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ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION – April 6, 2016 4 <br /> <br />City Planner Streff reviewed the options available to the Planning Commission on this matter: <br /> <br />1. Recommend Approval with Conditions <br />2. Recommend Approval as Submitted. <br />3. Recommend Denial <br />4. Table <br /> <br />Chair Thompson opened the floor to Commissioner comments. <br /> <br />Chair Thompson asked if the current sign could have been renovated without needing to receive <br />a variance. <br /> <br />City Planner Streff explained that the applicant could have repaired the existing sign but has <br />chosen to upgrade the sign. <br /> <br />Commissioner Lambeth understood the new sign would have more information, while also <br />reducing the sign area. <br /> <br />City Planner Streff believed this to be the case. <br /> <br />Commissioner Bartel questioned what materials the sign would be built out of and asked how <br />long the sign would last. <br /> <br />Mark Rasch, Sign Images, explained the new sign would be made out of aluminum and would <br />be affixed to the building by non-corrosive fasteners. He estimated the sign would last seven to <br />ten years. <br /> <br />Commissioner Zimmerman moved and Commissioner Bartel seconded a motion to <br />recommend approval of Planning Case 16-006 for a Site Plan Review and Sign Standard <br />Adjustment at 4797 Highway 10, based on the findings of fact and the submitted plans as <br />amended by the four (4) conditions in the April 6, 2016, Report to the Planning <br />Commission. The motion carried unanimously (7-0). <br /> <br />B. Planning Case 16-008; Variance – 1865 County Road D West – No Public Hearing <br />Required <br /> <br />City Planner Streff explained that the applicant owns the property located at 1865 County Road <br />D West. The property is zoned R-2 Single & Two Family Residential District and is generally <br />positioned north of County Road D West, south of Glen Paul Avenue, east of Prior Avenue <br />North and west of Lake Johanna Boulevard. <br /> <br />City Planner Streff stated that the applicant is proposing to construct a new twenty six (26) foot <br />by twenty-eight (28) foot or 728 square foot detached accessory structure. As proposed, the new <br />structure would replace the deteriorating existing structure that is 400 square feet or twenty (20) <br />feet by twenty (20) feet in size. The proposed accessory structure would be placed in the rear yard <br />and in the same general location as the existing structure along the east property line. As defined <br />by the City Code the existing detached structure is considered to be non-conforming as the