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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity/County Planning Board Minutes 05.09.1996MINUTES CITY-COUNTY PLANNING BOARD MAY 9, 1996 7:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS MEMBERS PRESENT: John H. Smith, Chairman Gerald Shay, Member at Large Clarence Foos, County Rep. Chuck Dickerson, City Rep. Merrill Watkins, County Rep. Billielou Lance, County Rep. Jim Ziegler, County Rep. Bob Dantic, City Rep. Charles Fischer, City Rep. OTHER'S PRESENT: Cal Cumin, City Planner Don Hackmann, City Clerk Sam Robertus Jerry Jones, Jones Construction, Dale Stahl Steve and Holly Frank Motion by Billielou Lance, seconded by Chuck Dickerson, to approve the minutes of April 1996 meeting. Motion carried 6--0. Clarence Foos and Jim Ziegler arrived at this time. Home Occupation: Sam Robertus of 907 2nd Avenue has applied for a home occupation to operate a lawn mowing and underground sprinkler repair service out of his home at the same address. He will offer lawn service and sprinkler maintenance and repair. He works primarily out of his vehicle. His home would be used for storage of his equipment. The equipment consists of two push mowers and a pickup, which he parks on the street. Gasoline storage consists of a six gallon can. Cal Cumin recommends approval. Motion by Billielou Lance, seconded by Chuck Dickerson, to approve the home occupation as applied for by Sam Robertus of 2nd Avenue. Motion carried 8--0. 907 Mr. Robertus was advised to attend the City Council meeting on May 21, 1996 at 7:00 p.m. Gerald Shay arrived at this time. Stahl Cabinets - Reduced Off-Street Parking Jerry Jones~ President of Jones Constructions Inc. spoke on behalf of the owners, Dale and Nadine Stahl. Mr. Jones referred to the site plan which was mailed out to the board members. The Laurel code requires one parking space for every 400 square feet for a total of twenty spaces. Stahl Cabinets currently has four employees and may hire an additional one in the near future. The maximum spaces estimated to be used at the same time might be eight. They are proposing twelve which they feel would be more than adequate. One space is reservcd for handicap parking. Mr. Jones stated that the idea of what is reasonable and what is needed doesn't make sense~ having a parking lot twice the size of what you would ever need under your maximum limitations. Chuck asked if Laurel's code could be changed to allow the reduced parking spaces. Cal stated that looking at the codes and general categories of codes of what Mr. Jones is talking about~ our ordinance is quite restrictive. Cal said that he would be willing to modify the code and bring it back before this board to reflect a less required amount of parking spaces for this type of facility. Cal also explained that this is a request for a variance from the code. it deals with land use and therefore, it is not going before the Board cf Adjustments. What they are requesting is a variance from Laurel's code and they have good reason for it~ other than hardsLip on their part. Cal mentioned that we might want to look at our ordinance regarding parking requirements for manufacturing facilities. This is something that should not be done lightly, because we have had some businesses here in Laurel who had to pay $6,000.00 per parking space because they couldn't provide them, yet they were expanding. There was some concern of what happens if the business is sold and the new ownership has more employees than the current business. Cal mentioned that if the use and ownership is changed in a Commercial Zone, you have to comply with off-street parking requirements. Motion by Chuck Dickerson, seconded by Merrill Watkins, to grant the variance and allow twelve parking spaces instead of twenty. Motion carried 9--0. Mr. Jones was advised to attend the City Council meeting of May 21, 1996 at 7:00 p.m. Cal will prepare some changes to the ordinance for review by the Planning Board. Approve Bills Motion by Chuck Dickerson, seconded by Jim Ziegler, to approve the administrative services hill of $200.00 for May 1996. Motion carried 9--0. Special Review - Day Care Center in Montana Meadows - Blk 8 Lot ] Steve and Holly Frank were present and presented new plans for their Day Care Center. (This was tabled at the Planning Board's April meeting.) Steve stated that since the last meeting he has met with the Yellowstone County Health Department and the County Department of Roads and Bridges. He brought a drawing showing the new proposed egress. It was changed to 100 feet off of Seitz Ronan on Ramshorn. (This was suggested at the Planning Board's April meeting.) The septic system is as per the plats that were drawn up when the land was subdivided. There is an adequate drain field. A drawing showing the landscaping was presented. General comments were that it looks good. The building was moved back off the road another twenty some feet. The consensus of the Planning Board is that it looks a lot better now, than from the original proposal. Motion by Chuck Dickerson, seconded by Billielou Lance, to grant the request for a Day Care Center in Montana Meadows per the new plans as presented tonight. Motion carried 9--0. Entertainment Subdivision There is a potential buyer for the entire 40 acres who would like to construct a public par 3 nine hole golf course. This is not a specific use that is allowed in a Highway Commercial Zone. Cal recommends the allowable use as a golf course, because at sometime in the future that type of use can be easily converted to Highway Commercial Industrial use and also it would make a very nice approach to the City of Laurel. Planning Board discussion. Motion by Bob Dantic, seconded by Merrill Watkins, to approve the golf course as an allowable use in this Highway Commercial Zone. Motion carried 9--0. Revisions to Zoning Ordinance Map The proposed changes to the ordinance addresses manufactured homes. They used to be called mobile homes, but now they are referred to as manufactured homes. Cal distributed copies of the proposed ordinance changes showing the manufactured homes categories. Discussion regarding adding two zones to the zoning ordinance. A suburban residential zone, the SR Zone~ which is for single family residential tracts with a minimum of five acres in size. This need is a necessary update to the ordinance due to the Dude Ranchettes east of the Montana Meadows subdivision. The second zone is a residential tract zone, the RT zone, which is designed for single family residential on a minimum of one acre with no livestock. It is necessary to have the two new zones because the existing ordinance goes from a half acre up to unlimited zoning. What hss to be decided tonight is where the City of Laurel is going to allow manu£actured housing. Right now manufactured housiag is only allowed in a residential mobile home zone. This is now Laurel has wanted it for the past 20 years. Cal said that he h~.s no problem with leaving it this way, that manufactured housing be o~!y allowed in the residential mobile home zone, which will be known as the manufactured housing zone. There was discussion regarding expanding to other areas or re-zoning to allow different classes of manufactured housing different areas. Cal said that he is comfortable with leaving it the way it is, except for changing the words from mobile home to manufactured home, including the classes of manufactured homes, and leaving out the reference to the uniform building code, which is a federal requirement. Motion by Chuck Dickerson, seconded by Jerry Shay, to leave the zones as they exist now and just change the wording to manufactured homes. Motion carried 9--0. Cal will bring a proposal next month for the two additional zones, SR and RT, on how they will fit into the zoning map. Another issue that the Planning Board needs to address in the future is the temporary businesses operating out of a small trailer such as coffee shops. After Cal changes together, a public hearing will recommendation made to the City Council. gets all these proposed be held and Discussion regarding a proposed development south of Laurel outside of the planning area. Motion by Clarence Foos, seconded by Billielou Lance, to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried 9--0. The meeting was adjourned at ?:45 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Don Hackmann City Clerk Add: 17.08.761: Manufactured Home Parks, Travel Trailer Parks, and Individual Manufactured Homes The following definitions shall be utilized in determining the appropriate classification of manufactured homes, modular homes, and travel trailers: 1. Manufactured Home: a dwelling unit that: (a) is not constructed in accordance with the standards set forth in the Uniform Building Code, applicable to site-built homes and Co) is composed of one or more components, each of which was substantially assembled in a manufacturing plant and designed to be transported to the home site on its own chassis, and (c) exceeds forty (40) feet in length and eight (8) feet in width. 2. Manufactured Home, Class A: A manufactured home constructed after January 1, 1990, that meets or exceeds the construction standards promulgated by the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that were in effect at the time of construction and that satisfies each of the following additional criteria: a. The home has a length not exceeding four times its width; b. The pitch of the unit's roof has a minimum vertical rise of one (1) foot for each five (5) feet of horizontal run, and the roof is finished with a type of shingle that is commonly used in standard residential construction; c. The standard siding consists of wood, hardboard, or aluminum (vinyl covered or painted, but in no case exceeding the reflectivity of gloss white paint) comparable in composition, appearance, mad durability to the exterior siding coimnoniy used in standard residential construction; d. A continuous, permanent masonry foundation, anpierced except for required ventilation and access, is installed under the home; and e. The tongue, axles, transporting lights, and removable towing apparatus are removed after placement on the lot and before occupancy. 3. Manufactured Home, Class B: A manufactured home constructed after January 1, 1990, that meets or exceeds the constraction standards promulgated by the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that were in effect at the time of construction but that does not satisfy the criteria necessary to qualify the house as a Class A manufactured home. 4. Manufactured Home, Class C: Any manufactured home that does not meet the defm/tional criteria ora Class A or Class B manufactured home. 5. Manufactured Home Park: A residential use in which mom than one manufactured home is located on a single lot. 6. Modular Home: A dwelling unit constructed in accordance with the standards set forth in the Uniform Building Code, applicable to site-built homes, and composed of components substantially assembled in a manufacturing plant and transported to the building site for f-mai assembly on a permanent foundation. Among other possibilities, a modular home may consist of two sections transported to the site in a manner similar to a manufactured home (except that the modular home meets the Uniform Building Code Standards applicable to site-built homes), or a series of panels or room sections transported on a truck and erected or joined together on the site.