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PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
7:00 P.M.
CITY HALL (2052 County Road 24)
1. Call to Order
2. Public Comments on items not on the agenda
3. Update from City Council proceedings
4. Planning Department Report
5. Approval of July 9, 2013 draft Planning Commission minutes.
6. Public Hearing - D.R. Horton — Stage I Plan for a mixed use
development to include 98 single-family parcels and a 72 -unit
apartment building — north of Highway 55 between Arrowhead Dr.
and Mohawk Dr. (PIDs 03-118-23-41-0005, 03-118-23-42-0001,
and 03-118-23-41-0005).
7. Public Hearing - Money Tree Holdings, LLC — Preliminary Plat for
13 single-family parcels and Rezoning from Rural Residential -
Urban Reserve (RR-UR) to Single Family Residential (R1) zoning
district — east of County Road 116 and south of Hackamore Road
(PID 01-118-23-22-0006).
8. Public Hearing - Estate of Caroline Brede — Preliminary and Final
Plat for 2 single-family parcels on 1.21 acres — west of Lakeshore
Ave. and south of Brook St. (PIDs 18-118-23-23-0024, 18-118-23-
23-0026, 18-118-23-23-0027, and 18-118-23-23-0001).
9. Council Meeting Schedule
10. Adjourn
POSTED IN CITY HALL SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor Weir and Members of the City Council
FROM: Dusty Finke, City Planner; through City Administrator Scott Johnson
DATE: August 28, 2013
SUBJ: Planning Department Updates September 3, 2013 City Council Meeting
Land Use Application Reviews
A) Enclave at Medina St Addition — Lennar has requested preliminary plat approval for a nine -lot
subdivision of the 5 acre (-2.5 net acre) "Nolan property" immediately north of the Enclave.
These lots would be incorporated into the Enclave neighborhood. The Planning Commission
held a Public Hearing at the July 9 meeting and recommended approval. The City Council
reviewed at the August 7 meeting and adopted a resolution of approval at the August 20
meeting. The applicant has requested final plat approval, which is tentatively scheduled for
Council review at the September 17 meeting.
B) St. Peter and Paul Cemetery CUP — St. Peter and Paul church intends to expand their cemetery
at the southeast corner of County Road 19 and Hamel Road. Improvements include new access
drives, landscaping, stormwater improvements and additional grave sites. The Planning
Commission held a Public Hearing at the July 9 meeting and recommended approval. The
applicant requested that the Council delay review until they could work through some of the
conditions.
C) D.R. Horton Stage I Plan — D.R. Horton has requested Stage Plan I approval for development
of Mixed Use property west of Arrowhead, east of Mohawk and north of Highway 55. The
entire property is approximately 84 acres in area (approximately 59 acres upland) and the
applicant proposes 98 single family lots, a 72 unit apartment building and 5 acres of commercial
development. Staff is conducting a preliminary review and has tentatively scheduled for a
Public Hearing for the September 10 Planning Commission meeting.
D) Brede Estate Plat — The Estate of Caroline Brede has requested to re -plat property at 2921 and
2929 Lakeshore Avenue in the Independence Beach neighborhood. The applicant proposes two
lots on approximately an acre of property. Staff is conducting a preliminary review and has
tentatively scheduled for a Public Hearing for the September 10 Planning Commission meeting.
E) Fawn Meadows subdivision — east of CR 116, north of Medina Lake Drive — Money Tree, LLC
has requested a preliminary plat and rezoning for the development of the 10 acres (5.72 net
acres) immediately north of the Toll Brothers Reserve of Medina project. Staff is conducting a
preliminary review and has tentatively scheduled a Public Hearing for the September 10
Planning Commission meeting.
F) Woods of Medina Preliminary Plat — Jeff Pederson has requested preliminary plat and rezoning
to subdivide 9.5 acres (8.8 net acres) at the intersection of CR116 and Shawnee Woods Road
into 16 R1 single family lots. Staff is conducting a preliminary review and the application will
be presented to the Planning Commission when complete.
G) Three Rivers Park/Reimer Lot Rearrangement — the property owners have requested a lot
rearrangement to allow a "land swap" of property which the Reimers own on the west side of
Homestead Trail and which Three Rivers owns on the east side of Homestead Trail. The City
Council reviewed at the August 7 meeting and adopted a resolution of approval at the August 20
meeting. Staff will work with the owners to finalize the conditions of approval.
Planning Department Update
Page 1 of 2 September 3, 2013
City Council Meeting
H) Morrison Lot Split and Variance — Truxtun and Adrienne Morrison have requested to
subdivide their 18 acres at 1525 Hunter Drive into two lots. The City Council approved of the
division at the June 4 meeting. Staff will work with the applicant to finalize the terms and
conditions of the approval.
I) The Enclave at Brockton 3rd Addition — Lennar has requested approval to plat the "detached
townhome" portion of the Enclave at Brockton. The Council approved a resolution at the May 7
meeting. Staff will assist the developer in finalizing the terms and conditions of approval before
construction begins
J) The Reserve of Medina Final Plat — The City Council granted preliminary plat approval to Toll
Brothers on May 21 for a 126 -lot single-family subdivision on the Gorman Farm property east
of County Road 116 and south of Hackamore. The applicant has now requested Final Plat
approval for the first phase of the development to include 52 lots. The Council adopted a
resolution of approval at the July 16 meeting. Staff will work with the developer to finalize the
terms and conditions of approval before construction begins.
K) Kunin/Anderson Lot Rearrangement and Easement Vacation — 855 Medina Road — the
property owners have requested to rearrange lot lines to add two acres of property to 855
Medina Road. The applicant also requests the vacation of drainage and utility easements
adjacent to the lot line proposed to be adjusted. The City Council adopted resolutions approving
the rearrangement and vacation at the July 16 meeting. Staff will work with the property owners
to finalize the conditions of approval and finalize the rearrangement.
L) Fields of Medina West 2nd Addition — Mattamy has requested final plat approval of the
remaining 30 lots in the Fields of Medina development. The City Council reviewed at the
August 7 meeting and adopted a resolution granting final plat approval. Staff will work with the
applicant toward meeting the conditions of approval before construction begins.
Ordinance Updates
A) Subdivision Ordinance — At the City Council's goal setting session, the Council directed staff
to conduct a comprehensive review of the subdivision ordinance and prepare necessary
amendments. Staff intends to hold off on this ordinance until a number of land use applications
under review have been finalized.
Other Projects
A) Sewer Planning — staff took part in a meeting with the Met Council and neighboring cities
related to the long-term sewer planning for northwest Medina. It appears that Met Council staff
is in favor of changes to the system that would be a benefit for the City. Staff will be presenting
an update to the Council and seeking comments at the September 17 meeting.
B) Fire District Mapping — staff updated map information related to which fire department covers
different areas of the City. It appears that a series of maps each delineated the districts in
slightly different ways. Staff is analyzing how these changes may affect pending contract
discussions (because market values were adjusted).
Planning Department Update
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City Council Meeting
1 CITY OF MEDINA
2 PLANNING COMMISSION
3 DRAFT Meeting Minutes
4 Tuesday, July 9, 2013
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6 1. Call to Order: Commissioner Charles Nolan called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
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8 Present: Planning Commissioners Charles Nolan, Robin Reid, Randy Foote, Bob
9 Mitchell, Victoria Reid, and Kent Williams.
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11 Absent: Commissioner Mark Osmanski
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13 Also Present: City Councilmember Kathleen Martin, City Planner Dusty Finke,
14 Planning Assistant Debra Peterson, and Nate Sparks of NAC.
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16 2. Public Comments on items not on the agenda
17 No public comments.
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19 3. Update from City Council proceedings
20 Martin updated the Commission on recent activities and decisions by the City
21 Council.
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23 4. Planning Department Report
24 Finke provided an update of upcoming Planning projects.
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26 5. Approval of the June 11, 2013 Draft Planning Commission meeting minutes.
27 Motion by R. Reid, seconded by V. Reid, to approve the June 11, 2013 minutes as
28 presented. Foote abstained since he wasn't present at June 11, 2013 meeting. Motion
29 carried unanimously. (Absent: Osmanski)
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31 6. Public Hearing — US Home Corporation - Preliminary Plat for a 9 Single Family
32 Lot Subdivision on 4.6 acres located east of Hunter Drive, north of The Enclave of
33 Medina and south of Comanche Trail (PID#12-118-23-43-0004).
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35 Sparks presented the application. He pointed out that the developer should be aware
36 that some homes would be limited to space at the rear of the homes for patios and
37 decks. He said the lots met all minimum standards of the R-2 district. The proposed
38 cul-de-sac will need modifications, an irrigation plan would be needed and trees were
39 not being planned for removal.
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41 Sparks said the single family homes are an appropriate use for the property and the
42 cul-de-sac design was the City's template design. He said putting nine homes on the
43 proposed style cul-de-sac requires some modifications such as a tear drop style shape
44 to leave room for driveways and snow storage. He said staff is currently working
45 with the applicant and felt something would be worked out with moderate alterations
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46 to the subdivision. The landscape plan would need to be revised to include a buffer
47 area between the existing housing and proposed housing and an upland buffer
48 planting plan. To help with future maintenance, it was also recommended that
49 plantings be placed within the Outlot areas. Accessibility would be quite limited in
50 the Outlot areas. He said the Park Commission would be reviewing the application
51 next week and looking at a connection of a sidewalk to Hunter Drive. Park
52 Dedication would be paid cash in lieu of land.
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54 Joe Jablonski, US Home Corporation, explained that the existing cul-de-sac within
55 the Enclave Development would be removed and the road would continue through to
56 the north to access their proposed Enclave 5th Addition. He said the cul-de-sac
57 makes more sense than direct access onto Hunter Drive and not connecting the lots to
58 the Enclave Development. He said the only thing they have an issue with from the
59 City staff comments was the trail connection to Hunter Drive. He said the lots are
60 narrow and to get access out to the trail along Hunter Drive would be difficult.
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62 Williams asked about getting access through Outlot A, along Lot 1. Jablonski said it
63 would be difficult because they have maintenance bench slopes to keep, but said he
64 was willing to take a look at it.
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66 Williams asked what would be required to buffer the lots to the north. Jablonski said
67 they would not have enough room to install a berm, but plan to plant evergreen trees
68 approximately ten feet tall.
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70 Foote asked what the cul-de-sac changes would entail. Jablonski explained that the
71 right-of-way would remain the same, but the size of the center island would change.
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73 R. Reid asked when the homes are being sold along the northern property line would
74 the buyers be formally informed that the deck and patio sizes would be restricted.
75 Jablonski said they go through a disclosure process and how their home would fit on
76 the lot and what limitations they would have. R. Reid asked if they sign something
77 and Jablonski said they are required to. Jablonski said he wanted the Commission to
78 know that the homes along that area would still be able to have a deck or patio, but
79 they would just be smaller in scale than the other homes.
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81 R. Reid asked if it was necessary to have such wide driveways or could they be
82 tapered. Jablonski said customers request driveways that lead straight out from the
83 garage for ease of maneuvering and to allow easier access into garage. He said the
84 third stall was typically utilized for recreational vehicles and the ability to pull
85 straight in was important. Finke explained the City had a maximum driveway width
86 at the curb and at the property line. R. Reid asked if the buyers select the colors.
87 Jablonski said they typically do unless the home had already been started. R. Reid
88 said it's a sea of taupe and beige and was hoping for more variety than the current
89 Enclave of Medina.
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91 Public Hearing opened at 7:40 p.m.
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92 Charles Nolan said he was representing his family. He said the property had been in
93 his family since 1960 and it had originally been part of the Holasek Farm which is
94 now the Enclave of Medina. He said their property had been available for sale for
95 over 30 years and explained they had three different buyers looking at the property
96 and chose Lennar since he felt it made more sense for the property to be a
97 continuation of the Enclave of Medina subdivision.
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99 Marilyn Fortin of 365 Comanche Trail raised questions about the homes to be
100 constructed along the north property line; what kind of buffer they would have and if
101 the new homes would be built up on raised berms like the other Enclave Additions.
102 She said the property is currently higher than their properties to the north. She also
103 asked if the wetland would be expanded. She said her main concern was building
104 height. Finke said the basement windows would be one foot up from the existing
105 grade. Jablonski said they weren't proposing to increase the wetland size and the
106 stormwater improvements would be made to capture all of their own runoff from the
107 new homes. R. Reid asked if the homes would be two-story and Jablonski said yes.
108 R. Reid asked the size of the trees that would initially be planted along the north
109 property line area and Jablonski said they typically start at 10 feet.
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111 Finke said the rear lots will flow to the wetlands, but will meet the requirements for
112 stormwater in the development.
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114 Judy Kerber of 3412 Hunter Drive said she had similar questions as Fortin and was
115 satisfied with the answers provided. Williams asked if she had any concern with the
116 northern lots draining onto their neighboring properties and she said she had, but her
117 questions were answered. Jablonski said they will be retaining all their water on their
118 site.
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120 James Strate of 3338 Butternut Drive said his main concern was that it looked like the
121 majority of the homes proposed would be draining to the back of his yard. His house
122 is blue (laughter). He explained everything would be draining directly behind his
123 house from wetlands and had concern. V. Reid asked what recourse owners would
124 have if it doesn't drain accurately. Finke said the plans show that the drainage is to
125 reduce and that most of the site will drain through a pond first and the rear yard of
126 those lots are intended to go through drainage easements.
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128 Mitchell said there is a tremendous amount of protection on the plans. He suggested
129 the citizens with concern could get a copy of the plans and for the homeowners to
130 watch during the process to make sure it gets done right. He said he'd rather have
131 them raise concern during the process rather than three years later. Finke said the
132 City has worked on improving sump pump water.
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134 Foote asked what the penalties would be to cut down trees. Sparks said the City has
135 regulations allowing a certain number or percentage of trees during initial
136 development to be taken down. Foote asked if after a certain number or percentage of
137 trees is removed would the applicant have to replace trees and Sparks said yes.
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138 Williams said he would like to increase the opacity of the buffer area from the
139 properties to the north and accessibility to the Hunter Drive Trail. V. Reid agreed.
140 Finke suggested the applicant use the tree planting requirements from the Enclave at
141 Brockton development. Finke said staff understands what the Commission is
142 recommending. Commission asked if the Park Commission would be discussing the
143 accessibility to Hunter Drive Trail and Finke said that they could.
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145 Finke announced the application would go to the City Council August 7, 2013 if a
146 recommendation was made.
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148 Motion by R. Reid, seconded by Foote, to recommend approval of the Preliminary
149 Plat for a 9 lot Single Family Lot Subdivision, conditioned on additional landscape
150 buffering at the rear of the lots to the north and to try and figure out access to the
151 Hunter Drive Trail. Motion carries (Recused: Nolan) (Absent: Osmanski)
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153 7. Public Hearing — Saints Peter and Paul - Conditional Use Permit to expand the
154 cemetery located at the southeast corner of Hamel Road and County Road 19
155 (PID# 07-118-23-13-0001).
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157 Finke presented the application. He explained cemeteries are a conditional use in the
158 RR-UR zoning district and reviewed the proposed layout of the cemetery with the
159 Commission. Access was explained and that staff recommended 20 foot in width
160 roadways even though some areas within the existing cemetery didn't have that
161 width. Staff also recommended "one way" signage and "no parking" signage to be
162 installed. He said "no parking" spaces were also being proposed. He said the
163 location of the cemetery meant that internment ceremonies would require
164 processions. On -site parking had not been a concern to the police in the past. One
165 condition would be that the operators try and coordinate parking on -site with parking
166 on one side of the internal roadways rather than on Hamel Road. Approval from the
167 Police Department would be a possible option to park on the street.
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169 Finke explained the Review Criteria for Cemeteries. Nolan asked about density of
170 the plots. Nolan asked if staff knew of any other cities that had parking requirements
171 in their cemeteries. He said he was looking for any guidance on the topic. Finke said.
172 the number of grave sites shouldn't have an impact on parking. He said a cemetery of
173 this size wouldn't have multiple processions all at one time. Nolan asked that only
174 one procession at a time occur and Finke said it's an option to place as a condition of
175 approval. Williams pointed out that on holidays like Memorial Day they could have a
176 need for help from the Police Department. Finke said if a particular day was going to
177 be busy with an annual event or something like Williams mentioned then they could
178 get Police approval for parking on the street also. Williams asked if the City required
179 widening the existing internal roadway if it would displace any of the existing grave
180 sites. Finke said it didn't appear that it would. V. Reid said eventually the parcel of
181 land to the north may be optional for additional parking if Hamel Road became too
182 busy in the future. Finke said proof -of -parking was recommended as an option.
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184 Nolan asked if the cemetery operator was required to contact the Police Department
185 prior to each funeral. Finke said as a condition of the CUP, we are recommending the
186 Police Department be contacted, though currently they already help with the funeral
187 processions.
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189 V. Reid asked if removal of burial sites are controversial. Finke responded by stating
190 that the applicant wasn't planning on moving existing burial sites.
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192 Bill Sanders, Landscape Architect working for Saints Peter and Paul, said he
193 appreciated staffs report and was in agreement with staff s comments. He said they
194 would be open to widening the road if that is what the Commission would like. He
195 provided the history of the cemetery and said that it goes back to 1867. He said the
196 trend today is to have more cremation burials and as further demand increased they
197 would provide columbarium's. He said cremations are already being provided in the
198 traditional graves and his company has done a lot of cemeteries all over the region
199 and this cemetery has one of the lowest densities.
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201 Saunders also said that the 50 foot setback requirement around the perimeter of the
202 cemetery and the open central area provided a low density feel. He said the number
203 of gravesites was a large number based on the size of the parish, so will provide them
204 availability for many years to come. He said they are really building on the rural
205 character and feel that the county had acquired some of their property for a trail
206 which they incorporated into their design so people had the ability to walk through in
207 connection with the trailway system.
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209 Saunders added that the cemetery typically has ten burials per year so it wouldn't be
210 often that the funeral processions would take up the parking. He also said that with
211 the linear nature of the site there was a lot of parking that could be accommodated
212 when necessary, along with the fact that the Funeral Director had a lot of control on
213 the flow of the traffic. He said the busiest time of the year would be during the
214 Memorial Day Mass which is a one hour event and on that particular day many
215 people do visit the cemetery. In general, the visitor numbers are quite low each day.
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217 Finke asked how the cemeteries handled cremations within existing gravesites.
218 Saunders explained in some parishes they allowed up to four cremations on a
219 traditional site but the trend was a traditional casket burial with one cremation burial.
220 He added if not a casket burial then two cremation burials in one grave site.
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222 Williams asked if it would be feasible to expand the existing roads. Saunders said
223 there are two brick columns that mark the entrance which could be an issue with
224 widening in that location.
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226 V. Reid asked how many cars could be parked at any one time without cars being
227 parked on the roadway. Saunders said they had room for at least 100 cars.
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229 Public Hearing opened at 8:33 p.m.
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230 Public Hearing closed at 8:34 p.m.
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232 Mitchell recommended the new road be widened to 20 feet and the existing road be
233 widened when the existing road is repaved in the future, with the exception of the
234 area where the columns are located. Nolan said they should be consistent in their
235 recommendation with what they've approved on previous projects. Nolan asked
236 Saunders if the cemetery had an issue with one event at a time. Saunders said it
237 would not be an issue.
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239 Motion by Mitchell, seconded by R. Reid, to approve the Conditional Use Permit to
240 expand the cemetery conditioned on 1) the proposed internal roadway shall be
241 widened to 20 feet in width, 2) within the next 10 years the existing roadways are
242 required to be widened to 20 feet in width, with the exception of the area near the
243 entrance columns, and 3) funerals and other events held at the cemetery would be
244 restricted to one at a time. Motion carries (Absent: Osmanski)
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246 8. Public Hearing — Dennis Hedtke — Rezoning from Uptown Hamel -2 (UH-2) to
247 Commercial Highway -Railroad (CH -RR) at 3522 Sioux Drive located at the
248 southeast corner of State Hwy 55 and Sioux Drive (PID#12-118-23-41-0069).
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250 Finke presented the application and review criteria. He said the rezoning of property
251 had a high level of discretion. R. Reid asked if the City would fall below overall
252 density requirements if housing wasn't put on the subject property. Finke said it
253 would be insignificant. Finke said the UH-2 district doesn't require residential, but is
254 an option. R. Reid said given the traffic, she doesn't find it suitable for residential.
255 R. Reid asked if it was rezoned, then two parcels could be combined and would allow
256 for a big box user. Finke and Nolan said the sites combined wouldn't be large
257 enough to accommodate a big box user. Finke said the Target site is 12 acres in size
258 and the subject property isn't close to that size. Nolan asked what the zoning of the
259 Plymouth property to the east was. Finke said there is only one lot there and it's
260 guided commercial. R. Reid asked if West Financial across the street was about the
261 same size as the subject property. Finke said Hamel Station as a whole would be the
262 same size as the Hedtke site. R. Reid said she thought it would be similar to the
263 Hamel Station site in appearance.
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265 Wayne Elam, Commercial Realty Solutions out of Buffalo, MN, said they are trying
266 to be proactive with the property by rezoning it now rather than a buyer having to
267 place a contingency for rezoning. He said they didn't think the property would be
268 considered for high density residential. He said they had done some preliminary
269 design layouts for commercial and the square footage of the building would be no
270 greater than 12,000 square feet in size.
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272 Public Hearing was opened at 8:55 p.m.
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274 Jim Tiller, owner of properties directly to the east, said development of his property
275 depends heavily on the Hedtke site primarily for access. He said the single family
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