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oak Park Heights
Request for Council Action
Meeting Date March 25 2003
Agenda Item Title SC Mall LLC — PUD Amendment and Parking Setback variance
Time Required 10 Minutes
Agenda Placement New Business
Originating Department /Requester Administration — Judy Hoist
Requester's Signature
Action Requested Approval with Planning Commission Recommendations
Background /Justification (Please indicate any previous action, financial implications including budget
information and recommendations).
Please be advised that the Planning Commission held a public hearing at their meeting March 13, 2003
to consider this request and voted to recommend the following actions:
1. Recommend 3-0 to close the north end of Oren Avenue subject to conditions #2 & #3 of the
March 6, 2003 planner's report
2. Recommend 3 -0 to approve five foot parking setback variance
3. Recommend 3 -0 to approve PUD Amendment subj ect to conditions # I and #4 through # 10
of the March 6, 2003 planner's report
Please refer to the enclosed resolution and attachments. Your February 13, 2003 planning packet
contains the planner's report for this application. Please bring this report to the Council Meeting,,
RESOLUTION NO.
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF OAK PARK HEIGHTS
WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING FINDINGS OF FACT AND
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THE
REQUEST BY SC MALL LLC FOR AN AMENDED
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS
AND PARKING SETBACK VARIANCE AT THE ST. CROIX MALL
SHALL BE APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS
WHEREAS, the City of Oak Park Heights has received a request from SC Mall
LLC for an amended planned unit development and parking setback variance for proposed
improvements at the St. Croix Mall located at highway 36 and Osgood Avenue North; and after
having conducted a public hearing relative thereto, the Planning Commission of Oak Park
Heights recommended that the application be approved with conditions. The City Council of the
City of Oak Park heights makes the following findings of fact:
follows, to wit:
and
1. The real property affected by said application is legally described as
SEE ATTACHMENT A
Z. The applicant has submitted an application and supporting
documentation to the Community Development Department consisting of the following items:
and
SEE ATTACHMENT B
3. SC Mall LLC has proposed the following improvements as part of the
amended planned unit development and variance request:
a. Roadway island, parking island, and sidewalk improvements.
b. Closure of Oren Avenue North at its north terminus.
C. Construction of parking stalls within five feet from the right -of -way of
Omaha Avenue North requiring the parking setback variance.
d. Revisions to surface parking.
e. Electrical /utility relocation.
f. Site and facade lighting improvements.
g. Exterior facade improvements.
h. Site security upgrades.
i. Landscape improvements.
4. The site is zoned B -2, General Business and the site is subject to a planned
unit development approved in 1979; and
5. The City staff prepared a memorandum dated March 6, 2003 reviewing
the request; and
6. The memorandum dated March 6, 2003 recommended that the request be
approved with conditions; and
7. The Planning Commission held a public hearing at their March 13, 2003
meeting, took comments from the applicants and public, closed the public hearing, and
recommended that the application be approved subject to conditions.
Now, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR
THE CITY OF OAK PARK HEIGHTS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDS
THE FOLLOWING:
A. The application has been submitted by SC Mall LLC for an amended planned unit
development and parking setback variance for proposed improvements at the St. Croix Mall
located at Highway 36 and Osgood Avenue North and affecting the real property as follows:
SEE ATTACHMENT A
B. A motion to close the north end of Oren Avenue to vehicular traffic is hereby approved
by the City Council of the City of oak Park Heights subject to the following conditions:
1. The City and Andersen Corporation will resolve issues of snow clearing and
maintenance of Oren Avenue North and the sidewalk connecting the road to the
subject site subject to approval of the City Public works Director.
2. A sign must be placed on the north side of the adj acent fence to inform people
about the slope ahead, and a sign must be placed on the south side of the adjacent
fence to inform people about the traffic ahead.
C. A motion for a five foot parking setback variance is hereby approved by the City Council
of the City of oak Park Heights. The parking variance constitutes a hardship in that the parking
configuration was established by existing site conditions and not created by the current property
owner, and the variance is unique to the St. Croix Mall in that it results in increased green space,
increased landscaping, greater separation between parking lot vehicles and the public right -of-
way, and results in no negative impacts to the public or adjacent properties.
D. A motion for a planned unit development amendment for the site and building
improvements listed herein is hereby approved by the City Council of the City of Oak Park
Heights subject to the following conditions:
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1. The site plan must be revised to include a trail constructed by SC Mall LLC along
the south boundary of the site subject to approval of the Parks Commission and
City staff.
2. The lighting plan must be revised to light levels do not exceed 0.4 foot candles
along the south property line.
3. Light standards must not exceed 25 feet from the ground surface to the top of the
light fixture.
4. Light fixtures must have flat lenses.
5. The two medians that are proposed to be moved at the southeast corner of the site
must be planted with disease- resistant flowering crab trees because the trees in the
existing islands are diseased.
6. Placement of all fire hydrants and fire connections must be approved by the City
Fire Marshal.
7. Grading and drainage issues are subject to review and approval of the City
Engineer and review of the applicable watershed authority, if required.
8. Any changes to existing utilities or construction over existing utility service lines
is subject to review and approval of the City Engineer.
Approved by the City Council of the City of oak Park Heights this 25 day of March
2003.
David Beaudet, Mayor
ATTEST:
Judy Holst, Acting City Administrator
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