1980 09 10
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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE
CHANHASSEN PLANNING COMMISSION
HELD SEPTEMBER 10, 1980, AT 7:30 P.M.
CHANHASSEN COUNCIL CHAMBERS
Members Present: Chairman Horn, W. Thompson, W. Johnson,
A. Partridge, and M. Thompson (left 9 : 45 p.m.).
Members Absent: J. Thompson and T. Hamilton.
Staff Present: B. Waibel, Land Use Coordinator, C. Mertz,
Assistant City Attorney, and N. Rust, Secretary.
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Mr. Waibel explained that minute corrections would be con~
tained under the "Approval of Minutes" section of the next subsequent
meeting rather than on the original minutes themselves to which
the change has been made.
Chairman Horn indicated the City Council requested the
Planning Commission be more specific in their motions as to the
actions they are taking for clarity purposes.
Chairman Horn felt that, contrary to the August 13, 1980,
Planning Commission minutes, the Nicholay and Dypwick proposals were
treated similarly with both requiring public hearings. Mr. Waibel
responded that both applicants were to supply Abstractor's
Certificates for mailing and notification purposes to staff to
obtain a public hearing and neither party had done so at that time.
Therefore, neither public hearing had been scheduled. Mr. W.
Thompson did not recall that the proposals were treated similar~'Y
and felt the Dypwick was accepted for a public hearing provided the
necessary variances were received. Mr. Waibel explained that con~
fusion regarding the similarities or differences between the two
proposals may be due to the fact one proposal may go directly to
the City Council for the public hearing rather than to the Planning
Commission, as is normally done. This was due to a time concern.
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Mr. Partridge stated that they probably did state what the
minutes contained but that their intent was for two public hearings.
He then requested the August 13, 1980, Planning Commission Minutes
be amended to reflect that the Planning Commission directed that
public hearings be held for the Nicholay and Dypwick properties.
Mr. W. Thompson moved the August 13, 1980, Planning Com-
mission Minutes be approved as amended. Mr. M. Thompson seconded
the motion. All voted aye. Motion carried.
Mr. M. Thompson moved to note the August 4, 1980, City
Council minutes. Mr. Partridge seconded the motion. All voted aye.
Motion carried.
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Mr. Partridge moved to note the August 12, 1980, City
Council Minutes. Mr. M. Thompson seconded the motion. All voted
aye. Motion carried.
Mr. W. Thompson moved to note the August 25, 1980,
City Council Minutes. Mr. Partridge seconded the motion. All
voted aye. Motion carried.
PROPOSED REZONING, SINNENPROPERTY,PUBLTG HEARING:
Mr. Waibel explained that upon the Planning Commission's
recommendation, the City Council has authorized the Planning
Commission to hold that public hearing under the provisions of
Section 14.07, subsection 2, of Ordinance No. 47, which permits
the City to initiate rezoning to the original zoning district on
parcels that have had no development occur within a reasonable period
of time after urbanized zoning was granted.
Mr. Waibel further explained that there was a proposal
by McKeon Construction to develop the subject property with ap-
proximately 502 dwelling units of various types in 1973. He stated
this property was located directly west of Chanhassen Estates down
to the northwest shores of Rice Marsh Lake.
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Mr. Waibel compared this request to that regarding the Oak-
mont Property, which was discussed approximately one month ago,
and recommended that, because of the inactivity on the property
and in light of the evolution of the planning practic~s since 1973,
approval should be recommended by the Planning Commission to the
City Council to rezone the subject property from Planned Develop-
ment District to R-1A, Agricultural Residential District.
In response to Ms. Marie Weber, 8034 Erie Avenue, Mr. Partridge
said the zoning would remain until the property owners requested a
change of zoning if it was rezoned back to R~lA.
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Mr. Jerome Raidt, attorney for Martin Ward the abutting
property owner, asked if the previous planned development proposal
was dead at this time. Mr. Waibel said the first proposal was in
1973 and the last proposal was 1 1/2 years ago and that due to its
dormancy, it would be best to rezone it back to basically a reserve
status of R-1A. He further said the plan of 1973 was probably not
within the thinking of Chanhassen's current planning standards and
desires for that area. He responded to Mr. Raidt's question of
property use by saying the comprehensive plan the City is currently
working on shows the property to be of low-density single family
with a portion to contain a multiple residential area. Chairman
Horn indicated the past proposal for the subject property was for
approximately 6 units per acre and the last projects of other sites
reviewed by the Planning Commission have not exceeded approximately
2.9 dwelling units per acre. Thus, the last proposal for this site
is twice as dense as any of the recent developments allowed by the
city.
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Chairman Horn explained that the purpose of reviewing
this is basically to start the process over again if someone
comes in with another planned unit development; otherwise, the
last proposal is already approved and could be easily carried out.
Mr. W. Johnson stated it was within the R-l zoning ordinance that
the property should be reviewed on a periodic basis.
In response to Mr. W. Thompson, Mr. Waibel said Rumar, Inc.,
had brought in the last proposal 1 1/2 years ago for the subject
property. They had come close to obtaining preliminary plat
review of the property. .
In re~ponse to Mr. M. Thompson, Mr. Waibel indicated
August Sinnen was the recorded owner of the property but it was apparently
an estate situation. The property owners according to the
County's tax records were the individuals who received notice of
this hearing. He said the Rumar, Inc., individuals were not
notified of the hearing because they were not recorded as any party
to this land.
In response to Mr. W. Thompson, Mr. Mertz said it was
within the Planning Commtssion's jurisdiction to rezone the subject
property back to R-1A if there was no pending application for the
property.
Mr. M. Thompson expressed concern over the interest of Rumar,
three (3) parties who had purchased the property through a Contract-
for-Deed. Discussion followed pertaining to the question of
whether or not the Planning Commission should table the request
until notice had been given to those parties having a Contract-for-
Deed on the property.
Chairman Horn asked if all that was needed to develop the
property was to bring in a final proposal. Mr. Mertz responded
that that was true and, therefore, was a disadvantage from a
planner's standpoint. Chairman Horn felt there was a reasonable
period of time for the development process to retain any sense of
continuity.
Mr. B. Johnson moved to close the public hearing. Mr.
M. Thompson seconded the motion. All voted aye. Motion carried.
Mr. W. Thompson felt the matter should be tabled to allow
staff the opportunity to notify the other parties with an interest
in the property.
Mr. Mertz felt the party that made the last application and
the three (3) other parties with an interest in the property should
be notified.
Following further discussion of whether the item .should be
tabled, Mr. Partridge moved to recommend approval of the rezoning
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request from Planned Development District to R-1A, Agricultural
Residential District, to the City Council because there has been
no activity for 1 1/2 years; furthermore, he moved that when
the City Council takes the matter under consideration, they should
be advised that there are other parties that were not notified
that may have an interest in the subject property due to a possible
Contract-for-Deed situation. Mr. W. Johnson seconded the motion.
All voted aye with the exception of Mr. M. Thompson, who abstained.
Motion carried.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE 45 AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE 33,
PUBLIC HEARING:
Mr. Mertz explained that this was a public hearing to consider
an amendment to Ordinance No. 33 and Ordinance No. 45. He indi-
cated there was some question as to the wording of the public
hearing notice which stated that the purpose of the hearing was
to consider a prohibition on the issuance of building permits and
subdivision of land in the unsewered area of the city. He said
it was their philosophy the notices should be broad in scope so
that they would encompass any possible outcome that the staff anti-
cipates would result from the Planning Commission meeting rather
than be faced with the possibility that the Commission had gone
one step beyond what was described in the public hearing notice and
being forced, therefore, to re-publish the item and re-hear it.
Mr. Mertz said the two ordinances in question do, in fact,
prohibit the subdivision of unsewered lands within the city of Chan-
hassen. The specific changes that were being requested were
basically of a housekeeping nature. He said the first item relates
to the wording of Ordinance 33B and proceeded to read what was in-
cluded within the ordinance. He said the exceptions relating to
filing and recording of deeds is merely a paraphrase of a portion
of the State Planning Act as it exist~d before the 1980 Session
of the State Legislature. Since the 1980 Legislative Session,
however, the fourth exception was changed in the State Planning
Act, due to lobbying of municipalities, to read" . . . was a
separate parcel of not less than five acres in area and 300 feet
in width on July 1, 1980 . . ." Thus, staff's first housekeeping
request is that Ordinance No. 33B be amended in subdivision 4,
which relates to 300 foot wide 5 acre parcels, to include the
July 1, 1980, expiration date. He said staff was also requesting
exceptions 5 and 6 from the State Planning Act of sUbdivision 4b
be added to Chanhassen's Ordinance No. 33B. This was also a house-
keeping request as the State has mandated the above requests be
accepted by the municipalities.
Mr. Mertz stated what was included in Section 2 of Ordinance
No. 45. He said it was interpretted to mean that if your parcel
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was created by a division of land and that division of land was
not approved by the City Council by way of Ordinance No. 33,
there was no legal entitlement to a building permit. He said
since the 1980 Legislative session, there are now two new provi-
sions that authorize municipalities to deny building permits
to those parcels that were created in violation of Ordinance No.
33B. He then :read Subdivision 9 of Chapter 560 of the State
Planning Act as included in the 19S0 Session actions. He said
staff is requesting that Ordinance No. 45 be re-worded to specifi-
cally say no building permits are allowed without subdivision
approval. Mr. Mertz continued the final request by staff is to
re-state Ordinance No. 45 to state basically two things due to
complaints about the ordinance's readability: (1) subdivision of
unsewered lands is not permitted and (2) unapproved subdivisions
are not eligible for building permits.
Chairman Horn was concerned with the disallowance of subdi-
visions in unsewered areas which consequently disallows building
permits for sites. Mr. Mertz proceeded to discuss no-growth
policies in municipalities and related the concept of no growth
to Chanhassen's Ordinance No. 45. Discussion followed pertaining
to development of the unsewered areas.
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Mr. Partridge felt disallowing development of the unsewered
areas was a negative approach to the question of growth. Mr. Waibel
said one of the main reasons for these two sections of Ordinance
No. 45 is to allow the City to plan for capital improvements and
have more control on the configuration of space and roads.
Mr. Partridge moved to close the public hearing on amendments
to Ordinance Nos. 33 and 45. Mr. M. Thompson seconded. All
voted aye. Motion carried.
Mr. Partridge moved that Ordinance 33B be amended so as to
conform with Section 462.358, subdivision 4b, of Minnesota Statutes
1980. Mr. W. Johnson seconded the motion. All voted aye. Motion
carried. Mr. Partridge then moved that Ordinance 33 and 45 be
amended so as to provide that no building permit would be issued
for any parcel created in the absence of subdivision review by the
Planning Commission and City Council. Mr. M. Thompson seconded
the motion. All voted aye. Motion carried. Mr. Partridge thirdly
moved to defer any further action on Ordinance No. 45. Mr. W.
Johnson seconded the motion. All voted aye. Motion carried.
DISCUSSION, BUESGENS REPLAT, LOT 7 AND 8, BLOCK 3, CHANHASSEN
ESTATES 1ST ADDITION:
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Mr. Waibel said there were numerous questions at the Plan-
ning Commission's last review of this item; therefore, he felt
they should review the item once more before the public hearing
to be held September 24, 1980, by the Planning Commission) to help
clear up questions. He explained the request is due to an encroach-
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ment of a house constructed on the property to the south of the
subject site. For building and title purposes, the Applicant
is requesting a replat of the southeastern portion of Lot 7.
He felt that, from a design standpoint, the proposed replat would
be desirable because it does follow existing border landscaping
on the property to the south and thus preserves the visual
integrity of the neighborhood.
Mr. Waibel further noted that although the proposed replat
would reduce the size of the lot from 13,570 square feet to
11,920 square feet, many lots in Chanhassen Estates are approximately
11,200 square feet. He felt that due to the practical difficulties
of the situation, a replat along the southeastern property tree
line is preferrable and that there would be no gain to replatting
the front property lines.
Mr. Waibel indicated that while a possible action by the
Planning Commission could be to deny building privileges on the
subject property, this would be divergent from the residential
structural symmetry. He said, however, that the Planning Commission
should withhold any formal recommendation until after the public
hearing. Staff recommended approval of the proposal with the conditions
an escrow be provided and that the replat should be configured to
locate the landscaping.
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Discussion followed on the options available on the subject
property to the applicant. Mr. Waibel recalled that Mr. Robert
Mason, owner of Lot 7, was in agreement wi th the proposal. Mr.
Vernon Husemoen, 8015 Cheyenne Trail (Lot 8), stated his agreement
to the proposed providing that section of Lot 7 to be added to Lot 8
be deeded to him. Discussion followed ona possible variance
to allow development on Lot 7, Block 3, Chanhassen Estates 1st
Addition. Discussion closed with no motion necessary.
SKETCH PLAN REVIEW FOR KENNETH WALDRIP SUBDIVISION PROPOSAL:
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Mr. Waibel requested a change re made in the agenda to
allow Mr. Kenneth Waldrip to be heard next. He explained the
plans had been mailed form Seattle, Washington, and only arrived
that day; Mr. Waldrip had flown in that evening from Washington
especially for that particular meeting. The item was not
published, but this was not viewed as a problem in that a decision
was not made during a sketch plan review. Mr. W. Thompson thus
moved to amend the agenda to include the sketch plan review of
Kenneth Waldrip's subdivision proposal as item no. 7 Mr. Partridge
seconded the motion. All voted aye. Motion carried.
Mr. Waibel said this was quite similar to the last proposal
reviewed in March of this year. He said that at that time the
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Planning Commission had concerns because the zoning was relative
to a plan approved in 1970 and they wanted an attorney's opinion as
far as the Commission's latitude with land-use questions. Mr.
Mertz had stated the Planning Commission did have latitude as to
the zoning and land use on the property. Mr. Waibel explained
the site lay-out which contained 45 units saying the units would
not be oriented toward the interior street system. There would
be multiple accesses unto Galpin Boulevard. Mr. Waldrip said
this sketch plan includes one more access unto Galpin than the
previous proposal had. General discussion followed regarding the
street proposals in the subject plan.
Chairman Horn expressed concern about the street parking on
the southeast corner of the site and the increased number of
accesses along Galpin Boulevard. Mr. Waibel indicated that this
proposal had a reduction of units from the one which was reviewed
in 1970 which contained 87 units. Discussion followed.
Mr. Partridge moved to schedule a public hearing for
October 22, 1980, providing the Abstractor's Certificate was
prepared by the applicant. Mr. W. Thompson seconded the motion.
All voted aye. Motion carried. Mr. Waldrip had no objection to
the date of the hearing.
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DISCUSSION, PEDESTRIAN WAY PLAN, LOTUS TRAIL:
Mr. Waibel explained that the City Council had received a
petition from homeowners living along Lotus Trail in the
Carver Beach neighborhood requesting that the section of Lotus.
Trail between West 68th Street and Napa Road be paved. He said
there was a concern in that the terrain in that area is rather
steep and it is questionnable as to whether or not there would
be a sufficient shelf upon which a separated pedestrian way could
be constructed. Upon examination of the situation, however, Mr.
Waibel felt there would be no problem constructing separate
facilities (road and pedestrian way). In response to Mr. Partridge,
Mr. Mertz said that Lotus Trail was not to be used for travel at
this time according to the plan but only as a trail. Following
brief discussion, the Planning Commission generally agreed that
they preferred the pedestrian way and Lotus Trail as a road to
be separated.
DISCUSSION, DOWNTOWN OVERLAY LAND USE CONCEPT:
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Mr. Waibel: In discussions this morning with Arijs Palkalns at BRW~
We both agreet it would be most appropriate to get into gene)
al discussions . . . We should probably be spending two or
three sessions with this getting everybody's general
comments on what they perceive should be incorporated in-
to the overlay district criteria so that we all will
be satisfied with kind of land uses and the overall
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integrity of the downtown redevelopment area, which
is about 170+ acres. When this originally came up
back in 1978, there was discussion about using the
absolute land use category. One concept plan showed
nine (9) general categories and there was a booklet
that came along with ~everal hundred specific land
use categories. All the thinking on that has changed
now where it includes three possibly four general
categories and using very elaborate design criteria
i.e., design standards like landscaping, signage,
architectural reviews,rati6sof structures to land
mass, and then also some land use. That would be
the most appropriate way to get where the Planning
Commission and City Council feels would be the most
attractive redevelopment area. So, what 1 propose
to do is enter into these discussions here starting
out with trying to solicit the comments of the Planning
Commission along the general theme in the memorandum
dated OctoBer 22, 19~9. It is very general in nature
and I think you can build upon a lot of that and the
Planning Commission may have a lot of their own com-
ments in that type of a theme. We would then, after
those sessions, take transcripts of this so that we
have a good record of ideas down on paper and investi-
gate those ideas, looking at their advantages and
disadvantages and feasibility. We will get into such
questions as intensive land use categories where there is
a lot of parking . . . questions of indigenous and
exogenous transition areas, architectural treatment,
the massing of signage and materials of signage, colora-
tions, etc. You can get into that kind of level of
detail. Those are the kinds of things we want to sort out.
Do we want to establish a design committee or do
we want to have some of the cases shipped out to a con-
sultant for design or do we want to build that capacity
through ordinance so that staff can do it?
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Chairman Horn: I think we want a design committee.
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Mr. Waibel: Those are some of the things we would probably be
getting at at the second stage but the first stage is
to get the Planning Commission's feeling on questions
of transition zones, where you might feel the visually
sensitive areas of the city are that you might want
to consider land use or design criteria
with regard to what the passersby would be getting as an
image of Chanhassen. You might want to set up
districts relative to transportation. You may want
to restrict fast food operations. I noticed that
there is a real concern in that some of the citizens
of Chanhassen do want to have the ability to have
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those conveniences here, too. I think that maybe
through design control we could probably make it
pleasing as well as something everyone would like
to have. I guess with that, I would personally
entertain your comments about this proposed plan
or schedule to develop this plan and maybe get into
some general comments that you have if there are some special
areas of research that you want us to perform.
Chairman Horn: I think you hit on most of the key issues. Bob and
I talked about this a little bit this week and one
of the comments that he had mentioned was he thought
that the clearly striking issue as far as visual
impact is the view of Chanhassen from the bridge
over here on Highway 5, which I think has got quite
a striking visual impact. (the one coming east)
Mr. Partridge: What I see we are gOIng to end up with is complex
dinner theaters and bowling alleys surrounded by
office warehouses.
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Mr. Johnson: That's going to be a good workable retail center.
Mr. W. Thompson: What's the status as of now? There's still a period
of time until we get to the final committment,
isntt there? Or, has that been made?
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Mr. Waibel: There's actually to be some contractual agreements probably
sometime in October or November, I believe. Those
things that have actually happened as far as the
proposed bowling alley have
pretty much been reviewed by the Planning Commission.
Not site plans or detailed review, but the idea
that it's going to be retail, some office, that there
is a proposed hotel by Bloomberg, that there is going
to be a supermarket on the side of the Instant Web
building. Those proposals were gone over by the Plan-
ning Commission last March or April. Now, those things
are kind of firm, but as far as the land uses in the
periphery areas; those are a major concern. Plus, you
might want to discuss some of the things that are
happening on the inside of the area as long as we take
into account that some of it has been pretty much in
the thinking and have gone to the point where there
actually are some committments being made based upon
decisions and recommendations made last spring. Now
we will have to use som~ judgment and discretion when
we do discuss anything in that area. But, we might be able
to encourage putting the furniture as a transition,
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Chairman Horn: I think, too, one of the problems I'm having
trouble visualizing is the proposal of Home
Building Center. It seems to me, especially
with the issue of the city looking at the back of
a lumber yard. It's just not going to have the
right impact. I don't see that as a separate use.
It's too much of a heavy use for that area; I think
you should start out lighter and work your way up
to those heavier types of industry from the ring.
Chairman Horn: The first step in this thing by Bloomberg is that
building center.
Mr. Waibel: That will have to be taken up by
the Planning Commission.
Chairman Horn: r think that that's one of the first issues we should
~ face.
Chairman Horn:
They're out of the main stream of
extent. I'm more concerned about
directly abutting the ring road.
office warehouse concept like in
things to some
things that are
I wouldn't want a
area 6.
Mr. Waibel: So, in a way, I think it makes this area more accept-
able. However, I don't want to put too many of my thoughts
forward right now.
Chairman Horn: I don't think we want to get heavy industrial kinds
of things next to the ring road.
Mr. Waibel: I think anything industrial should be down across Highway 5.
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Chairman Horn: I mean even like your office warehouse kinds of things.
There's going to be big trucks coming in. I guess
I don't like the idea of this road crossing through
here because I think that putting it at the end of
the cul-de-sac is going to keep some of that away
from the traffic flow where the cars are.
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Mr. Waibel: I was thinking that if you put the appropriate land
uses down there it should not be . . .
Chairman Horn: But it has already started; we already have in-
appropriate land uses there.
Mr. Waibel: Well, they came in before any plan like this was
started. The fortunate thing about it is that we
haven't had any development except for one or two buildings
like that.
Chairman Horn: The point is that if you leave the streets like they
are shown there, it isn't such a problem. But
this new way of putting the streets here is going
to pull this warehouse traffic right into the ring
road.
Mr. Partridge: Unless you develop that as an office park rather than
an office warehouse park.
Mr. Waibel: I have a feeling that that building that is down there
and existing can be rehabilitated and put to some
different use. Their
parking is established at one space for every 300 square
feet. That might be plenty more than they would ever
need with the exception that they could not put in high
intensive commercial retail uses like McDonald's,
which would probably need twice the amount of parking
because it has a greater customer turnover. But take
other retail uses that people use once a week, the goods
and services types of places rather than the intensive
retail places. Maybe we can get tenants like that in
that building and then parking would be no problem.
I could see where a tire dealership could
go in here because that is something which people use
maybe once a year. We would have adequate parking for
that type of use. And, the important thing about the
Hanson and Klingelhutz building is what th~ tenants
are, and, right now, we have such a transltlonal tenant with
Prontier Meats.
Chairman Horn: From my perspective, you are hitting on all the
right issues. It's just a matter of getting what
the transitions are~ My issues are visual types
of things, traffic flow, mixing the different of
types of traffic uses and basically the transitional.
Mr. Waibel: You are concerned with transportation? What would be
one way of putting the transitional uses with this?
Chairman Horn: Separate the entertainment from the retail.
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Mr. Johnson: You can address those types of things in a number
of ways, too, one of them being the Sign Ordinance.
I have seen in other cities where such franchise
food establishments as McDonaldshave been built
to blend in with the environment. If they build
in this area, you can constrain how they build.
Chairman Horn: You can't do that. Even with the Holiday Station,
it didn't work because the Sign Committee's rec-
ommendation was that they have wooden posted
signs.
Mr. Waibel: That's the key now. If we develop those design
criteria and design standards it should work. . .
Maybe we could meld the land use with the design
control. We could develop satisfactory setbacks,
landscaping, signage so that maybe those things will
not be obstrusive in any particular zone.
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Chairman Horn: The biggest hurdle is to overcome the emotional
impact of saying "I think we can put a McDonald's
down there in the ring road." No one will ever
hear what you say beyond that point.
Mr. Waibel: The idea behind this design criteria is to tell the
guy who is putting a structure in that they have to
satisfy this criteria. It becomes a positive thing
because one guy who builds can be assured that the
next builder will build in the same way with the same
criteria.
Mr. Johnson: The whole thing boils down to what Art said, that we
don't have the proper legal tools right now. So we
should start with that.
Chairman Horn: That is what this overlay is going to for us.
Mr. Johnson: Use that, and maybe tie in a Sign Ordinance.
Mr. Partridge: Would someone just translate the whole overlay idea
for me? You are talking about generally blanking
out areas for uses?
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Chairman Horn: It is like zoning, only instead of in the zoning
map calling each of these individual sections as a
different use, they put it all into one. We will
call it one zone but overlay what will be allowed
in each district.
Mr. Johnson: It is like sub-zoning.
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Mr. Partridge: ... Is it really our function to design what
goes in the downtown area? . . . What I am saying
is that what we have in this town is the result
of perceived needs of the community as perceived
by the local businessmen. In order to build any
buildings, you are going to have to have people
who will want to operate a business in them.
It is like planning a new town without any real
clients in mind, just types.
Mr. Johnson: We will have some criteria and whoever comes in here
will have some guidelines saying whether or not they
want to be there.
Mr. Partridge: Aren't you limiting the market when you do that?
thairman Horn: No, you are allowing a type in. You are just saying
where each type of thing can go.
.Mr. Waibel: r can see your point where you kind of want to be able
to include all the uses possible rather than going
through a really strenuous review process. Maybe
through the design parameters you won't have to worry
about that.
Mr. Partridge: Where does the H.R.A. fit into all of this?
Mr. Waibel: The H.R.A. has given the latitude to the Planning Com-
mission to develop this overlay district, to work up
the design criteria, and answer any land use questions.
Mr. W. Thompson: Sometime back, not too far back, either the Council
or someone said this should have the atmosphere of
the frontier. It should look like the old west.
Is there a theme for this new concept?
Mr. Waibel: That is something you must discuss.
Chairman Horn: The thing we have to do is be consistent.
Mr. Waibel: The motif thing; that is something you want to discuss. . .
Chairman Horn: Regarding the question you asked earlier, I think
we do want a design committee. I would favor some-
thing like that. Whether it is a theme or not,
r think we need some kind of a guide.
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Mr. Waibel: Is it fair to say that the Planning Commission
would be in agreement with pursuing this design
objective rather than the strict land use category.
Chairman Horn: As long as we get them into some general-type
category somehow that defines what it is.
Mr. Waibel: Maybe next week when we discuss this, we should
be working toward categories that would be high traffic
generators, goods and services, frequent and not fre-
quent.
OPEN DISCUSSION:
Discussion occurred regarding the Lake Study Committee's
recommendations.
ADJOURNMENT:
Mr. Partridge moved to adjourn the 9-10-80 Planning Com-
mission meeting at 11:45 p.m. Mr. Johnson seconded the motion.
All voted aye. Motion carried.
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