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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC81070 - 11/19/81 - 6150 Summit Drive'*%. N.. PLANNING COMMISSION FILE CHECKLIST FILE INFORMATION File Purge Date: Planning Commission Application No. PROPERTY INFORMATION Zoning: PLAN REFERENCE Note: If a plan was found in the file during the purge process, it was pulled for consolidation of all plans. Identified below are the types of plans, if any, that were consolidated. • Site Plans • Building Plans • Other: FILE REFERENCE Note: The following documents were purged when this project file became inactive. We have recorded the information necessary to retrieve the documents. Document Tvge Date Range Location Agenda Cover Sheet: Planning Commission Agenda Book Minutes: Planning Commission ii�q�8i City Vault Minutes: City Council i��7�8� City Vault Resolutions: Planning Commission City Vault Resolutions: City Council City Vault Ordinances: City Council City Vault Historical Photographs: Planning Commission City Archieve CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER PLANNING COMMISSION APPLICATION Application No. 81070 Street Location of Property Please Print Clearly or Type 6150 Summit Drive Legal Description of Property Tract B, R.L.S. 1380 Owner Deil Gustafson Address 6150 Summit Drive Phone No. Applicant Summit Mortgage Corp. Address 200 Summit Bank Building - 310 Fourth Ave. S. 55415 Phone No. 339-3535 Type of Request: Rezoning Variance Special Use Permit Subdivision Approval X Site & Bldg. Plan Approval Other: Description of Request: To build new porch on main house and relocate existing porch at 6215 Summit. The applicant requests processing of this application and agrees to pay to the City of Brooklyn Center, within fifteen (15) days after mailing or delivery of the billing state- ment, the actual costs incurred by the City for Engineering, Planning and Legal expenses reasonably and necessarily required by the City for the processing of the application. Such costs shall be in addition to the application fee described herein. Withdrawal of the application shall not relieve the applicant of the obligation to pay costs incurred prior to withdrawal. Fee $ 100.00 - Hppiicant's -,ignature Receipt No. 57087 Date: 11-5-81 PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION Dates of P.C. Consideration: Approved Denied this day of T,�,.,� , _ 19 `;" ,subject to the following conditions:. C airman CITY COUNCIL ACTION Dates of Council Consideration: Approved Denied this day of u� 9 if with the following amendment: Clerk P/I Form No. 18 (over please) - Planning Commission Information Sheet Application No. 81070 Applicant: Summit Mortgage Corporation Location: 6150 Summit Drive Request: Site & Building Plan The applicant requests site and building plan approval to add to the main house on the historic Earle Brown Farm by attaching the house and garage from the northern portion of the Farm site and by building a fully enclosed porch on the west side of the house. Also, an existing open porch attached to the main house will be relocated and attached to the west side of the relocated house, which in turn is being attached to the main house. The use of the enlarged building will remain residential for the time being. The land on which the structure is located is zoned I-1 and is surrounded by other I-1 zoned land. This parcel and the parcel on which the horse barn and hippodrome are located have been set aside for special zoning consideration under -approval of Appli- cation No. 81041. The relocation of the house and the garage were comprehended under that approval as being consistent with the goals of historic pre- servation. Condition No. 5 of the approval states: "5. That the City Council acknowledges through this site plan approval a special zoning status for the land within the Minnesota Historic Site (see Condition No. 4) whereby development and use of the existing Earle Brown Farm buildings shall be based on City Council approval only. The grounds required for variances from City ordinance re- quirements shall be City Council acceptance of a development plan and the preservation of the Earle Brown Farm structures." As a residential use in the I-1 zone, the main house and attached accessory structures are nonconforming uses under the Zoning Ordi- nance and under Section 35-110 should not be allowed to expand. However, the special status granted to the Farm site by approval of Application No. 81041 allows for the waiver of Section 35-110 if the proposed use and development plan meet the City Council's objective of historic preservation. The proposed porch addition should be evaluated by the Planning Commission as to that objective. Staff have requested comments on the proposal from Dennis Gimmestad of the Minnesota Historical Society. In evaluating the proposed addition, various considerations are taken into account. A purist approach to preservation would disallow any addition. A more pragmatic approach looks at what benefits in terms of preservation are gained in exchange for some loss of authenticity. Also, the reversibility of the improvements is a factor. If the addition can be removed later to allow for restoration of the original structure, it is less obnoxious from the standpoint of historic preservation. Aesthetic compatibility is also certainly a factor. The comments of the MHS will be conveyed to the Commission at Thursday night's meeting. However, oral comments have been made to staff favoring approval of the project. The MHS is likely to recommend that the smaller porch being relocated from the main 11-19-81 -1- r, Application No. 81070 continued house to the relocated house should be attached so that it blends with its new background in the same manner it blended with the.main house. The new, larger porch should blend as unobtrusively as possible. During its construction, care should be taken not to disturb the adjoining main house and the relocated house. Based on these expected comments, approval is recommended, subject to at least the following conditions: 1. Building plans are subject to review and approval by the Building Official with respect to applicable codes prior to the issuance of permits. 2. The plat pertaining to the property (Application No. 81035) shall be given final approval by the City Council and filed at the County prior to the issuance of building permits. 3. Plans and execution of the proposed construction shall be in accordance with recommendations of the Minnesota Historical Society. 4. The provisions of Section 35-110 are waived in the action of this approval on the grounds that the proposal fulfills the objective of historic preserv- ation (see Condition No. 5 of Application No. 81041). 11-19-81 -2- I —] 3c fto . . . . . . . . . . RA CD 4to 4r 44 4w f - - - PROPOSED Rg VIA94 - > ---- < PROPOSE B G le�•. C' _ � � a l i /i, ► 1 S"IMIT OR, CIA Ilk APPL 'CATION N EARL 183RONY GRANDVIEW PARIK--',-co -p t 1 ' . — - September 1, 1982 Mr. Ralph Bruins C/o Summit Agency 6040 Earle Brown Drive Brooklyn Oenter, M1 55430 Isar Mr. Bruins This letter is a f llowup to our recent phone conversation regarding action taken by the City Coumil on August 23, 1982 relating to certain construction on the historic Earle Brown Farm. As you will recall, you and Mr. Gustafson had incluired if a small porch addition could be constructed to ammmct the relocated field house with the main lxxm on the Farm and also complete an outside porch attached to the field house. The City Council in late 1981 approved Planning Ooamission Application No. 81070 which couprehends the addition to the main house and field house of a large enclosed porch and also the remodeling and ooc4=yy of the relocated field house for use as a library/study. One of the conditions of the approval of that application was that building permits for this r wdeUng and cmwtz'uction would not be issued until a preliminary plat for the Farm and same areas be given final approval and filed with the County. As you also are aware, this plat has not been given final approval nor filed with the Oout&7 and, therefore, no building traits Can be issued. On August 23, 1982, the City Council considered your request and were advised that the delay in receiving final approval. an.", the fling of the plat was not being caused by the owner of the Earle Brown Farm. They, therefore, authorized the Building Official to issue the necessary permit for a small porch addition which would connect the main house to the field house. This porch would be in the same location as a porch that had been previously recmved. The City Council went on to state that if the owner of the property intends to, at a later slate, construct the Large porch addition cmiXehouc'ed wiler the above application, that he would have to seek site and building plan approval throucjh. a raw application prior to tin Council authorizing the construction of that addition. I should also point out that no remodeling of the interior of the relocated field house was authorized by the City Council and this may only be undertaken once the above mentioned plat has been given final approoval and filed with the Cbxmty. I also indicated to you in that phone comtversatian that the Building Irvqxector suspects that some electr%al work has been done in the field hie without prows permits. This matter will also have to be resolved before any permits for remodel- ing the field horse can be issued at a lags date. Mr. Ralph Bruins Page 2 September 1, 1982 Please be advised that no w =k can omrwm on the small porch addition until building pexmits have been issued by the Building Official. Any questions you have regarding the City CouncillIs decision may be directed to me. Sincerely, Ronald A. Warren Director of Planning and Inspection RAW:m1g cc: Gerald G. Splinter, City Manager W. J. a3hn, Building Official <---- MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOUNDED IN 1849 Mr. Gary Schallcross City of Brooklyn Center 6301 Shingle Creek Parkway Brooklyn Center, MN 55430 Dear Mr. Schallcross: 690 Cedar Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 (612) 296-6126 17 November 1981 RE: Review of the revised site plan for the Earle Brown Farm/Gustafson Residence, Brooklyn Center, Hennepin County, MN. MHS Referral File Number: N 266 Thank you for submitting the latest plan for the Earle Brown Farmstead. It appears that the zoning district that has been created corresponds with the State Registry District. We approve of this change in that it will preserve the main body of the historic site despite several other alterations to the complex. With respect to the proposed new construction within the preservation district, it is our opinion that the additions are basically unobtrusive and appear to be reversible. The concept of linking two houses of dif- ferent architectural periods does present both stylistic and historic accuracy problems, especially when one house is not on its original site. However, the central porch does encourage preservation and use of the fieldhouse, which may have been destroyed if it remained outside of the complex. We would encourage incorporating as closely as possible the detailing of the earlier porch, which was removed from the house before moving, on the new field house porch. We would also encourage similar detailing on the central linking porch preserving aspects of the two buildings which it will connect. In light of the relatively unobtrusive "reversible" new construction and the continued viability of the structures made possible by these changes, the plan meets with our general approval. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Dennis Gimmestad, Acting Assistant State Historic Preservation Officer (296- 9070) or Susan Hedin, Environmental Assessment Officer (296-0103), 240 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55102. -- ,Gary.Schallcross 17 November 1981 Page 2 of 2 N 266 Again, thank you for your time and attention in planning a sympathetic approach to the changes in the preservation district. Sincerely yours, I zj Russell W. Fr ley State Historic Preservation Officer RWF/sl cc: Janis Blumentals Blumentals/Architecture, Inc. 6100 Summit Drive North Brooklyn Center, MN 55430 Mary Jane Gustafson Brooklyn Historical Society 4935 Abbott Avenue North Brooklyn Center, MN 55429