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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/25/88HASTI,~IGS ?LANNIHG CO~IUISSIO~I April 25, lg83 The regular meeting of the Hastings Planning Commission was called to order at 7:35 Members Present: Commission,ars r)itty, 3redge, ~(aiser, Featherstone, Anderson, Voelker and Chair~lan Folch. 'lembers Absent: Commissioners i(rook and Zender. Staff Present: Planning Director Harmening and Planning Intern ?/ensing A ~Iotion was made by Com[nissioner !(als,r, seconded by Commissioner ~IN!]TES Featherstone to approve the April 11, lg88 Planning Commission m i n utes. Upon vote taken, Ayes, 6; Nay,s, g. Commissioner Voelker abastained from voting. Planning Director Har;nening started out the meeting by indicating PUBLIC HEARING- that Al Sieben is requesting approval of a preliminary plat PRELIMI'IA~Y mLAT- called Birchwood Estates. The plat proposes to replata portion ~IRCH!'/OOD ESTATES- of an approved townhouse development called Sirchwood Townhomes. AL SIESEN In 19S3 Sieben received approval of a plat, planned residential development permit, special use permit and variances for the ~irchwood Townhome development. The ~irchwood Townhomes consisted of twelve units proposed to be developed in townhouse/twinhome concept. As of this date four of the units have been constructed. ~r. Sieben no.v proposes to replat Lots 1-8 into five lots to accomodate five single family detached homes. Chairman Folch opened the public hearing at 7:35 p.m. Al Si,ben briefly explained his proposal and situation. Since there were no other persons in attendance interested in commenting on the proposal, Chairaan Folch closed the public hearing at 7:37 p.m. After discussion, a motion was made by Commissioner !(aiser, seconded by Commissioner Voelker to recommend approval of the preliminary plat and proposed change to the special use permit and planned residential development permit subject to the following conditions: 1. Proposed Lots 1,2 & 3 are to be served with 1" water services. The applicant shall prepare and provide to the city for revie',~ and approval prior to receiving approval of the final plat private easement documents and covenants which are to be recorded against the lots in the plat to take into consideration the proposed water and sewer services and other utility structures which will cross over the front of the various lots to take into consideration maintenance issues, etc. It should also be made clear that the city is not responsible for the utilities between the city mains and the homes. In addition, there shall only be a 10 foot front yard public drainage and utility .as.merit. 3. A final grading plan must be submitted for approval by the City Engineer prior to rsview of a final plat. That the existing street and cul-de-sac must be extended ,at least to tile easterly lot line of Lot 1 of the proposed plat. In addition, the mininun radius of the cul-de-sac shall be 30~ v~ith concrete curb and gutter and bituminous street. Also, it should be required that construction of homes on Lots 1 & ? cannot be commenced until the street and cul de sac are extended as previously noted. That the existing development agreement be amended to take into consideration the proposed platting action or that a new development agreement be implemented. IJpon vote taken, Ayes, 7; !4ayes, O. Planning Director Harmening next indicated that a ~evelopment Agreement for Siebens 3rd Addition Lots 1,2,3,4, 3lock 2 and Lot 12 & 13, 14 & 15, 15 & 17, 15 ~ 19, ~lock 1 have been identified for the development of duplex or twinhome structures. '~r. Sieben has requested the city change this status to allow single family homes to be constructed rather than duplexes or tv/in homes. RZ(TU!~ST FOR DEVELOP- ~ENT CHANGE-DUPLE'~ TO SI"IGLF_ FA'IILY- SIES!NS 3~D ADDITION AL SI ~SE~ After discussion a motion was made by Commissioner Ditty, seconded by Commissioner Voelker to recommend approval of Siebens 3rd Addition development change subject to the following: 1. The Developer shall be required to tie together the two water services running into each lot by using both curb valves to form one water service. The homeowner shall be responsible for both water services to the main. 2. The existing development agreement should be amended to ta~e the proposed change into consideration. Upon vote taken, Ayes, 7; Nayes, O. Planning Director Harmening indicated that recently the city has received requests for tile remodeling or redevelopnent of buildings in the downtown. These buildings include the former theater structure as well as the third floor of the !~asonic building, both of which are located along Sibley Street. The theater is proposed to ~)e remodeled to serve as office space. Also, the o.,~ner of the r~asonic building proposes to remodel the third floor into a ~ unit apartment area. It should be also noted that in 1933 the Hastings Planning Commission and City Council approved a variance request for the remodeling and renovation of the !lasonic Block building. It appears the intent of the variance request was to include the renovation of the entire building. PARKING ISStlES-RE 'IODEL I big DF BUILDIHGS Dased upon the infor~nation available it does not appear that any of the proposed new uses will technically generate a greater parI~ing de,~and. For this reason and also for the following reasons it was staffs position to allo~ the property owners to undertake their proposals without further review or variances. A. These properties, along with most others in the downto.~n area, contributed money in the fora of assessments towards ti~e cost of the development of the city parking lot on Sibley Street. In the downtown arsa, the provision of off street parking should be approached from a collective standpoint, rather than expectin] individual existing properties to come up with parl~ing space that is either not available or not practical. 3. The tack of off street parking should not be an i,apedi~nent to the restoration of existing buildings ~articularly in light of the fact that the city and HRA have taken extensive steps to further redevelopment of the dov~ntown area. th e O. UnliNe other commercial areas, downtewn's land use patterns were established long before the automobile and the concept of zoning. The privately-owned parcels are small and usually built up to th~ lot line. An owner cannot provide significantly more par!<ing without purchasing another property and demolishing the structures, which is inconsistent with the city's objectives of historic preservation and rehabilitation. D. The city traditionally provides for increased parking needs in downtown areas with on-street par!<ing and parking lots. Public lots are more use-intensive than private lots in a downtown setting because employees & customers use them during the day and residents or dining/lounge customers use them at night. After discussion the Planning Commission concurred ~,,~ith the position ta',<en by staff and agreed to meet with the HRA to discuss the par!~ing issues of downtown. This meeting will be held on Thursday !lay 19,1988 at 7:00 p.m. Commissioner Featerstone asked for more infor~,~ation/tine to review the Downtown Hastings ~aster Plan. Commissioner Voell<er asked for updated inforaation of the downtown parking situation to be given to the Planning Commission for their review before the meeting with the HRA. Planning r~iractor Harmening inforned the Planning Oommission that FITURE EAST/!~!EST recently two developers have e~<pressed an interest in develoi~ing C©LLTOTOR STREET property near the western city limits of Hastings. This interest has raised questions regarding the design of the developments with respect to futura collector streets and in particular an East/~.?est collector street. In this case, Siewert Oonstruction is interested in platting the remainin~ portion of his land (ap?rox. 10 acres) located within the city limits west of Pleasant Drive. Duane ~?allin, ot,~ner of approxi:nately 250 acres directly west of the city li!~its between 15th Street and 0o. Rd. 47, has also been working on an overall concept plan for his property. The location of the East/~Vest Straet as suggested by staff does impact the design of the development which Siewert proposes and ~lould extend through the property now owned by the Saptist Ohurch. An option ~hich was suggested to city staff was to use ~'fest 25th Street as a collector street rather than West 23rd. This alignment did present concerns to staff as it appears that the street was originally intended not to be a collector and tha use of this street as such :nay have an impact on existin~ adjoining properties. Sheldon Fox, representing the Tirst Baptist Church- !~r. Fox stated that ?irst Baptist is opposed to a collector street going through their property on 23rd St. This alignment would separate their property. Sie~ert has offered to purchase 3 acres but does not want to offer a fair price. He also stated that a possible trade could be made for 3 acres from Wallin if he was interested in making a deal. First Baptist would not have a problem if 25th St. was the collector street. Commissioner Ditty suggested that more information on collector street selection criteria ba given to the Planning Comlnission. After discussion a motion was made by Cornmissioner Dredge, seconded by Commissioner Kaiser to order a public hearing for this matter to be held on ~,lay 9, lg~ at 7:30 p.m. 'Upon vote taken, Ayes, 7; Nayes, O. Planning Director Harmening updated the Planning Commission on recent City Council actions, Levee Park Plan, Hastings 2000 the comprehensive plan being worked on by Tom Loucl~s & Assoc., upcoming annexation, etc. OTHER B'dSIHESS- UP:DATE There being no further business, a motion was made by CommissionerAOJO!JR~'~HE!tT Kaiser, seconded Oy Commissioner Featherstone to adjourn the Planning Commission meeting at 8:40 p.m. Upon vote ta!<en, Ayes, 7; l~ayes, O.