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Planning Commission - 07/24/2017 APPROVED MINUTES EDEN PRAIRIE PLANNING COMMISSION MONDAY,JULY 24, 2017 7:00 P.M., CITY CENTER Council Chambers 8080 Mitchell Road COMMISSION MEMBERS: John Kirk, Travis Wuttke, Ann Higgins, Charles Weber, Andrew Pieper, Ed Farr, Mark Freiberg, Michael DeSanctis, Christopher Villarreal CITY STAFF: Julie Klima, City Planner Rod Rue, City Engineer Matt Bourne, Manager of Parks and Natural Resources Julie Krull, Recording Secretary I. CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER Chair Pieper called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE—ROLL CALL Villarreal was absent. IIII. APPROVAL OF AGENDA MOTION: Wuttke moved, seconded by Weber, to approve the agenda. Motion carried 8-0. IV. MINUTES A. PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING HELD MONDAY,JULY 10, 2017 Kirk had a change on page 3, paragraph 6, first sentence. He would like it to read, "Kirk stated this project is intriguing because the area has historically had parking and traffic flow problems and asked what has been discussed on this issue." Farr said in regards to the discussion on the designation of the TOD zoning district and what it would be zoned to,he said the three options discussed were TOD-R, TOD-MU, and TOD-E. He would like this added to the record that he and Commissioner Weber thought the TOD-MU would be more appropriate than TOD-R, which staff recommends and that Staff gave adequate answers to support TOD-R. Klima commented that TOD-MU and TOD-R are very similar in PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES July 24, 2017 Page 2 performance standards. The intention behind TOD-R is because there is more of a significant impact with the residential use than mixed use. DeSanctis would like the comments he provided on July 10, 2017 added to the minutes in regards to linkage between the park and retail centers to the south and east and the property development. MOTION: Weber moved, seconded by Kirk, to table approving the minutes until the next Planning Commission Meeting. Motion carried 8-0. V. INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS VI. PUBLIC MEETINGS VII. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. CODE AMENDMENT RELATED TO PARKS ZONING DISTRICT Request to: • Amend City Code, Chapter 11 relating to Parks Zoning District Klima stated this is an amendment to create a Park Zoning District. The Comprehensive Guide Plan adopted in 2009 includes a land use category for Parks/Open Space. State law requires zoning to conform to the guide plan. The properties that are designated as Park/Open Space in the 2009 Comprehensive Plan are currently zoned a variety of different zoning districts including Rural, Public, Gen, Office and Commercial. Staff has been working to create a Park Zoning District and regulations that would establish permitted uses, setbacks,parking lot design standards, architectural standards and other standards for properties zoned to Park. The standards as proposed will create a few non conformities. In order to eliminate those, the City anticipates the potential for requesting variances for those specific situations when a specific property is rezoned to the Park District. A similar approach was used when schools were rezoned to the Public District. The draft language has been reviewed by the Parks, Recreation, and Natural Resources Commission. The Commission expressed its support for the draft ordinance. It has also been reviewed by the Community Development Director, the Parks and Recreation Director, the Parks and Natural Resources Manager and the City Attorney. Provided the Park District language is adopted, the next step would be to begin rezoning properties to Park. The adoption of these amendments does not impact specific properties until such time as the properties are rezoned. The rezoning of properties will require a public process. Staff recommendation is for approval. Farr asked Klima to address the non-conformities that was mentioned in the staff report. Klima said Staff worked to have a limited amount of non-conformities. As part of creation of the districts an inventory was done to address performance PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES July 24, 2017 Page 3 standards such as parking lot setbacks, building heights and landscaping. Klima stated there have been a few times the language has been drafted to accommodate standards being applied moving forward for new or expansion projects. Freiberg asked Klima why there are so many different zonings for existing parks. Klima said the park system has been created over decades and with so many new properties developed over time there has been a need to create more parks within those areas and respective zoning districts. Therefore, the City needs to address Park Districts. Wuttke asked if Park District is exempt from some requirements and then setting them forth in others, such as parking lot setbacks. Klima said the draft language is split up into two different sections. Pages 1-4 include the text language specific for Park District. Pages 5-9 contain changes that have been made intermittently throughout the zoning ordinance. This is done to make sure the zoning ordinance references are consistent and include the parks ordinance. Farr commented the lighting issues talk about glare from illumination standards and directs you to 1 LXX and asked if that is more or less in the body of the first two pages. Klima said it is referring back to the same standard and once that section of the ordinance is identified as to where Park District is included in the City Code the XX will be updated to reflect the appropriate section numbers. Farr commented that once this standard is established, then no lighting will be leaving the parking lot. Klima stated that statement is correct. Chair Pieper opened the meeting up for public input. There was no input. MOTION: Kirk moved, seconded by Freiberg, to close the public hearing. Motion carried 8-0. MOTION: Kirk moved, seconded by Freiberg, to recommend approval of the amendment of the City Code, Chapter 11,related to Parks Zoning District based on the information included in the staff report dated July 19, 2017 and its attachments. Motion carried 8-0. VIII. PLANNERS' REPORT There was no Planners' report IX. MEMBERS' REPORT X. CONTINUING BUSINESS XI. NEW BUSINESS PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES July 24, 2017 Page 4 XII. ADJOURNMENT MOTION: Weber moved, seconded by Freiberg, to adjourn the Planning Commission meeting. Motion carried 8-0. Chair Pieper adjourned the meeting at 7:15 p.m.