWOOD PLANNING COMMISSION Monday, May 18, 1998 7:00 PM City Hall Council Chambers 1830 County Road B East Public Hearings A. 1999 - 2003 Maplewood Capital Improvement Plan New Business ^. AT & T Monopole Conditional Use Permit (1905 County Road D East) B. Hermanson Dental Conditional Use Permit (1055 Highway 36 East) C. Planning Commission Vacancy Interviews Visitor Presentations Commission Presentations A. May 11 Council Meeting: Mr. Rossbach B. May 21 Council Meeting: Ms. Fischer? C. June 8 Council Meeting: Mr. Pearson Staff Presentations Adjournment MINUTES OF THE MAPLEWOOD PLANNING COMMISSION '1830 COUNTY ROAD B EAST, MAPLEWOOD, MINNESOTA MAY '18, '1998 I1. III. IV. VI. CALL TO ORDER Chairperson Fischer called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. ROLL CALL Commissioner Lorraine Fischer Present Commissioner Jack Frost Present Commissioner Milton Knoll Present Commissioner Matt Ledvina Present Commissioner Gary Pearson Present Commissioner William Rossbach Present Commissioner Milo Thompson Absent APPROVAL OF MINUTES May 4, 1998 Commissioner Frost moved approval of the minutes of May 4, 1998 as submitted. Commissioner Knoll seconded. Ayes--all The motion passed. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Commissioner Frost moved approval of the agenda as submitted. Commissioner Pearson seconded. Ayes--all The motion passed. PUBLIC HEARINGS 7 P.M. 1999-2003 Maplewood Capital Improvement Plan Ken Roberts, associate planner, presented the staff report. Due to technical difficulties the video presentation highlighting the capital improvement plan was not seen at this time. Commissioner Rossbach moved to table this public hearing until after Item 6. A. and B. Ayes--all Commissioner Pearson seconded. NEW BUSINESS A. AT & T Monopole Conditional Use Permit (1905 County Road D East) Ken Roberts, associate planner, presented the staff report. Mr. Roberts said that AT & T was asking council approval of the conditional use permit for the monopole and their equipment, and approval of their design plans. The planning commission would be considering the conditional Planning Commission Minutes of 05-18-98 -2- use permit as the review board has already reviewed this item for the design elements. Commissioner Rossbach asked staff what the design review board decided about the painting of the building. Staff said that because the surface of the building is an exposed aggregate concrete the design review board did not require them to paint it. Mr. Peter Beck, representing AT & T Wireless Services, said that they were in agreement with the staff conditions with the one exception being the color of the building. Mr. Beck said that the Goodyear building next to this site was also brown in color. Commissioner Frost moved the planning commission recommend adoption of the resolution which approves the conditional use permit to install a 125-foot-tall telecommunications monopole and a 10 by 20-foot building for ground equipment at 1905 E. County Road D. The city bases approval on the findings required by the ordinance and is subject to the following conditions: 1. All construction shall follow the site plan approved by the city. The director of community development may approve minor changes. 2. 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. 3. The city council shall review this permit in one year. This conditional use permit is conditioned upon AT&T allowing the co-location of other providers' telecommunications equipment on the proposed monopole with reasonable lease conditions. Commissioner Ledvina seconded. Ayes--all The motion passed. B. Hermanson Dental Conditional Use Permit (1055 Highway 36 East) Ken Roberts, associate planner, presented the staff report. The applicant is requesting a conditional use permit to increase the impervious surface area on his property to 67 percent and approval of his site plan. The community design review board has already considered the site plan. Staff recommends approval of the conditional use permit subject to the conditions in the staff report. Commissioner Rossbach asked staff how they determined that the runoff wouldn't be detrimental to the wetlands. Ken Haider, city engineer, said he checked with several sources and found that the proposed Hermanson pond exceeded the typically accepted standards which look at the percentage of the pond area versus the entire drainage area. Mr. Haider thought the applicant did a nice job of trying to adjust the drainage characteristics of the existing parking lot and bring that through the pond to clean the water before it was discharged to the wetland. Commissioner Rossbach asked staff how the rate of flow was going to be controlled. Mr. Haider said that the outlet pipe is a 12 inch pipe and that there is a restriction with a 10 inch pipe inside the 12 inch pipe to neck it down to control the rate of discharge. That rate was based on the discharge for a 100 year event so that we do maximize the storage at that level of rainfall. John Anderson, representing Midwest Land Surveyors who are the engineers on the project, and Tom Hermanson, the applicant, were present to answer questions. Commissioner Rossbach had some questions about the area that was going to drain through the pond. Commissioner Ledvina asked if the screening recommendation was still part of the application. Staff said it was but it would be changing before it goes to the council based on the review board Planning Commission Minutes of 05-18-98 -3- decision that no screening would be required along the north side of the parking lot. Commissioner Pearson moved to recommend the adoption of the resolution for a conditional use permit to expand the parking lot at 1055 E. Highway 36. This permit allows an impervious surface area of 67 percent--seven percent over that allowed by the code. Approval is subject to the following conditions: 1. All construction shall follow the site plan approved by the city. The director of community development may approve minor changes. 2. The proposed construction must be substantially started within one year of council approval or the permit shall end. The council may extend this deadline for one year. 3. The city council shall review this permit in one year. 4. The quality of the adjacent wetland will improve due to the pretreatment of runoff. Commissioner Frost seconded. Commissioner Rossbach asked if there was a buffer required next to a Class 5 wetland. Staff said there was no buffer requirement. Commissioner Rossbach asked that if the existing vegetation fills the role of screening are there any requirements that this vegetation has to be maintained just as if they planted the screen. Staff did not have a revised report from the review board on this. Commissioner Rossbach stated that he would be voting against the plan because he felt it was important that there always be a vegetative screen maintained between the residential area and the commercial area. Commissioner Pearson asked staff if the maintenance of the vegetative screen could be added as 4 a. to the conditions of this resolution. Staff said it would be up to the city council to decide whether they think it is necessary or not. The screening code does require that it be 80% opaque and at least six feet high. The review board's position was that if the grade was already ten feet high at the house level, what was the point of having plantings six feet high. Commissioner Rossbach said that in the winter time there won't be any leaves on the trees and it wouldn't be 80% opaque at that time and even if that was fine there is nothing that makes them maintain it. Commissioner Rossbach offered a friendly amendment to add a No. 5 to the conditions which would stipulate that the vegetative trees must be maintained on the north side of the parking lot to an 80% opaque condition, to a height of six feet. Commissioner Pearson agreed to the friendly amendment. Ayes--Fischer, Frost, Knoll, Pearson, Rossbach, Thompson Nay--Ledvina The motion passed. V. PUBLIC HEARINGS - Continued 7:00 P.M. 1999 - 2003 Maplewood Capital Improvement Plan - Continued Ken Haider, city engineer, answered questions about the difference between a major and minor collector street and about street improvement projects. Mr. Haider also answered questions about tree pickup after the storm damage. Dan Faust, finance director, showed a video that highlighted the capital improvement plan. Bruce Anderson, director of parks and recreation, answered questions about park improvements and the funding for development and maintenance of the open space areas. Mr. Faust VI. Planning Commission Minutes of 05-18-98 -4- answered questions about the proposed improvements. Commissioner Rossbach moved the Planning Commission recommend approval of the 1999-2003 Capital Improvement Plan. Commissioner Pearson seconded. The motion passed. NEW BUSINESS - Continued C. Planning Commission Vacancy Interviews Ayes--all Ken Roberts, associate planner, reported that the Planning Commission has two vacancies because of the resignations of Bunny Brueggeman and Kevin Kittridge. Staff received a total of five applications. Staff said that four of the five applicants were present. Mr. Heininger, one of the applicants, could not make the meeting because of an emergency in the family. The commissioners conducted interviews with the four applicants present and filled out a ballot for each applicant, ranking them from 1 through 5, 5 being the most favorite, etc. The applicants were ranked as follows, the first applicant had the most votes and so on: VII. VISITOR PRESENTATIONS There were no visitor presentations. VIII. COMMISSION PRESENTATIONS IX, Dale Trippler Michael Seeber Paul Mueller Paul Maeyaert Gordon Heininger A. May 11 Council Meeting: Mr. Rossbach reported on this meeting. B. May 21 Council Meeting: Mr. Frost will attend this meeting. C. June 8 Council Meeting: Mr. Pearson will attend this meeting. STAFF PRESENTATIONS There were no staff presentations. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 9:43 p.m.