I call to order the March 6 2025 Planning Commission meeting please join me in the flag pledge Miss Erikson will you please do a roll call of members Z here Tinsley here marovic here
Zimmer here in here all right agenda item number three approval of minutes um approval of the February 20th 2025 Planning Commission meeting minutes any changes right and the meeting minutes will
stand Tina any announcements the only thing is the um two items on the agenda um if they move forward um tonight they'll be on the March 17th Council agenda all right thank you and agenda
item number five the spirit of Brandon Farms 25th edition um do I have to read thing so sorry no chair um we're just looking for a motion to table this item until the
March 20th Planning Commission meeting at request of the applicant okay Madame chair yes I make a motion to table the spirit of branch and farm 25th edition preliminary PL PUD development stage plan an amendment to the spirit of branched Farm planned unit development
to the March 20th to 2025 Planning Commission meeting second I have a motion and a second will you please do a roll call Vote or roll call Kinsley
I I Zimmer I Han I susek I all right agenda item number six this is a public hearing to consider the application of isg Inc on behalf of opan for the preliminary plot of nine
commercial lots to be known as Marketplace at Cedar and a conditional use permit to allow a lot without public Street Frontage and this is a public hearing so anyone wishing to speak on this item please make sure that you sign up in the back of the room and then here
we have heat to give us a brief overview of the project good evening Pete Carbono uh op Investment Company I'm here with our engineer with isg um to answer any questions about the project or any technical questions about the plat as
well okay thank you good evening Madam chair members of the Planning Commission my name is Dan lick I'm the city's planning consultant with the planning company uh working with uh community development director goodroad and planning manager Jensen on this application along with other City
staff uh this is the marketplace at Cedar uh preliminary plat as the uh chair read uh there's also the conditional use permit uh for a lot without public Street Frontage and then as you'll see on the plat they're using shared internal access to access
adjacent uh public streets property is located at the southeast corner of 179th Street County Road 9 and Cedar Avenue County Road 23 adjacent to the property to the north is the crossroads commercial development uh to the east is the Cordelia Town Homes
to the South is the Edison at avalene Avan Lee multiple family development as well as the parking ride facility and to the west across Cedar avenu is the central maintenance facility the city's 2018 or excuse me 2040 comprehensive plan guides the property for corridor
mixed use development uh this land use was designated to provide for a combination of commercial retail service and office type uses together with multiple family housing in a compact Urban form that supports uh future Transit service along the Cedar Avenue
Corridor uh so there's unique performance standards that go with this development as well as uh a range of uses Allowed by uh the zoning ordinance and corresponding to the land use designation the property is zoned uh mixed use Cedar Avenue Corridor 2
District what's for the Planning Commission at this point is a preliminary plat subdividing the property uh into nine commercial Lots as well as uh four out lots for excuse me five out Lots three of which are for storm water purposes and then two out
lots for future development uh the commercial Lots being platted all comply with the requirements of the M2 District in terms of minimum lot area and width uh the exception being Lot 8 does not have Frontage to a public Street as required by the zoning ordinance uh that's allowed to occur by conditional
use permit the main thing the city is looking for there is that there's adequate uh provision put in place through Ingress egress easements and shared access uh to allow that lot to be accessed from uh the adjacent public streets this is a common arrangement in this type of commercial development and
certainly uh appropriate for uh the form of development sought within the M2 zoning District each of the Lots has the ability to accommodate a principal use in compliance with required setbacks uh the plat also provides for dedication of RightWay uh for future expansion of
Cedar Avenue along the west side uh as well as internal RightWay for gland Shaw Avenue within the plat itself uh the plat provides for uh review by Dakota County as part of the County Road system adjacent to the property and you have their approval letter included as part
of the report this evening plat provides for dedication of easements at the perimeter of each lot as well as over any storm water facilities or internal utilities that serve each of the Lots with sanitary sewer and water service as I mentioned there are the five outlots
three of which uh storm water basins Outlets a b and c uh A and B will be privately maintained uh by the developer as through documents establishing cross ownership and maintenance of those uh outlot c will be deeded to the city as
it handles runoff from the public streets uh outlots C or D and E are for again for future development likely multiple family housing or uh commercial development as allowed within the M2 zoning District park dedication requirements apply to subdivision of the
property those are established within the subdivision ordinance basically look at the uh 2015 Parks uh trails and open space plan and determine if there's a need for public park land in the area none is guided for this property so the developer will satisfy those
requirements by payment of a cash fee in Le of land uh that is uh completed at the time of fin plat approval so the developers provided a site plan illustrating uh the potential buildout of each of the Lots within the development uh the uses that are shown
are illustrative at this point and would be subject to Future application for site plan review as well as potential conditional use permit applications what they are showing does comply with the uses allowed within the M2 zoning District uh We've highlighted the shared internal private driveway that has
access off of 179th Street and the North leg of this intersection of glanda Avenue uh to provide access to each of the Lots within the development that would also be overlaid by Ingress egress easement uh providing for shared maintenance and ownership of that and
allowing access to each of the Lots uh within the development one of the cornerstones of the M2 district is uh provision of pedestrian access again reflecting that more compact Urban form that sought there are existing Trails adjacent to the property on the west north and east sides of the development
there will be sidewalk on at least one side of gland Shaw Avenue uh accessing the property and then the site plan illustrates sidewalks connecting to those public ways to each of the principal buildings uh those will be reviewed those internal connections will be reviewed as each site plan progresses
forward uh to ensure that those connections are made uh signage within the M2 district is limited uh each individual use is not allowed a freestanding sign again reflecting the desired development character they are allowed one freestanding uh area identification sign
that can identify the entire development and specific uses within that and that's shown on the site plan they are showing initial Landscaping that would be required as part of the screening requirements of the zoning ordinance for development of the uses on the West Side uh or excuse me east side of the
development uh to screen the uses across placea your way uh from uh the commercial activity within the site uh positive that that's being installed now because it will give it a chance to become established and uh form a more effective screening going forward as
each of the sites are developed then I again talked about the uh storm water basins that will be subject to a storm water maintenance agreement as part of the final plat application engineering provided a memorandum uh outlining in their review
of the application including utilities grading and drainage erosion control wetlands and overall storm water management uh they're also noted a specialist assessment related to uh Glacier way that needs to be satisfied as a condition of final plat approval as well engineering is recommending
approval of the request City staff's overall recommendation for the applications is that the uses and the subdivision of the property is consistent with the recommendations of the comprehensive plan for future land use the plat complies with the requirements of the zoning ordinance and subdivision ordinance and we've also
prepared findings a fact for consideration by the Planning Commission related to the conditional use permit our recommendation for approval is subject to the 15 conditions we outlined in the planning report from February 26 thank
you this is a public hearing so anyone wishing to speak on this agenda item can please come forward my name is Diane Cunningham and I'm a resident of the Cordelia and this plan is right across from me so I'm a little concerned about what it's going
to be um can you outlay or tell us what kind of commercial buildings would be in this site yeah we'll take all of your questions and then once the public hearing is closed then they'll answer okay and then the second uh question
would be um would all what is the access to I'm trying to follow everything that was said but what is the access going to be be to this development I you know there's a lot of traffic already on Glacier so I'm just concerned about that
those are my two questions okay thank you uh Madam chair seeing no other folks coming forward I would move to close the public hearing second I have a motion and a second all those in favor of closing the public hearing please signify by saying I I I Clos all right
the public hearing is now closed um so the first question if you could share potentially with what will be in the development thank you um we're working with CBRE as our Brokers on this so they're uh looking across you know the country for users that want to come to
the space right now um we are working with um a bank a grocer um a coffee a dental use um an oil change and a car wash and a daycare um and there's still room for uh two more users at the site
as well and with regards to the traffic um we are completing and will be submitting um the required traffic study by County okay um could we bring up the where it shows the access to the
location could we ask Mr was it carbona could you give that list again it was rather quick I want to make sure uh we had a all had a chance to write them down absolutely uh apologies for talking
fast um we're working with a A Bank a coffee shop a dental user um a quick service restaurant a oil change a car wash a daycare and a grocer also one other quick question why you
there those are all single story correct correct thank you madam chair so the site has two accesses to public streets uh the first being is a right in off 179th Street uh so people will not be able to exit the site to 179th street
it's very similar to the Argon Village access near Wendy's um the plat also provides for construction of glanda way um off of Glacier way which leads into the second access to this development so all the traffic exiting the development
needs to go south on glanda or east on glanda out to Glacier way to be able to access Glacier way has been constructed as a minor or as a collector street it's intended to accommodate traffic both from the adjacent residential uses as well as this U mixed use development
going forward thank you uh fellow Commissioners any questions Adam chair I just have an additional question so if you are traveling westbound on the North side there you
cannot take a left into there then right correct okay thank you I do have one question I'm not sure sure if it was said quite loud enough but um are they all on story buildings each of these buildings is likely to be
one story obviously that'll be something that's presented at the time uh each site is identified as a user do we have any drive-throughs where we have to stack them up with two lanes
potentially the uh uses in the center the two Quick Serve restaurants that are shown uh those would obviously require conditional use permits and would be back before the Planning Commission any other comments or questions think we're ready for a motion
then uh Madam chair I'd make a motion to recommend to city council approval of the marketplace at Cedar preliminary plat and conditional use permit to allow a lotch without out public Street Frontage subject to the 15 stipulations
listed in the February 26 2025 planning report second all right I have a motion in a second will you please take a roll call morovich I Zimmer I an i zuuk i
Tinsley I all right uh best of luck on your project thank you uh agenda item number seven city of bill this is a public hearing to consider amendments to Title 11 chapter 23 zoning signs and signs of
the city code Madam chair um so this item comes to the Planning Commission as a response and followup to a variance application that you previously considered for uh allowing additional sign wall signage for a medical clinic uh the Planning Commission generally
didn't wasn't supportive of the variance approach um obviously when you're looking at the criteria for variance needing to related to natural conditions of the property it's difficult to find justification to approve a variance in that situation however what the Planning
Commission was supportive of was looking at um alternatives to the current language within the ordinance now sign ordinances are adopted basically for two purposes uh mainly to eliminate visual pollution
example um second and the purpose for that is to avoid visual distraction for motorists on adjacent roadways and enhance business identification make it easy to find what you're looking for uh might be hard to find that muffler shop
on that street there um otherwise the other thing it does is provide for visual Aesthetics uh desired by the community so when we're looking at the number of wall sign or the wall sign regulations in the current zoning ordinance there's two areas of Regulation that we're focused on
possible amending uh first is the number of signs allowed uh currently the zoning allows you one wall sign or two if you have a corner through lot and second the location where those signs are zoning ordinance currently says the sign needs to face a public Street um so are there
options to look at that staying within the intent of the ordinance to U make modification give flexibility to businesses looking to uh locate within uh Lakeville and identify themselves um and then move forward with that now
obviously what you have in your packet is a lot more more language than just that uh we kind of took a step back from this entire section and tried to write it uh more clearly so that it's easier to find information and easier for people to uh understand just looking at
it online versus needing to contact City staff so as I said the current uh allowances are for interior Lots one sign facing the public street corner or through Lots get two signs uh then there's limits by District so uh as the intensity of the district moves higher
the more signage is allowed uh over time the city also made a number of amendments to the sign ordinance regulations to accommodate more signage for larger users like grocery stores or industrial buildings of certain sizes um we basically carried that language
forward um or the allowances forward in the same form same area U but tried to streamline the language somewhat so what we're proposing here is to not limit the number of signs basically allow the same area and let the business decide how
best they need to allocate that for their purposes uh also to allow flexibility that these signs could be located on any wall that they choose provided it doesn't face a residential district I think if you drive down Kenwood Trail you can see how certain businesses as you're driving the
corridor if they had a side facing sign they'd be as visible as the front-facing sign so this gives a little additional flexibility looking at the Midwest ENT example uh that you previously looked at the zoning ordinance would allow currently the two signs in green the
address sign and the central identification sign and none of the additional uh signs that were proposed to help identify what other professions are in that same Clinic uh to provide greater identification to potential users the ordinance as proposed would
allow the signs as originally proposed by the business uh again they would also because this is a corner lot be allowed to sign or signs on the east side of their building as well U but for Illustrated purposes this accomplishes the same outcome as the variants would
have but applies that same flexibility broadly across all commercial and Industrial zoning districts within the city so City staff is recommending approval of the ordinance as presented uh we're improving uh business identification uh benefiting those uh
Property Owners within the city providing greater flexibility in applying the ordinance to these properties we're still maintaining Ming the same limit on the total area of signs within the city so we feel that's consistent with the intent of the sign regulations to uh avoid visual
distraction and maintain Community Aesthetics and again uh the intent to make the ordinance easier for people to use uh for their signage uh purposes so again the recommendation is for approval of the application or amendments thank
you and this is a public hearing so anyone wishing to speak on this agenda item can please come forward Madam chair yes I make a motion to close the public hearing second I have a motion in a second all those in favor of closing the public hearing please signify by saying
I I all opposed all right the public hearing is now closed um oh Commissioners questions comments my only question Madam chair uh when we talked about it so you're saying that signage
for the the Midwest EMT the example if we didn't allow all those extra signs would their Midwest ENT sign be able to be bigger more font okay all right just wanted to be clear yeah Madam chair they
would have been allowed 150 square feet of sign yeah thank you I remember when they were here they had kind of said they could take all of them and put it in one big one but do appreciate the the change to it because I think aesthetically like this is much better than if they would have like put it all
in one giant sign so I think I think it's great then Mr like as far as you know not limiting having an unlimited number of signs is really limited by the space correct Perfect The Madam chair the um
user will have to balance how small they can make the signs by the number number so it's again gives them the flexibility to determine thank you madam chair I make a motion to recommend to the city council approval
of the proposed amendment to section 11 23-9 of the zoning ordinance of the city code second I have a motion in a second you please take a roll
call simmer i m hi hi Kinsley or roage all right that is our last agenda item so with that the meeting is aded [Music]