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10-26-1972CITY OF RICHFIELD PLANNING CO�:p1ISSION AGENDA OCTOBER 26, 1972 CALL TO ORDER: 7:30 p.m. ROLL CALL APPROVAL OF MINUTES: September 26, 1972 and August 29, 1972. Regular Business and/or Public Hearing Items: Item #1, Case 72-SP-4 Item #2, Case 72-SP-5 Item #3, Case 72-SP-6 item #4, Case 72-V-6 Correspondence Items: None. Study Items Econo Travel Motor Hotel 1425 East 77th Street Robert F. Adelmann 7601 Lyndale Avenue South Theodore A. Samsel 1311 East 66th Street Theodore A. Samsel 1311 East 66th Street. Site and Building Plan Review for forty eight unit motel. Special Use Permit for garage and .retail sales activity to be operated in connection with the sale and installation of glass in automobile vehicles. Special Use Permit for basement garage to be used in the repair of antique automobiles. Variance from an established side yard setback area alocg 14t.,1 Avenue for purpose of constructing a garage to be used in the repair of antique automobiles. Item #5 Vacation: Alternative proposals to vacate a portion of Xerxes Avenue in connection with the joining of York Avenue with the Xerxes Avenue Bridge over I-494. Item #6 Report: Consideration of proposed changes to the Outside Storage and Merchandising standards of the city code as relates to commercial businesses within the city. Item #7 Comprehensive Plan: Reconsideration of proposals of the comprehensive plan in areas where the Council feels additional study is required. Communication Items: Doe. ADJOURNMENT: 10:30 p.m. DATE September 11, 1972 September 26, 1972 October 26, 1972 CITY OF RICHFIELD PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA ---------- ------------ -- i Item #1 Case 72-SP-4 Originating Department: City Council Action Requested: Site and building plan review Exhibits: None The Planning Commission continued consideration of this item from its September 26 meeting to allow the applicant to further refine site and building plans for this proposed motel project. The Commission will recall that this review involves evaluation of site and building plans for a 48 unit motel proposed for location at 1.425 East 77th Street. The Commission has already recommended approval of a special use permit for the project but the City Council refused to take action on this recommendation until the Commission gave further consideration to plans for this motel. At the time that this agenda item was being prepared, no new plans had been submitted I to the Planning Department for review and comment. Therefore, staff has no recommendation to make relative to the adequacy or sufficiency of site and building j plans for this proposal. If the applicant has not submitted plans for this project by the time of the October 26 Commission meeting, then the item should be continued j indefinately or until such time as the applicant requests it be placed back on the agenda. DATE October 26, 1972 CITY OF RICHFIELD PLANKNING COMMISSION AGENDA Item #2 Case 72-SP-5 Originating Department: Planning Department Action Requested: Special Use Permit for Garage and Retail Sales Store Exhibits: Site location and zoning map as attached, Section 3.33, Subdivision 3, Paragraphs a through o of the city code. On May 22, 1972, the City Council approved an off-street parking contract for a commercial building at the southeast corner of 76th and Lyndale Avenue. A sketch showing the location of the property upon which the proposed building would be located is attached hereto. The property upon which this retail commercial building was to be located was owned by Mr. Robert Addelmann, who was interested in constructing a one-story building of about 2,590 square feet for use as a professional office or commercial retail space for clients interested in this property. Up to the time that this request was made of the Council,the property had been used as an unauthorized park -and -ride parking lot as well as an overflow parking facility by customers shopping within the stores located immediately adjacent to this property. Construction of the project was undertaken in late July of this year and is expected to be completed before winter. However, the applicants have been unsuccessful in attracting the type of client originally intended for occupancy of this structure. Recently, the applicants approached the Planning Director with a proposal to locate a glass company within this building which would have, as an accessory activity, the installation and repair of damaged glass within automobiles. The establishment of this type of business within the building would necessitate the construction of a garage within which the installation and minor repair of automobiles requiring services of this glass company would take place. The Planning Director discouraged the applicants from proceeding with this proposal because of the fact that the garage would be located immediately adjacent to a single family residential property as well as the fear that traffic circulation and parking arrangements designed for this site would become difficult to manage should this garage be constructed in this location. A copy of the existing zoning pattern of this area is attached hereto. The applicants disagree with the Planning Director's thoughts on this matter and, there- fore, have filed an application for a special use permit to allow this garage and retail sales store to occupy this building. The special use permit is filed under Section 3.33, Subdivision 3, Paragraphs a through o of the city code, which relates to standards applicable to gasoline service stations, public garages, and car sales lots. A copy of this section of the city code is attached to this agenda letter. If the Planning Commission recommends approval of this request, such approval must be based upon the affirmative findings being made for all of the paragraphs contained within this section of the city code. It is the Planning Director's feelings that paragraph a of this section cannot be made in the affirmative and, as such, this proposal should be denied. In the alternative, if the Planning Commission feels that this is an appropriate use of this building, then it should recommend that the Council waive j the findings of paragraph a of this section so that this use can be permitted at this location. v 0 0 0 m 0 m _ t YNDAt E w Y 30 31 2;43 Qes. 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In a Ceneral Commercial district, unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the following uses are permitted: (1) Any use permitted in an "R" district or an "MR" district upon com- pliance with the p�gcedural requirements for such district provided that no one -family, two-fam;ly or multiple -family dwelling shall be constructed in this district Without first obtaining a special use permit therefor in accordance with provisions of Section 3.41. (2) Any commercial use permitted in a "C-1" district, subject to the procedural requirements contained in this section. (3) Ratail stores and shops, including soda fountains. (4) Financial institutions, telephone and telegraph offices, messenger offices and professional offices. (5) Carpenter, furniture repairing and upholstery shops, book binding shops, dress making shops, shoe repairing or dyeing shops, newspaper and job printing establishments, electrical, tinsmithing, plumbing, decorating shops, self service laundries and outdoor advertising signs. (6) Tree trimming services provided that such services do not include storage accumulation or keeping of wood or tree trimmings on the premises. (7) Accessory uses and.structures incidental to any permitted use, but not including the open storage of equipment or materials. Subd. 2. Uses by Special Use Permit. ,the following uses shall be permit- ted only upon the procurement of a special use permit pursuant to Section 3.41: (1) Undertaking establishments. (2) Any drive-in .business where people are served in automobiles. (3) Automobile camps and courts. (4) Hotels, motels, restaurants, cafes, gasoline service stations, - public garages, car sales lots, and theatres. (5) Other business uses which are determined by the council to be of the same general character as the uses enumerated in this section and which will not be obnoxious or detrimental to the area in which they would be located. Subd. 3. Regulations Relating to Gasoline Service Stations, Public Garages and Car Sales Lots. A special use permit fcr a gasoline service station, a public garage or a car sales lot shall not be granted unless the council finds that the proposed use will be in substantial compliance with the following standards: (a) The use'site will not abut a lot which is in an "R" district. For the purposes of this paragraph, a lot which merely adjoins the use site at one corner will not be deemed to abut the site. (b) The use will not create undue traffic hazards or traffic congestion by reason of the turning movements which vehicles would make in entering or leaving the site. (c) No driveway, at the point it crosses the property line of the site will be within 40 feet of an intersection. An "intersection" as used in this paragraph means the point of intersection of the extended curb lines if the curbs on the near side of the site, and measurement shall be along such extended curb lines. 67 3/23/70 ,. (d) Tioe Station Or gar- ge will not display any banners, noisy 1-i! on - _ c-: i_Zon-d's` � - f r-p�JSCur rI; dE'_V.L^.es In the oe" ;s. ''.�._1__: att C_aCtin O _ ZSi Jili t— i e are --in i'r orlt of building setback, lanes. (e) 'Che m ni'lttm frontage an any Street t•Till be 120 feet and the minimnuv1 area of the "site will be 12,000 square feet for a staCio-L with 170lIr pumps Or less.; and Stations ?•Tits 1-0-re- P -- MOO :•7i11_ have sufficient additional _ frontage area to provide e`iuivalent a r a' su.ilcient space for servicing iIc'(1�Clvs, Lor of :'-street parkin. —I, for s?ie vei?i cults r approaches into the sn Lon, and for good, visZD:_1_ for p?.. s_rians and drZver., (f) -No driveway will be flared outward on the boulevard in such a way as to encroach upon the boulevard Of adjacent property. (g) 1.hi� station or--aii-a :aill COCiplf with the of f-street Dari.li?g, .sign t;O1?Sti�uction and other regulations of the city, r (h) Any required. buffer or screening area will be so constructed as u) `obstruct headlight beams of auto Iobiles on the- station. property from beaming onto adjacent residential property. (i) Pump islands will not be so close to street or adjacent property lines as to create the likelihood of encroachment by vehicles upon street right-of-way, sidewalk areas or adjacent property, (j) Only one permanent detached grour_d display sign, pedestal type may be erected on the street frontage at or near the property line adjacent to the street, except that if the frontage e t=rze."s ee �. is in.e<�; ess.-cif 150 feet, two such signs may be allowed by the council on siith frontage, subject to any other applicable sign regulation, (1) All exterior lighting will be so designed, placed and operated as -riot to be a nuisance ;o adjacent properties. (1) If the station or garage is to be located in a shopping center or other integrated development, it will be in architectural harmony with the rest of the center or development. (m) The station or.garage will not provide for the outdoor operation of lubrication equipment, hydraulic lifts or service pits, or the outdoor display of merchandise; but the outside ur_derground storage of gasoline and other petroleum products between pumps, or the temporary display of merchandise within 4 feet of the station building is permitted, (n) If the station or garage is not to be located on a county -road or state hig'c„way, it shall not be operated between the hours of I1_:00 p,rl and 6:00 a.m, of the following day. (o) If the site is at an intersection, provision will. be made for an unobstructed area on the site, adjacent to and within 50 feet of the inter- section, free of vehicles, signs (other than a pedestal sign), displays or other m.aterials which tend to obstruct intersection visibility, Subd, 44. Regulations Relating.; to Hotels, i'Otels, Restaurants and Cafes. special. use, permit shall not be granted for a hotel, motel, ).-estaiirant or Cafe unless the council finds t1haL the proposed Use will be in substantial compliance with th^ followi_n_; ds: (a) The use will not create undue traffic hazards or traffic congestion either on the public streets adjacent to the site or on the parking areas on or adjacent to the site or on streets adjacent to the site unto which traffic to or from the site is channeled, (b) Adequate provision will be made, through the use of building set -- backs, buffer areas, screening, and exterior treatment or placement of the building on the site to avoid noise, glare, furies, dust, and any other sources of nuisance or annoyance to adjacent properties. 68 3/23/70 DATE October 26. 1972 CITY OF RICHFIELD PLANNING COM74ISSION AGENDA Item #3 Case #72-SP-6 Originating Department: Planning Department Action Requested: Special Use Permit Exhibits: Site location map as attached, site and building plans to be presented at the meeting, and Section 3.33, Subdivision 3, Paragraphs a through o of the city code. Mr. Theodore Samsel requests approval of a special use permit for a garage which would be used in the repair of antique automobiles. The garage, which will be located on property at the corner of 14th Avenue and West 66th Street, will be one of two new structures constructed and added onto the existing buildings at the aforementioned location. The garage will be constructed below grade and is proposed to be extended to the existing property line facing onto 14th Avenue South. Plans indicating the configuration of the.garage as well as its relationship to the new building to beconstructed at this .location will be presented at the Planning Commission meeting. The garage will be located on property currently zoned C-2 and currently occupied by a wood -frame structure, which has been used for the past several years as the headquarters building for a small insurance firm. This building will be dismantled., and removed .from the site to make way for the new garage structure. A sketch showing the location of the property upon which the garage will be located as well as the existing zoning in this area,is attached hereto. Plans submitted by the applicant indicate that a one-story building will be constructed and directly attached,to the existing building at 1309-1315 West 66th Street. The garage for which the special use permit is applied for, will be designed as an integral part of this one-story building and will be extended from beneath this building to the property line facing onto 14th Avenue South. The portion of the garage extending from the end of the one-story building to the property line on 14th Avenue will partially be constructed below grade. It is the opinion of the staff that this arrangement will require five additional on -site parking spaces to what currently exists at this location. The applicant is providing five on -site parking spaces to satisfy this requirement. The application for this special use permit is filed under Section 3.33, Subdivision 3, Paragraphs a through o of the city code. If the Planning Commission recommends approval of the request, it will be necessary to make affirmative findings to all of the paragraphs found in this section. It is the Planning Director's conclusion that all of these findings can be affirmatively satisfied. A copy of Section 3.33, Subdivision 3, Paragraphs a through o of the city code is attached hereto. Extension of the proposed garage to the property line on 14th Avenue will require a variance since it violates the average setback line established by the existing wood -frame building and single family homes located on the west side of 14th Avenue South. The granting of the special use permit for this use will in no way commit the Commission to grant this variance which has been filed by the applicant and appears as a separate item in this agenda. i Planning Commission Agenda Page 2 October 26, 1972 Continued Item #3 Continued If the Planning Commission recommends approval of this special use permit, the following conditions should be attached. a. Variance from the average side yard setback line established along the west side of 14th Avenue be granted by the Commission. and City Council. b. Amended off-street parking contract be approved by the City Council. C. This property upon which this proposal is,to be constructed to be combined with existing property to which the new structure will be attached. d. Landscape and lighting plans to be approved by the Planning Director. e. Removal of one of the curb cuts on West 66th Street be approved by the County Engineer. f. Building plans to be approved by Chief Inspector and Fire Marshall. g. Sidewalks to be placed on the west side of this project along 14th Avenue. a= i j� jj�� jj��`` ((''''�� �� �� �� /j�g JJ ~� �atE.. NERAL `i./V9NlMERCOAL NIULTIPLE RESIDENCE --ter'-"--�-e IT ,^"'..• , s e-�t ie-^,•_- 9 r i 7A 4 a -- �� i ti� ��tt0 rr VM1 1�.)r i0 q � r)0 Oz• z, �l • ,�= � is � 2 A i R,�a7 J f 1 iju \r .J � ,., ,,A �.. ��1�"•a iy6 ��o J t fi� l a C aj I U r) —t �f oPas-e A .� oo c y EAST EAST 'n � 1 1ry :1 i 1 •,� h a Z1i for storage, loading, unloading or similar activities. 3.33. USE, REGULATIONS FOR "C-2". GENERAL CO.11MERCIAL DISTRICT. Subdivision 1. Permitted Uses. In a General Commercial district, unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the following uses are permitted: (1) Any use permitted in an "R" district or an "MR" district upon com- pliance with the procedural requirements for such district provided that no one --family, two-family or multiple -family dwelling shall be constructed in this district withoue first obtaining a special use permit therefor in accordance with provisions of Section 3.41. (2) Any commercial use permitted in a "C-l" district, subject to the procedural requirements contained in this section. (3) Ratail stores and shops, including soda fountains. (4) Financial institutions, telephone and telegraph offices, messenger offices and professional offices. (5) Carpenter, furniture repairing and upholstery shops, book binding shops, dress making shops, shoe repairing or dyeing shops, newspaper and job printing establishments, electrical, tinsmithing, plumbing, decorating shops, self service laundries and outdoor advertising signs. (6) Tree trimming services provided that such services do not include storage accumulation or keeping of wood or tree trimmings on the premises. (7) Accessory uses and structures incidental to any permitted use, but not including the open storage of equipment or materials. Subd. 2. Uses by Special Use Permit. yale following uses shall be permit- ted only upon the procurement of a special use permit pursuant to Section 3.41: (1) Undertaking establishments. (2) Any drive-in .business where people are served in automobiles. (3) Automobile camps and courts. (4) Hotels, motels, restaurants, cafes, gasoline service stations, public garages, car sales lots, and theatres. (5) Other business uses which are determined by the council to be of the same general character as the uses enumerated in this section and which will not be obnoxious or detrimental to the area in which they would be located. Subd. 3. Regulations Relating to Gasoline Service Stations, Public Garages and Car Sales Lots. A special use permit fcr a gasoline service station,, a public garage or a car sales lot shall not be granted unless the council finds that the propoised use will be in substantial compliance with the following standards: (a) The uso'site will not abut a lot which is in an "R" district. For the purposes of this paragraph, a lot which merely adjoins the use site at one corner will not be deemed to abut the site. (b) The use will not create undue traffic hazards or traffic congestion by reason of the turning movements which vehicles would make in entering or leaving the site. (c) No driveway, at the point it crosses the property line of the site will be within 40 feet of an intersection. An "intersection" as used in this paragraph means the point of intersection of the extended curb lines if the curbs on the near side of the site, and measurement shall be along such extended curb lines. 67 3/23/70 r (d ._l;i:: :aLi,oa or g_ pot: display any banners, noisy ribbous, Oi. a i:"!on--distrac Ling Or visi_7_1it_'y'-p1)Sc,!n_� dE'.V L(: C'$ lit t[7?_ area in front of bui: diIig sCtbacj-, lines. (a) mi le.ufil frortLa°= on a. ill 1 � , `_i::2:'_ Tl �,�: ,y :>t'?-• �.y :)? �.25� fC'.c_'t and t:R-� 2_'.TiL.umum area of the -site will be 12,000 square feet for a station i;i1.n ` four pLiu'ps. Or less; and stations with more pumps will have sufficient additional f Gnta"" aY�a t0 p:=O�i e equivalent and sufficient space for servicing v h ci as, for off—street' parkin` for s= - :ram :i C t Y " es l_ ,LO tC_ - -- L 1 _ pproac, �e sLa-'::ion, on, and for good V_iSibi i fo, p=d''s= _FRS an? drivers, (f) No drivel,lay will be flared out'v'a".-. on the boulevard in suc-n a ,lay c-Is to encroach upon taa bowl vard O c at=jacent prcper ty. On OY Y c Cam) ' Ztic, St4 '[l c,a .� mac'' .d1:.1 comply with ti'_c�. off-street pa.ti.1:?u, sign construction and ot,her regulations of ;:fie city. (h) Any required buffer Or screens area will b�constructed r^ ire � 1 SO as f J t , `obstruct headligi2t beairls Of automobiles On Lhe- station -prop erL.-.fron b_'_CImizic; onto adjacent residential property. (i) Pump islands will not be so close to street Or adjacent property lines as to create the likelihood Of encroach- ent by vehicles upon street right -of --way, sidewalk areas or adjacent property. (j) Only one permanent detached g-rouv_d display sign, pedestal type may be erected on the street frontage at or near the prcparty li7:� adjacent to the street, e {cept that if the frontage oh iLi c S-of 150 feet, two such signs ma% be allowed by the council On 5Lri2 frontage, subject to any other applicable sign regulation. Qt) All Exterior lighting Trill be so designe;t, plactid a._r_d operated as not to be a nuisance -_o adjaceaL properties. (1) If the station or garage is to be looted in ra shopping Center Or other integrated development, it will be in architectural harmony with. the rest of the center or development, (i1) The StStiOri Or garage will not provide for the outdoor operation of lubrication -equipment, hydraulic lifts or service pigs, or the outdoor display of merchandise; but the outside underground storage of gasoline end other petroleum products between pumps, or the temporary display of merchandise within 1, feet of the station building.is permitted. (n) If the station or garage is not to be located on a county road or state higlhn,7ay, it shall not be operated between the hours oz 11:00 paml and 6:00 a.r2. of the following day. (o) If the site :is at an intersection, provision trill. be made for an Unobstructed area on the site, adjacent to and within 50 feet Of the inter- section, free of vehicles, signs (other than a pedestal sign), displays or other materials which tend to obstruct intersection visibility. LLpCI, Fie UlatiOL2S Relatln� to I: E lS i`= �215, R?staUYELi2tS and cafes, A special use permit shall not be ranted h t l g � ., €;- ) f'_, 1?:Ot_e1, J't`:.LOL?L'c?P.0 or cafe unRiss the council finds thf1L the p"'Oposcd use -wil.l be in substantial COiltplian^.E ..'1tR tCI'2t folio;.ri. r. S(-�±rt;la (a) he Lisa wJ11 not create undue traffic hazards Or traffic congestion either On the public streets adjacent: to the site or on the parking areas on Or adjacent to the site or on streets adjacent to the site Lento which traffic to or s:roam the site is channeled, (b) AdaquaLc provision will be made, ta-cOU911 ti?e use of building set-- b ?c?.s, buffer areas, screening',, and e:.ter for treatment or placernenL of the bui1din-�. g on the site to avoid noise, glare, fumes, dust, and any other sources of nuisance or annoyance to ad;,a ce:1L- prof t'rLies, 6S 3/23/70 DATE October 26, 1972 CITY OF RICHFIELD PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA Item #4 Case 72-V-6 Originating Department: Planning Department Action Requested: Variance from established sideyard setback line on 14th Avenue South Exhibits: Plot Plan as attached Mr. Theodore Samsel requests approval of a variance from the average side yard setback line established by the existing wood -frame office building and single family residences along the west side of 14th Avenue South. The purpose of the variance is to allow Mr. Samsel to construct a garage which will extend to the property line located along 14th Avenue South. The garage, which will be substantially underground, will be used for the repair and refurbishing of antique automobiles. -The Planning Commission considered a special use permit request for this use earlier in this agenda. As previously mentioned, the variance would be from the average side yard setback line established for the property along 14th Avenuc-. This average setback is about 20 feet,which is the result of adding the 10 foot setback of the existing office and the 30 foot setback of existing single family structures along 14th Avenue and dividing by two. The variance is, therefore, for-20 feet from the average setback line established by the aforementioned calculation. (The application for this variance requests a 40 foot variance which would be applicable to this proeprty if no existing setback area existed. This error will not create any problems if and when this item is considered by the Council.) A sketch indicating the location of this project in relation- ship to the existing property line is attached hereto. The Planning Diiector and Chief Inspector have discussed this matter with Mr. Samsel and strongly feel that the garage building should not extend more than the average setback (20 feet) to the side property line -along 14th Avenue South. The applicants intend to use the 14th Avenue side of this project for admitting and dispatching vehicles from the garage and the distance between the street and the garage should be atleast 20 feet to allow safe maneuverability of vehicles from the public right of way and the building. Also, 20 feet length of the average car. Therefore, this distance between the doors of the garage and sidewalk area will allow a car or truch to park in this area without extending over the public right of way. Finally., the additional distance wil allow for property snow plowing, landscaping, as well as provide a little "breathing room" for pedestrians using sidewalks to be placed in the vicinity of this project on 14th Avenue, by the developer. For these reasons, any variance to allow this project to allow this project to extend a distance greater than 20 feet to the side lot property line on 14th Avenue south should be denied. If the Planning Commission feels that these arguments do not justify denial of the variance, then the applicants are responsible for justifying same by affirmatively satisfying those findings required by Section 3.40, Subdivision 6, Paragraphs 1-3 of the city code. These findings read as follows: O uj Q 'Ct~ ALLEY T E— Redwood fence J Iwrought iron extension (6 high) raining—L , SERVICE DR. TO BASEMENT Down —)P- e--- ramng— Decked Basr at approx. grad One story New Bldg. 1325 E. 66th ST. f 001 Existing redwood fence Existing Bldg. -N 1309-15 E. 66th ST. I wrought iron roiI n �`'. n _' — �'— --- ono` ✓, •�` ti" +I I I I R 5 I1I PARKING S16AC�ES Retain lrl I � � I REMOVE EXIST. BLDG. E . 66 th ST. N Scale: I"= 20' Planning Commission Agenda Continued Item #4 Continued Page 2 October 26, 1972 "Conditions Upon Grant of Adjustment or Variance. Before granting an application for an adjustment or variance, the council must find-: (1) That there are special circumstances or conditions affecting the particular land, building, or use referred to in the application, not common to other properties in this or similar districts. (2) That the granting of the application is necessary for the preservation and enjoyment of substantial property rights. (3) That the granting of the appli-cation will not materially and adversely affect the health or safety of persons residing or working in the neighborhood of theproperty of the applicant and will not be materially detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to property or improvements in this neighborhood. At the meeting, the applicant shall present a statement and evidence in such form as the city may require to show these facts." DATE- October 26, 1972 CITY OF RICHFIELD PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA Item#5 Case: None Originating Department: City Council Action Requested:. Study and selection of alternative traffic design for York and Xerxes Avenue where they are proposed to join at the bridge across 1494. Exhibits: Copies of two alternative plans Commission members will recall that as a part of the Yorktown Development project it was proposed to extend York Avenue to the south and in some way connect York Avenue to the Xerxes Avenue bridge over Highway 494. The Village of Edina has supplied us with two alternate plans for accomplishing this objective. Copies of the two plans are attached hereto. i The staff has worked with Edina officials in the development of these alternate plans and has had some discussions with some of the residents in the area. The City Council considered these alternates at their October 11 meeting and referred the matter to the Planning Commission for further study and recommendation. The Planning Commission should study these alternatives and propose to the•Council the one that it feels to be most appropriate in meeting the transportation and land use objectives that the Commission feels should be encouraged to take place in this area. Once this is done, it would be necessary to initiate action to vacate a portion of Xerxes Avenue. The extent and exact configuration of the vacation will depend on the alternative selected by the Commission. ft 6o MEADOW LANE G 3 �1 16 15 2 I ^ i ` J IM CITY OF RICHFIELD_y _ VILLAGE OF EDI N A - %^L-%i Mv L. fM I i 9 I MEADO LANE U I (9200) -===--N ---cx ADD ' N. i 4 I 17 I 16 i II IN w z 0 m w Iz �o c� z 0 0 m w 0 r 10 R c� N 6� { MEADOW LANE �� �Z ADD ' N. 3 ` G 4 16 15 2 17 16 1 � 1 ;10 1 ' ro ro CITY OF RICHFIELD_ V C' DV CC A % / C VILLAGE OF EDINA - --• -- --= • • - L. M / 1 i g I ' I MEADO LANE U AC( 1 (9200) a--N-a lei W z 0 w LL Iz 10 z 0 m LL 0 F- IU rn d- CO N N DATE October 26, 1972 CITY OF RICHFIELD PLANNING COMISSION AGENDA Item #6 i Case: None Originating Department: City Council Action Requested: Study of proposed revisions to the existing outside storage and merchandising regulations of the city. Exhibits: Report from Special Committee as attached. i Several months ago, the City Council established a special dommittee to look into city regulatory standards currently applicable to commercial businesses interested in storing or displaying merchandise obtained by these businesses for sale to the public. Businessmen within the city complained that current regulations were toorestrictive and impractical in so far as modern day merchandising techniques are concerned. The committee was instructed to study the problem and report back to the Council with he designed to resolve the problem. One member selected to the Committee was the current chairman of the Planning Commission, Duane Edberg. The Committee worked over several months studying the problem and identifying ways that problems could be -overcome. On September 25, 1972, the Committee presented its report to the Council. This report contained a number of specific recommendations for amending the existing code regulations which were found incompatible with current storage and merchandising practices of commercial businesses within Richfield. The City Council received the report, thanked the Committee for its work, and referred the matter to the Planning Commission for study. The Commission should determine how it desires to evaluate this information and report back to the Council on the appropriate- ness of its proposals. It is the Planning Director's feelings that the report of the Committee is complete and sufficiently adequate to not warrant a detailed analysis by the Commission resulting in major amendments to the Committee report. If the Commission would like to study the contents of this report as attached to this agenda letter, it should do so but set a specific date at which time it will be ready to endorse, modify, or reject the committee's recommendations. OUTSID;? �"ND STOPPP GE Revised 8/9/1412 Walter Vavro--'Hy CO 5-IERCIAL AND IitDJSTI= USES s S LO i'a ge A. Cc=ercial Ii. Storage of equipment or inventory shall be permitted. ---All items to be stored shall be located i�ithin a properly constructed storage enelooure designed in accordl_-rce with the follcTfring standards: ..Designed to obscure or hide items enclosed within the storage aria from public view. ..Loea.ted either to the ;ride or rear of the building of the business for which it is constructed. ..Designed so as not to violate any of the building or fire prevention code regulations of the city. ..L-ocated on a permanent surface deli.&aed to facilitate proper drainage of the storage area. ..Maintained to exhibit a neat, orderly a-o eara_nce thereby preventing it from becoi-ang a public nuisance or �mfety hazard. ..Loca.tcd in areas that do not obstruct safe i lion of autcmobiles entering or exiting from the bus.l-ess to iLich it is accessory. :L;,cated in. areas :not _reserved. for.'off-street par'>ing:for_ the business for which it is constructed. ---No more than one storage area shall be constructed per business of industrial use vrithout approved variance. B. Gndustrial ---Storage of equipment, materials, or inventory shall be permitted i,,ithin a storage enclosure designed in accordance with the save standards pre- scribed for storage enclosures located in comnarcia.l districts. Mierchandisin,g A. Cor-ler cial The outside display of merchandise offered for sale or rental by a business use within a commercial zone shall be alloy ed if the following requirements are satisfied: 1. Permanent Outdoor Display a. Merchandise displayed on a year round basis and at all times located exterior to the business for which it is accessory shall be: ---located within a permanent enclosure ----located on a permanent suru face designed to facilitate proper draina-e of the display area ---maintained in a manner which keens it free of debris or littor --designed so as not to violate any of the buildui;; or fire pro= vention code re[, lations of the city ---located in areas that do not obstruct safe Nision of automobiles entering or e dtin; from the business for which it is constricted 2. Te po-. Lry Outdoor Di oplay <a. h erchan:.i z-ie dioplaye-I outdoors on a seasonal basis shall. be permitted if in compliance with :-"I above, or a parmit has been issued by the city. b. 1-11ho city, in issuinU a permit shall require the applicant to submit a plan indicating what rue, chmadise he intends to display, vtaere it will be locatel, and how long the display -would be required. e. Temporary signs advertising the sale or rental of seasonal mer- chandise displayed outdoors shall be located on the interior of -the enclosure. Such temporax y wi.gas sha11 be pr hibited from being located on the extuerior of the display e ncic-m,xe or bt»lding of the business displaying the mme=handise san7ess a special al use permdt has been granted by the city. d. Businesses that display merchand-ise during ree Twla.r working hours but store said merce- disc in t e interior of the buildirj or idthin a per—wr.ent enclosure dur ng hours that the -b1zsi.ness is closed, Nhwl7 not be r egiais ed to construct v. permanent enClaa'f.7x e for outdoor display of its marchand, se. Also, such a business v'11 be allowed to display it-- march andise -within the f. bnt yard setback area of the bui.ldirg. 3. miscellaneous Materials, ,such as dirt or sand, wt-ioh are ccmpan-ion to the sale or .rental of certain items of merchandise displayed outdoor:; shall be maintained in a. neat and orderly r-:�nnrer. D. Industrial - The same r. equirem^ents as prescribed for businesses located in c;o-ae-rc-i al zones shall also be applicable in indluatrial zones. DATE August 29, 1972 September 26, 19 22 October 26, 1972 CITY OF RICHFIELD PLAT ING CO11R,1ISSION AGENDA Item #7 Case: None Originating Department: City Council Action Requested: Restudy of Comprehensive Plan Exhibits: None Consideration of this item was continued from the August 29, 1972 meeting of the Planning Commission. At the August 14 meeting of the City Council, the Planning Commission's proposal for a comprehensive plan for the city was referred back to the Commission for further study in the following areas: 1. Downtown (CBD) area. 2. Area along Xerxes Avenue from 76th Street to West 66th Street. 3. Area two lots north of 77th Street from Emerson Avenue to 17th Avenue. The Council also asked that the Commission be advised of its interest to jointly participate in this re-examination process with the.Commission. If the Commission feels that it is appropriate to meet with the Council in joint session to consider these items, then it should establish an appropriate time between September and December to meet with the -Council to explore these subjects further.