PC Minutes 01-19-10
Chanhassen Planning Commission – January 19, 2010
PUBLIC HEARING:
DOWNTOWN PUD AMENDMENTS: REQUEST TO AMEND THE FOLLOWING
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN CHANHASSEN:
CHANHASSEN RETAIL CENTER, MARKET SQUARE AND WEST ONE.
APPLICANT: CITY OF CHANHASSEN, PLANNING CASE 10-03.
Public Present:
Name Address
Doug Hansen 11969 No. Shore Drive, Spicer, MN 56288
Bob Generous presented the staff report on this item.
Larson: Dan.
Keefe: I don’t have any questions.
Undestad: And again, it looks good.
Laufenburger: Just for the record Bob can you confirm this does not create any non-
conformance. Is that correct?
Generous: This does not create any non-conforming.
Laufenburger: Alright.
Larson: Nothing?
Thomas: Nothing. Sorry.
Larson: Nothing from me either. Okay, so should we open the public hearing. Would anybody
like to come up and speak? All the masses of people. Seeing nobody would like to come up.
Would you? Okay.
Doug Hansen: I’m Doug Hansen. I live in Spicer, Minnesota. We built that building in 1980
and we were all alone down there. There wasn’t anything down that road except that building
so, and we added to it in ’94 and that’s when it became a PUD. I had one question. You
mentioned the car repair. I’ve got a Hispanic couple in that building that’s repairing cars. Does
that apply to me now?
Generous: No. We’re not rezoning the property to CBD. The uses are specified under the
Planned Unit Development for this property. The reference to the CBD just relates to the
setback and site coverage limitations so we wouldn’t be changing that. What the ordinance says,
except as modified below. You follow the CBD standards and so, and the PUD for that we talk
about industrial uses.
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Doug Hansen: Okay.
Aanenson: I was just going to say so the CBD kind of gives, is the platform. Then you modify
that to whatever you want under that and as stated this is kind of, one of the older buildings in
the downtown and I Sharmeen has talked to Steve quite a bit about the uses in there. Your son
so again for the record that’s not our intent to make it non-conforming. Just to create more
flexibility in the future.
Doug Hansen: I have no problem with that so thanks.
Larson: Okay. Thank you Doug. Okay, with that I will close the public hearing. And if
anybody has anything to talk about. Well then would somebody like to tackle the next motion.
Kathleen?
Thomas: Sure. I will make a motion the Chanhassen Planning Commission recommends that
the City Council approve the following motions. The Planning Commission recommends the
City Council approve the Planned Unit Development Amendment for Chanhassen Retail Center,
amending Sections a, c, d, and Lighting as stated in the attached ordinance and adopts the
Findings of Fact. Do you want to just read them?
Larson: Keep, I think we can do them all in one, right?
Thomas: Alright. The Planning Commission recommends the City Council approve the Planned
Unit Development Amendment for Market Square amending Section 3 as stated in the attached
ordinance and adopting the Findings of Fact. The Planning Commission recommends the City
Council approve the Planned Unit Development amendment for West One amending Section 6,
Zoning as stated in the attached ordinance and adopting the Findings of Fact.
Larson: Do I have a second?
Doll: Second.
Thomas moved, Doll seconded that the Chanhassen Planning Commission recommends
that the City Council approve the following motions:
1. The Planning Commission recommends the City Council approve the Planned Unit
Development amendment for Chanhassen Retail Center, amending Sections a, c, d,
and Lighting as stated in the attached ordinance; and adopts the Findings of Fact.
2. The Planning Commission recommends the City Council approve the Planned Unit
Development amendment for Market Square, amending Section 3 as stated in the
attached ordinance; and adopts the Findings of Fact.
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3. The Planning Commission recommends the City Council approve the Planned Unit
Development amendment for West One, amending Section 6, Zoning as stated in the
attached ordinance; and adopts the Findings of Fact.
All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 6 to 0.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Commissioner Laufenburger noted the verbatim and
summary minutes of the Planning Commission meeting dated December 1, 2009 as
presented.
Laufenburger: It seems like it’s been over a year since we met.
Larson: Well thank you for noting those. I didn’t even have to ask. I bet you were one of those
kids that always sat in the front of the class.
Laufenburger: That was me. For the record.
Larson: For the record. And it is still on the record. Okay.
COMMISSION PRESENTATIONS.
Larson: Have we got any commission presentations?
Thomas: I have a commission question. Did we ever find out about the Gleason Variance?
Aanenson: It was tabled.
Thomas: Like it was tabled and then has it been at all?
Aanenson: It’s scheduled again I believe for next Monday?
Generous: But then they asked to be.
Aanenson: The second one, yeah. It’s…
Thomas: I kind of figured but I thought I would just kind of check because I haven’t seen
anything.
Aanenson: Yeah, it’s the first one in February I believe. They sent a letter requesting
continuation of that.
Thomas: Okay.
CITY COUNCIL UPDATE.
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