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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/16/69MINOTES OF THE SPECLAL HASTINGS PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING HELD WEDNESDAY~ APRIL 16, 1969 M®mbers Present: Haliberg9 Fischer, Bauer, Siebrecht~ Soleim, PeterSeno Guests City Engineer Davidson, Councilman Gunderman Continued review oi the Proposed Zoning Ordinance was the £irst order of business with the following recommended changes: 1o) Pa~e 23~ Paragraph A - Zoning Officers It was decided that this paragraph be divided so that duties, a~ b~ cs and £ would become part of the City CIerk% responsibilities and dutiess d and e would become part of the Building Inspector's responsibilities o Page 23, Paragraph B - Petrol. ts The entire contents of paragraph B will be checked against the requirement of our Building Code by the City Engineer who will make his recommendations /or change at the next special meeting on April S0th, However, it was suggested that the title o£ Paragraph 1 be changed to "Building and Occupancy Permit" and that Sub-paragraph c be eliminated and its contents become Sub-paragraph c of Paragraph 1 with the following changes in content: "Hereinafter~ no new building or addition and no [and whose use has been changed shall be occupied until a l.%ilding and Occupancy Permit has been issued by the City Clerk, Every such permit shall state that the new occupancy complies with all provisions of this Ordinance. ,S.) Page 3, Sub-paragraph S - Permit Fees This paragraph witl become Paragraph 20 Again, the contents of this paragraph will be checked against the requirement of the housing code by the City Engineer. The intent of Hodne Associates regarding the last sentence of this paragraph will be checked before revision is made. The balance of the meeting was taken up in the discussion of the Board of Adjustments and Appeals, The next special meeting will make further suggestions on this point, Walt Petersen, Chairman ' Hastings Planning Comn~ission CITY OF HASTINGS Office of ENGINEER F~.STINC~S, MINNESOTA, S$033 MINUTES OF THE HASTINGS PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING HELD WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1969 Prior to a quorum being reached, the City Engineer read a letter to the Planning Commission which was received from Mr. Otto Bonestroo doing a study for the Department of Administration for the Hastings State Hospital. This is in regard to the Hastings State Hospital upgrading their present Sewage Treatment Plant versus the physical connection to the City of Hastings Sewerage System. This will be taken up separately with the Sewer Committee and also with the entire City Council for their consideration. The Engineer reported this to the Planning Commission for their thought and comments. The regular Planning Commission Meeting started at approximately 8:00 P.M. Those present: Chairman Walt Petersen, Mr. Donald Hallberg, Mr. Ed Fischer, Mr. Leonard Bauer, Mr. Arland Siebrecht, Mr. Clarence Soleim and City Engineer John Davidson. Those visiting: Mr. Paul Birchen who had received a copy of the minutes of the last Commission meeting and was on hand to answer any questions that may have arisen since his request for upgrading the service station at the southeast corner of Spring and Trunk Highway 55. There being no questions, Mr. Birchen left the meeting. The Planning Commission continued their review of the Zoning Ordinance, starting as follows: Page 2-3, Section VI, Administration and Enforcement, Paragraph A, Zonin~ Officer This entire paragraph shall be changed to read as follows: "1. It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to administer and enforce provisions of this ordinance in the following specific areas. a. Providing zoning information upon request. b. Receiving applications for building permits, reviewing such applications to determine if they comply with ordinance provisions, and issuing or denying permits. c. Receiving applications for special use permits, variances, amendments and appeals, referring such applications to the appropriate agency, notifying affected property owners of required public hearings, and publishing notice of hearing. - 1- Minutes of the Hastings Planning Commission Meeting held Wednesday, April 16, 1969 Page d. Keeping the zoning map and text up to date. It shall be the duty of the Building Inspector to administer and enforce the provisions of this ordinance in the following specific a. Conducting inspections b. Inv e stigating violations. Page 23, Paragraph B. Permits The City Engineer is to check building permit requirements and alter them to conform to the Uniform Building Code. Strike in its entirety, subparagraph c under Paragraph 1, Building Permit. Change subparagraph Z to paragraph 1 c. Occupancy Permit to read as follows: "Hereinafter, no new building or addition and no land whose use has been changed shall be occupied until an occupancy permit has been issued by the City Clerk. Every such permit shall state that the new occupancy complies with all provisions of this ordinance. Page 24, Paragraph 3, Permit Fees. The City Engineer is to alter these fees to fit our present fee system under the Uniform Building Code. The City Engineer is also to check if the occupancy require- ment is included in the Uniform Building Code." Page 24, Paragraph 4, Exhibits Change this paragraph to read as follows: "Each application for a building permit and for an occupancy permit for the use of land shall be accompanied by the following exhibits un[ess waived or varied by the City Engineer." Page :~4, Paragraph C. Board of Adjustments and Appeals, subparagraphl Establishment, subparagraph a. shah read: "Initially the City Council shall act as a board of appeals until such time as the Council cannot expeditiously perform this duty." Change subparagraph a to subparagraph b to read as follows: "A Board of Adjustments and Appeals may be established at such time as the City Council may deem it necessary. The Board shall be vested with such administrative authority as is hereinafter provided or as provided by State Law. Such Board shall consist of five residents of the City of Hastings appointed by the City Council which body shall also name one of the residents to serve as Chairman of the Board of Appeals. Any member of the Board of Appeals may be removed by a majority vote of the full City Council at a regular public Council meeting." Minutes of the Hastings Planning Commission Page 3. Meeting held Wednesday, April 16, 1969 Page 25, paragraph 2 Duties, subparagraph a, sha[k read as "To hear appeals from any decision of the Building Inspector or City Council." Page 25, paragraph 2 Duties, subparagraph b: "To interpret the meaning of the ordinance in cases o£ ambiguity and to recommend rulings with respect to the application of the ordinances." Page 25, paragraph 2 Duties, subparagraph e: "To hold public hearings as deemed necessary on applications for variances from the provisions of this Ordinance and to recommend to act upon such applications, t~ Page 25, Paragraph D, subparagraph 1 shall read: "To review applications for amendments to this Ordinance. The Commission shai1 have the authority to act in a purely advisory manner to the City Council making its recommendation in all cases referred to it, and transmitting them to such Gouncii for final action at or before a public hearing is held by the City Council. ~' Page 25, Paragraph D, subparagraph 2 shall read: "Applications for special use permits provided for within this Ordinance and to transmit its recommended action to the City Council for final action." Page 25, Paragraph E, Variances, subparagraph 1: Change granted at the end of the first line to "recommended,,. This completed the review at this special Planning Commission Meeting. It was suggested by Councilman Fischer that he would prepare an entire rewritten section-c, nder Section VI Administration and Enforcement and submit this to the entire Planning Commission for review at the next regular meeting of the Commission. There will be a special meeting of the Planning Commission in the Hastings Library on Wednesday, April 30th, 1969. We completed our review at approximately 10:00 p.M. John Davidson, City Engineer