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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-11-14 CC Meeting Minutes Excerpt Approving Nelson CUP • authorize the attendance of the City Auditor at the Truth and Taxation meeting to be held in December. Five aye votes, motion carried. Councilman Seggelke, seconded by Councilman Doerr moved to adopt Resolution No. #94 -11 -34 approving the Employment Contract for Michael Robertson as drawn by the Office of the City Attorney and directing the execution on behalf of the City of Oak Park Heights by the Mayor and City Clerk. Voting in favor thereof, Councilman Schaaf, Seggelke, Kern, Doerr and Mayor O'Neal. Voting against same none. Resolution passed. Councilman Schaaf, seconded by Councilman Kern moved to establish December 5, 1994 at 7:00 o'clock p.m. as a workshop meeting of the City Council to be conducted at the City Hall with Michael Robertson. Five aye votes, motion carried. Councilman Doerr, seconded by Councilman Schaaf moved to establish January 20, 1995 as a Special Council Meeting for a "visions" workshop to be moderated by Barbara Arney as sponsored through Government Training Services. With the place and time of the special meeting and workshop to be announced in the future with a maximum cost of $1,950.00 together with mileage and expenses, all being authorized. Four aye votes, one abstention (Councilman Seggelke), motion carried. Mayor O'Neal then opened the public hearing on the Application 4 . _ of Jon Nelson for a Conditional Use Permit to allow limited wa e ousing associated with a awncare /snow removal business to be conducted at 5845 Stagecoach Trail. The City Attorney then read the public hearing notice and presented the Affidavit of Publication and mailing list. The Mayor also noted that there had been one letter received from Lillian Johnson, opposed to the granting of the Conditional Use Permit and that the City had also received a report from the Offices of Northwest Associated Consultants, Inc., dated November 4, 1994 detailing the project and making recommendations. The Applicant presented his statement in response to Ms. Johnson's letter and also acknowledged that he agreed with the recommendations of Northwest Associated Consultants, Inc. with regard to the conditions that they recommended. The planning consultants, Northwest Associated Consultants, Inc., through Scott Richards also noted that there was no need to request a re- zoning of the property as the existing zone was now permissible to allow this use by way of conditional use permit. Public comments were also received from the audience, Michael Knutson, Kenneth Noyes and Jerry Langness, questioning aspects of the proposed use. Motion was made by Councilman Kern, seconded by Councilman Seggelke to close the public hearing. Five votes aye, no votes nay, motion carried. Motion was made by Councilman Schaaf to approve the issuance of a conditional use permit to the applicant conditioned upon 2 4._ compliance with the recommendations of Northwest Associated Consultants, Inc. within their planning report of November 4, 1994 and further subject to the following: a. That any and all exterior lighting proposed to be implemented on the property by the applicant must be subject to the approval of the Building Inspector of the City of Oak Park Heights. b. That any and all activities to be conducted outside of the business premises on the site would be concluded between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. and thereafter any and all business activities would be conducted entirely inside the building so as not to be visible to the neighbors. c. That all exterior landscaping, paving and exterior building improvements will be completed as recommended by Northwest Associated Consultants, Inc. within their report on or before September 1, 1995. d. That the applicant's business policies with regard to calling out snow plows for emergency plowing shall conform to the City's policy on emergency plowing which calls for the necessity of receiving a two inch or better snowfall before plows would be called out after hours. Councilman Seggelke seconded the foregoing motion. Four aye votes, one abstention (Councilman Doerr). Mayor O'Neal opened the public hearing on the application for a liquor licence transfer as applied for by Club Tara Hideaway, Inc., a Minnesota Corporation. The City Attorney read the public hearing notice and presented the Affidavit of Publication and mailing list and noted that there was no written comments submitted by any member of the public on the issue. Further the City Attorney noted that the application had been reviewed by the Office of the Chief of Police and approved for compliance with the Statute and that request for information previously issued by the City Attorney's Office on September 22, 1994 had been complied with. There being no comment from any member of the public present, Councilman Kern motioned to close the public hearing, seconded by Councilman Schaaf. Five aye votes, motion carried. Councilman Seggelke, seconded by Councilman Doerr moved to grant the transfer of the liquor license and authorized staff to issue appropriate documents to the Minnesota Liquor Control Commission confirming the approved transfer. Five aye votes, motion carried. Mayor O'Neal opened a public hearing with regard to the application by Pat Casey for a variance to the zoning code to allow 3