Laserfiche WebLink
ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 12, 1998 <br />PLANNING COMMISSION COMMENTS - CHARLES SCHROEDER, REPRESENTATIVE <br />None <br />PUBLIC COMMENTS <br />None <br />ZONING ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT <br />( #4) #2404 OTTEN BROTHERS NURSERY, 2350 WEST WAYZATA BOULEVARD - PUD #1 <br />AMENDMENT <br />Cliff Otten was present. <br />• <br />Gaffron stated that City Council voted to approve the commercial site plan review to allow the <br />greenhouse addition, to relocate the existing canopy structure, to allow the recently constructed entrance <br />monuments to remain in their current location, and to allow the retaining wall /loading dock to remain <br />within OLItIOt C subject to an agreement that Otten Brothers Nursery would remove the retaining <br />wall /loading dock at their expense if the road is ever constructed in Outlot C. Approval was subject to • <br />conditions identified by Council as to the greenhouse not having "production greenhouse" lighting, so <br />that the impact on the surrounding neighborhoods is minimized and for Mr. Otten to work with City staff <br />and the neighboring property owners to determine what additional screening /buffering is necessary to <br />be provided by Otten. Gaffron stated it was unclear to staff whether Council had distinctly included in <br />the motion of approval a requirement for additional screening /buffer. Gaffron noted a letter received <br />from Patrick Pugh, an adjacent property owner. <br />Otten concurred with Gaffron's report. Otten felt the screening/buffer issue was not part of Kelley's <br />original motion of September 14. Otten stated that all of the previous screening requirements had been <br />met. Otten referred to Pugh's letter regarding Pugh's statement of a promise that Mr. Often made, <br />agreeing to provide adequate screening for the motor pool at a Planning Commission meeting in 1998. <br />Otten questioned the validity of Pugh's concern, when from Pugh's homestead lot the subject area is <br />actually screened very well. Otten stated Pugh's concern was to protect the value of the vacant lot on <br />the corner of Dickey Lake Drive and Willow Drive North, which Pugh purchased in 1996. Otten feels <br />that if the property value was depressed, it was depressed before Pugh purchased it, not after. Otten does <br />not feel the need to improve the value of Pugh's property. Otten stated he explained to Pugh that it <br />would take a 12' high fence to hide the trucks. <br />Page 2 <br />