HomeMy WebLinkAbout11.12.91 Planning Packet1. CALL TO ORDER 7:00 P.M.
2. APPROVE MINUTES
a. October 8, 1991
b. October 17, 1991
3. CONTINUED HEARING
a. Proposed Amendment to the Zoning Ordinance Adding Resource Recovery
as a Conditional Use in the I -1 Light Industrial District
4. DISCUSSION
AGENDA
PLANNING COMMISSION
REGULAR
NOVEMBER 12, 1991
a. Proposed Resolution Name Change for Essex Avenue South of 190th Street
to Trunk Highway 50
b. Zoning Ordinance Amendment Urban Land Outside of MUSA
5. ADJOURN
1. CALL TO ORDER 7:00 P.M.
AGENDA REPORT
PLANNING COMMISSION
REGULAR
NOVEMBER 12, 1991
2. APPROVE MINUTES OCTOBER 8 AND 17, 1991
3. CONTINUED HEARING Proposed Amendment to the Zoning Ordinance Adding Resource
Recovery as a Conditional Use in the I -1 Light Industrial
District
The original impetus for discussing resource recovery has been removed by the City
Council. A decision was made on October 19, 1991 not to proceed with an application
to the State of Minnesota for grant money to help build a co- composting plant in
Farmington. The only thing that has not changed is the continuing emphasis on the
objective for a general reduction in waste throughout contemporary society. As
indicated in the original public hearing, resource recovery is one of the primary
growth industries of the 1990's. Currently the Farmington Zoning Ordinance does
not address the issue directly since resource recovery was not in anyone's vocabulary
in 1971 when the zoning ordinance was originally adopted. Section 10 -2 -7 addresses
this by saying, in part, that "A use not specifically designated as a permitted
or conditional use anywhere in the City is considered prohibited. In such a case,
the Council, Commission or property owner may request a study by the City to determine
if the use is acceptable and if so, what zoning district would be most appropriate
for the use." The City staff has reviewed the ordinance and recommends that resource
recovery has a place in every community, since every community contributes to the
"waste stream Locating such uses is always a problem since everyone has a fear
of the unknown.
The staff has reviewed the districts available in the Zoning Ordinance and decided
that the most appropriate location for any possible resource recovery operation
is within an industrial area. However, because there can be so much variety in
the types of recovery facilities, the most protection available to residents of
the City is through the conditional use process, whereby the Planning Commission
has the authority to hire consultants to testify and change the cost of such services
to the applicant. In earlier discussions of resource recovery, a definition was
prepared which failed to capture an endorsement from the Commission. Member Thelen
has provided one that she turned up while researching a paper for current class
work. The definition is as follows:
Resource Recovery Reclamation for sale, use or reuse of materials, sub
stances, energy or other products contained within or
derived from waste.
Recommendation
Forward a recommendation to the City Council endorsing the proposal to add resource
recovery to the I -1 Light Industrial District as a Conditional Use as well as adding
the definition of resource recovery immediately preceding to the list of definitions
in the ordinance.
4. DISCUSSION Proposed Resolution for Name Change for Essex Avenue South of 190th
Street to Trunk Highway 50
The attached draft resolution speaks for itself. Currently, the road changes its
name at the existing "S" curve near 190th Street. Once County Road 31 is realigned
to eliminate the "S" curve, a continuation of the Pilot Knob name, which is familiar
to many people who live south of the Twin Cities appears to make sense. The con-
tinuation of this road south of Highway 50 will gradually curve to the east into
Ash Street and eventually could adopt that name with Essex Avenue meeting at a "T"
intersection midway through the curve. This, however, will not need a decision
until after 1993 when the County plans to upgrade existing Ash Street.
Recommendation
Forward the draft resolution to the City Council with the recommendation that it
should be adopted.
5. DISCUSSION Zoning Ordinance Amendment Urban Land Outside of MUSA
The October 1, 1991 memo to the Commission on the subject of development densities
on land outside of MUSA limits described several ways to foreclose the possibility
that landowners outside of MUSA limits would demand development densities indicated
on Table I of all the options outlined, the last appears to be the simplest and
most effective. In essence, Section 10- 4 -1(0) is recommended to be expanded to
include all residential districts as a way to eliminate any question about development
densities in two areas zoned R -3 which are not now included within the urban service
area. The wording change would substitute all residential districts for (the R -1
Low Density District). If this meets with approval of the Commission, it should
be forwarded to the City Council reasonably soon. The existing loophole will be
difficult to defend if a developer decides to build without using public services.
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Charles Tooker
City Planner
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