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
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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
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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
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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.