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2004-06-08 PC Minutes . . . ~ AJ~~!'!UI~ City of Albertville Planning & Zoning Commission Minutes June 8, 2004 Albertville City Hall CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL - ADOPT AGENDA 7:00 PM PRESENT: Chair Sharon Leintz, Commission Members Dan Wagner, Frank Kocon, and Tiffany Meza, Council Liaison LeRoy Berning, City Planner Alan Brixius, and City Clerk! Secretary Bridget Miller. Chair Leintz called the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting of the City of Albertville to order at 7:00 p.m. MOTION BY Commission Member Kocon, seconded by Commission Member Meza to approve the agenda with the correct spelling of LeBrun Electric. Motion carried unanimously. MINUTES: MOTION BY Commission Member Wagner, seconded by Commission Member Kocon to approve the May 11, 2004, Planning & Zoning Commission Minutes as submitted. Motion carried unanimously. NEW BUSINESS None PUBLIC HEARINGS: SIGN ORDINANCE AMENDMENT Chair Leintz continued the public hearing to the July 13, 2004 meeting. JIM FRANKLIN - LEBRUN ELECTRIC CUP Chair Leintz opened the public hearing for LeBrun at 7:05 p.m. City Planner Brixius went over the history ofthe public hearing before the Commission. In December 2003, James Franklin requested a rezoning of his property at 5720 Barthel Drive from I- I, Limited Industrial to B-3, Highway Commercial District. The site consists of 13.4 acres. The 3 Planning Commission and City Council were concerned with the types of uses that may be attracted to . the site and the development potential of the site due to its narrow configuration. The City did not change the zoning requesting a development plan for the entire site prior to any action on a zoning request. Mr. Franklin and LeBrun Electric are requesting consideration of a Conditional Use Permit to utilize the existing buildings for lighting and electrical supply, and electrical contracting facility under its current 1-1 zoning. The proposed use will include a retail lighting store, offices, and electrical contracting from the south building. Commission Member Wagner asked about the access clarification. Zoning Administrator Sutherland asked about the billboard - will there be an agreement with the landowners with the maintenance on the billboard that is located on the adjacent property. Council Liaison Berning asked about the parking lot and will it be blacktopped or left gravel? Mr. LeBrun, the applicant would ideally prefer not to blacktop, but understands it is one of the requirements. Chair Leintz asked if there were any questions or concerns from the audience. There were no comments. Chair Leintz closed the public hearing 7:30 p.m. . MOTION BY Commission Member Wagner, seconded by Commission Member Kocon to approve the CUP. Motion carried unanimously. ALBERTVILLE PREMIUM OUTLETS CUP - PUD AMENDMENT Chair Leintz opened the public hearing for the Albertville Premium Outlets at 7:31 p.m. City Planner Brixius went over the public hearing before the commission tonight. The Albertville Premium Outlet Mall is requesting two amendments to their shopping center planned unit development. In March, the City contacted the Outlet Mall and informed them that two storage buildings, which were erected within the center court of the Phase I shopping center, were in violation of the original PUD. To accommodate these sheds a PUD amendment must be approved by the City. The Outlet Mall has also expressed some concern over the height of the fence that screens the parking lot for the Phase III shopping center. They believe that greater exposure of the parking lot will encourage more customers to use the lot and thus provide some parking relief for the other centers. . 4 . Wagner asked ifthe City allows sheds in other commercial areas making sure we are doing similar things within the City. City Planner Brixius answered that in some instances that this is done. It is screened and placed on the site carefully. Sally Dufner, Albertville Premium Outlets Manager stated that she felt it would be more pleasing to the eye than lawnmowers and snow blowers chained up. Chair Leintz asked if there were any questions or concerns from the audience. There were no comments. Chair Leintz closed the public hearing at 7:47 p.m. MOTION BY Commission Member Kocon, seconded by Commission Member Meza to approve the Albertville Premium Outlets - CUP/PUD Amendment with the five (5) recommendations. Motion carried unanimously. PRECISION TUNE AUTO CARE PRELIMINARY PLAT CUP/PUD AUTO CARE CUP (MINOR AUTO REPAIR & DRIVE- THRU) Chair Leintz opened the public hearing for Precision Tune Auto Care at 7:49 p.m. . City Planner Brixius went over the public hearing and preliminary plat that is before the commission this evening. Finn Daniels Inc. has submitted a request to construct an 11,726 square foot multi-tenant commercial building at the northwest corner of County Roads 19 and 37. A "Precision Tune Auto Care" store is proposed to occupy 2,950 square feet of the building. Other building tenants have not been indicated. The subject property is currently described as Outlot A, Mooney Addition. The Mooney Addition was approved in the winter of 2000 and consists of the subject property (Outlot A) and a 1.0 acre lot to the south upon which a "Mobil Station" presently exits. The proposed land use is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and past PUD approvals. Review of the site plan has revealed a number of issues related to site functioning. Commission Member Meza asked about the signage for the site. Ms. Meza's concern was the 75-foot high pylon sign. City Planner Brixius stated that we could talk about the monument sign. Council Liaison Berning asked about the signage as well. He had a concern with the possible height and will it be multiple tenants. . 5 Council Liaison Berning had a concern with the fast food drive thru. Lets just say it is a popular . vendor and have a lot of cars stacking up, how is Mobil going to feel about you blocking their parking lot. He had a concern about the access from the street as well. Commission Member Wagner asked about the drive-thru lane. Then questioned about the deliveries. Chair Leintz asked if there were any questions or concerns from the audience. There were no comments. City Planner Brixius pointed out on the site plan where the drive thru would be located. Chair Leintz closed the public hearing at 8:22 p.m. MOTION BY Commission Member Wagner, seconded by Commission Member Kocon to approve the Preliminary Plat-CUP/PUD Auto Care-CUP (minor auto repair and drive thru) with the amended conditions. P ARKSIDE FOURTH ADDITION MINOR SUBDIVISION/CONSOLIDA nON - PRELIMINARY PLAT Chair Leintz opened the public hearing for Parkside Fourth Addition at 8:26 p.m. City Planner Brixius went over the public hearing and preliminary plat that is before the commission . this evening. The applicant is seeking to create a buildable lot within Outlot A of Parks ide 4th Addition. The proposed lot was not included as a buildable lot during the Parkside 4th Addition due to the amount of wetlands within the lot. Section A.600.13 (e) i. of the Subdivision Ordinance states that wetlands must not be drained or filled, wholly or partially, unless replaced by either restoring or creating wetland areas of at least equal public value pursuant to the Wetland Conservation Act. City Planner Brixius asked Mr. Roessler, the applicant, ifhe had notified Wright County Soil and Water Conservation. Mr. Roessler explained that the lot has not changed since the original plan. It was platted as an outlot. It was stubbed with water and sewer access. It was marked off as a future residential lot. They had more development in the adjacent area and would have wetland credits from those sites to use towards the filling of this outlot. Chair Leintz and Commission Member Wagner would like to continue the hearing until they have the report back from Wright County Soil and Water Conservation. Commission Member Kocon had a concern with the back fill. How long does it take to settle? You go to back fill and then in 2-3 years the backyard and driveway are settling. Chair Leintz asked if there were any questions or concerns from the audience. There were no comments. . 6 . . . Chair Leintz closed the public hearing at 8:44 p.m. MOTION BY Commission Member Meza, seconded by Commission Member Kocon on to deny the public hearing to consolidate - preliminary plat for Outlot A. Motion carried unanimously. P ARKS IDE COMMERCIAL CUP/PUD - SITE PLAN ApPROVAL Chair Leintz opened the public hearing for Parkside Commercial at 8:45 p.m. City Planner Brixius went over the public hearing and preliminary plat that is before the commission this evening. Kent Roessler, LLC has submitted an application for a CUP-PUD and site plan approval to allow for three office buildings within the site. The site area is 232,181 square feet or 5.33 acres and is located west of Highway 19 and north of5ih Street Northeast. The area is surrounded by residential uses to the south and west, and commercial uses north and east. The site is zoned B-2A, Special Business District. Approval of the CUP-PUD and site plan are being requested. Original preliminary plat approval was granted in March of 2000. The plat was part of a two lot, 7.21 acre subdivision. Casey's General Store was granted a conditional use permit and site plan approval in 2001. The proposed plan calls for development on Lot 2, Block 1. Because the proposed development shares access with Casey's, a shared access and easement agreement will be a condition of approval. Commission Member Meza had a concern regarding the berm. How high will the berm be or will it be illuminated completely? City Planner Brixius demonstrated how high the berm will layout on the site. Commission Member Meza asked if there is an option for a fence along with landscaping. A resident in the audience asked the same question that Commission Member Meza asked "why can't you combine fencing on the commercial side of the berm and landscaping on the residential side?" Mr Roessler spoke before the commission regarding the site. He informed the Commission Members that the berm was not suppose to be there,nor was it supposed to be that high. It came about when the Casey's General Store was platted. They planted trees on the rear of the residential side so when the trees matured then they would develop the commercial lot. Council Liaison Berning asked to restrict the uses on the site. City Planner Brixius said that they could put the verbiage into the recommendations when it goes to council. He would work with the applicant on this issue. 7 Zoning Administrator Sutherland addressed the commission stating that he has received a number of . calls from homeowners regarding this site in the past. Also to date, with the arise of developing the site. The residents were concerned with the berm and the screening of the building. There was additional concern and discussion on the berm and fence issue. Zoning Administrator Sutherland brought up the concern of the trash enclosures location. He was concerned with the time the waste hauler would be removing the trash. Chair Leintz asked if there were any questions or concerns from the audience. There were no comments. There was a concern addressed by Council Liaison Berning regarding the street access and the parking lot issue. He felt a few of the parking stalls were rather close to the entrance and exit onto 57th Street. Chair Leintz closed the public hearing at 9:47 p.m. MOTION BY Commission Member Wagner, seconded by Commission Member Kocon to approve the public hearing for Parkside Commercial CUP/PUD-Site Plan Approval with the Fire Dept. and City Engineer's comments and restricting the use to professional only. Motion carried unanimously. OTHER BUSINESS PHIL MORRIS CONCEPT PLAN - PUD . Chair Leintz asked the city planner to review the concept plan for the Phil Morris Concept Plan - PUD. The applicant presented three (3) additional concept layouts for the Commission to consider as to which layout they preferred. Christian Commercial, LLC has submitted an application for concept plan planned unit development for the Phil Morris property located at the corner 00-94 and County Road 37. This site is currently vacant and zoned B-3, Highway Commercial. The applicant is seeking general concept plan approval to allow for a commercial development that would include a convenience store with gas sales and fast food restaurant building and an office, restaurant, and retail building. In August of 2003 the City reviewed a concept plan including three lots that had a family restaurant, a convenience store with gas sales, and a hotel or retail development. During that stage, the City was asked to make a determination as to the appropriateness of the uses and site design that were being offered by the applicant. The City had expressed concern regarding the proliferation of additional gas sale facilities within the community. The 2003 Concept Plan was approved conditionally on the project proceeding with either a sit-down restaurant, hotel, or retail facility accompanying the gas sales . facility. 8 . . . The revised concept plan shows the proposed uses situated on two lots. The difference of this concept plan from the 2003 concept plan includes reducing the site from three lots to two, removing the hotel component from the site, and removing the independent sit-down restaurant from the plan. The current plan proposes a Nascar convenience store/gas sales and fast-food restaurant in the western building and a multiple tenant building containing office, retail, and restaurant is proposed for the eastern building. In examining the concept, the Planning Commission and City Council are asked to provide opinions as to the proposed land uses and overall site design. The commission shared their comments and concerns with the site. They had no problem with the gas station/convenience store as long as it is in conjunction with a restaurant or hotel/retail building. They do not want to see the gas station get approval then some other developer come in and change the remaining layout to something completely different. ADJOURNMENT MOTION BY Commission Member Kocon, seconded by Commission Member Meza to adjourn the meeting at 10:14 p.m. Motion carried unanimously. 9