010885 Planning AGENDA
PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF.JANUARY 8, 1985
City of New Hope, Minnesota
MINNESOTAFEDERAL BUILDING
8320 42nd Avenue North
7:30 p.m.
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
PUBLIC HEARINGS
3. Planning Case 85 - 1 - Request for Conditional Use Permit to
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Allow Outdoor Storage of Trailers and
Construction Equipment - 2900 Nevada -
Nevada Partners, Petitioners.
Planning Case 85 -2 - Request for Variance in Sideyard Setback -
7308 39th Avenue North - Gregory Davis,
Petitioner.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
5. Report of Design and Review Committee
6. Report of Land Use Committee.
7. Report of Codes and Standards Committee.
NEW BUSINESS
Approval of Planning Commission Minutes of December 4, 1984
Review of Council Minutes of-December t0, an~Oecember 28.
Additional Comments, Suggestions, Requests of Public, Commis-
sioners and Staff.
Announcements.
Adjournment.
DATE:
PLANNING CASE:
PETITIONER:
REQUEST:
LOCATION:
ZONING:
January 8, 1985
85 - 1
Nevada Partners
Conditional Use Permit for Outdoor Storage
2900 Nevada Avenue North
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STAFF FINDINGS AND COMMENTS:
1. The petitioner is seeking a conditional use permit to.store up to six
trailers to the rear of his building on unimproved property.
2. The building has just been completed and recently occupied and the
petitioner has been storing the trailers and other equipment outside
when discovered by the Inspections Department. Council had approved
a two phase office/warehouse for this site in 1984. To date, phase I
has been built. The trailers will be parked in what is~know as phase
II.
3. No screening is proposed. Zoning Code does not require screening
unless the open storage abuts a residential district or use. There
is a parcel at the west property line that is in the I-1 zoning'dis-
trict, but is used as a residence/business. The parcels to the north
and east are also I-1.
4. There are a couple of concerns that staff would like to bring forth.
One is that the outdoor storage should be clearly defined. As I un-
derstand Nevada Partners is a mechanical contractor and the opportunity
exists for a lot of equipment to be stored outside, much like that found
at the Egan-McKay site at Medicine Lake Road and Louisiana. Another
concern is what is going to happen with phase II of the development.
The entire site is going to be very crowded when this is completed and
the city should have some idea what is going to happen to the storage
in the event that the entire site is developed.
5. Staff would recommend approval as long as the storage is clearly defined
and that there is some yearly review. There is precedent in the past
for requiring screening, even though an industrial does not abut to
residential property. This perhaps should be explored further.
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DATE:
PLANNING CASE:
PETITIONER:
REQUEST:
LOCATION:
ZONING:
January 8, 1985
85 - 2
Gregory Davis
Sideyard Setback Variance
7808 39th Avenue North
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STAFF FINDINGS AND COMMENTS:
The petitioner is seeking to put an addition on their home that
appears will set eight feet from the sideyard lot line instead
of the required ten feet on the non garage side.
I attempted to allow the petitioner to work around the variance
request last month and got some folks got upset in the process.
This is a minor variance and they were under the gun to get going~
because of some family situations. It became apparent that nobody
was quite sure how far into the setback the proposed addition was
coming so in the end I informed the petitioner that they would have
to wait for the Planning Commission and Council b~{ote proceeding.
The petitioner was a bit upset about the inconsistency, but I must
maintain that I was only trying to help.the petitioner get going
and address the variance after the fact.
This is a good example perhaps of a minor variance that could be
addressed at a staff level rather than at Planning Commission and
Council. The next couple of months, staff will be coming forth
with a recommendation on just such a minor variance policy for review
by the Planning Commission and Council. At this time the Planning
Consultant and I are working on putting this together.
4. Staff recommends approval with the required survey if the variance
request is approved.