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MAY JUNE MEMBERS
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S GLEESON BOEN
1 1 2 3 4 5 BLAIR ENGEL
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 BRAUSEN ANDERSON
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 HESCH GROSS
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 SWANSON
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 27 28 29 30
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AGENDA
ZONING & PLANNING COMI��IISSION
Tuesday, May 25, 1999
REGULAR MEETING 6:30 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
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ITEM: Approve and sign minutes of the April 27, 1999, regular meeting.
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CONA�IISSION ACTION: / / / /
ITEM: COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
ITEM: SINGLE FAMILY HOME MORATORIUM
CASE NO.
CUP99-2 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT—OFFICE BUILDING
Public Public hearing to consider a conditional use permit for construction of an offce building
Hearing at the corner of Second Avenue South and Seventh Street South.
CONIlVIISSION ACTION: / / / /
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AGENDA
ZONING & PLANNING COMMISSION
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CASE NO.
VN99-3 VARIANCE- SETBACK
Consideration of a variance for a lessor setback than required at 529 17�'Avenue North.
COMI��IISSION ACTION: / / / /
ITEM: STRATEGIC PLAN
ITEM: AUTO SALES LOTS
ADJOURNMENT
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� ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES
May 25, 1999
A regular meeting of the Zoning and Planning Commission was held on Tuesday, May 25, 1999, at
6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of Hopkins City Hall.
Present were Commission members Roger Gross, Randy Engel, Dorothy Boen, Sid Blair, and Maura
Swanson.
Also present were City Planner Nancy Anderson, Director of Economic Development and Planning
Jim Kenigan, Assistant to the City Manager Jim Parsons, and City Attorney Jerre Miller.
CALL TO ORDER
Mr. Engel called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Ms. Boen moved and Mr. Blair seconded a motion to approve the minutes of the April 27, 1999,
regular meeting. The motion carried unanimously.
ITEM: COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
� Mark Koegler appeared before the Commission. Mr. Koegler reviewed several sites on the land use
plan of the Comprehensive Plan with the Commission.
ITEM: SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING DEMOLITION MORATORIUM
Jim Kerrigan reviewed the options for the single family-housing demolition moratorium. Mr.
Kerrigan noted there would be a joint meeting with the City Council and the Commission, probably
in July.
CASE NO. CUP99-2 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT—OFFICE BUILDING
Ms. Anderson reviewed the proposed development with the Commission. Ms. Anderson noted that
the previous development for this site which was approved in 1984, was a two-story building with
another level below grade and that the proposed development is a one-story building with a parking
area below grade. Ms. Anderson also stated that the height of the proposed building met the
requirements of the zoning ordinance.
Craig Hinrichs of 621 Park Valley Drive appeared before the Commission. Mr. Hinrichs was
concerned with the height of the building and the access to the site. Mr. Hinrichs stated that there
was a public safety issue with the location of the curb cut.
Paul Madson, the architect for the project, appeared before the Commission. Mr. Madson discussed
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the height of the building and the location of the curb cut. Mr. Madson stated that the building was a
�" one-story building and the curb cut had been moved as far north as possible.
Pete Donnino, the applicant, appeared before the Commission. Mr. Donnino stated that they have
oriented the building to the east to be farther away from the residential area.
The Commission discussed the height of the building and the access to the site. The Commission
discussed whether there was any way of additionally buffering the sight lines of the windows on the
west side of the building from the residential area. One suggestion was to add trees to the berm on
the west side of Second Avenue, subject to review from the Public Works department. The applicant
was agreeable to this.
Ms. Swanson arrived at 7:40
At the public hearing, Robert Buys of 605 East Park Va11ey Drive appeared before the Commission.
Mr. Buys thought that new/and or additional trees to the berm on the west side of Second Avenue
would help.
Mr. Blair moved and Mr. Gross seconded a motion to approve Resolution RZ99-5, recommending
approval of the conditional use permit. The motion carried on a 3-2 vote. Mr. Engel and Ms.
Boen voting nay.
CASE NO. VN99-3 VARIANCE—SETBACK VARIANCE GARAGES
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Ms. Anderson reviewed the variance with the Commission. Daryl Peterson, the applicant, appeared
before the Commission. Mr. Peterson showed the Commission pictures of where the building would
be placed.
Ms. Boen moved and Ms. Swanson seconded a motion to approve Resolution RZ99-6,
recommending approval of the variance. The motion carried unanimously.
ITEM: STRATEGIC PLAN
The City has been in the process of updating the Strategic Plan for the City. Ms. Anderson asked for
comments from the Commission regarding the updates.
ITEM: AUTO SALES LOTS
This item is on the agenda for the review of several auto sales lots and the requirement regarding the
number of cars. All auto sales lots within the City require a conditional use permit. One condition
for auto sales lots is that the square footage of the sales lot not exceed the square footage of the
building on the site. Recently the auto lots that have this requirement have exceeded the number of
cars allowed. This item is on the agenda for discussion. Ms. Anderson reviewed several proposed
amendments with the Commission.
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� The Commission asked staff what the problem was. Ms. Anderson stated that some of the auto sales
lots have so many cars on the site that there are cars in the aisles and there is no place for employee
or customer parking. Ms. Anderson suggested that instead of limiting the number of display cars on
the site that a better approach would be to require a certain number of customer and employee
parking spaces and that these areas must be marked as such.
ADJOURN
Ms. Boen moved and Mr. Gross seconded a motion to adjourn at 9:30 p.m. The motion was
approved unanimously.
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