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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04.22.97 Special Planning Packet ..,. " \Ja... . 2. c) 3. a) . b) c) d) e) f) g) . AGENDA PLANNING COMMISSION SPECIAL April 2~, 1997 1. CALL TO ORDER PUBLIC HEARINGS a) 7:00 - Variance for setback of arena team rooms - Parks & Recreation b) 7: 15 - East Farmington 3rd Addition Preliminary and Final PlaY 7:30 - Conditional Use Permit for South Suburban Medical Facility Discussion Variance for Fence - Scott Siedel-18607 Egret Way it4J<f. Waiver of Plat - Oil Anderson - 500 Pine Street Variance for a garage located within a setback - Dave Walls - 701 Elm Street Revision to Fence Ordinance Pine Ridge Forest PUD Update Overlay Zone Development Approval Process 4. ADJOURN , ^ . J . AGENDA PLANNING COMMISSION SPECIAL April 22, 1997 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. PUBLIC HEARINGS a) 7:00 - Variance for setback of arena team rooms - Parks & Recreation Dept. The Farmington Parks & Recreation Department is proposing an arena team locker room to be constructed on the east side ofthe existing Farmington Ice Arena. The proposed locker room expansion will extend to the property line. The property to the east of the proposed construction is owned by Frontier Communications and a cellular tower is located in the center of the site. Frontier Communications has been contacted about the future expansion and has agreed to allow a 20' work easement on their site for building the expansion. . Recommendation Approve the variance for construction of an arena team locker room to extend to the property line at the Farmington Ice Arena. b) 7:15 - East Farmington 3rd Addition Preliminary and Final Plat East Farmington 3rd Addition consists of 80 single-family lots and the overall area for the plat consists of approximately 46 acres. The site is located to the north and east of East Farmington 1st Addition. The developer recently submitted this plat in January showing 145 single-family lots with lot sizes varying from 5,300 to 8,750 square feet and lot widths from 53 to 75 feet, however, because of density issues, the plat has been resubmitted to show lot sizes varying from 6,000 to 8,000 square feet and lot width between 60 and 80 feet. The resubmitted plat follows the typical block and lot layouts found in East Farmington 1st and 2nd Additions. South Suburban Medical Center is located to the west of the proposed plat and the Prairie Waterway is located to the east. The plat has not been reviewed by the engineering staff because of the reduction of personnel in the department. The preliminary and final plat fees have been paid. . . ( .. l. Recommendation Continue the public hearing to the May 13th Planning Commission to allow the engineering staff to review the preliminary and final plat. . c) 7:30 - Conditional Use - South Suburban Medical Facility South Suburban Medical Center located at 3410 2 13th Street West is proposing to expand to the west of the existing facility and construct an 82' x 152' (12,464 s.f.) professional office building to house doctor's offices and a 1,224 square foot pharmacy. The proposed project is located within an existing R-l zone and Bob Johnson, Chief Executive Officer of South Suburban Medical Center is seeking a conditional use approval. The existing site is relatively flat and surrounding uses include residential uses to the north, south and west of the proposed project. A petition to extend Elm Street (New Street) has been submitted to the City Council to begin preliminary street plans and evaluate assessments. The proposed project requires seventy-one parking spaces and seventy-one parking spaces are shown. A prescription pick-up window will be located in the northwest comer of the office building and circulation to the window will be directed through the existing medical center parking lot to the east. The pharmacy is required to be located in this area in order to be in full view of the hospital in order to fulfill contractual agreements and is located to the northeast of the proposed project. The conditional use permit fee has been paid. The following staff comments have been observed: . 1. The ambulance only entrance is shown as a future drive. To increase the circulation to the site and provide an access for ambulance vehicles, the drive should be shown as a permanent access. It is recommended that this drive be opened for all vehicles in order to increase the circulation pattern in this area. 2. The drive on the north end of the proposed building is required to be a one-way street and should be marked on the pavement with signage indicating the direction of traffic. 3. Stop signs are required to be shown at the north end of the existing medical facility, at the north end of the proposed building for traffic safety and at the west end of the proposed building near the pick-up window. 4. No parking signs are required to be located every 75 feet along the front and along the east side of the proposed building and pavement markings labeling fire lanes are required to be shown. 5. A fire hydrant located on the east side of the proposed access location is required. 6. The median strip located in front of the proposed building shall show the type of material to be used for the crosswalk over the median. 7. Sidewalks are to labeled along the perimeter of the building. 8. A sidewalk is required to be shown on the south side of the street and should be incorporated into the street plans. 9. The existing structures shown on the property shall be labeled "to be removed". 1 O. Additional lighting is required at the south end of the parking lot. Exterior lights shall . be deflected to eliminate nuisance and hazardous lighting and shall not be directed . c . . . towards vehicular traffic or contiguous residential districts and the type of lighting standards shall be shown on the plan. 11. Planting islands with concrete curb and gutter and landscaping are required at the parking aisle in the center of the parking lot. 12. A planting schedule consisting of key, botanical name, common name, quantity, size and planting instructions is required on the plan. 13. Canopy trees are required along the perimeter of the parking lot every 40 feet to shade the parking area. 14. Landscaping shall be shown near the proposed sign. 15. The location of grass areas is required to shown on the plan. Recommendation Approve the conditional use permit contingent upon staff comments and final site plan reVlSlOns. 3. Discussion a) Variance for Fence - Scott Siedel- 18607 Egret Way The owner of the property at 18607 Egret Way is located at the corner of Egret Way and English A venue and the home contains a daycare facility. The owner proposes to construct a six foot high fence in the backyard of the property in order to provide a safe area for children to play. The owner is seeking a variance to the existing fence ordinance and is interested in determining whether his hardship may constitute approval of a the request at an upcoming variance hearing. b) Waiver a/Plat - Gil Anderson - 500 Pine Street The owner at 500 Pine Street is interested in replatting the existing 120' x 170' lot and creating two lots by the use ofa waiver of plat. The lot is located in an R-2 zone and requires a minimum lot size of 6,000 square feet, a minimum of 60 feet in width with a front yard setback of 20 feet, and side and rear yard setbacks of six feet. An existing house and garage built in the 40' s is located at the west end of the property. As shown by the illustration, if the lot was split to provide 60 feet of lot width for each lot, the house will be located five feet from the proposed property line and the garage will encroach upon the adjacent property by four feet. The waiver of plat process has to meet two conditions in order to be allowed: 1. The property is part of a recorded plat or both parcels created by the subdivision are situated outside of the urban service area. 2. The lots meet the minimum lot requirements of the Zoning Ordinance. c) Variance for a garage located within a setback - Dave Walls - 701 Elm Street . The owner proposes to build a garage at the comer of 7th Street and Elm. The garage will face 7th Street and the owner intends to construct the garage seven feet from the property line. Per the setback requirements in the R-2 zone, the garage will encroach upon the front yard setback by 13 feet. d) Revision to Fence Ordinance Dave Grannis, City Attorney, has reviewed the fence ordinance and has determined that the language "materials widely accepted in the fencing industry" in 1 0-6-15(H) and the language "reasonable condition" in 1 0-6-15(I) may be construed as being too vague to legitimately enforce. The amendment has been deleted from the City Council Agenda on April 21 and has been brought back for further review at the Planning Commission level. e) Pine Ridge Forest PUD Update Update of issues concerning Pine Ridge Forest PUD after the preliminary and final plat was approved by the Planning Commission. f) Overlay Zone The HRA Board determined the boundaries of the proposed overlay zone at their meeting . on April 14th. The discussion will deal with topics for the upcoming meeting on April 23rd. g) Development Approval Process The planning and engineering staff have determined that a more detailed development process is required to insure that plans are reviewed correctly and accurately and that all information is submitted to the Planning Commission before final approval. The attached flow chart is a starting point to determine if even more detail is required. 4. ADJOURN . . . . . .", TO: HRA Members, City Administrator FROM: Lee Smick, Planning Coordinator SUBJECT: Overlay Zone for Industrial Park DATE: April 14, 1997 INTRODUCTIONIDISCUSSION With the recent interest in developing Phase III and IV of the Farmington Industrial Park, it is important to institute development controls and establish specified boundaries for the district to insure that the City meets the intended goals and policies formulated in Phase I and II. In order to control development in the Industrial Park, there is a need to provide a special district where architectural, aesthetic and development controls are instituted on a determined piece of land. The zoning district which will assist in these types of controls is called an overlay zone. The overlay zone is applied to a specific area and changes the zoning rules for that area to reflect some special attributes of that area. The overlay zone will act much like the covenant requirements instituted in Phase I and II of the existing Industrial Park, however, the overlay zone may allow for controls in a larger area and adjustments to the original covenant controls may provide increased requirements to the remaining Industrial Park areas. Increased controls may include more stringent landscaping requirements, curb and gutter requirements in circulation and parking areas, screening of trash receptacles, signage restrictions, loading docks positioned towards the interior of lots rather than facing Highway 50, architectural controls and screening of storage lots adjacent to Highway 50. The first step in developing an overlay zone is to determine the boundaries of the Industrial Park. The comprehensive plan shows the proposed industrial zone located north and south of Highway 50. A legal description of the zone must be formulated to provide for the overlay. The proposed schedule and flow diagram for adopting the overlay zone is as follows: Overlav Zone Planning Schedule Step 1 Determination oflndustrial Park Overlay Zone Boundaries: (April 14) Define overlay zone, determine boundaries, evaluate overlay zone approval process. CitlJ. of FarminlJton 325 Oak Street. Farmintj.tonl MN 550211 · (61?) 1163-7111 · Fa/f (612) 1163-2591 .' . Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 . Step 10 Step 11 Step 12 Step 13 Step 14 Staff prepares legal description of overlay zone: (April 15-18) Planning staff develops list of Stakeholders: (April 18) Notices of upcoming Stakeholder meeting are mailed. Joint Planning Meeting - HRA, Planning Commission: (April 23) Evaluate overlay zone criteria, set overlay zone covenant Staff prepares Overlay Zone draft and maps: (April 25-May 9) Meeting with Stakeholders: (May 12) Effected property owners, HRA and Planning Commission meet to discuss overlay zone requirements. Staff prepares revisions proposed at Joint Planning and Stakeholder Meetings: (May 13-21) Planning staff presents final draft to HRA, Planning Commission at study session: (May 22) Notice of Public Hearing is drafted for Planning Commission: (May 23) Planning Commission Public Hearing is held: (June 10) Notice of Public Hearing is drafted for City Council: (June 23) City Council Public Hearing is held: (July 7) Overlay Zone is documented and recorded. Newly approved overlay zone is sent to stakeholders, prospective developers and builders. ACTION REQUIRED Determine the boundaries of the Industrial Park and evaluate the proposed planning schedule. . . . . , . .. Overlay Zone Planning Schedule Determination of Industrial Park Staff prepares Planning staff develops list overlay zone legal description of of stakeholders and boundaries ----f overlay zone ----f mails notices 1 2 3 Stakeholder Meeting: Staff prepares Joint Planning Effected property owners, HRA, overlay zone Meeting - Planning Commission ..-- draft and maps ..-- HRA, Planning 6 5 Commission 4 Staff prepares revisions Planning staff presents final Notice of Public Hearing proposed at Joint Planning and draft to HRA, Planning is drafted for Stakeholder Meetings r---. Commission at study session ----f Planning Commission 7 8 9 City Council Notice of Public Hearing Planning Commission Public Hearing ~ is drafted for ~ Public Hearing is held City Council is held 12 11 10 Overlay Zone is Newly approved overlay zone is documented and r---. sent to stakeholders, developers, recorded and builders 13 14 -"'" . . .r -,,? . ':. .. CITY OF FARMINGTON Variance Procedure The Board of Adjustment (Planning Commission) has the power to vary from the requirements of the Zoning Code, and to attach conditions to a variance it deems necessary to assure compliance with the purpose of the Code. Variances dealing with land in flood plains shall comply with requirements listed in the local Flood Plain Management section of the Code. Procedure for obtaining a variaDce: 1. The property owner or agent shall file with the City Planner an application form together with required exhibits plus a filing fee in an amount established annually by the City Council. The exhibits to be required unless waived by the City Planner should include: A) A boundary surveyor an area survey including the property in question and three hundred feet (300') beyond showing: topography, utilities, lot boundaries, buildings, easements and soil test data if pertinent. B) A site development plan showing buildings, parking, loading, access, surface drainage, landscaping and utility service. 2. The City Planner shall set a public hearing, transmit the application directly to the Board of Adjustment and mail a notice to property owners adjacent to the subject property. Failure of such owners to receive notice shall not invalidate the proceedings. 3. The Board of Adjustment shall approve, deny or approve under conditions accepted by the applicant within sixty (60) days of submittal of all required exhibits. The Board of Adjustment may vary the regulations of this Title if all of the following requ~eDts are met: ~ Literal enforcement of the ordinance would result in undue hardship with . respect to the property. B) Such unnecessary hardship results because of circumstances unique to the property. C) The hardship is caused by provisions of the ordinance and is not the result of actions of persons presently having an interest in the property. D) The variance observes the spirit and intent of the ordinance, produces substantial justice and is not contrary to the public interest. E) The variance does not permit a lower degree of flood protection than the flood protection elevation for the particular area or permit standards lower than required by State law. P-9/26/96 .,.: . . . ; \~ ,/--- ,I I 60' 5"~ 'P'IHE 60' r-- L' II ~'I LJ 1 I 1 F-"1 . C. ] 72--2 zaHe ._,._-----'~. --"'---("1"--'- + .... ---.-..... ._.... .... r [ I ~1~ Jl~~ 1,', 05~' o,.W . / J>>( Qb \J'~ ~~\ \ . . . I II - c/k'L IS_ fh- ~~! ~-'2-. / C<! --+ co --C =!-L- ; 1 ..........J H) ~ Fences in all districts, except agricultural, shall be constructed of customary fencing materials. No plywood boards, canvas, plastic, metal sheeting or similar type of material shall be used for any fence construction. M--1l1ore th::m two..o) different types of fencing materials shall be used in the construction of any fence. cJoocO (IGJrlPr-//~ / , -. '.. . ~ fil ( ... - ~ ...r . .J 1 ~ ., ~ fI of.,;. ~ r . r r Z , ,.1 (II 1 f () 1 Y ~ , Ii L ... $ . .~c; ":lO-, U4C; - "- :t: ~ { J ,. If :t r r ( J ~ ~ ~ r 3 ~ ? (\\ cf. ~ 1 (f f , & , Z fl ( ~ r } ~"Z. I , .. .. . REVISION TO FENCE ORDINANCE H) Fences in all districts, except agricultural, shall be constructed ofmateri~fwidfly ~-t accepted in the fencing industry. No plywood boards, canvas, ~etaf4 I C- '- 'J 1111, sheeting or similar type of material shall be used for any fence construction. Not ~~nt 1YPes of fencin~mater-ials-shallbeuse&in the cons..trJJctiQn of anyfeoce. I) All fences shall be maintained in ~ood condition and vertical position, and any missing or deteriorated wood slats, pickets, other fencing material, or structural elements shall be replaced in a timely manner with the same quality of material and workmanship. . .