Minutes - Planning Commission - 10/10/2002

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Further discussion: Chairperson Nixt stated that findings one and two are fine and he would like to have a finding inserted, if not already in there, that the Architectural Review Committee on two separate occasions has denied the request of the applicant. Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Nixt, Commissioners Kociscak, Brauer, and Reeve. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioners Johnson and Watson. Motion by Chairperson Nixt, seconded by Commissioner Kociscak, to recommend that City Council deny David and Sandra Shappell's request to exceed accessory building size restrictions based on the findings of fact, and adopt a resolution declaring terms of same. Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Nixt, Commissioners Kociscak, Brauer, and Reeve. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioner Johnson and Watson. Case #3: Request for Sketch Plan Approval for Mallard Ponds 2na Addition; Case of Bulow, Inc. Principal Planner Trudgeon stated that the City received an application from Bulow Inc. requesting a minor subdivision in order to create one lot from two existing lots. Bulow Inc. would like to develop a 6,000 square foot multi-tenant office building on the new lot. The minor subdivision would combine Lot 97, Block 1 and Outlot A of the Mallard Ponds subdivision. The new lot is proposed to be 0.94 acres in size. Lot 97, Block 1 is a vacant lot and was designated for a commercial lot as part of the Mallard Ponds P.U.D. Oultot A is owned by Bulow Inc. and is a ten-foot wide lot around the perimeter of the Mallard Ponds subdivision. It currently contains an eight-foot wide bituminous trail. Once the two lots are combined, the applicant will be required to provide a public access easement for the use of the trail to the City. Motion by Chairperson Nixt, seconded by Commissioner Kociscak, to approve the sketch plan for Mallard Ponds 2nd Addition and recommend that the City Council grant final plat approval contingent upon compliance with City Staff review letter dated September 27, 2002. Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Nixt, Commissioners Kociscak, Brauer, and Reeve. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioners Johnson and Watson. Case #4: Request for Site Plan Review for Mallard Ponds Office Building; Case of Bulow Inc. Principal Planner Trudgeon explained that the City received an application from Bulow Inc. proposing to construct a 6,000 square foot multi-tenant office building at the northeast comer of Dysprosium St. and County Highway 116. The applicant is proposing to develop a one-story multi-tenant office building consisting of 6,000 square feet. The site plan indicates the building will be split into four 1500 square foot office spaces. The site is currently zoned Planned Unit Development (PUD). The Development Agreement for the Mallard Ponds subdivision, which this lot is part of, contained language that allowed the subject property to be developed as a Planning Commission/October 10, 2002 Page 3 of 20