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Home My WebLink AboutPC80028 - 8/14/80 - 55th & Dupont AvePLANNING CONOUSSION FILE CHECKLIST File Purge Date: G8 91 FILE INFORMATION Planning Commission Application No. 8GUo18 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 Tyne Date Range Location Agenda Cover Sheet: Planning Commission Agenda Book Minutes: Planning Commission Minutes: City Council Resolutions: Planning Commission Resolutions: City Council Ordinances: City Council 81,1/,6v City Vault 8/zs/8o, 12/g/�U, City Vault 71 -718/, g/`7/8 Z City Vault City Vault City Vault Historical Photographs: Planning Commission City Archieve CITY OF L'I (1ill;l YI I Cl it Iilc PLANNING IOil /01ii111G AI'i'I 1Ct1 ION Application No. 80028 Plca,e i�rin - Cler.ri- or T,,.,I? Street Locat-ion of Prep^rt,y 55th and_ llunont Avgnue No Ili Legal Dc cript-ion of Property Lc t 6, Block 2, Littel ,iddition, Henneein Co.,-Mn. - 0.mer Harron United Methodist Church Acidness 5 th & Dupont Avenue North Phone i'i�►. 566-2780 Applicant, Glenna Larson, Board Chairman Adt!re-1s 5420 Queen Avenue North Phone ?'o . 560-8826 We of Pr -clues t: Rezoning Subdivision A.0proval Variance Site & bldil. Plan Api,►' oval Special Use Peririt Other: Description of Reguesi: Special Use Permit - This will take care of most on street parking during regular services. Fee $ 50 M 11 Rece Ni. i u. 53912 hate, of P.C. Consideration: Approved _�__ O,--nied ing co-1-d- :-ions: C July 28, 1980 lea e_____ FLANINIi?G Co,,! ki T-I ; REC:-Ji'11!!1;:i;(;A; I► id this _ day of 19 'L ;., SUbjOct CITY COUi;C1L f;L1 ,0,-1 Datos c I COWIC-11 Cor►s.i c; rr:t i cat r'1-12 11 Approk-elt, Y-1 Denied ':his - 2 d:;; r� 19 16, .riot t.ire fc►llarri,,ti -- V i f o;'iii 1; 18 (u'vot' 1,1(ta'J') —Planning Commission Information Sheet Application No. 80028 Applicant: Harron United Methodist Church Location: 5452 Dupont; 5501 Dupont Request: Special Use Permit and Site and Building Plan Approval The applicant requests site and building plan approval and special use permit approval to install a 40 space parking lot on the northwest corner of Dupont Avenue North and 55th Avenue North. The lot will provide an improved parking area for the congregation of Harron United Methodist Church located at the south- east corner of the same intersection. Section 35-701 of the City's Zoning Ordinance stipulates that all parking for residential, commercial and industrial uses shall be located on the same lot as the principal use served unless a special use permit authorizes accessory off -site parking. Such a special use permit can be granted only after certain conditions are met. (See Section 35-701 attached) The proposed parking lot meets these conditions in every respect. As an institutional R1 use, the church and the off -site parking area are considered the same as a Cl use for the purposes of Section 35-701. The application, however, most also meet the normal standards for a special use permit in that the construction of the parking lot represents the formal expan- sion of the church which is a special use by itself. Mr. Gilbert Engdahl, a member of the church board, has submitted a letter on behalf of the church ad- dressing these standards and those for a variance. (The letter and the standards are attached for your review.) Mr. Engdahl points out that the improved parking area will improve the appearance of the site by defining green areas and making use of the lot in all weather conditions which cannot now be done. He also states that the lot will be properly screened and that more cars will be able to use the lot when it is paved rather than park on the public streets. We concur with these observations and find no violation of the Standards for a Special Use Permit in their proposal. The proposed site plan calls for two entrances to the parking lot, one from Dupont and one from 55th Avenue North. Each serves approximately half the parking lot since there is no driving lane which connects the two curb cuts. The parking lot makes use of eight compact car stalls measuring 7' 6" x 16' with curb overlap. These stalls are in line with the dimensions contained in the draft ordinance amendment to Section 35-704 which the Commission reviewed at its last study meeting. The greenstrip facing Dupont is proposed at 12' rather than 15' as required under past approvals. This deviation from the standard is the subject of the accompanying variance request. Upon further review of the draft ordinance amendment, the staff does not feel that it would be appropriate at this time to pursue the compact car parking provisions, It is not known whether the compact car spaces would be utilized and the enforcement of such a provision is questionable at best. Another factor is that designated compact car spaces might be feasible in large parking lots (well in excess of 40 stalls) or as shown in parking ramps where physical barriers allow the parking of compact cars only. If such stalls are not utilized as intended the driving lane would be shortened and further problems would result. If there is justification for a variance as recommended in the inform- ation sheet for Application No. 80029, then perhaps it would be better to vary even further to allow for full sized parking stalls. Another option open to the Commission might be a recommendation that would allow compact car spaces on a "test basis" if it is felt that they can be adequately utilized. 8-14-80 -1- -'Application No. 80028 continued The proposed parking lot will not meet the parking requirement of one space for every three seats. It will, however, provide roughly one stall per every three attendees on the average. Drainage of the site will be roughly northwest to southeast to a catch basin at the southeast corner of the lot to be connected by storm sewer to a catch basin in Dupont Avenue North. Staff have recommended that the church obtain a drainage easement over the easterly 10' of the property to west for snow storage. To date, the owner of the neighboring property have refused to grant an easement, but have signed a letter agreeing to allow the church to use the land for the purposes of snow storage and to allow for new plantings to be installed should their lilacs fail. Staff have definite reservations about this arrangement since it probably would not be legally binding if a dispute arose. Landscaping proposed for the site consists basically of the existing 12' high lilac bushes on the north property line and also on the neighboring property to the west. A new 6' high opaque fence is indicated for a 60' section along the north property line. We have requested in a letter sent to the applicant on July 23rd (attached) that the parking lot also be screened from the residences across Dupont and 55th by some form of screening consistent with the recent approval to the Lutheran Church of the Master. This is not yet shown on the proposed plan. We recommend that the plan be amended to indicate such screening in accordance with Section 35-711. We will be prepared to discuss these and other aspects of this application at Thursday's meeting. A public hearing has been scheduled and notices have been sent. Approval of this application should only be granted upon at least the following conditions being met: 1. Grading, drainage, and utility plans are subject to the review and approval by the City Engineer prior to the issuance of the special use permit. 2. A performance agreement with a supporting financial guarantee (in an amount to be determined by the City Manager) shall be entered into by the applicant prior to the issuance of the permit. 3. The site plan shall be modified to indicate screening of the parking lot from residences across Dupont and across 55th Ave. North in accordance with Section 35-711 of the City Ordinances prior to consideration by the City Council. 4. Plan approval is subject to the granting of a variance com- prehended by Application No. 80029 regarding a greenstrip encroachment. 5. Plan approval is exclusive of all signery which is subject to Chapter 34 of the City's Ordinance:. 8-14-80 -2- •'Application No. 80028 continued 6. The approved plan shall be certified by an architect or engineer registered in the State of Minnesota prior to the issuance of permits. 7. The Special Use Permit for Accessory Off -Site Parking com- prehended by Section 35-701 Subdivision 3 is issued to the Harron Methodist Church and is nontransferable. 8. The Special Use Permit is subject to all applicable ordinances codes, and regulations, and violation thereof shall be grounds for revocation. 8-14-80 -3- f A i k� f�. L0 , 00 V Cn w N J hl (n I w Z n (n m -0 p CA =' O O r7 T O 00 (A C " M (D D 'S —+' N z (A _'I t+ (D -'• 0) :3 C -�• l� CTi fD Z7 (D J (D 7r -J• -+ Q' 4r+ O 0 C (D -h (D I? "D (D '1 O CT CL 0 .. ti • J n ("i J. J .I• O CL(p �• C Oct C) (D iU '1 M. (D VA -1 -3 N c+. 07 .� . (D . r. c+ 0 re),.�o.r -+• -+• 00 -.00 -1 a- n CL Iv J - o a m � r) - + b cN -b \ J G7' O O O C h CL (a O C) 0 -S p ' -O vl (DO J M (+ -+• CL f+ �• > > O 1 (D •Q (D � TS Pi fD -S VJ MU (� C (D O (D -s � 0.0 "� Q• Q i N (n (D O ,rD r+ (D i (D i ZA rD c+ 'T7 b � J• =r3v— �5 �'wS � . V . 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