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PC Minutes 03-16-10 Planning Commission Meeting - March 16, 2010 PUBLIC HEARING: PUD AMENDMENTS: REQUEST TO AMEND THE FOLLOWING PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS: VASSERMAN RIDGE/ARBORETUM VILLAGE/GALPIN BUSINESS PARK. APPLICANT: CITY OF CHANHASSEN, PLANNING CASE 10-03. Generous: Thank you Madam Chair, commissioners. Before you are planned unit development amendments. Back in December of ’09 we presented an issue paper that there’s some, our PUD’s needed to have some revisions done because they weren’t tracking city code. I believe there are like 15 total that we were looking at. We broughten two sets before you previously. One was the downtown planned unit developments and the other one was on 212. This next set of amendments are for three planned unit developments on Highway 5. One the Galpin Business Park. The other one is Vasserman Ridge and the third one is Arboretum Village. Arboretum Village and Vasserman Ridge really act as one planned development. However there are, were deficiencies in the way the ordinance was drafted because it didn’t allow the PUD to check changes to city code. We’re trying to review, update those PUD’s so that they can do that. Again we have 3 of them tonight. The Galpin Business Park has 2 building sites on it. The south one is the CVS Pharmacy and the north one is the Kwik Trip. It also encompasses a large open space on the east side of the project. This is included as a part of the PUD because it was originally part of the original subdivision and the design standards would technically fall over into that. However it’s all wetland and storm water ponding so it’s undevelopable. The other two planned unit developments are off of Century Boulevard and Highway 5 and between West th 78 Street. They consist of a gas station, convenience store, small restaurant, a strip center, and then 2 strip centers. One in the Arboretum Village and Vasserman Ridge. What we’re proposing for the Arboretum Village and Vasserman Ridge Planned Unit Developments are to reference the neighborhood business district as an underlying zoning when the PUD design standards are silent. This will permit any development to be consistent with our city code. For instance when we recently revised our light ordinance to permit LED lighting, well this, through this amendment we would allow them to proceed under that. The Galpin Business Park, there are two proposed amendments. One is to again reference the Neighborhood Business district as the underlying zoning when the PUD is silent and the second is to amend the light standards for that where it specifically mentions metal halide and we’re proposing that we delete that from the design standards for this. Staff is recommending approval of three motions amending the PUD’s. I believe this is more administrative in nature and it keeps them consistent with city code and I’d be happy to answer any questions you might have. Larson: Dan? Keefe: No questions. Larson: Kathleen? Thomas: Nope. Larson: Denny. 21 Planning Commission Meeting - March 16, 2010 Laufenburger: Standard question. It creates no non-conformance, is that correct Bob? Generous: That’s correct. Larson: Anything else? Laufenburger: That’s it. Larson: Tom. Doll: So you’re going to, the language would state that the lighting would have to follow city code. You’re not going to specify a type of light like you did in the past. Aanenson: Correct. Doll: That it’s going to follow city code versus having to update these once technology changes. Aanenson: That’s exactly it. So what we’re trying to do is make them more fluid and when we put those in place some of the things we locked in doesn’t make sense so there’s certain uses we want to be more prescriptive on but the rest of it we want to, if the City Council, if they’re moving on parking stall sizes. If we’re moving on lighting. Electronic message centers. We also want these PUD’s to be able to take benefit of that. Otherwise it puts a burden on them to come and ask for relief of the ordinance so we’re trying to be pro-active, pro business and put those in place so they can also benefit from, as we move along on some of those underlying changes. Doll: Bob can you explain stacking in regard to. Aanenson: It’s for drive thru’s. Doll: Yeah. I just, it’s a little confusing. Generous: The stacking ordinance refers to the type of use. They have different requirements for the number of vehicles you can put in queue. Doll: Okay. Aanenson: For example a drive thru pharmacy would have less requirements than a fast food restaurant. Doll: So how long, the lane would have. Aanenson: Yeah, we call it stacking but you have to have like typically for fast food we like to see 5 or 6 cars stacking. For a pharmacy it might only need 2 because you don’t have the 22 Planning Commission Meeting - March 16, 2010 frequency isn’t as great so, and we put those standards in place when we adopted some of those PUD’s we didn’t have those in place either so. Generous: Right. That was based on the study and we were looking at different uses and we actually went out in the field and look at how people are using drive thru’s and so. Doll: No further questions. Larson: I have none either. Okay where do I take this from here? Aanenson: You can ask, someone could put all the motions in one if they would like. Laufenburger: Do we need a public hearing here? Aanenson: Public hearing, yeah. Larson: Public hearing. Open the public hearing. No? Nothing to say. Okay. I will close the public hearing due to lack of interest. Okay now, entertain a motion. Keefe: I’ll make the motion. Chanhassen Planning Commission recommends the City Council approve the Planned Unit Development amendment for Arboretum Village amending Section a as stated in the attached ordinance and adopts the Findings of Fact. Number two. The Planning Commission recommends the City Council approve the Planned Unit Development amendment for Vasserman Ridge amending Section a as stated in the attached ordinance and adopts the Findings of Fact. And number three. The Planning Commission recommends the City Council approve the Planned Unit Development amendment for Galpin Business Park amending Section A and G.2 as stated in the attached ordinance and adopts the Findings of Fact. Thomas: Second. Larson: Alright. Keefe moved, Thomas seconded that the Chanhassen Planning Commission recommends the City Council approve the Planned Unit Development amendment for Arboretum Village amending Section a 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. Keefe moved, Thomas seconded that the Chanhassen Planning Commission recommends the City Council approve the Planned Unit Development amendment for Vasserman Ridge amending Section a 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. Keefe moved, Thomas seconded that the Planning Commission recommends the City Council approve the Planned Unit Development amendment for Galpin Business Park 23 Planning Commission Meeting - March 16, 2010 amending Section A and G.2 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 Thomas noted the verbatim and summary minutes of the Planning Commission meeting dated February 16, 2010 as presented. COMMISSION PRESENTATIONS: None. CITY COUNCIL ACTION UPDATE. Aanenson: In the update it was noted that the Lotus retail was approved and then also the Planning Commission appointments which I think you saw so congratulations to Denny being reappointed. I have spoken to Kevin and to Andrew who there’ll be here at our next work session. That will be strictly a work session. We’re going to talk about, I think we got started with Tom talking about our larger sized plats so we kind of want to maybe take a look at our staff reports. See if we can make those more effective so we’ll do a 2009 wrap up. Some of the goals that we’re working on for 2010 and then we’re also putting together a developers meeting so I want to share with you what we’re doing on that. And then I also want to take the opportunity to thank Dan and Kevin’s not here for personally thank you for your, this is your last meeting. Keefe: Yeah. Aanenson: And just say thank you for your service and your insight and helping guide the growth of the city and we really appreciate your service. Keefe: It was great serving. (Applause!) Laufenburger: I wonder how Nann’s going to record that. Larson: Alright, well with that I guess we are adjourned. Chairwoman Larson adjourned the Planning Commission meeting at 7:55 p.m. Submitted by Kate Aanenson Community Development Director Prepared by Nann Opheim 24