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10.Discussion of Downtown Historic District / 0# CITY OF CHANHASSEN 690 COULTER DRIVE. P.O: BOX 147. CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA 55317 (612) 937-1900. FAX (612) 937-5739 MEMORANDUM TO: Don Ashworth, City Manager FROM: Kate Aanenson, Planning Director DATE: October 22, 1997 SUBJ: Downtown Historic District Draft Plan Attached is a draft of the Chanhassen Historic District Plan. The purpose of this item being placed on the agenda is to get consensus on the general direction the plan is taking, and no formal action is being requested at this time. This plan needs to go to the Planning Commission for a public hearing and then back to City Council for final approval and adoption. November 1997 City of Chanhassen Historic District Plan rairie ro {Jl o o ro ..l::> o o -ri ro N o o ro w o o w ro I-' o o J ~ (9 ::; tzJ ~ .... l4 l:r rt.., r- ~ Ill'" ~ III rt l4 ~ ~ m ~ I~~ II~ I m -J '\\ ~ ~~ \ 18800 0 W 187th, . ~\~ Ave 'I Lb~/> ~ ~ "~ -- 18600 ~ '\9 ~ ~ oad~\:' ~ ~ ~1 I I I\) - 19000 ro -J ~ -J -J -J -J STUDY AREA INTRODUCTION During the last several months there have been some significant changes that affect the development and appearance of the "historic" area of Chanhassen. The most significant of these changes is the relocation of St. Hubert's School and Church. This site now has the potential for redevelopment. The city also owns the PaulylPony/Przymus site. The old building was removed and now has the potential for redevelopment. The old train depot has been relocated to a historically accurate site. The city's most important historic buildings are in this area: the old St. Hubert's Church and the old Village Hall. The purpose of the this study is to identify those uses that are changing, identify land use alternatives, and describe design standards. With the potential for significant changes in this "historic" area, now is the time to consider land use and design of this area. Any new development or redevelopment requires a design that can enhance the historic culture of this area and become part of the city's heritage. The study area is bounded on the south by the railroad tracks, on the north by Chan View, on the west by Great Plains Boulevard, and the east by Erie Avenue. The zoning of the area is a mix of residential, office institutional, and commercial. r ~ ~ (K/ I I~~ ~ 7~ ~ =~Z91111 ~< IrlIT ,,~ ~.g 1\11 I II \ ~ _}- 6\\ ~~ '- \ I I111 U 1/ ~ ' _en h...; ~ I '" --11II -" 1:: ~U: > -0 g ~.c: -00 ~ ~ c;) IS TlJ~~\ ~~ ~ ~ c=rfP^1 o..::L I leaJ8 ~o~PI\~ l ~ ~ Yi pYL0 \ 'h "0 i~ Q)~ ~~ / ~. ~ c ~ V "b."\. >- ffi 16 co 0 -,- L- ~ Cl) >; c... 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Some of the recommendations for the Vision 2002 Plan include: . recognition that downtown contains historic features which are important to the community . create a city commons that is the focus of the community's culture . mix uses in the downtown encouraging people to visit at different times and for a variety of reasons . Recommend design for downtown . form a compact center by creating a series of rooms throughout the downtown . complete pedestrian connections that lead to and through the downtown . create a distinct downtown district through architectural forms and shape of vegetation . reinforce the sense of the streets as a room by reflecting the setback of existing building in a new development . locate buildings close to the street, with parking behind or beside the buildings Oo.c=JD D 00 DC . offer pedestrians safety and convenience by providing entries from both street and parking area Street r--'~1 I B ilding I '=, I : Parking l ----, L.___-.J Chanhassen Historic District Plan Page 3 . select building practices and architectural elements to reinforce the historic character of West 78th Street COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Goals that speak to the development of the downtown are the following: . Chanhassen will encourage the preservation and adaptive reuse of structures of historic and architectural significance . Provide park and open space facilities that emphasize accessibility and use by Chanhassen residents c'r~_"'I"~ ~. '" ',. ," \I\i.". ~,yj~:f~~!!&:S.;1i~+~f(S":~n:::,c::::.'i,i:~;;.'i~;~.~':;." ., :;c ',-!,':::;' .-.~ '''7--''': '~, ~""'~Jb~~''; ~.t'$k,:'''';'',~~~~- ~~ ,. ___ ~_...~:,'~J\ ~ >; ... i I ~~~B!~~t~:;.~:~~~~i:~:~:, . ) -~'_- ~~1 ~~~.- c ~~:::c--~ Ii:.: k;:-':: -'- - -i ,~ ~""~:""""---_._~'. .-J .>t~~ I'.~~ .. .~...!, I,''l)'~: ..r~ 'il~ ',1;, ;re, ", '~~ '. , 'II, ~I h ~,; "''hi hr! \ .... .~..,~ :::;~-? '-7 "~'~~'^:i~'?" .... 1111 :;~ .11 ...~......\ ./ --- .'"', . , ;.. ,.'\; E III ~. 1',~1" -: I I I 1m . ,<,_,~~..ea..~.~..=-;~F~iw~ ... -.~- Old St. Hubert's/Cemetery/Old Village Hall Chanhassen Historic District Plan Page 4 EXISTING USESILAND USE Colonial Center This development was building was constructed in the 1960s and is a very traditional strip center. Most recently, School District 112 and St. Hubert's Catholic School used the old Mason Building portion of the center for an elementary school room. Currently, Westwood Church is in the center as well as a dry cleaner. The City of Chanhassen owns the parking lot in front of this building. Chanhassen Medical Arts Building has been looking to expand an additional building on this site. All new buildings on this site should be moved closer to the street. St. Huberts's School and Church St. Hubert's School and Church have relocated to Village on the Ponds, the development south of Highway 5. The old church and school site is 4.58 acres. The property is zoned 01 (Office/Institutional). The 2000 land use plan for this site remains Or. This property includes two houses that were used by the church and school. Both of these homes have access off of Frontier Trail. There is a home located on the northeast comer of the site that is not owned by the church and that lot is approximately 10,000 square feet. The buildings on the site are not "historic" in their architectural design. The school was built in the 1950s and the church was built in 1976. Housing is a potential land use that would fit on this site. Ifthe property were to be use for housing it should be a housing type that meets a need of the city's housing goals including rental or senior housing. Country Clean Currently on the site is a laundromat. This site was zoned high density residential but was changed a year ago to office institutional. The purpose of the change was to allow for office use at this site because of the size of the parcel (0.30 acres) as it was difficult to develop residential. To date, this parcel has not be converted from the laundry to office use. Schlenk Residence This property is 1.75 acres in size. The current zoning is RSF (Residential Single Family). The 2000 land use plan for this site is medium density residential. The home on this property is not historically significant, although it was probably built in the 1940s. Residential development that occurs on this site should be a townhouse two-story type that has front porches and detached garages to the rear. Chanhassen Historic District Plan Page 5 This site is 1.74 acres in size. The underlying property is owned by the Catholic Church. The site includes the Old St. Hubert's building, the Old Village Hall and the Catholic Cemetery. This area makes up a significant portion of the "historic" area. The Village Hall was built in 1898. Old St. Hubert's was built in the l860s. Both of these buildings have historic significance. The steeple on the church has become a landmark in the area. The site lines to the steeple should be maintained. The cemetery has additional burial plots and as a use it will always remain as a cemetery. Klingelhutz Building The parking lot for this building is owned by the City of Chanhassen. The Klingelhutz/Wilbar building on the site is being used as an office building. The property that the building sits on is one-half acre in size. While this building is not architecturally significant, it is historically significantly, as it was built in 1888 by the Geiser family for a carpentry shop. The property is zoned 01 and the 2000 land use plan guides this property as commercial. If the utility of this building diminishes and something else is proposed for the site, this building should include a unique historical/architectural design. PonylPaulylPrzymus site The property is owned by the HRA. The parcel is 1.15 acres in size. The building has been removed and the site is currently vacant. The current zoning on the site is commercial. The site is at the southeast comer of West 78th Street and Great Plains Boulevard. The 2000 land use guides this property commercial. Because this property is in close proximity to the original church building, the original Village Hall, and the Klingelhutz building, consideration needs to be given not only to the design but also height. There has been some discussion among members of the community about leaving this property as open space. Because it is on a major comer, it may not be the best site for the preservation of open space. If a building is located on the site it should be a design that compliments the area and is in close proximity to the street. Street furniture should be used to "warm" the comer. If the site is left for open space (a pocket park), there still needs to be street furniture, sculpture or artifacts to depict the culture of the area and bring people to the area and continue the pedestrian linkage. Pauly home This home is located on the northwest comer of West 78th Street and Frontier Trail. The house was built in early 1900s. The home is zoned residential and the 2000 land use plan guides the property residential in the future. There has been pressure to change the use of the building to office. The introduction of an office use into this home may change the character of the rest of the homes along West 78th Street. . Parking lots - parking lots shall be located behind buildings. All parking lots shall be landscaped consistent with city's parking lot design standards. Chanhassen Historic District Plan Page 6 DESIGN STANDARDS Additional design standard alternatives: . Street trees and landscaping - trees should be planted in the boulevard and the requirement of planter boxes with flowers and shrub species should be consistent with the city's zoning for streetscape. . Street furniture - furniture should be convenient to gathering places, building entrances and exits, and transit. . Sidewalks and trails - a building should have access on sidewalks, buildings and open spaces should be connected by sidewalks or trails to encourage pedestrian movement, trail design and sidewalk design shall be consistent with the city design standards. . Public spaces - public spaces should be encouraged and maintained in this area. Currently, the plaza in front of the old church and Village Hall serves this purpose. Continuation of this theme should be encouraged. . Building Architecture . General height - 35 feet (except the for the pitch of the roof or steeples) roofs should be pitched to match the old church and Village Hall and blend in with the surrounding residential uses. . Rooffenestration/modulation - windows and openings shall be placed on the street side and their placement and design shall match the existing "historic" architecture. . Materials - the primary material in this area is brick and with some wood. The principle material shall be brick and wood used only as a support material. . Signs - all signs shall be limited to monument, low profile or wall mounted only and consistent with the city's sign ordinance. 1WrNCrrIEsHOUSINGDEVELOP11ENT CORPORATION Phillips Place Designer: Dovolis, Johnson, Ruggieri Contractor: Steenberg-Henkel Construction Company Property Manager: The Parliament Company 1997 Rent: $425 for two bedroom $500 for three bedroom Developed by Twin Cities Housing Development Corporation and Phillips Neighborhood Housing Trust 1901-1915 13th Avenue South 1305-1319 East 19th Street 1900-1912 14th A venue South Minneapolis, Minnesota Nine 2-bedroom townhomes, 942 square feet each Fourteen 3-bedroom town homes, 1,345 square feet each Built: 1988 Financing provided by: Aetna City of Minneapolis Minneapolis Community . Development Agency Limited Partner: National Equity Fund Incorporating two older buildings into the redevelopment of nearly a square block in the Phillips neigh- borhood, Phillips Place was awarded a Committee on Urban Environment award for the quality of its design. Special Features: Full basements WasJ1e1/dryer in each unit Organized as a Minnesota leasehold cooperative ---~._----~--_._-~-~----_._---~-,. all its own-an animus that has enabled it to metastasize into every organ of our cultural body, from films, cable Tv, broadcast news, and print journalism to retail stores, resorts, cruise ships, SpOrts, cloth- ing, toys, and books. What brought Eisner to Celebration was the launching of Disney's latest consumer product: an instant old-fash- ioned community of the chatting-over-the-garden_fence, bring- your-neighbor-a-pie variety. You've heard of theme parks, theme shopping, and theme dining--even themed historic districts. Well, Disney is now selling themed living. As has been widely reported, the town of Celebration, Florida, is rising from 4,900 acres of Disney property just down the interstate from the Magic Kingdom. Planned for an eventual population of buildings" by other notables, including a whimsical Deco-style cin- ema by Cesar Pelli, a rather dull post office by Michael Graves, and a "town hall" by Philip Johnson (a brick box in a forest of fifty-two white posts-"columns" is too grand a word in this instance). Hous- ing, which can be had in one of four price groupings (from town house to estate) and in one of six architectural styles CClassical, Vic- torian, Colonial Revival, Coastal, Mediterranean, and French") is being built in accordance with a pattern book prepared by Urban Design Associates of Pittsburgh. EDAW of Alexandria, Virginia, served as the landscape architects for the project. Like the traditional neighborhood developments pioneered by Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk on which it is clearly 000 and estimated to COSt a total of$2.5 billion to ld, Celebration welcomed its first residents this past mer and the downtown commercial spaces were tlyoccupied by midaurumn. Managed by The Cel- tion Company, the town represents the COrpora- 's first vennlre into residential real estate develop- t. Like all of Disney's recent building projects, it is york of prominent designers whom Eisner-with tended humor-termed "boutique architects." The master plan evised by Cooper, Robertson, & Partners and Robert A.~L Stern itects; both firms also desi~ned what Stem. on an architectural that was part of the inau~ural festivities. called "back~round ings" in the downtown. The village also features "si~narure PRETTY AS as a picture: based (indeed, they served as early advisers to the Pastel hues, palm trees, project), Celebration is a cut above your typical sub- loggias, fountains. and street urb. It already shows greater variety in architectural fUl"'/ishings imbue the town form than the average subdivision-and a greater co:!er, above and opposite, commitment to nurturing the public environment. /. -ith the ambience of an Houses are close together and close to the street to Icscale Canbbean resort. foster neighborliness and to encourage walking; most ~- have front porches or verandas to bridge the private and public zones. Many of the neighborhoods are organized around shared squares, lawns, and playgrounds; the streets are lined with shade trees. The village fronts a large lake; nearby is a handsome nine-acre park that includes a pool and tennis courts. Beyond the village is a 4, iOO-acre wetland that will remain undeveloped. The I 79 I people downtown is considerable. What we may think of as a cap- tive market isn't all that captive." To understand what is happening to downtown Louisville (and to other American downtowns) a good Baedeker is the writings of Louisvillian and commentator on the urban environment, Grady Clay. In his latest book, Real Places (University of Chicago Press, 1994) Clay devotes a section entitled "The Death and Life ofCen- trality" to prospects for the survival of downtowns (Clay calls them generically "The Center") like Louisville's. Although Clay has no illusions about the erosion of The Center's importance and the emigration of many of its functions to subur- bia, he nevertheless maintains that American downtowns are far from obsolete. "If you draw lines on a map that connect all the ma- jor power centers of a metropolitan area," writes Clay, "-its daily commutes, its delivety routes, mail and message flows, electronic money transfers among banks, the offices and home addresses of the Movers and Shakers--one visible tact jumps off the maps. Most lines still converge at The Center." Clay adds that "the roots of ancient monopolies-geography, status, and control-still run deep under many a downtown.... Especially in the eastern and southern cities, old-family and corpo- rate elites join forces to keep The Center alive." This is what seems to have happened in Louisville, where local movers and shakers have formed the nonprofit DOC, which works with the city to keep the downtown vi- 1HEHANDSOME ble as a center for offices, conventions, and three-block streetscape uisville's booming health-care industty. opposite is an anomaly in One of the DOC's ongoing concerns is LouiSVIlle, as is Fourth he creation of a more pleasant outdoor am- Avenue, right, which was ience for the 60,000 people who inhabit turned into a pedestrian OWntown between nine and five. To this mall in the early 1970s. nd the DOC and the city have focused con- Despite its appealing iderable energy on what has come to be design it has failed to alled "place making." The latest install- attract shoppers and wtll ent in this process was a charette that be returned to auto use k place on May 18 and 19. Participants as shown below. !:t.t;i'l1ta!.T...II2+I,.p::e~"TED ~ ~<; ~E. ftNc:~ I ..'.... . -.. '11 J5.i. , ..;....iN. I,' : ~ 11'40'..,.. I . 'C....: 4' I .II'..' I' ':>~ '.;t 'I' . c' ll'.a" included five consultants who have been working on specific projects in Louisville during the past five years: archieect and urban designer Bob Brown of Brown & Keener in Philadelphia; Dennis Carmichael, ASLA, of EDAW in Alexandria, Virginia; Carol Johnson, FASLA, of Carol R. Johnson & Associaees, Ine. (CR)A), of Cambridge, Massa- chusetts:Jack Mackie, a Seattle- based public artist; and Lajos Heder ofHarries/Heder Collab- orative, Cambridge, Massachu- seees-based urban designers and public arcists. They were joined by local architece Norman Berry and John Begley, ehe executive director of the Louisville Visual Arc Association. Given ehe difficulty of creat- ing memorable places anywhere, the chareeee raised a rather large queseion ,lC ies outset: C'ln even the mose ehougheful design interventions really invigorate the pedeserian realm of a bland, auto-oriented downtown in a conservaei\'e American cieyl This c!urecce began, as char- '" ecces ofeen do, wieh a guided "awareness walk" ehae focused (~'J ~t~\..~ 'r/:,\';K'r.1..ouILDIIJ& F~\ {.r~"...Iv,./,1, .J:c ,..,.,;. 1 .-'"\,"'.. ..fI4" ., 'to "\ ~' ",,:4 r.. '.......,;i ~'1 .,! '-! .:/' ",'::JA, .' ! ~ It,: ;:. -2:''' :.-...~ (("'\ /,,' ~;... -? ""\"-"', 'r /' L ~.. "'" /..;. ; .....r>,~ ., ,/"r".., ~)~ k>;rt ,,' I') Itr~ :~~.~'-o._1 .-0- -- I 73 I