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HomeMy WebLinkAbout18-07-27 RESOLUTION NO. 18-07-27 CITY COUNCIL CITY OF OAK PARK HEIGHTS WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING FINDINGS OF FACT AND RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THE REQUEST BY O'NEILL ELECTRIC FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW THE ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING BUSINESS IN THE R-B DISTRICT LOCATED AT 6143 OSGOOD AVENUE NORTH SHOULD BE APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS WHEREAS, the City of Oak Park Heights has received a request from O'Neill Electric for a rezoning from R-3 Multiple Family Residential District to R-B Residential Business Transitional District and a Conditional Use Permit to allow the electrical contracting business in the R-B District located at 6143 Osgood Avenue North and after having conducted a public hearing relative thereto, the Planning Commission of the City of Oak Park Heights makes the following findings of fact: 1. The real property affected by said application is legally described as follows, to wit: SEE ATTACHMENT and 2. The applicant has submitted an application and supporting documentation to the Community Development Department consisting of the following items: SEE ATTACHMENT B and �. The property is zoned R-3 Multiple Family Residential District; and 4. The property has been used as a mix of office and residential for decades with the proposed use by O'Neill Electric to be the same; and 5. The Comprehensive Plan has designated this property for commercial use on the existing and draft Proposed Land Use Map; and 6. The R-B District is appropriate for this property in that it provides a transition in land use from residential to low intensity business use and it allows for mixed use on the same property; and 7. City staff prepared a planning report dated July 5, 2018 reviewing the request; and 8. Said report recommended approval of the Rezoning and the request for a Conditional Use Permit with conditions: and 9. The PIanning Commission held a public hearing at their July 12, 2018 meeting, took comments from the applicants and public, closed the public hearing; and recommended that the applications be approved with conditions. NOW, THEREFORE, I3E IT APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF OAK PARK HEIGHTS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THE FOLLOWING: A. The application submitted from O'Neill Electric for a Conditional Use Permit to allow the electrical contracting business in the R-B District located at 6143 Osgood Avenue North affecting the real property as follows: SEE ATTACHMENT A Be and the same is hereby approved by the City Council of the City of Oak Park Heights subject to the conditions as follows: 1. Approval of the Conditional Use Permit is subject to rezoning the property to R-13 Residential Business District. 2. There shall be no exterior storage of materials or equipment onsite. The bucket truck shall be allowed to be stored outside. 3. The property survey indicates a two to three-foot encroachment of the subject site parking lot onto the property directly to the south. The property encroachment shall be resolved by the subject site property owner prior to any expansion of the garage. 4. The Applicant shall provide a plan for trash storage. 5. The Applicant shall correct site condition issues, including the landscaping within six months of this approval by the City Council. 6. If additional light fixtures are added or replaced, they shall be full cut off, compliant with the height requirements, and be consistent with Section 401.15.13.7 of the Zoning Ordinance as it relates to lighting requirements. Approved by the City Council of the City of Oak Park eights this 24th day of July 2018. Mar om r, Mayor ATTE T Eric A. Johnsp , City Administrator ,/ 2