PC Minutes 05-06-2014Chanhassen Planning Commission – May 6, 2014
PUBLIC HEARING:
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3010 WEST 78 STREET REZONING: REQUEST FOR REZONING FROM RURAL
RESIDENTIAL (RR) TO OFFICE/INSTITUTIONAL (OI) OF 1.25 ACRES OF PROPERTY
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LOCATED AT 3010 WEST 78 STREET (NORTHWEST CORNER OF WEST 78 STREET
AND HIGHWAY 41). APPLICANT/OWNER: WESTWOOD COMMUNITY CHURCH,
PLANNING CASE 2014-14.
Aanenson: Thank you Chair Aller and Planning Commissioners. This is a request from Rural Residential
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to Office/Institutional zoning for Westwood Church. The subject site is located on 3010 West 78 Street.
It’s the area shown in red here and this is the Westwood Church property itself. It’s located just north of
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Highway 5 on Highway 41 and West 78 Street intersection. It’s about 1.25 acres. So the existing land
use for the church is office/institutional. As you’re aware we just recently approved a subdivision, a 4 lot
subdivision on the edge of the property here on Dogwood and that, we did do a land use change and kind
of the church intended to include this with it. This subject property and it was not included but it is
owned by the church. It’s all part of the same PID number and I’ll go through the history of that in a
minute so we are recommending that we rezone it. City ordinance or the Comprehensive Plan does
require that it be consistent with the land use. In this circumstance it’s not but it does allow, the City is
saying it’s our intention, and it is because it’s owned by the church. It’s under the same PID. It can’t be
separated unless it was to go through a subdivision so the next time we process one through the Met
Council then we will move that action forward so on the zoning map there too it is the, excuse me on the
land use it’s public and on the zoning map it’s office institutional. So the history of the property itself, if
you can see back here. This is back, the church actually acquired. We wanted, when the subdivision
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went in the, I’m looking for the name of the subdivision. That went in on West 78 Street. We needed to
have this subdivision come down to service the property on Dogwood so the church actually acquired.
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There were two homes here actually on West 78 Street when the church went in so the church acquired.
The decision was whether or not that would be a private drive going back there for just the purposes of
the church or whether it actually become a public street and it was determined that it makes the most
sense to actually make that a public street going back and tying back into Dogwood in the terminus there.
So that was completed and you can see now this is how it looks today so that property was assembled. A
portion of that lot was assembled with this and that’s existing home that the church owns. So then this
really is, it’s being used by the church as part of their, it serves their purposes so it’s been readdressed. It
was addressed off of West, excuse me. State Highway 41, Hazeltine Boulevard so now that had been
changed so it’s again part of the church property. So the staff is recommending approval for the land use
change. Again it’s how it’s being used today so it’s consistent with that so the motion would then be to
support the zoning change for the 1.25 acres and I’d be happy to answer any questions that you have.
Aller: I guess my only question would be, is there anything, I can’t think of anything but is there any
foreseeable knowing that there’s always something out there, reason why the rezoning would not take
place later on?
Aanenson: The land use amendment?
Aller: Yeah.
Aanenson: No. No. Again for the 1.2 it really, because the church owns it not to be subdividable. I’m
not sure that there’s actually sewer extended to that at this point so. If it’s been connected. It may be
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sewer going down that street, West 78.
Aller: And our infrastructure supports any traffic that would be coming down there so. Any other
questions? Great.
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Aanenson: I’m just going to say it was the Arbors so I talked about the church expansion for their
parking lot to the back but it also accommodated the access to the Arbors which is the back and then also
now we just did the Arbors Cove behind that so.
Aller: Would the applicant like to come forward and make a presentation at all?
Scott Sturm: Scott Sturm, 1051 Anthony Lane in Victoria. An interloper from the west. I serve on the
Leadership Board. I’m not a church employee. As stated in the summary statement, this is an
administrative clean-up. Don’t know why this wasn’t caught back in ’04 in that original purchase. We
just saw with the other activity on the campus we saw this as an opportunity to just get everything
congruous and just get it all cleaned up. So as stated, another simple one for you.
Aller: It’s always nice when they’re simple.
Scott Sturm: Right. Thank you.
Aller: Thank you. Okay we’ll open the public hearing portion. Anyone wishing to speak either for or
against this particular item can do so at this time? Seeing no one come forward, I’m going to close the
public hearing portion of the matter and open it up for discussion.
Yusuf: Looks pretty straight forward.
Aller: As stated. Okay, I’ll entertain a motion.
Tennyson: I’ll move.
Aller: Okay.
Tennyson: The Chanhassen Planning Commission recommends that the City Council approve the
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rezoning of 1.25 acres of property located in the northwest corner of Highway 41 and West 78 Street,
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3010 West 78 Street from Rural Residential to Office Institutional and adopt the attached Findings of
Fact and Recommendation.
Aller: I have a motion. Do I have a second?
Yusuf: Second.
Aller: I have a motion by Commissioner Tennyson, seconded by Commissioner Yusuf. Any discussion?
Tennyson moved, Yusuf seconded that the Chanhassen Planning Commission recommends that the
City Council approve the rezoning of 1.25 acres of property located in the northwest corner of
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Highway 41 and West 78 Street, 3010 West 78 Street from Rural Residential (RR) to Office
Institutional (OI) and adopt the attached Findings of Fact and Recommendation. All voted in favor
and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 5 to 0.
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