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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010 03-02 PC PACKETCITY OF GEM LAKE, MN City Hall - 4200 Otter Lake Road Gem Lake, MN 55110-3763 all Telephone 651-747-2790 E-mail ('ih u.<�cmlakcliN.ur� To: Planning Commission, City Council, Mayor Uzpen From: Craig Rafferty, Planning Commission Chair GEM LAKE PLANNING COMMISION AGENDA, March 2, 2010. Place: Heritage Hall 1. Call to Order at 7PM. 2. Review and Approval for February 2010 Meeting Minutes 3. Update re: Hansen Property 4. Discussion on Final Comprehensive Plan Review and Adjustments for Chapter 3 5. Other Business Look for us on the World Wide Web at gemlakemn.org CITY OF GEM LAKE, MN 4200 Otter Lake Road Gem Lake, MN 55110-3227 -- Telephone 651-747-2790 E-mail Citv(a�gemlakeMN.ora Gem Lake Planning Commission Meeting 2 February 2010 The regular meeting of the Planning Commission of Gem Lake was called to order by Chairman Craig Rafferty on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 7:01 p.m. in the Gem Lake City Hall conference room. The following members were present: Chairman Craig Rafferty, Planning Commission members Beth Herzog, and Dan Marier. APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND MEETING MINUTES Planning Commission Agenda: Chairman Rafferty asked for any changes, deletions or added agenda items. None was given, so proceeded to move forward with the meeting. Planning Commission Minutes: Chairman Rafferty called to approve the January Planning Commission meeting minutes. The January Planning Commission minutes were discussed and upon motion by Commissioner Herzog and seconded by Commissioner Marier. The January minutes were approved. Ayes — 3, Nays — 0. NEW BUSINESS Conditional Use Permit: Modification of 4 Seasons Auto was discussed. Denny from the used car sales was there to discuss that he moved his office to a different location on the site. The condition was one auto per parking space, no parking on the street and no should be displayed for sale. Drop off on the side of the building and operating hours will be 6 a.m. through 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday. With approval from the City Council it will be amended to be the shifting location of the office change with four to six cars parked in front. Per the State of Minnesota he would need a zoning approval as the actual address will change with seven parking spots up front and four parking spots on the side of the building by the office. All car inventories will be in the back of the building and he will pull the car around for the customer to view. Questions were asked by the Planning Commission and Chairman Rafferty stated that Tom Reside from the White Bear Township had gone through the zoning and recommended the conditional use permit to be granted and keep conditions that were related to the j Gem Lake Planning Commission Minutes Page 2 of 3 permit by the City Council. It was stated that it would be 20 parking spaces with one parked car per space and with an additional six parking spaces that go with the front office. The Planning Commission will make a recommendation to approve and send forward to the City Council. Upon motion by Commissioner Maier and seconded by Commissioner Herzog, the conditional use permit was approved to forward to the City Council. Ayes — 3, Nays — 0. 3599 Scheuneman Road: Conditional use permit request from Mr. starting a business by the name of High Tech Auto Services, Inc. The store will be in the old Surround Sound store. His business is restoring/service repair of old autos and full auto service. His place of business will be selling auto alarms, custom tires, anything that has to do with restoring older vehicles. Most of his stock is custom order. He will be the person working at the Gem Lake store. His plan is to paint the outside and wants to clean up the area. He will view the sign ordinance to see what is acceptable. The Planning Commission discussed the issues and upon motion by Commissioner Herzog and seconded by Commissioner Maier, it was approved to forward to the City Council and suggested to attend the February 23, 2010 City Council meeting. Ayes — 3, Nays — 0. Hansen Property (West of Daniels Farm Road): There was discussion related to the development of the Hansen property. The developer did not attend the workshop meeting on Monday, February 1, 2010 and Chairman Rafferty stated that the developer had called him and had the dates mixed up. OPEN DISCUSSION It was discussed that the Planning Commission is waiting for a response back from the Metropolitan Council. It was mentioned by Mayor Uzpen that the Comp Plan is from 2008. The Planning Commission agreed to view the updated Comp Plan and focus on sections three, five, and nine and will discuss at the March Planning Commission meeting. Will look over a chapter at a time. Mayor Uzpen stated that there is money in the budget for the Planning Commission to work with SEH. The Gateway Ordinance has been passed and zoning changed, but nothing from 2009 (i.e. Gateway Ordinance) is not in the plan. SEH will start working on the Comp Plan after Gem Lake does more research on their own. Goals for 2010: Chairman Rafferty suggested that Gem Lake resolves the bike trails and the safety to the community. Also mentioned was the opportunity to get the community together. Go forth on the discussion of the Hansen property. Figure out ways to handle requests for help in financing and finding alternative ways to help developers. Look for us on the World Wide Web at gemlakemn.org Gem Lake Planning Commission Minutes Page 3 of 3 ADJOURN Upon motion by Commissioner Maier and seconded by Commissioner Herzog, the February 2, 2010 regular meeting of the Planning Commission was adjourned at 8:10 pm. . Ayes — 3, Nays — 0. APPROVED: ATTEST: ATTEST: Julie Newkirk Craig Rafferty Recording Secretary Chairman Look for us on the World Wide Web at gemlakemn.org