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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-15-2010 Planning Commission Meeting PacketPLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010 7:00 P.M. 7:00 p.m. L Call to Order Estimated times IL Approval of Agenda III® Approval (1) IV. Department 1 Commission Liaison 1 Other Reports V® Visitors /Public Comment This is an opportunity for the public to address the Commission with questions or concerns on issues not part of the regular agenda. (Please limit comments to three minutes) VI. Public Hearin 7:40 p.m. X. Adjournment. CITY OF OAK PARK HEIGHTS 7:10 p.m. VII® Old Business A. Design Guidelines (2) VIII. New Business Ix Informational A. Upcoming Planning Commission Meetings April 15, 2010 May 13, 2010 June 10, 2010 7:00 p.m. (Council Chambers) 7:00 p.m. (Council Chambers) 7:00 p.m. (Council Chambers) B. council Representative April Commissioner LeRoux May Commissioner Powell June Commissioner Liljegren This Page Is Left Intentionally Blank. MEMORANDUM NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS, INC. 4800 Olson Memorial Highway, Suite 202, Golden Valley, MN 55422 Telephone: 763.231.2555 Facsimile: 763.231.2561 planners@nacplanning.com TO: Eric Johnson FROM: Scott Richards DATE: March 30, 2010 RE: Oak Park Heights Design Guidelines Update: Planning Commission Recommendation FILE NO: 798.04 09.05 ENCLOSURE Z The City Council, at its February 23, 2010 meeting, approved the revised Design Guidelines and the amendments to the Zoning Ordinance in Section 401.15.C.8, as recommended by the Planning Commission. Following that action, the Mayor brought forward a request for reconsideration of the Zoning Ordinance changes, indicating that he was of the opinion that the regulations for new and remodeled homes should be the same. He offered that the requirements for new homes should be removed or the regulations should apply to both new and existing structures. The City Council considered this item at their March 9, 2010 meeting and referred it back to the Planning Commission for additional discussion. The issue is related only to the single family and multiple family requirements in Section 401.15.C.8.b (see attached). The City Council is asking the Planning Commission to discuss whether to eliminate these regulations altogether or provide language that would make the requirements apply both to new construction and remodeling. One of the issues is to add a threshold so that small maintenance and remodeling jobs do not require a total reconstruction of the home or a multiple family unit. Options for the Planning Commission to consider if remodeling is to be subject to the new Design Guidelines: 1. Require conformance with the residential design guidelines when the value of the remodeling is at least 50 percent of the fair market value of the structure. 2. Require conformance when the street facing facades are to be remodeled which add additional volume to the structure by more than 10 percent. 3 Require conformance when the height of the structure and the street facing facades are altered by more than two feet. 4. Eliminate the residential design guidelines in Section 401.15.C.8.b and 401.15.C.8.c altogether. The Planning Commission should discuss these options or add other ideas at their meeting on April 15, 2010. 2 8. Building Type and Construction. a. General Provisions for Residential and Commercial Zoning Districts: 1) Compatibility. Buildings in all zoning districts shall maintain a high standard of architectural and aesthetic compatibility with surrounding properties. Compatibility means that the exterior appearance of the building, including design, architectural style, quality of exterior building materials, and roof type and pitch are complementary with surrounding properties. 2) Maintenance. All buildings in the City shall be maintained so as not to adversely impact the community's public health, safety, and general welfare or violate the provisions of the Nuisance or Hazardous Building provisions of the Oak Park Heights Code of Ordinances. 3) Exterior Building Finishes. a) The primary exterior building facade finishes for residential uses shall consist of materials comparable in grade to the following b PROPOSED OAK PARK HEIGHTS ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION 401.15.0.8 February 15, 2010 (1) Brick. (2) Stone (natural or artificial). (3) Integral colored split face (rock face) concrete block. (4) Wood, natural or composite, provided the surfaces are finished for exterior use or wood of proven exterior durability is used, such as cedar, redwood or cypress. (5) Stucco (natural or artificial). (6) High quality, apd e ologic w „,ustaipgbl grades of vines ,steel and aluminum._ Yi shall be a solid colore Lpl t c siding ri (7) Fiber cement board. (8) Exterior insulation and finish systems. (9) Energy generation panels and devices affixed to a roof or wall. If not in use, the panels or devices should be removed and building surface restored to the original condition. The exterior architectural elements and finishes for all buildings in the business zoning districts shall be subject to 1 4 Section 401.16 of this Ordinance known as the Design Guidelines. c) All accessory buildings to residential dwelling units and non- residential uses shall be constructed with a design and materials consistent with the general character of the principal structure on the lot as specified in Section 401.15.D of this Ordinance. Metal Building Finishes. No ,unfinished steel or unfinished aluminum buildings shall be permitted in any zoning district. High quality, non-corrosive steel, aluminum, or other finished metal shall be allowed for walls or roofs. All structures in the business districts shall comply with Section 401.16 of this Ordinance known as the Design Guidelines. 5) Prohibited Materials and Structures. a) Pole buildings and quonset structures. b) Wood or metal poles as a principal structural support where such supports are not affixed to a floor slab but inserted directly into the ground to achieve alignment and bearing capacity. b. Single Family and Multiple Family Containing Up to Five (5) Units to Include All New Construction; 1) Entrances. Primary entrances on principal structures shall face the primary abutting public or private street or be linked to that street by a clearly defined and visible walkway or courtyard. Additional secondary entrances may be oriented to a secondary street or parking area. Primary entries shall be clearly visible and identifiable from the street, and delineated with elements such as roof overhangs, recessed entries, landscaping, or similar design features. 2) New Construction, New construction „shall relate to the design of surrounding jouildings, where these are present. Design features such as similar setbacks, scale, facade divisions, roof lines, rhythm and proportions of openings, building materials and colors are possible design techniques, while allowing desirable architecture innovation, variation, and visual interest. All sides of buildings shall use the same building materials and other architectural treatments as principal facades. 3) Window and Door Openings. For principal residential buildings, above grade window and door openings shall comprise at least fifteen (15) percent of the total area of exterior walls (excluding the 2 L Deleted: galvanized or Deleted: Including and Remodeling Deleted: and Remodeling Deleted: and remodeling [Deleted: traditional area of garage doors) facing a publ street or sidewalk. In addition, for new principal residential buildings, above grade window and door openings shall comprise at least ten (10) percent of the total area of all exterior walls. 4) Garage Doors/Street Facing Building Facade. Public or private Atreet facing garage doors shail be allowed to pro no more than lour (4) feet lrom the front or side facades of the ground floor living area portion of the dwelling or a covered porch (measuring at least eight (8) feet by eight (8) feet). 5) GerogeOoors/Bui0ing Design for Attached or Detached Garages. Garage doors may be Iocated on another side of the dwelling ("side orrear|oeded")provdedthattheoidoofthegaraQofaoingthehnnt public orprivate street has windows and other architectural details that mimic the features of the living portion of the dwelling. 6) Garage Doors/Building Frontage. Garage doors shall not comprise more than (55) percen of the ground floor public or private street facing linear building frontage. Alleys and corner lots are exempt from this standard. 7) Garage Door Height. Except in the rear yard, garage doors facing a public or private street shall be no more than nine (9) feet in height. c. Multiple Family Containing Six (6) Units or More For New Constructiorv 1) Mass and Scale a) Each multiple family building containing six (6) or more dwelling units shall feature a variety of massing proportions, wall plane proportiona, roof proportions and other characteristics similar in scale to those of single family detached dwelling units, so that such Iarger buildings can be aesthetically integrated into a lower density neighborhood. The following specific standards shall also apply to such multiple family dwellings: Roofs. Each multiple family building will feature a combination of primary and secondary roofs. Primary roofs will be articulated by at least one (1) of the following elements: (a) Changes in plane and elevation. (b) Dormers, gables or clerestories. 3 Deleted: Deleted: recessed at least l Deleted: behind l [eeted: and Remodeling l b (c) Transitions to secondary roofs over entrances, garages, porches, bay windows. (2) Facades and Walls. Each multiple family dwelling shall be articulated with projections, recesses, covered doorways, balconies, covered box or bay windows or other similar features, dividing large facades and walls into human scaled proportions similar to the adjacent single family dwellings, and shall not have repetitive, monotonous, undifferentiated wall planes. Each multiple family building shall feature walls that are articulated by at least two (2) of the following elements within every thirty (30) foot length of the facade: (1 Recesses, projections or significant offsets in the wall plane of at least four (4) feet. (2) Distinct individualized entrances with functional porches or patios. Chimneys made of masonry, or other contrasting material that projects from the wall plan. (4) Balconies. (5) Covered bay or box windows. c) Variation Among Repeated Buildings. For any development containing at least twenty -four (24) and not more than forty eight (48) dwelling units, there will be at least two (2) distinctly different building designs. For any such development containing more than forty-eight (48) dwelling units, there will be at least three (3) distinctly different building designs. For all developments, there will be no more than two (2) similar buildings placed next to each other along a street or major walkway spine. d) Distinctly different building designs shall provide significant variation in footprint size and shape, architectural elevations and entrance features, within a coordinated overall theme of roof forms, massing proportions and other characteristics. To meet this standard, such variation shall not consist solely of different combinations of the same building features. 2) Multiple Family Detached Garages: a) Garages. No„ o private street facing facade shall contain more than two (2} garage bays. b) Perimeter Garages. (1) Length. Any garage located with its rear wall along the perimeter of the property and within sixty -five (65) feet of a public right -of -way or the property line of the development site will not exceed fifty-five (55) feet in length. A minimum of eight (8) feet of landscaping must be provided between any two (2) such perimeter garages. (2) Articulation. No rear garage wall that faces a, or_private street or adjacent development shall exceed thirty (30) feet in length without including at least one (1) of the following in at least two (2) locations: c) All Garages. (a) Change in wall plane of at least two (2) feet; (b) Change in material or siding pattern; (c) Change in roof plane; (d) Windows; (e) Doorways; (f) An equivalent vertical element that subdivides the wall into proportions related to human scale and/or the internal diversions within the building. (1) Access Doors. Access doorways will be provided as reasonably necessary to allow direct access to living units without requiring people to walk around the garage to access their living units. (2) Articulation. At a minimum, a vertical trim detail that subdivides the overall siding pattern will be provided at intervals not to exceed two (2) internal parking stalls (approximately twenty (20) to twenty -four (24) feet). This Page Is Left Intentionally Blank. CITY OF OAK PARK HEIGHTS PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2010 1. Call to Order: Chair Wasescha called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Present: Commissioners Bye, Le Roux, Liljegren, and Powell; City Administrator Johnson, City Planner Richards and Commission Liaison Abrahamson. Adjourn to Annual Meeting: Chair Wasescha adjourned the regular meeting to call the Annual Meeting to order. III. Call Annual Meeting to Order: Chair Wasescha called the Annual Meeting to order. A. Chair Wasescha and Commissioner Liljegren Terms Culminate May 31, 2010 City Administrator Johnson reviewed the terms of the Commission members noting that Commissioners Wasescha and Liljegren would both be completing two full Commission terms on May 31, 2010. Johnson reviewed the Planning Commission Bylaws provision that allows a one year extension appointment by the City Council, adding that if either Commissioner Wasescha or Liljegren would be interested in seeking such extension, they should make their interest known and that the Commission should make such a recommendation to the City Council for their review and consideration. Johnson reviewed the process for filling Commission vacancies and discussed the staggered terms structure. Chair Wasescha stated that he has enjoyed his six years on the Commission and the interesting discussions, noting that he would not seek an extension appointment to his term. Commissioner Liljegren stated that he was interested in seeking City Council appointment of a one-year extension to his term. ENCLOSURE Chair Wasescha, seconded by Commissioner Powell moved to recommend that City Council approve a one-year extension, as allowed by the Planning Commission Bylaws, to Commissioner Mike Liljegren's term. Carried 4-0-1, Commissioner Liljegren abstained. B. Elect Chair Vice Chair Ixa s Planning Commission Meeting Minutes March 11, 2010 Page 2 of 4 Chair Wasescha, seconded by Commissioner Powel, moved to elect Commissioner Jennifer Bye as Chair. Carried 4 -0--1, Commissioner Bye abstained. Commissioner Powell, seconded by Commissioner, Liljegren moved to elect Commissioner Chuck LeRoux as Vice Chair. Carried 4-01-1, Commissioner LeRoux abstained. No Miourn Annual Meetin Reconve le Re War Meetin o Chair Wasescha adjourned the annual meeting and reconvened the regular meeting. v® Approval of Agenda: Commissioner Powell, seconded by Commissioner Bye, moved to approve the Agenda as presented. Carried 5-0. Vie A royal of `ebrua Chair Wasescha, seconded by Commissioner Liljegren, moved to approve the Minutes as presented. Carried 5-0. VII® Department /Council Liaison R e orts: Council Liaison Abrahamson reported on the activity of the St. Croix River Crossing project and this it was not y currently moving forward and noted how that may affect the activities of the Planning Commission. VIII. Visitors/Public Comment: None. A. Xcel Energy Moelter Fly Ash Site: Public Meeting for Presentation of. Information by Xcel Energy Relating to the Closure of the Moelter Fly Ash Disposal Site. City Planner Richards noted that representatives from Xcel Energy were present to provide a presentation relating to the closure of the Moelter Fly Ash Disposal Site, that the presentation had also been provided at a December 2009 City Council meeting and that after the presentation questions and comments from the audience would be received. Chuck Donkers of Xcel Energy introduced himself and clarified that he was not present to seek any action from the Planning Commission, rather he was present to provide an update as to the closure activities planned for the site over the next 15 months. Mr. Donkers discussed activities planned toward closure, what those activities involved and their timelines, beginning with the construction of a perimeter wall that will reduce dusting from the site and sound transmission to the adjacent neighborhood. Mr. Donkers explained that work is to commence in the spring of 2010 with final capping and landfill closure completed by August 2011. He discussed post closure responsibilities and time elements at the site for Xcel Energy, anticipated land use of the site upon its closure and that a license agreement or other type of agreement would be coordinated between the City and Xcel Energy to clarify respective responsibilities and construction activities processes related to the site. Mr. Donkers addressed questions and discussed various aspects to the closure of the site with the Planning Commission and with visitors in the audience, including Pam Patrick of 15365 58 St. N. and Brian Jones of 15331 58 St. N., including the design, installation, maintenance and life of the synthetic membrane; vegetation maintenance; public availability and city provision of periodic testing and annual reporting for the site; monitoring systems in place at the site; park or open space construction plan approval by Xcel Energy and the MPCA for the site in order to ensure the integrity of the site closure; trails composition in relation to their maintenance and disturbance of the site; zoning; existing sanitary sewer lines beneath the capped site; water run off from the northern side of the site; and plans for existing tree removal. Mr. Donkers noted that he had brought magnets along that contained information for the comment line at Xcel Energy and invited the audience to take one. He added that the contact line folks knew how to reach him and that as the work progressed he anticipated being on the site regularly. Old Business: City Planner Richards informed the Commission that the City Council had discussed the recent changes to the Zoning Ordinance Design Guidelines, that they had a couple of issues related to the residential standards, and that the this subject would be on the Commission's next meeting agenda. XL New Business: None. XIL Informational: Planning Commission Meeting Minutes March 11, 2010 Page 3 of 4 A. Upcoming Planning Commission Meetings: April 15, 2010 7:00 p.m. (Council Chambers) May 13, 2010 7:00 p.m. (Council Chambers) June 10, 2010 7:00 p.m. (Council Chambers) B. Council Representative: March Commissioner Wasescha April Commissioner LeRoux May Commissioner Powell Respectfully submitted, Julie Hultman Planning Code Enforcement Officer Approved by the Planning Commission: Planning Commission Meeting Minutes March 11, 2010 Page 4 of 4 XIII. 4r Commissioner Powell, seconded by Commissioner Bye, moved to adjourn at 7:32 p.m. Carried 5 -0.