Minutes - Planning Commission - 07/10/2000

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Commissioner Nixt inquired what impact traffic has on rezoning the property. City Attorney Goodrich stated that if additional traffic would have an adverse impact on the area and the City was not equipped to handle that traffic, it would be a basis for denial. Commissioner Nixt inquired as to what T.H. #47 upgrades would do for handling the increased traffic from the development. City Engineer Jankowski replied that the critical movement that would come out of the development would be left tums onto T.H. #47. In 1998 the predominant movement was left turns from 153rd Avenue to T.H. #47 with 2.25 cars arriving on the minute during peak hours. With the improvements there will be a left tum lane on westbound 153rd Avenue that would accommodate 13 cars, which should be able to handle eight times the existing traffic. Commissioner Kociscak questioned the statement regarding two addresses being assigned to each one acre lot. Community Development Director Frolik explained that on large lots the building official did assign two or more addresses because the appropriate address depended on where on the lot the home would be constructed. She also noted that language in City Code does indicate that a home should be built to one side of the lot or the other so as to not prohibit orderly subdivision of the property. Motion by Commissioner Johnson, seconded by Commissioner Nixt, to recommend that City Council adopt Findings of Fact relating to a request from Reilley Estates Partnership to rezone certain property from R-1 Rural Residential to R-1 Urban Residential. Further discussion: The findings of fact should be amended as follows: · #12 should include the following language "The said concept plan is not in conformance with the City's current performance standards for urban development." Add #15 to read "The intersection of 153rd Avenue and T.H. #47 is being improved by channelization and signalization and as improved, T.H. #47 is capable of accommodating in a safe manner the additional traffic generated by the rezoned property. · items # 13 and # 14 should read "will not". Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Anderson, Commissioners Johnson, Nixt, Dempsey, Kociscak, and Reeve. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioner Wivoda. Motion by Commissioner Johnson, seconded by Commissioner Nixt, to recommend that City Council approve the request for rezoning from Reilley Estates Partnership, based on the Findings of Fact. Planning Commission/July 10, 2000 Page 7 of 20