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Planning Commission - 10/06/1970 AGENDA EDEN PRAIRIE PLANNING COMMISSION Tuesday, October 6, 1970 7:30 P.M. , Village Hall INVOCATION PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL I. MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 15, 1970 II. RECOMMENDATIONS AND REPORTS A. "In The Hills" Bor-Son Building Corporations Planned Unit Development. Bryant Lake Area. B. Planned Study Districts Redesignation. Reveiw of Staff Recommendation. C. Hillcrest Court Third Addition. Co. Rd. 4 and North Hillcrest Court. Preliminary Plat. D. Edenvale Industrial Park T.H.5. Industrial Rezoning of Preliminary Plat. Review of Staff Recommendation. E. Billboard Regulation Ordinance. Review of Managers Proposal . s. f1INUTES EDEN PRAIRIE PLANNING COMMISSION Tuesday, October 6, 1970 7:30 P.M. , Village Hall Members present Chairman LaGrow, Nesbitt, Raguet, Meyers, Emerson and Schee. Also present was Village Manager, George C. Hite. I. MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 15, 1970 e Minutes of September 15, 1970, were approved without correction. II. RECOMMENDATIONS AND REPORTS A. In The Hills" Bor-Son Building Corporation's Planned Unit Development Bryant Lake Area. r. Ben Gingold, an architect representing the applicant, explained a number of revisions made to their proposal since the last Commission meeting. The changes essentially involved greater flexability in Villages 3,4, and 5 by not designating at this time the specific number, location, or size of structures involved. The number of units in Villages 3,4, and 5 was indicated to be within the range of 1 ,050 and 1 ,175. The Village Manager presented a planning report on the project dated October 6, 1970. The report reviewed a number of considerations involved in evaluating the proposal and recommended that the proposal be referred back to the applicant for additional consideration. Mr. Harvey Coleman, representing Bor-Son Corporation, requested that the Commission defer action on their request so that the applicant might have an opportunity to review & perhaps incorporate some of the suggestions contained in the planning report. Mr. Don Sorenson, representing the Bryant Lake area residents, also requested that the Commission defer action until they had had an opportunity to have the proposal reviewed by a planner they had retained. A motion to continue the matter until the Commission's meeting of October 20, 1970 was unanimously approved. B. Planned Study Districts Redesi nation. Mr. Bill Bonner, representing the Village s planning consu tams, reviewed their recommendations as to the redesignations of the Planned Study Districts established in November 1969. The Village Manager reviewed the purposes and permitted uses within the Rural zoning district which was the recommended redesignation of most of the existing Planned Study Districts areas. He futher advised the Commission that all affected property owners had been advised that the Commission had the matter under consideration. A number of persons in the audience asked questions about the proposal . An atttorney representing one of the owners suggested that each individual property owner should be given the opportunity for specific and individual consideration of the reclassification of their property. A motion recommending to the Council that the redesignation of the Planned Study Districts as suggested by the planning consultant be approved subject to affected property owners being given the option of requesting individual consideration of their property was unanimously approved. Planning & Zoning Minutes October 6, 1970 Page 2 C. Hillcrest Courts Third Addition. Co. Rd.4 and North Hillcrest Court. Mr. Bill Bonner, reqpresenting the Village's planning consultants, reviewed his August 4th and October 6, 1970 staff reports on the proposed subdivision. He concluded by recommending that the proposal be approved subject to the provision of an easement for a possible road extension to the east of the subdivision and subject further to lots within the plat being served by public utility systems.. A number of residents from the Hillcrest Courts 2nd Addition area, which is located immediately to the south of the proposed plat, objected to road connections from the proposed plat onto North Hillcrest Court Drive. They indicated that they felt the additional traffic generated the new subdivision would constitute both a nuisance and a menace on the established street. Mr. Bonner commented that the 34 proposed lots in the new subdivision would have access to North Hillcrest Court, South Hillcrest Court and Alpine Way and that in his opinion this additional traffic would not produce traffic volumes unlike that found on most residential streets within the community. He noted further that the anticipated future development of County Road 4 into a four lane divided facility suggested that it would not be advisable to create another intersection within the 730 feet be between Alpine Trail and North Hillcrest Court. A motion recommending to the Village Council that the proposed plat be accepted subject to the conditions set forth in the staff report was unanimously approved. D. Edenvale Industrial Park. T.H.5 . Mr. Don Peterson, representing the Eden Land Corporation, presented their request for industrial zoning and in- dustrial plat approval of their land along the north side of T.H.5 and bounded by Purgatory Creek on the east and north, and the northerly extension of Wallace Road on the west. Mr. Bill Bonner, representing the Village's planning consultants, presented a staff report dated October 6, 1970. The report con- cluded that the proposed development was in keeping with both the Village's Comprehensive Guide -Plan and the Concept Plan approved for Edenvale and re- commended that the plat be approved and that the zoning pattern described in the October 6th report be implemented. Mr. Peterson also requested that the Village authorize greater lot coverages than currently permitted under the zoning ordinance and presented a suggested formula for this purpose and a list of justifications. The Village Manager suggested that the request would have to be handled as an amendment to the ordinance rather than as a varience for any individual lot or plat and re- commended that action on the request be deferred until a future date. Mr. Bonner noted that the request by Mr. Peterson for screened outside storage on certain lots could be handled under the existing ordinance if the property in question were zoned I-General . A motion recommending to the Council that the proposed plat be accepted and the the zoning pattern set forth in the October 6th staff report be implemented was unanimously approved., Planning & Zoning Minutes October 6, 1970 Page 3 E. Billborad Regulation Ordinance. The Commission engaged ina general discussion relative to the proposed ordinance regulating the erection and maintenance of billboards. The Manager reported that he would continue to have discussions with representatives of the sign industry and recommended that action on the proposed ordinance be deferred for at least two weeks. The Commission agreed. Meeting adjourned at 10:10 Norma Sc ee, Secretary