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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991 11-21 PCP PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER NOVEMBER 21, 1991" STUDY SESSION 1. Call to Order: 7:30 p.m. 2. Roll Call 3. Approval of Minutes - November 7, 1991 4. Chairperson's Explanation: The Planning Commission is an advisory body. One of the Commission's functions is to hold public hearings. In the matters concerned in these hearings, the Commission makes recommendations to the City Council. The City Council makes all final decisions in these matters. 5. Discussion Items a) Ordinance Amendment to Allow Council to Refer Back Altered Plans b) Sign Ordinance Amendment Regarding Wall Signs C) Sign Ordinance Amendment to Allow Trade-off of Wall and Freestanding Signs d) Meeting Time 6. Other Business 7. Adjournment DRAFT CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held on the - day of , 19 at p.m. at the City Hall, 6301 Shingle Creek Parkway to consider an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance to allow the City Council to refer substantially changed development plans back to the Planning Commission for review and recommendation. Auxiliary aids for handicapped persons are available upon request at least 96 hours in advance. Please call the Personnel Coordinator at 569-3300 to make arrangements. ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 35 OF THE CITY ORDINANCES TO ALLOW THE CITY COUNCIL TO REFER SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGED DEVELOPMENT PLANS BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 35-230. PLAN APPROVAL. It is declared to be the policy of the City to preserve and promote an attractive, stable residential and business environment for the citizens through encouraging well conceived, high quality developments. To this end, imaginative architectural concepts shall be employed in the design of buildings and in the development of respective sites. In this regard, every person, before commencing the construction or major alteration of a structure, except one and two family dwellings and buildings accessory thereto, shall make application for plan approval from the City Council. Plan approval may be required in conjunction with special use permit consideration. The following rules shall govern applications for plan approval. 1. Procedures e. The City Council shall make a final determination of the application within forty- eight (48) days of the recommendation by the Planning Commission, or in the event the Commission has failed to make any recommendation, within one hundred and eight (108) days of the date of referral to the Commission. If during City Council consideration of the plans the applicant submits substantially altered plans from those originally submitted and reviewed by the Planning Commission, the Council may refer the altered plans back to the Planning Commission for review and recommendation. Such a referral of altered plans by the City Council shall not count against the time period in which the Council must make a determination on the application. Section 2. This ordinance shall become effective after adoption and upon thirty (30) days following its legal publication. Adopted this day of , 19 Todd Paulson, Mayor ATTEST: Deputy Clerk Date of Publication Effective Date s (Brackets indicate matter to be deleted, underline indicates new matter. ) DRAFT SECTION 34-140. PERMITTED SIGNS. 3 . Permitted Signs Requiring a Permit a. Commercial (C2) and Industrial (I-1 and I-2) Districts 1. Wall Signs and Projecting Signs. a. Individual Establishments Individual detached establishments or enterprises not clustered in a shopping center complex or in a multitenant office or industrial building may have wall signs and projecting signs on each wall, provided the aggregate area of such signs does not exceed (30] 150 of the area of the wall supporting the signs. b. Clustered Establishments Attached establishments or enterprises clustered in a shopping center complex or in a multitenant office or industrial building may have wall signs and projecting signs subject to the following: ( t i. Each establishment or enterprise may have such signs on each of its exterior walls, • provided the aggregate area of such signs does not exceed [30] 15% of the wall supporting the signs; ii. In lieu of the above, the aggregate of the establishments or enterprises may have a wall or projecting sign on each wall identifying the tenants collectively, or identifying the complex or building; provided the area of each sign does not exceed [30] 15% of the area of the wall supporting it. s a ' DRAFT Section 34-140. PERMITTED SIGNS 3 . Permitted Signs Requiring a Permit a. Commercial (C2) and Industrial (I-1 and I-2) Districts 2 . Freestanding Signs d. Wall/Freestanding Sign Tradeoff An individual or a clustered establishment shall be entitled to one extra freestanding identification sign of not more than one half the height and area of the normally permitted freestanding sign(s) if that establishment shall agree in writing to forego all permitted wall signs.