Agenda - Planning Commission - 07/25/2024

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Regular Planning Commission Meeting Date: 07/25/2024 Primary Strategic Plan Initiative: 6. 1. Create a positive image for residential neighborhoods, business districts and key corridors. Information Title: PUBLIC HEARING: Consider a Preliminary Plat, Final Plat, and Site Plan from Voice of Hope Church at 15620 Armstrong Blvd NW Purpose/Background: The City has received an application from Roman Andriychuk (the "Applicant"), on behalf of Voice of Hope Church, for a Preliminary Plat, Final Plat, and Site Plan on the property at 15620 Armstrong Blvd NW, generally located along the west side of Armstrong Boulevard, between 156th and 157th Avenues NW. Notification: Staff attempted to notify property owners within 700 feet of the Subject Property, as reflected in the Anoka County Property Records, of the request and the Public Hearing to be held by the Planning Commission. A notice of the Public Hearing was published in the Anoka County UnionHerald, the City's official newspaper. A proposed development sign was placed on the property. Time Frame/Observations/Alternatives: Subject Property The Subject Property is located along the west side of Armstrong Boulevard, between 156th and 157th Avenues NW. It is zoned PI, Public/Institutional District, and is guided for rural developing land uses in the City's 2040 Comprehensive Plan. Surrounding properties are zoned RR, Rural Residential, but they have the same land use guidance in the Comprehensive Plan. It is approximately 9.61 acres in size; however, when factoring in the statutory right-of-way of Armstrong Boulevard that will officially be platted with this Final Plat, the total Subject Property is 10.48 acres in size. Access to the lot currently comes from Armstrong Boulevard, and the initial site improvements will maintain a vehicular and pedestrian connection directly to Armstrong Boulevard. However, once 157th Avenue NW is extended along the north side of the buildable lot for the church, the Applicant will have to construct a new primary driveway to 157th Avenue NW to improve vehicular safety. At that time, the driveway onto Armstrong Boulevard would be subject to restricted access, per Anoka County Highway Department's standards for access spacing on county highways. Site Plan The proposed building is 18,547 square feet, and designed to have the main entrance facing south. The building is proposed to be 85 feet from the east property line (along Armstrong Boulevard), 79.4 feet from the north property line (along future 157th Avenue NW), and more than 100 feet from the west and south property lines. The Applicant is also proposing a trash enclosure northwest of the proposed building, with the gates facing eastward into the parking lot. The Applicant intends to have the trash enclosure match the proposed building in appearance and color. Access to the building and parking lot will come from an improved driveway onto Armstrong Boulevard NW, which lines up roughly equidistant between 156th and 157th Avenues NW on the east side of Armstrong Boulevard. This driveway will enter the parking lot at its southern edge, just south of the proposed building. To accommodate the improved driveway and facilitate safer traffic maneuvers into the site, the Applicant has submitted a plan to restripe the existing southbound bypass lane to instead serve as a southbound right -turn lane