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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning Commission - 05/27/1997 AGENDA EDEN PRAIRIE PLANNING COMMISSION Tuesday,May 27, 1997 7:00 p.m. O COMMISSION MEMBERS: Beverly Alexander,Kenneth E. Clinton,Randy Foote, Bill Habicht, Ismail Ismail,Douglas Sandstad,Mary Jane Wissner STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE: Jessica Lind STAFF MEMBERS: Michael Franzen, City Planner Scott A.Kipp, Senior Planner I. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE--ROLL CALL II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA III. MINUTES IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. VILLAS AT MITCHELL LAKE by Hartford Capital Corporation. Request for PUD Concept Review on 9.64 acres,PUD District Review on 9.64 acres,Zoning District Change from Rural to Rl- 9.5 on 9.64 acre,and Preliminary Plat of 9.64 acres into 30 lots. Location: Terrey Pine Drive&Hwy • 5. B. CAR X MUFFLER& BRAKE by Brian Cook. Request for Zoning District Change from Rural to C-Reg-Ser on 0.56 acres and Site Plan Review on 0.56 acres. Location: 8108 Eden Road. C. CROWN AVIATION by David Crown. Request for Site Plan Review on 0.7 acres for construction of an 18,125 sq. ft. hangar at Flying Cloud Airport. Location: West end of hangar row along Pioneer Trail. V. PUBLIC MEETING VI. MEMBERS' REPORTS VH. CONTINUING BUSINESS VIII. NEW BUSINESS IX. PLANNERS' REPORTS X. ADJOURNMENT • APPROVED MINUTES CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE PLANNING COMMISSION TUESDAY,MAY 27, 1997 7:00 P.M. CITY CENTER Council Chambers 8080 Mitchell Road COMMISSION MEMBERS: Beverly Alexander, Kenneth E. Clinton, Randy Foote, Bill Habicht, Ismail Ismail, Douglas Sandstad,Mary Jane Wissner STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE: Jessica Lind STAFF LIAISON: Michael D. Franzen, City Planner; Scott Kipp, Senior Planner; Al Gray, City Engineer MEMBERS ABSENT: Ismail Ismail,Douglas Sandstad I. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE-ROLL CALL Chair Clinton called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. . II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA MOTION: Foote moved, seconded by Wissner,to approve the agenda as published. Motion carried 5-0. III. MINUTES MOTION: Alexander moved, seconded by Foote, to approve the minutes of the May 12, 1997 Eden Prairie Planning Commission meeting as published. Motion carried 5-0. IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. VILLAS AT MITCHELL LAKE by Hartford Capital Corporation. Request for PUD Concept Review on 9.64 acres, PUD District Review on 9.64 acres, Zoning District Change from Rural to R1-9.5 on 9.64 acres, and Preliminary Plat of 9.64 acres into 24 lots. Location: Terrey Pine Drive. Bill Griffith,with Larkin Hoffman,reviewed the concept development plan with the Commission including the grading and landscaping plan. This development provides life cycle free housing for the community which will target pre-retirement and . 1 Eden Prairie Planning Commission May 27, 1997 retirement age. Life cycle housing has grown in demand in recent years because of the demographics ofthe population. This project is unique in the single family home design. The site clusters the development and its an opportunity to preserve the natural features of the existing woods. This development also provides a positive impact on the lake. The homes are called villas because they're on one level and are walkout style or lookout style. All the units will be constructed with an attached double garage and the units will be completed with stucco exterior and brick finishes. The cost of the units will be between $275,000 and $400,000. There will be a homeowners association similar to the concept of townhomes. The density is 2.4 units per acre. He explained why this is a positive development in terms of the regional benefits and how it fits in with the Comprehensive Guide Plan. A large single family development would have much greater impact on the site with two-story homes and larger footprints than the homes proposed. It's also likely a lot of the large trees would be lost with larger footprints and larger lot sizes. Traffic and the trip generation is lower because it's retirement age residents. The trip generation is 50 percent less as a result of this market. The developer has proposed to pay for the cost of extending the • sewer to the site. He reviewed the site plan revisions suggested by staff. A number of building locations along the easterly property line have been set back 30 feet to meet City code. In working with Mr. Fristed,a neighbor,they have agreed to a privacy fence and a berm with several trees planted at that location,with a fence to the lakeshore to provide a clear separation between this project and his home. They would try to keep the fence out of the 75 foot setback area,but if staff and the City are willing,they would bring the fence down to the waterfront. They would like flexibility to custom design the homes and be able to come back to the City for minor modifications. He referred to letters of several residents who are in concurrence with the project. Foote asked if the minor modifications would include two level homes. Griffith said the minor modifications would be more exterior treatments of the building,the color, the design,and materials. The homes would remain one level. Foote asked if there will be one or two docks. Griffith said they would like two docks with 24 slips,but staff has suggested one dock with 12 slips. They understand staff s reasons for less dockage area but they have reduced what would be on the lakeshore if these were large single family homes. • 2 Eden Prairie Planning Commission May 27, 1997 Clinton was concerned about the berm and the fencing and asked what the height is of the berm. Perry Ryan,Ryan Construction,referred to the grading plan and noted the existing berm along Highway 5 is at an approximate elevation of 904 and coming up at a 4:1 slope. They would continue that berming up just right north to the cul-de- sac to an elevation of 908 and increase that berm in that small area. Clinton asked if the developer has considered keeping the plan with single family living down to the lake but meeting the City Code in terms of the lot sizes. Griffith said the developer looked at a number of alternatives and for a number of reasons went with this type of project. Alexander commented that empty-nesters want to get away from maintaining a home and some are of an age that probably don't want to deal with boats. She supported one dock with 12 slips. She also supported the privacy fence stopping at 75 feet. She was concerned about personal watercrafts and asked if there will be some control over the types of watercrafts used. Griffith explained the project will have restrictive covenants. Typically the users of the small personal watercrafts tend to be younger less responsible in the use of watercrafts. They do not expect to see that here. They can include restrictions of types of watercrafts in the covenants and consider that part . of the development. Franzen reviewed the staff report and gave background information about the small lot concept for clustering single family homes and provided examples of this plan in Eden Prairie. He explained the rationale for small lot housing and the purpose of a planned unit development. He reviewed the four impacts of the plan which staff felt were minor because there was mitigation. Staff believes the waivers for this project are justified by the benefits with four of them listed in the staff report. Staff recommended approval. Foote asked what the side area setback is on these units. Ryan replied 10 feet between the units and five feet on each side. Clinton asked what the distribution of traffic would in the afternoon because you can't make a left turn on Terrey Pine. Al Gray,City Engineer, said he would presume that outbound traffic from this development would use Highway 5 so it would be 80 percent of the trips that leave this development. Regarding inbound, he would presume most people who live here would be approaching from the east and west direction because the median is closed. He noted most of the people who will live here are probably not tied to an eight to five job and can use the roads other than rush hour times. • 3 Eden Prairie Planning Commission May 27, 1997 The public hearing was opened. Glenn Fristed, 17247 Terrey Pine Drive, commented he is most directly impacted to this site. He would like to add a fence to extend approximately 30 to 40 feet of the high water line. Clinton asked who enforces the limitations on the size of the boats. Franzen said that is a City ordinance limited to 10 horsepower. Al Gray said it would be enforced by the police. He explained how they enforce it and noted generally the residents help patrol it. Clinton said as a resident of Staring Lake he sees jet skis out and in the winter he sees snowmobiles and noted it is posted. He asked how to enforce that if it is a law. Gray said calls to the police and they would send somebody down there. Foote was concerned about the type of potential future development along Terrey Pine because there is still empty land there. He asked what kind of housing would that yield in the future to distribute to the traffic problem. Franzen said all the land remaining on the north side of the lake is guided up to 2.5 units per acre so the person who has one house can subdivide and have additional units. Franzen said he presumes there's going to be another 15 or 20 units. Habicht commented the proposal is a little more dense than he liked but given the tradeoff with the large conservation area, and the fact these are single story units and no disruption to the shoreline area, it's a good project. The reservation he had was the fencing and recommended to stop at the 75 foot area because he was concerned about setting a precedent. He was in favor of staffs recommendation of one dock with 12 slips. He supported the plan with those recommendations. Foote said he thought the project was a little too dense the first time he looked at it. He would like to see the homes a little further apart than 10 feet. It's a good project and it's better than having a traditional single family housing project. He supported the project with the fencing stopping at 75 feet and one dock with 12 slips. Wissner was comfortable with the project. She commented from her own experience living in a townhome development of 24 units that there isn't a high traffic area of people coming and going as when there are small children. She supported the project with one dock and 12 slips. Alexander supported the project with the fencing stopping at 75 feet and one dock with 12 slips. 4 Eden Prairie Planning Commission • May 27, 1997 Clinton also supported the project with the fencing stopping at 75 feet. He was still concerned about the traffic on Terrey Pine Drive because inbound is still going to be a problem. It's the only way into the project coming from the east. He also recommended one dock with 12 slips. MOTION 1: Wissner moved, seconded by Habicht, to close the public hearing. Motion carried 5-0. MOTION 2: Wissner moved, seconded by Habicht, to recommend to the City Council approval of the request of Hartford Capital Corporation for PUD Concept Review on 9.64 acres,PUD District Review on 9.64 acres,Zoning District Change from Rural to R1-9.5 on 9.64 acres,Preliminary Plat of 9.64 acres into 24 lots based on plans dated May 23, 1997 and subject to the recommendations of the Staff Report dated May 23, 1997. Motion carried 5-0. B. CAR-X MUFFLER & BRAKE by Brian Cook. Request for Zoning District Change from Rural to C-Reg-Ser on 0.56 acres and Site Plan Review on 0.56 acres. Location: 8108 Eden Road. Ken Nordby,architect,presented the proposed elevation of the Car-X building which will be next to the Jiffy Lube site. The building is approximately 4600 square feet with six service bays. Construction will be brick and they have added some color block for some accent colors, and a prefinished canopy. The building will have recessed service doors which is similar to Jiffy Lube next door. They worked together with staff for the landscaping and are trying to preserve as much of the existing trees that are on the site. They have talked with Jeff Johnson about trying to create a NURP pond. Mr. Cook has requested that the City accept a financial equivalent to the construction costs of an on-site NURP pond to the City's Storm Water Utility in lieu of constructing the ponding. These funds go toward construction of regional ponds for treatment of storm water. Wissner asked if they would work together with Jiffy Lube by bringing the cars to each other. Brian Cook, owner, said normally they do not but they would trade coupons. They are separate businesses. Clinton asked how Car-X compares to Jiffy Lube in size. Kipp replied Car-X is slightly larger. Foote asked if this is a typical size to other Car-X shops. Nordby said most of the Car-X shops they have worked on are going to eight bay areas rather than six. • 5 Eden Prairie Planning Commission • May 27, 1997 Lind asked what the distance is from this building to Jiffy Lube. Nordby said approximately 125 feet. Alexander was concerned about whether there would be sufficient parking for the cars waiting to be served and the employees. Nordby said yes. The cars that are waiting to be served would actually be across and adjacent to the property line of Jiffy Lube. There is also some parking up against the west side of the lot. Kipp reviewed the staff report and noted that the proposal is consistent with the design philosophy used for other car care projects. The use of building jogs,recessed service doors, and metal canopy designs provide architectural compatibility and minimizes views to the service doors. The staff recommended approval. The public hearing was opened. Habicht commented it's a small site and the use is consistent with the surrounding area. MOTION 1: Habicht moved, seconded by Foote, to close the public hearing. Motion carried 5-0. MOTION 2: Habicht moved, seconded by Foote,to recommend to the City Council approval of the request of Brian Cook for Zoning District Change from Rural to C- Reg-Ser on 0.56 acres based on plans dated May 8, 1997 and subject to the recommendations of the Staff Report dated May 23, 1997. Motion carried 5-0. MOTION 3: Habicht moved, seconded by Foote,to recommend to the City Council approval of the request of Brian Cook for Site Plan Review on 0.56 acres based on plans dated May 8, 1997 and subject to the recommendations of the Staff Report dated May 23, 1997. Motion carried 5-0. C. CROWN AVIATION by David Crown. Request for Site Plan Review on 0.7 acres for construction of an 18,125 square foot hangar at Flying Cloud Airport. Location: West end of hangar row along Pioneer Trail. David Crown, president of Crown Aviation, briefly discussed the proposal. They want to build a hangar of 18,125 square feet in size. It has 24 foot walls with dual bi- fold doors that face away from Pioneer Trail. The parking will be on the north side of the building and the north side of the building will be the portion that will be facing the ballpark on Pioneer Trail. Everything has been done according to City Code. • 6 Eden Prairie Planning Commission May 27, 1997 Kipp reviewed the staff report. This was reviewed against the Flying Cloud Airport Design Framework Manual that was adopted by the City Council last year and it meets all the criteria. The 24 foot tall hangar will be constructed of metal, with 25 percent of the north elevation constructed in rock face block. Currently sewer and water is not available to the airport but a private holding tank is proposed meeting the building code. This building is prepared to connect to sewer and water when its available. It's difficult to provide landscaping on facilities at the airport, but some landscaping is encouraged through the Design Framework Manual. The plan provides for planting of some trees and shrubs along the parking area and staff will be working with the developer to finalize that prior to permit issuance. Staff recommended approval. The public hearing was opened. MOTION 1: Alexander moved, seconded by Foote, to close the public hearing. Motion carried 5-0. MOTION 2: Alexander moved, seconded by Foote, to recommend to the City Council approval of the request of David Crown for Site Plan Review on 0.7 acres based on plans dated May 6, 1997 and subject to the recommendations of the Staff Report dated May 23, 1997. Motion carried 5-0. V. PUBLIC MEETING None. VI. MEMBERS' REPORTS None. VII. CONTINUING BUSINESS Clinton commented since Tire Plus withdrew its application,he noticed a sold sign on the building for Hardees. Franzen said National Tire and Battery wants to build on this site and is scheduled for the next Planning Commission meeting, June 9. Wissner asked why Tire Plus fell through. Franzen said it was too expensive for them to bring the building up to the Fire Code. Eden Prairie Planning Commission 0 May 27, 1997 VHL NEW BUSINESS None. IX. PLANNERS' REPORT Franzen reviewed the agenda for the June 9 meeting. X. ADJOURNMENT MOTION: Foote moved, seconded by Habicht,to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried 5-0. The meeting adjourned at 8:34 p.m. 8