HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981 01-29 PCP PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
STUDY SESSION
January 29, 1981
1 . Call to Order: 7:30 p.m.
2. Roll Call
8. Approval of Minutes: January 15, 1981
4. Chairman's Explanation: The Planning Commission is an .advisory body. One
of the Commission's functions is tc hold public
hearings. In the matters concerned in these
hearings, the Commission makes recommendations to
the City Council . The City Council makes all f nal
decisions in these matters.
5. Classic. Electric Car Corporation 81010
Request for a determination that assembly of electric
cars is a permitted use in the I--1 zone. The appli-
wishes to locate in the industrial buildings at
680 and 6870 Shingle Creek Parkway.
6. Yuuth Investment Foundation 81011
Request for special use permit to use the single
family residence at 4800 - 71st Avenue North for
office, counseling and group meeting functions of
the organization.. Approval would constitute a
determination that the Y.I .F. use is a non•-com-
merIcial use required for the public welfare in
an R-1 district.
7. Other 3usine5s
8. Discussion Items
9. Adjournment
Planning Commission Information Sheet
Application No. 81010
Applicant: Classic Electric Car Corporation
Location: 6870 Shingle Creek Parkway
Request: Finding that use is permitted in I-1 district.
The applicant requests that a finding be made by the City Council that the assembly
of electric cars is similar in nature to other uses permitted in the I-1 district.
Section 35-330:1 (f) of the Zoning Ordinance provides for "other uses similar in
nature to the aforementioned uses , as determined by the City Council " (see Section
35-330 attached) . There is no clear precedent of a similar determination by the
City Council in the past. Therefore, the matter is being brought for review at
this time. Also, there is no new construction involved with the present appli-
cation, only the occupancy of tenant spaces in the Spec. 8 and Spec. 6 industrial
buildings (6870 and 6800 Shingle Creek Parkway, respectively) .
The applicant has submitted a letter (attached) in which the activity is briefly
described and compared with other uses which have been permitted in the I-1
district. Among those past permitted uses listed, two (TCR Headed Products '
screw manufacturing and Audio Research,manufacture of stereo amplifiers) are
expressly permitted by the Zoning Ordinance. The assembly of snowmobiles by
Arctic Metals is not expressly permitted, but the total range of activities at
Arctic Metals was apparently considered to fall within the category of manufac-
ture of fabricated metal products.
If the proposed use is to be considered a permitted use in the I-1 zone, it
should be similar in nature to the manufacture of fabricated metal products as
illustrated by various product types (Section 35-330:1 (a) (9). The products
contained in that section include:
Office computing and accounting machines
Household applicances
Electrical lighting and wiring equipment
Communication equipment, including radio and television
receiving sets
Electronic components and accessories
Screw machine products ,
These products certainly suggest small scale, light manufacturing. The
assembly of electric cars may or may not involve processes which go beyond the
general classification suggested by the Zoning Ordinance.
The City Manager and the Director of Planning and Inspection had an opportunity
to review the electric car assembly operation at the company's current location
in Plymouth. The operation involves taking reconditioned Volkswagon chassis,
outfitting them with a number of batteries and then attaching already manufactured
single unit fiberglass bodies to the frames. The process also includes the
necessary mechanical work to make the unit operational . The assembly is done
in teams rather than an assembly line process. Also viewed, at a different site
in Plymouth, was the fiberglassing operation where car bodies are repaired. The
assembly operation viewed (not the fiberglassing) is, as purported by the appli -
cant in his letter, a relatively "clean process with no obnoxious odors or dirt."
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Application 81010 continued
The staff's primary concern is that the manufacturing or assembly be as viewed and
as the applicant indicates and not evolve into the more traditional automobile
manufacturing plant. A key to making a recommendation on a finding may be that
this assembly operation involves electric automobiles, not gasoline propelled
automobiles, and does not involve the manufacture of engines, frames or other
related components , but rather the assembly of these parts only.
The staff would recommend that the Commission question the applicant and obtain
any further information or clarifications it feels is needed to make a finding
of whether this use is or is not similar in nature to other uses permitted in
the I-1 District. It is not recommended that automobile assembly plants in
general be allowed in the I-1 District.
In evaluating the proposed use, there are certain parameters set down in Section
35-413 of the Zoning Ordinance which any I-1 use must comply with. Aside from
buffers and setbacks which apply to buildings, there are a. list of require
ments relating to noise, odor, vibration, glare and heat, wastes, and outdoor
storage. At the property line of the use in question: noise from the use cannot
exceed 40 decibels (as measured by equipment meeting the specifications of the
American Society for Testing and Materials) ; toxic noxious or odorous matters
may not be detected; and vibrations, glare and heat may not be detected beyond
the limits of the immediate industrial site from which it originates. Whether
these protections are meant to apply to neighboring industrial tenants within
the same building is not clear. However, there seem to be adequate private
incentives in such situations to control or resolve any problem.
The Planning Commission may feel that an ordinance amendment acknowledging this
specific use would be more appropriate than a clearly documented finding that
the proposed use is similar in nature to other uses within the I-1 District.
In either case, it is recommended that a clear understanding of this manufacturing
process be gained and documented before any positive recommendation is made to
the City Council .
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CLASSIC ELECTRIC CAR CORPORATION
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January 13, 1981
Mr. Gerald Splinter, City Manager
City of Brooklyn Center
6301 Shingle Creek Parkway
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota 55430
Dear Mr. Splinter:
Classic Electric Car Corporation has developed an electric car which it proposes
to assemble and market as a completed vehicle. Classic Electric Car Corporation
proposes to set up a pilot assembly operation in Palmer Lake Plaza and 6800
Shingle Creek Parkway, to start production of the electric vehicle. As the
volume increases, Classic Electric Car Corporation is contemplating use of the
barn and hippodrome at the Farm for expanded production facilities. We have
spoken to Mr. Gustafson about this use and he agrees that this may be a feasible
way to save and restore the key farm building while putting them to some economic
use. Classic Electric Car Corporation intends to put its metal shop parts depart-
ment and chassis line in 6800 Shingle Creek Parkway and do the final assembly of
mating the body and chassis in Palmer Lake Plaza.
The assembly of these vehicles is much like some other assembly operations which
have taken place previously in Brooklyn Center. We are advised that Arctic Cat
had a facility which assembled snowmobiles and that McCulloch Industries did
some assembly work. TCR Headed Products presently manufactures screw products
and Audio Research makes high-quality stereo amplifiers. The Classic Electric
Car Corporation assembly process is precisely that--assembly--of component parts
purchased from other vendors. Classic Electric Car Corporation does not manufac-
ture engines, frames, or other related components, but assembles them with the
end product being an electric vehicle. It is a clean process with no obnoxious
odors or dirt.
Ron Warren and you have seen our facilities in Plymouth and the activities to
be performed in Brooklyn Center will be very similar to that which you observed.
We hereby request a determination by the City Planning Commission and City
Council that these activities fall within the parameters of permitted uses in
the 1-1 one an is not inconsistent with past and present occupancies.
Si ncy 'y you�s,
Gary Courn a
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Section 35-330. I-1 INDUSTRIAL PARK.
1 . Permitted Uses
(a) The following manufacturing activities:
(1) Food and kindred products as illustrated by:
Dairy products
Bakery products
Confectionery and related products
Beverages, with the exception of malt liquors
Macaroni, spaghetti, and noodles
(2) Apparel and other finished products made from fabrics, leather,
and similar materials.
(3) Lumber and wood products , except saw mills and planing mills
producing dimensioned lumber.
(4) Furniture and fixtures
(5) Converted paper and paperboard products (as opposed to paper
and paperboard manufacturing).
kuj rrinring and purlishIng ana amea inaustries .
(7) Chemicals and allied products as follows:
Drugs
Soaps , detergents and cleaning preparations , perfumes,
cosmetics and other toilet preparations (compounding and
packaging only).
(8) Miscellaneous plastic products.
(9) Fabricated metal products as illustrated by:
Office computing and accounting machines
Household appliances
Electrical lighting and wiring equipment
Communication equipment, including radio and television
receiving sets
Electronic components and accessories
Screw machine products
Section 35-330, 1 , (a) (continued)
(10) Professional, scientific, electronic and controlling instruments ,
photographic and optical goods, watches and clocks,
(11) Miscellaneous manufacturing such as jewelry and silverware,
musical instruments and parts, toys, amusement, sporting and
athletic goods and pens , pencils and other office and artistic
material.
(b) The following wholesale trade activities:
(1) Automotive equipment
(2) Drugs , chemicals and allied products
(3) Dry goods and apparel
(4) Groceries and related products
(5) Electrical goods
(6) Hardware, plumbing, heating equipment and supplies
(7) Machinery, equipment and sua.01,0PG
(8) Other wholesale trade similar in nature to the aforementioned
uses such as paper and paper products , furniture, and home
furnishings , and beer, wine and distilled alcoholic beverages,
but expressly excluding petroleum bulk stations and scrap and
• waste materials and similar uses .
(c) The following service activities:
(1) Laundrying, drycleaning and dyeing.
(2) Contract construction
(3) Kennels
(4) Veterinarian and animal hospitals
(5) Automobile and truck rental and leasing
Section 35-330 (continued)
(d) • Public transportation terminals (excluding truck terminals) .
(e) Accessory uses incidental to the foregoing principal uses when
located on the same property with the use to which it is accessory.
Such accessory uses to include without being restricted to the
following:
(1) Offstreet parking and offstreet loading .
(2) Signs as permitted in the Brooklyn Center Sign Ordinance.
(3) Storage of raw materials, work in process and inventory ,
provided such storage is within completely enclosed buildings.
(f) Other uses similar in nature to the aforementioned uses, as determined
by the City Council.
2. Special Requirements
(a) See Section 35-413 of these ordinances.
3 . Special Uses
(a) Foundaries,_provided that the foundry operation is a necessary
(b) Textile mills.
(c) Gasoline service stations (See Section 35-414) , motor vehicle repair
and auto washes provided they do not abut an R1 , R2 , or R3 district,
including abutment at a street line; trailer rental in conjunction with
these uses, provided that there is adequate trailer parking space.
(d) Retail sales of products manufactured, processed, or wholesaled on
the use site.
(e) Accessory off-site parking not located on the same property with the
principal use, subject to the provisions of Section 35-701 .
(f) Those commercial developments which, in each specific case, are
demonstrated to the City Council to be:
(1) Compatible with existing adjacent land uses as well as
with those uses permitted in the I-1 district generally;
(2) Complementary to existing adjacent land uses as well as
to those uses permitted in the 1-1 district generally;
(3) Of comparable intensity to permitted I-1 district land uses
with respect to activity levels:
Section 35-330 (continued)
(4) Planned and designed to assure that generated traffic
• will be within the capacity of available public facilities
and will not have an adverse impact upon the industrial
park or the community;
and, which are described in Section 35-322 , Subsection 1(a)
through 1 (j); 3 (c); 3 (d); and 3 (g) through 3 (j) . Such commercial
developments shall be subject to I-1 district requirements of
Section 35-400 and 35-413 and shall otherwise be subject to
the ordinance requirements of the use classification which
the proposed development represents.
(g) Warehousing and storage uses which, in each specific case,
are demonstrated to the City Council to be:
(1) Compatible with existing adjacent land uses as well
as with those uses permitted in the I-1 district generally;
(2) Of comparable intensity to permitted I-1 district land uses
with respect to activity levels;
provided such uses shall adhere to applicable requirements in
• the I-1 district and shall not involve maintenance or servicing
of vehicles on the site.
Section 35-331 . I-2 GENERAL INDUSTRY
1 . Permitted Uses
(a) The following manufacturing activities:
(1) Food and kindred products as illustrated by:
Dairy products
Bakery products
Confectionery and related products
Beverages, with the exception of malt or malt liquors
Macaroni, spaghetti and noodles
(2) Textile mill products
(3) Apparel and other finished products made from fabrics,
leather and similar materials.
(4) Lumber and wood products , except saw mills and planing
mills producing dimensioned.lumber.
(5) Furniture and fixtures.
Section 35-413. SPECIAL REQUIRF.IMENTS IN I-1 A14D I-2 DISTRICTS
1. Buffer and Setback
sI'here a proposed I-1 or. I-2 development abuts any residential district
(R1 through R7) either at a property line or a public street line, buffer
provisions shall be established according to the following:
a. Where I-1 or I-2 abuts R1, R2, R3, at a property line, the
protective strip shall be no less than 1.00 feet in width.
The protective strip shall not be used for parking, driveways,
offstreet loading or storage and shall be landscaped. The
landscaped treatment shall contain an opaque fence or wall
which shall not extend within 10 feet of any street right-of-way.
The fence or wall design must be approved by the City Council as
being in harmony with the residential neighborhood and providing
sufficient screening of the industrial area. The fence or wall
shall be eight feet in height. The protective strip shall contain
no structures other than the approved fence or wall.
b. Where I-1 or I-2 abuts Rl, R2, or R3 at a public street line, the
protective buffer strip shall be no less than 50 feet in width,
shall contain no structures other than screening devices, shall
not be used for parking, offstreet loading, storage, or any other
industrial activity, and shall be landscaped. Activity areas shall
be effectively screened from view of the residential district in a
manner to be approved by the City Council.
c. Where I-1 or I-2 abuts R4, R5, R6, or R7 at a property line, the
protective buffer strip shall be no less than 50 feet in width,
shall contain no structures other than screening devices, shall not
be used for offstreet loading, storage or any other industrial
activity, and shall be landscaped. Parking may be permitted in the
buffer strip provided it does not extend to within 15 feet of the
property line. Activity areas shall be effectively screened from
view of the residential district in a manner to be approved by the
City Council.
d. Where I-1 or I-2 abuts R4, R5,' R6, or R7 at a public street line, the
protective buffer strip shall be no less than 25 feet in width, shall
contain no structures other than screening devices, shall not be used
for parking, offstreet loading, storage, or any other industrial
activity, and shall be landscaped. The activity areas shall be
effectively screened from view of the residential district in a manner
to be approved by the City Council.
2. Explosives
No activities involving the storage, utilization or manufacture of materials
or products which could be detonated shall be permitted except such as are specifically
licensed by the City Council. Such prohibited materials shall include but not be
confined to: all primary explosives, such as lead oxide and lead sulphate; all high
explosives and boosters such as TNT and RDS, tetryl and ammonium nitrate; propellants
and components thereof such as nitrocellusous, black powder, ammonium Perchlorate
and netro glycerin, blasting explosives such as dynamite powder, magnesium, potassium
chlorite, potassium permanc;anate, potassium nitrate, and potassium nitrite and re-
active propellant materials.
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Section 35-413 (continued)
3. Noise
Noise shall not exceed 40 decibels on any octave band frequency measured
at any point along the property line of the use and operation. Decibel level
shall be measured by equipment meeting the specifications of the American Society
for Testing and Materials.
4. Vibration
No activity or operation shall at any time cause earth vibrations perceptible
beyond the limits of the immediate site on which the operation is located.
5. Incineration
The incineration of waste matter shall be conducted in approved equipment
located within the building wherein the permitted use is conducted. Equipment shall
be considered "approved" when approved by the Zoning Official and the Sanitarian.
No smoke or other effusive or particulate matter shall be discharged more
opaque or dark. than the No. 1 classification of the Ringelman-Smoke Chart published
by the United States Bureau of Mines. Measurements shall be at the point of emmission.
No solid or liquid particulars of any type shall be emitted in such concentration that
they become detectable at the limits of the immediate site.
6. Odor
None of the uses shall at any time cause the discharges of toxic, noxious or
odorous matters in such concentrations as to be detectable beyond the limits of the
immediate site.
7. Glare and Heat
Glare and heat whether directed or reflected shall not be detectable beyond
the limits of the immediate industrial site from which it originates.
8. wastes
All solid waste materials, debris, refuse or garbage not disposed of through
the public sanitary sewage system shall be kept in a completely enclosed building or
properly contained in a closed container designed for such purposes. All wastes
shall be treated in compliance with existing legislation.
9. Outdoor Storage and Activity
In the industrial park district (I-1) all production, storage, servicing, or
merchandising, except offstreet parking and offstreet loading shall be conducted
within completely enclosed buildings.
Fuel storage facilities not located within a completely enclosed building or
buried below grade shall be completely screened from view utilizing earth or opaque
structural materials. Said screening device shall be appropriately landscaped and
shall be aesthetically compatible with other structures and landscaping on the site.
Detailed plans for said screening shall be submitted to and approved by the
City Council.
10. Lakeshore Setback
No industrial. activity shall extend within 50 feet of a lakeshore or a natural.
drainage way.
Section 35-413 (continued)
11 . Site Layout
No building permit shall be issued until a site and parking layout has been
approved as provided in Section 35-230. No parking shall be permitted
within 15 feet of the street right-of-way and this 15 foot area shall be
maintained as a green strip.
The site layout shall include an underground lawn sprinkler system to
facilitate maintenance of site landscaping and green areas.
12. Compliance
None of the permitted uses in either the general industrial district or the
industrial park district, during the period of their operations, shall fail to
satisfy any of the standards set forth above. In determining compliance
with those standards, the majority vote of the City Council shall be the
test of detectability for vibration, particulate matter, and odor, glare and
heat. Before making this determination, the,Council shall personally ob-
serve any alleged non-compliance.
For noise, odor, smoke and wastes , determination of compliance shall be
by any independent testing organization satisfactory to all parties concerned,
• or if there is failure to agree, by such testing organizations as may be
selected by the City Council after ten days' notice to the alleged violator.
13. Utilities
On developments of sufficient magnitude so as to require on-site water
main or sewer main construction, plans for such facilities shall be designed
by and installed under the supervision of a civil engineer registered in the
State of Minnesota and shall be submitted to and approved by the City
Engineer. In cases where on-site water or sewer main construction is re-
quired, the land owner or developer shall enter into a water and sewer main
and fire hydrant maintenance and inspection agreement with the City, which
agreement shall grant the City the right to enter the development to accom-
plish maintenance, inspections or repairs that are in the public interest.
Section 35-414. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATIONS.
Automobile service stations pose particular problems in achieving compatibility
with abutting and adjacent land uses because of potentially detrimental aspects of their
operation. The problem is basically both functional and aes-L-hetic, involving traffic
hazards, noise, light glare at night, outdoor storage of merchandise, poor architec-
tural design, indiscriminate advertising, etc. , all of which contribute to less
enjoyment and use of and reduction of property values in surrounding properties.
It is hereby determined that the general welfare will be better served by minimizing
adverse functional and aesthetic conditions vhi.ch niay result from operation of auto-
mobile service stations and that the use, enjoyment, and improvement of surrounding
property will be enhanced by the fc1lowing requirements:
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Planning Commission Information Sheet
Application No. 81011
Applicant: Youth Investment Foundation
Location: 4800 - 71st Avenue North
Request: Special Use Permit
The applicant requests approval of a special use permit to use the single-family
residence at 4800 - 71st Avenue North for office, counseling, and group meeting
functions of the Youth Investment Foundation. The property is zoned R1 and is
bounded by Brooklyn Boulevard on the east, by 71st Avenue North on the south, by
a single family residence on the west, and by the Creek Villas Townhouses on the
north. The special uses permitted in the R1 zone include "other non-commercial
uses required for the public welfare in an R1 district, as determined by the
City Council . " Approval of this application, therefore, would involve a deter-
mination that the use described by the applicant is required for the public
welfare in an R1 district.
The applicant has submitted a letter (attached) in which he describes the pro-
posed use. He has also submitted letters of commendation from neighbors of
other homes in which Y.I.F. (Youth Investment Foundation) has operated. Y.I .F.
has a reputation in Bemidji , Hopkins, and New Hope for being quiet and for im-
proving as well as maintaining their property. Standards b) and c) (relating
to impact on property values and development) seem to be met by the proposed use
if it is carried on in Brooklyn Center in the same fashion it has been elsewhere.
Staff would point out that the circumstances of other Y.I.F. houses have been
somewhat different than in this case. The building in Bemidji is a former
institutional use and presumably has on-site parking sufficient to meet the
needs of Y.I .F. The house in Hopkins, which Y.I .F. occupied for three years,
is located in a B2 zoning district which allows uses such as: day nurseries,
office uses, clinics, and dwelling units. The Planning staff in Hopkins ack-
nowledged the Y.I .F. use as quiet, but did not recommend the location of such
a use in a traditional R1 setting. The operation in New Hope is located in a
house zoned R1 and adjacent to a church with on-site parking facilities. The
Y.I.F. operation in New Hope received a conditional use permit subject to four
conditions:
1 . Annual review by staff.
2. Joint parking agreement with the neighboring church.
3. Subsequent use of the house after Y.I .F. leaves to be a
single-family residence.
4. No signs permitted.
Standard a) for special use permits states that the special use "will pr2mote
and enhance the general public welfare Section 35-310: 2 (g) comprehends
non-commercial uses "required for the public welfare in an R1 district" (emphasis
added) . Certainly, the activities described by the applicant's letter and other
literature would promote the welfare of some individuals. However, the use
definitely involves religious activities which are not, either under the Zoning
Ordinance or the Constitution, required for the general public welfare in the
same way as, for instance, a fire station. Religious uses such as chapels ,
churches, temples and synagogues are separately acknowledged special. uses which
are permitted "provided.primary vehicular access shall be gained to-.the uses by a
collector or arterial street." (Section 35-310:2 (a)) .
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This brings us to Standard (d) which requires that "adequate measures be taken
40 to provide ingress, egress , and parking so designed as to minimize traffic
congestion in the public streets." The property in question is a standard
single-family residence at the corner of 71st and Brooklyn Boulevard. Access
is gained off 71st Avenue North. There is not adequate parking space on the
property to accommodate the number of cars likely to be present when meetings
of 20 to 30 people are held. The applicant has indicated that he plans to
pursue a parking arrangement with the Brooklyn United Methodist Church across
Brooklyn Boulevard. There is a traffic signal at 71st Avenue North which would
allow pedestrians to cross the Boulevard safely. Such an accessory off-site
parking agreement, however, would not normally be permitted by the Zoning
Ordinance. Ordinance required parking which is located off-site may not be
located across a major thoroughfare. In this case, it is difficult to calculate
how many parking spaces are required by the Zoning Ordinance. Such an agreement
might be pursued for reasons apart from ordinance standards; yet such an agree-
ment should certainly be a condition of any approval .
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Based on the above considerations, the staff is not satisfied that standards (a)
. and (d) are met in this. case. We have encouraged the applicant to pursue an
arrangement with an existing institutional use which may have extra space, such
as.C.E.A.P. or the Brookdale Christian Center Church which has an entire extra
church building presently available for such uses. In the case of C.E.A.P.,
no zoning permits would be required. In the case of the Brookdale Christian
Center, parking questions would be resolved and the activity proposed could
certainly be comprehended under the use already permitted.
As indicated by this report, staff is not inclined to recommend approval of
this application, but would encourage a thorough and thoughtful discussion
among the Planning Commission and with the applicant as to the nature and best
location of the proposed use. We will be prepared to discuss this matter
further at Thursday night's meeting.
A public hearing has been scheduled and notices sent.
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Youth Investment Foundation
1589 Highway Seven, Hopkins, Minn. 55343 (612) 938-6123
Sponsors of
TIMBER BAY CAMP — "The camp that goes home iuith the kids!"
January 14, 1981
TO: The City Council and residents of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.
FROM: Youth Investment Foundation and Wayne Thyren, Area Director.
RE: Purchase of house at 4800-71st Avenue North, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.
Lot size - 80x126 - House size - 1,340 sq. ft.
The property listed above would be used by Youth Investment Foundation as part
of their outreach to youth of our community. It would not serve as a "drop-in
center", or recreational center, but rather a place where I could;
1 ) Schedule appointments with junior and senior high aged youth.
2) Meet with groups of these youth for Bible study.
3) Office during the day.
Any recreational activities will be done away from the property. I would not
live there - and neither would the youth.
We are not a group home or foster home. All the youth live with their parents
in our community. At the present time, and for the past two years, the youth
and I have been using my home in Maple Grove.
There would not be a parking problem, as I have been picking up these youth my-
self and dropping them off at home following our meetings together. Parking,
although minimal , would be in the driveway and on 71st Avenue if needed.
One of the big reasons I desire to move from my home to the above location,
is that the above location is close to Brooklyn Junior High, Park Center Senior
High, and Northview Junior High, (and of course, close to where the youth I
work with live) , rather than being seven miles from my home.
You will notice by reading the enclosed letters by neighbors of other facilities
used for the same purpose as the one we plan to purchase, that parking, excess
noise, traffic, and property damage were not a problem. In fact, in all cases,
our purchasing a facility improved the value of each neighborhood.
Normal hours would be 8:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. , with a meeting one or two nights
a week until 9:30 P.M.
The main place for meeting would be the living room, where there are three doors
for ingress - egress. The youth will not be on the property unless it is super-
vised by adult staff.
We are interested in purchasing this property and obtaining a special use permit.
We will , as required by Section 35-220:
"YOUTH INVESTMENT TODAY -ADULT DIVIDENDS TOMORROW"
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Section 35-220, -Special Use Permits
(a) Maintain this property and will promote and enhance the general
welfare and will not be detrimental to or endanger the public
health, safety, morals, or comfort.
(b) Not be injurious to the use and enjoyment of other property in
the immediate vicinity for the purposes already permitted, nor
substantially diminish and impair property values within the
neighborhood.
(c) Not impede the normal and orderly development and improvement
of surrounding property for uses permitted in the district.
(d) Take adequate measures to provide ingress, egress and parking
so designed as to minimize traffic congestion in the public
streets.
It is our desire to offer a positive alternative to the youth of our community.
It is also our desire to be a good neighbor and that our property will be an
asset to the surrounding neighborhood.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
I HAVE LIVED WITHIN 300 FEET OF A HOUSE AT 30 8TH AVENUE NORTH IN THE CITY
OF HOPKINS. THIS HOUSE WAS OWNED BY YOUTH INVESTMENT FOUNDATION AND USED
AS A MEETING PLACE FOR THE YOUTH THEY WORK WITH. WE EXPERIENCED NO EXCESS
NOISE, TRAFFIC PROBLEMS, PROPERTY DAMAGE OR ADVERSE EFFECTS TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
BECAUSE OF THEIR BEING THERE.
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GENE FRIESEN 4217 BOONE AVE. NORTH
(612)537.4307 MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55428
(612)533.2994
January 8, 1981
To Whom it May Concern:
I am the pastor of the Mennonite Brethren Church
located at 4217 Boone Ave. North. Our parking lot
adjoins the Timber Bay House, now owned by Youth Invest-
went Foundation.
We as a church were the former owners of the
property and when we decided to sell we had concerns re-
garding what future use and activity might the new owners
have in mind.
• As we used the property for additional Sunday School
room needs and it remained vacant during the week, we had
for almost a year made it available for Timber Bay program-
ing during the week. When they expressed interest in the
property our church was very anxious to work through a sale
agreement. One, because we believe in and support the
-ministry they are about. Secondly, we had had occasion
to observe the usage, management and supervision of the
program.
We feel fortunate to have Timber Bay as neighbors.
Sincerely
Gene Friesen
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"TO KNOW CHRIST IS TO FOLLOW HIM DAILY IN LIFE"
39 9TH AVE NO.. HOPKINS, MINN. 55343
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January 11, 1981
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
This letter will serve as a testimonial for Youth Investment and
its staff.
It was rV privelege to have Youth Investment as a neighbor for
approcimately three years here in Hopkins. Youth Investment was
situated directly across the alley fror. our place of business and
we had no occassion to question their activities. In fact they
i.proved the building and in general made their place more inviting
than before their o cupancy.
Additionally _T was able to meet 'zany of the staff people and found
then. to be courteous and capable. There were occassions when we
employed their Young people and was impressed with the quality of
vvcrk, attitudep and fellow up.
It is my pleasure to reco.=ed Youth Investmnt as a neighbor in any
area and feel they will be an asset to your corz.-unity.
Please feel free to contact me personally if you have any further
questions and/or require further information.
Truly Yoursp = /
Georg J J °
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Section 35-310 (continued)
(6) Home occupations not to include special home
occupations as defined in Section 35-900.
(7) Signs as permitted by the Brooklyn Center Sign
Ordinance.
(8) A temporary real estate tract office for the
purpose of selling lots on the tract upon which
it is located.
(9) The renting of not more than two sleeping rooms
by a resident family , provided adequate off street
parking is provided.
(10) Tents, stands and other temporary structures for
churches, charities, carnivals and similar
purposes as provided by Section 35-800 of these
ordinances.
(11) Rummage sales as defined in Section 35-900.
2. Special Uses
(a) Chapels, churches, temples and synagogues, provided
primary vehicular access shall be gained to the uses by a collector or
arterial street.
(b) Public and private elementary and secondary schools offering
a regular course of study accredited by the Minnesota Department of Education,
provided primary vehicular access shall be gained to the uses by a collector or
arterial street.
(c) Golf courses and accessory buildings essential to the operation of
a golf course.
(d) Cemeteries.
(e) Publicly owned structures , other than poles and underground
facilities in easements or in rights-of-way of public streets or alleys.
(f) Special home occupations as defined in Section 35-900.
(g) Other, non-commercial use for the public welfare in
an R1 district, as determined by the CitA000•
Section 35-220. SPECIAL USE PERMITS
2. Standards for Special Use Permits
A special use permit may be granted by the City Council after
demonstration by evidence that all of the following are met:
(a) The establishment, maintenance or operation of the
special use will promote and enhance the general
welfare and will not-be detrimental to or endanger
the public health, safety, morals, or comfort.
(b) The special use will not be injurious to the use
and enjoyment of other property in the immediate
vicinity for the purposes already permitted, nor
substantially diminish and impair property values
within the neighborhood.
(c) The establishment of the special use will not
impede the normal and orderly development and
improvement' of surrounding property for uses
permitted in the district.
(d) Adequate measures have been or will be taken to
provide ingress, egress and parking so designed
as to minimize traffic congestion in the public
streets.
(e) The special use shall, in all other respects,
conform to the applicable regulations of the
district in which it is located.
3. Conditions and Restrictions
The Planning Commission may recommend and the City Council may
impose such conditions and restrictions upon the establishment,
. location, construction, maintenance and operation of the special
use as deemed necessary for the protection of the public interest
and to secure compliance with requirements specified in this ord-
inance. In all cases in which special use permits are granted,
the City Council may require such evidence and guarantees as it
may deem necessary as part of the conditions stipulated in connec-
tion therewith.
4. Resubmission
No application for a special use permit which has, been denied
by the City Council shall be resubmitted for a period of twelve
(12) months from the date of the final determination by the City
Council; except that the applicant may set forth in writing newly
discovered evidence of change of condition upon which he relies to
gain the consent of the City Council for resubmission at an earlier
time.
5. Revocation and Extension of Special Use Permits
When a special use permit has been issued pursuant to the pro-
visions of this ordinance, such permit shall expire without further
action by the Planning Commission or the City Council unless the
applicant or his assignee or successor commences work upon the sub-
ject property within one year of the date the special use permit is
granted, or unless before the expiration of the one year period the
applicant shall apply for an extension thereof by filling out and
submitting to the Secretary of the Planning Commission a "Special
Use Permit application requesting such extension and paying an
additional fee of $15.00.
Special use permits granted pursuant to the provisions of a
prior ordinance of Brooklyn Center shall expire within one year of
the effective date of this ordinance if construction upon the sub-
ject property pursuant to such special use permit has not commenced
within that time.
In any instance where an existing and established special use
is abandoned for a period of one year, the special use permit re-
lated thereto shall expire one year following the date of abandon-
ment.
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