HomeMy WebLinkAbout04.12.83 Special Planning PacketFARMINGTON PLANNING COMMISSION
SPECIAL MEETING APRIL 12, 1983
AGENDA REPORT
1. The proposed plat of Fair Hills 3rd appears to be a straight forward change
of mind which will be costly for the developers. The only response received came
from Dakota County Electric indicating that a number of changes will need to be
made along Eureka Ave. and 193rd Street West to accomodate single family develop-
ment rather than quad homes. An earlier conversation with Glenn Cook suggested
that similar changes will need to be worked out with respect to public utility
services. In essence, the sewer and water outlets were positioned to serve the
large lots with four separate outlets per lot. The replat will mean that one of
the sewer connections will be forced to follow the street right of way in the
boulevard before getting to the property served. Others will be brought into the
single family houses from lot corners which should not create any problem. Water
services that have been provided but not used, will only need to have the curb
boxes lowered. The main concern of the engineer is that the developer should
be on notice that extra work and expense will be required to fit the revised
plat to the improvements already made.
The developer has already requested rezoning of Block 2 of the original plat
from R -3 to R -1. During the discussions on zoning it was discovered that the
City zoning map shows lots 4 5 of block 3 to be R -3. The developer has always
had these lots in mind as single family and was surprised to discover the R -3
zoning. Staff has made the assumption that there was a drafting error at the
time of the replat but has included lots 4 5 in the rezoning request to make
sure that the record is cleared.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Forward both the plat and the rezoning request to the City
Council with favorable recommendations suggesting that Public Hearings be held
at the meeting of May 2, 1983.
2. Definition of Multiple Family and Townhouse in the zoning ordinance.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Amend Title 10, Chaper 1, Section 3 Between Dwelling and
Equipment Maintenance Storage; Non Commercial, add the following:
Dwelling; Multiple Family: A building, or portion thereof, designed exclusively
for occupancy by three or more families living independently of each other.
Dwelling; Townhouse: Single family attached units in structures housing three or
more contiguous dwelling units, sharing a common wall, each having separate and
individual rear and front entrances; the structure as a row type house as distin-
guised from multiple dwelling apartment buildings.
3. Manufactured Housing requests in R -1 and R -2 Districts. There is a request
to place a "double- wide" in Pine Knoll Subdivision which will be on the regular
Planning Commission agenda on April 19, 1983. The applicants appear to have
been joined by the State Manufactured Housing Association in drawing attention
to a recent Attorney General's opinion which appears to say that manufactured
housing may not be restricted to special districts within the City.
It appears that several options are available to Farmington. The first is to
assume that the Attorney General's opinion is just that and maintain the ordinance
as is. Because the applicants have involved the Minnesota Manufactured Housing
Association, it would be possible for Farmington to attract a law suit that will
settle the questions raised by this legislation. It is also possible that the
implied threat of a lawsuit is intended to coerce communities into positions they
would rather not take.
The opposite extreme would be to amend the ordinance in such a way that Manufactured
housing will be permitted in any district provided that it is 20 feet wide over 50%
of its length and is placed on a permanent foundation approved by the Uniform
Building Code. This would assume a continuation of the R -4 District as is to pro-
vide small lot options and most of the manufactured housing to be built in Farmington.
An in between approach would be to add more housing restrictions to the code, in-
cluding the pitch of roof, type of siding, overhang, etc.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Formulate an approach or pick one of the above options for
staff to work on between now and the 19th of April.
Charles Tooker
City Planner
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cc: Agenda 4/12/83
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