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Home My WebLink AboutPC77034 - 8/11/77 - 7000-7006 Brooklyn BlvdP"NING COMMISSION FILE Ctti„KLIST File Purge Date: .�a/v,.� FILE INFORMATION Project Number: 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 Type Date Range Location Agendas: Planning Commission Office Minutes: Planning Commission o 2// City Vault �1177 1,Y17 7 Minutes: City Council City Vault `211y177 Document Tvoe Number Location Resolutions: Planning Commission City Vault Resolutions: City Council City Vault Ordinances: City Council City Vault COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY FILES CHECKLIST CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER Street Location of Property Legal Description of Property PLANNING COMMISSION ZONING APPLICATION Application No. Please Print Clearly or Type 7000 and 7006 Brooklyn Blvd. 77034 Owner Richard RoQk5t4d — _ -- Address 21252 St. Francis Blvd Anoka. MN 55303 Phone No. 753-1697 or 427-40 0 Applicant Same - ----- --- Address Phone No. Type of Request: Rezoning X Variance Special Use Permit Subdivision Approval Site & Bldg. Plan Approval Other: Description of Request: Variance from Section 35-700 to permit off-street customer parking in part of required 35 ft. greensttrip abgttin4 Brooklyn Blvd.-. a ma.ior thoroughfare. Fee 15.00 Receipt No. 46396 Dates of P.C. Consideration: Approved ing cond-' 0ons: Applicant's Signature August 1, 1977 Date PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION Denied this ��day of z2aG� 19 Z, subject to the follow - airman ----------------------------------------------- CITY COUNCIL ACTION Dates of Council Consideration: 7k — �Z a _ Z� 77 A Approved Denied�this ! � day of ^ , 19 77 , with the following amendment: i ler P/I Form No. 18 (over please) CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER, MINNESOTA 6301 Shingle Creek Parkway 55430 PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR FILING APPLICATION FOR SITE AND BUILDING PLAN APPROVAL Prior to submission of an application for plan review and approval, prospective applicants should arrange an informational meeting with the Planning staff to discuss preliminary plans and to become familiarized with applicable ordinance and policy provisions. Three (3) copies of the following documents and information shall be submitted, at least 14 days prior to the date of the regular Commission meeting, concurrent with filing the application required documents must be consistent with ordinance and policy provisions before an application may be accepted): 1. A certified site survey drawing by a registered engineer or land surveyor showing pertinent existing condition, accurately dimensioned. 2.* An accurately scaled and dimensioned site plan indicating: a) parking layouts including access provisions; b) designations and locations of accessory buildings; c) fences, walls or other screening, including heights and type of material; d) outside lighting provisions, type and location; e) curbing. 3.* A landscape plan showing areas to be sodded or seeded; location, size and species of trees and shrubbery. 4.* Building floor plans, elevations, sections and specifications, including materials proposed. 5.* Existing and proposed land elevations, drainage provisions, and utility provisions. 6. Additional drawings, plans or information deemed necessary by the Secretary. *Must be prepared by a registered architect or person registered with the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers and Land Surveyors, and said drawings/plans shall be so certified. NOTE: Upon approval of plans by the Council and prior to issuance of permits, a Performance Agreement as to approved site improvements and a supporting financial guarantee, in an amount to be determined by the City, are required. Acceptable financial instruments include cash escrow; certificate of deposit; and performance bond. Copies of the Zoning Ordinance may be obtained from the Administrative Office. Questions should be directed to the Department of Planning and Inspection. P/I Form No. 19 w' to -wit; -- ''.All that'part of Lot 5, Auditor's Subdivision No. 57, according to the =f,,, =.'fiap or plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the Register, of Deeds in and for Hennepin County, Minnesota, that is describe ds followss, Beginning at the Southwest corner of said Lot 5; thence East along the South line of said Lot 5, 185 feet; thence North parallel with the East line of said Lot 5 a distance of 56 feet; thence parallel with the South line of said Lot 5 to the Westerly line thereof; thence Southerly along the Westerly line of said Lot 5 to the point of beginning. Subject to existing streets and highways. r 1 Application No. 77034 Applicant: Richard Rockstad Location: 7000-7006 Brooklyn Boulevard Request: Variance The applicant seeks a variance from Section 35-411 (4) which provides that in the C-1 District no parking shall be permitted within 35 ft. of any major thoroughfare right-of-way, and the 35 ft. area shall be maintained as a greenstrip. Section 35- 700 also mentions this 35 ft. greenstrip along major thoroughfares for developments in the C-1 District. The applicant proposes to use a portion of the 35 ft. green - strip for temporary visitor parking. This request is related to Application No. 77035 for a special use permit to allow development of a Service/Office use on the property which is in the..R-5 zoning district. The City Council recently amended the ordinance to permit certain Service/Office uses in the R-5 zoning district, and the ordinance at Section 35-314 (3) states that such Service/Offices uses shall be subject to the C-1 District re- quirements. Brooklyn Boulevard is defined as a major thoroughfare. The applicant has submitted a letter to the file (copy attached) explaining the reasons for the variance request. The intent of the ordinance in establishing this setback for C-1 Service/Office uses along major thoroughfares is primarily based upon aesthetic consideration. The Comprehensive Plan which calls for ultimate development of C-1 uses along Brooklyn Boulevard,for example, recognizes the difference in parking for Service/ Office uses versus Retail uses, in that, retail uses typically generate short-term parking and higher trip activity than office uses which typically exhibit longer - term parking. The purpose of requiring a 35 ft. minimum yard or greenstrip is an effort to provide an aesthetic break or balance to a generally full and static parking area. The applicant contends that the proposed parking in the front of the_office..buil.ding would be for visitor or short-term parking and thus, in that context, would be similar to the C-2 type of parking use. The plans indicate that sufficient parking to support the building within ordinance standards is provided easterly of the building in a large parking lot,and it is the intent of the applicant to designate that parking area for employees and tenants of the proposed building. The approxi- mately 6 spaces in front of the building would accommodate visitors and customers to the real estate offices and would be so designated. Access to this parking would be from 70th Avenue North and would be one-way in design with exiting onto Brooklyn Boulevard. The variance would be for 15 ft. since a 20 ft greenstrip is indicated on the plan and is possible due to the provision for parallel parking spaces rather than di- agonal or 900 spaces. A public hearing has been scheduled. The applicant indicates in the letter submitted to the file that he would be willing to apply a covenant to the property (which could be filed with the related plat) which would be in a form satisfactory to the City and which would stipulate the specific use of the area for visitor parking related to the real estate use alone. It would further stipulate, according to the applicant's letter, that should the use of the building change, the area would be restored as a greenstrip. 8-11-77 Application No. 77034 continued: The Commission should evaluate the request in terms of the standards.for variance listed in Section 35-240 since a specific finding must be made,that there is general compliance with those standards, and that the request is within the intent of the ordinance. A final consideration would be that this variance is not essential to the compliance of the proposed site and building plans with ordinance parking standards. The ap- plicant has submitted a site plan reflecting full compliance with the ordinance standards, and a site plan reflecting the proposed parking with a variance. The Commission may want to take the variance matter under advisement and review the ordinance standard itself and the feasibility of amending that standard as a pos- sible alternative to granting a variance. 8-11-77