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1999-01-12 PC Agenda Packet . PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION January 12, 1999 7 :00 PM 1. CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL - ADOPT AGENDA 2. ELECTION OF OFFICERS . Chair . Vice Chair . Secretary 3. MINUTES . December 8, 1998, regular meeting . 3. PUBLIC HEARINGS . Variance from Sign Ordinance - Albertville Primary 4. OTHER BUSINESS . Zoning Ordinance Amendment - Beauty Parlor Definition/Therapeutic Massage Licensing 5. ADJOURNMENT . . . . PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION January 12, 1999 Albertville City Hall 7 :00 PM PRESENT: Commission Members Carolyn Bauer, Keith Franklin, Jim Brown, Ray Meyer and Council Liaison Patti Stalberger, Zoning Administrator Kevin Mealhouse, and City Administrator Linda Goeb Acting Chair Brown called the regular meeting of the Planning & Zoning Commission to order. The agenda was approved by consensus of the Commission. Brown made a motion to approve the minutes of the November 10, 1998, regular meeting as presented. Stalberger seconded the motion. All voted aye. Acting Chair Brown opened nominations for the Chair of the Commission. Franklin nominated Brown as chair for 1999. Bauer seconded the nomination. There were no other nominations for the position of Chair. On a unanimous vote, Brown was elected Chair of the Commission. Chair Brown asked for nominations for the position of Acting Chair. Bauer nominated Franklin as Acting Chair. Meyer seconded the nomination. There were no further nominations and Franklin was unanimously elected Vice Chair. Chair Brown opened nominations for the position of Secretary. Meyer nominated Bauer for the position of secretary. Franklin seconded the nomination. There were no further nominations and Bauer was unanimously elected secretary. Meyer made a motion to approve the minutes of the December 8, 1998, minutes as presented. Bauer seconded the motion. All voted aye. Chair Brown opened the public hearing to consider the variance request from Lawrence Sign Company for a readerboard sign at the Albertville Primary School. Wayne Mosher, representing Lawrence Sign Company, explained the sign proposed exceeds the sign height requirements of 8.0 feet on sites less than 15 acres in size. The school property is 14.36 acres. A variance is being requested to ensure that children would not be able to rearrange the letters on the readerboard. . . . PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION January 12, 1999 Page 2 of3 An additional variance is being requested to allow the sign message board to exceed the size limits requirements of the message board. The eight inch changeable letters will occupy 42 percent of the sign face. The Commission reviewed the report from City Planner Alan Brixius, dated October 20, 1998, in which he finds both variance requests reasonable. Zoning Administrator Kevin Mealhouse explained that he has reviewed the application for the sign and finds it acceptable as proposed. Chair Brown called for comments from the public. There were none, and Chair Brown closed the public hearing. Franklin made a motion to adopt Findings of Fact & Recommendation as prepared by the Zoning Administrator granting the requests for two variances from the Sign Ordinance for the Albertville Primary School. Bauer seconded the motion. All voted aye. Chair Brown opened the public hearing to consider an amendment to the Albertville Zoning Ordinance, Section 200.2 (Definitions) to define services related to beauty parlors. The Commission has reviewed a report from NAC, Inc. suggesting that the definition of beauty parlors be established to include the following related services: therapeutic massage, tanning salons, nail and skin care. The Commission favors including those services in the definition of beauty parlors. Kathy Gullickson, who will soon be opening a beauty shop in the Savitski commercial building, stated she has space for a therapeutic massage area but she will not use the space at this time. She stated she does not object to the City adopting an ordinance that requires therapeutic massage licensing. The Commission reviewed therapeutic massage ordinances from the City of Crystal and the City of Robbinsdale. The Commission agreed to recommend the Council adopt an ordinance very similar to the City of Crystal's therapeutic massage ordinance and directed the staff to draft the ordinance for the Council's action in February. The Commission also recommends licensing of therapeutic massage businesses and suggests the sample license application from the City of Robbinsdale be amended for Albertville's license application. . . . PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION January 12, 1999 Page 3 of3 There were no other public comments, and Chair Brown closed the public hearing. Meyer made a motion to recommend the City Council amend the Zoning Ordinance, Section 200.2 DEFINITIONS to include (14) Beauty Parlors: Services permitted in beauty parlors include Hair Care, Tanning, Skin Care, Nail Care, and Therapeutic Massage. Meyer further motioned to recommend the City Council adopt an ordinance regulating therapeutic massage and requiring licensing, based on the City of Crystal's therapeutic massage ordinance and the City of Robbindale's therapeutic massage license application. Bauer seconded the motion. All voted aye. Bauer made a motion to adjourn at 7:45 PM. Meyer seconded the motion. All voted aye. L.u Linda Goeb, City Clerk