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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity/County Planning Board Minutes 05.12.1994 MINUTES LAUREL CITY-COUNTY PLANNING BOARD MAY 12, 1994 7 : 00 P .M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS MEMBERS PRESENT: John H. Smith, Chairman Larry Thomas, City Rep. Clarence Foos, County Rep. Chuck Dickerson, City Rep. Donald Gudgell, County Rep. Lonnie Kellogg, City Rep. Gerald Shay, Member at Large Merrill Watkins, County Rep. OTHERS PRESENT: Cal Cumin, City Planner Cheryll Lund, City Secretary Ron Laden, 326 Coulee Dr. , Bozeman Karen Stichter, 218 W. 3rd Greg & Linda VanBerg, 316 6th Avenue Cynthia Detling, Rt . 1 Box 2424, Park City Melody Goss, 1313 E. 8th Doug Armitage, 705 Pine Lane Motion by Lonnie Kellogg, seconded by Chuck Dickerson, to approve the minutes of the April meeting with the correction of adding Chuck Dickerson to the "Members absent" list . Motion carried. Motion by Chuck Dickerson, seconded by Don Gudgell, to approve the administrative services bill for May 1994 for $200 . 00 . Motion carried. Home Occupations Doug Armitage of 705 Pine Lane was present asking for approval of a home occupation to enable him to sell telephone on-hold message machines through phone sales . There would be no traffic coming to his home . All products are shipped either to his home or to the customer' s home. Cal has no problem with this request as it meets all the criteria of a home occupation. Motion by Lonnie Kellogg, seconded by Clarence Foos, to recommend approval of Doug Armitage' s home occupation to enable him to sell telephone on-hold message machines through phone sales . Motion carried. Greg and Linda VanBerg own the A Haus of Books located at. 602 2nd Avenue . They would like to change the use of their home occupation 1 to allow them to sell small collectible items, instead of books . They were told, by the City Council, that they needed to get approval from the Planning Board to allow them to do so . What the Board needs to decide is whether or not selling small collectible items would be similar to selling books . The collectibles that they sell are salt and pepper shakers from the 1930' s to the 1950' s, and other small items . The biggest item they have for sale is a treadle sewing machine . Lonnie wondered where we are going to draw the line, down the road, on this type of situation? Eventually they could be selling large items out of this business . Cal stated that if the VanBergs or future owners want to change the use again they will have to come back to us and get approval for that particular use . Cal feels that this is a similar use. Motion by Chuck Dickerson, seconded by Clarence Foos, that we recommend to the City Council that this is a similar use and that we allow it to continue. Motion carried. Karen Stichter is requesting a home occupation to have a custom kitchen design service out of her home at 218 3rd Avenue . She helps people plan out their kitchens, such as an architect or interior designer would do. There is no traffic or customers coming to her home. The only thing she is selling is a service . Cal states that this request meets all criteria and he recommends approval . Motion by Gerald Shay, seconded by Merrill Watkins, to recommend approval of a home occupation for Karen Stichter at 218 3rd Avenue . Motion carried. Annexation-Zone Chancre- Ron Laden- Nutting Brothers Subdivision An annexation to the City and a zone change to Residential Mobile Home has been requested on Lots 1-12, block 6 of Nutting Brothers subdivision, by Ron Laden. This one block is located just east of Sunhaven Trailer Park and south of East Eighth. It is adjacent to the city limits and adjacent to a residential mobile home zone . What this block is comprised of is 12 lots and one alley (6 lots to the east of the alley and 6 lots to the west of the alley) . What Mr. Laden is proposing to do is bring in the west half of the 2 block as Phase I and the east half in as Phase II . E. Seventh Street on the south of the block is not proposed for construction at this time. A major irrigation ditch runs through it . E . Eighth Street on the north side of the block is already paved. He is proposing that the street on the west side of the block (Fir) will be completed with curb, gutter and sidewalk on his half of the street . He will then use the existing City water that is there. City sewer is already in the alley. He proposes to tap into the sewer line in 6 different places for the 6 lots . He will build and gravel the alley (Phase I) and install a 36" culvert across the irrigation ditch located in the undeveloped E. Seventh Street . The reason for the culvert is so the garbage trucks are able to go up the alley to collect trash and not have to turn around. In Phase II he will install water and sewer lines to all 6 lots on the east side and pave, curb, gutter and sidewalk his half of the street in a time frame that he and the City can agree on. The request for the zone change is self-explanatory. It is presently zone RE 20 , 000 . Any time land is annexed into the City it is automatically zoned RE 7, 500 . He wants it changed to Residential Mobile Home. Ron Laden spoke . He thought that this hearing would be more of a preliminary type of thing where he could get input on whether or not anyone would object, and finding out what specific requirements the City wants . At this point the public hearing was opened. Melody Goss from 1313 E. 8th Street was present to inquire about the application. She is across the street (south) of this block. She is on a private line served by the City that is in need of repairs . She and the other 3 people on the line are all pitching in to repair the line . She is wondering if there is any way they can become a part of the water line that Mr. Laden will be installing. Cal stated that this is a good idea because it should keep the costs lower for both Mr. Laden and the four other residents . He advised her to get in touch with Mr. Laden. As for the annexation having repercussion on her property it should enhance her property values . 3 A waiver of protest for SID' s will be required to accompany this request, for the protection of the City. Question on whether or not these will be rental spaces, or sold? Cal explained that Mr. Laden has expressed an interest in tabling this application so that he can look at different options . At this time Mr. Laden requested that his application for annexation and zone change be tabled until the June 9th meeting. Motion by Larry Thomas, seconded by Don Gudgell, that the annexation and zone change application from Ron Laden be tabled until the June 9, 1994 meeting. Motion carried. Discussion regarding developers and improvements being put in in various area of town. Cal states that it is a real problem figuring how to get some of these developers to do what they promise, as far as streets, curbs, gutters and sidewalk go. Cal has been approached recently by developers looking for property to build homes on, without having to put in improvements right away. There are several spots in Laurel that can be built on, but improvements need to be put in. In order to put in the improvements it would take a developer with a lot of money to invest . There aren' t a lot of those developers around right now. Comment on what happened up in Murray Heights when we didn' t make the developer put in the street improvements. Cal stated that we need to look out for the City' s interests first and foremost but also work with the developers if at all possible . ISTEA PROGRAM Cal stated that we were appointed as the review agency for the ISTEA program which is a program of funding through the State Highway Department for highway enhancement funds to be used for various projects . We had 2 applications, the Chief Joseph Battlefield and the Railroad Museum. We submitted those to the State Department of Transportation. They turned down the railroad museum but approved the Battlefield. At the same time, the people behind Chief Joseph went to the County and the County decided to fund them 1001- . So, we got taken out of the picture and we still have $97, 000 to use (which requires a 201 match) . The City is now looking at using this money for sidewalk improvements within the City, such as handicap access, sidewalks by schools, etc . Mayor Rodgers has been looking into some possibilities. 4 The meeting adjourned at 7 : 50 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Cheryll Lund, Secretary 5 CITY OF LAUREL HOME OCCUPATION REQUEST FORM Date �r- Name Address '7 Phone i�p Descri t 'on of proposed home occupation: Please answer the following questions by indica ing yes or no. If your response is yes, please explain. 1. . Will any person other than a member of the immediate family occupying the dwelling be employed, except domestic help? 2 . Will any stock in trade be displayed or sold upon premises? �l- 3 . Will the character of the principal building be altered from that of a dwelling? O 4 . Will any illuminated signs be used? Itlo (Information) Law dictates that no sign other than one giving the name and occupation, and not more than one square foot in area be displayed. 5 . Will more than 25 percent of the area of�/ ne story of the Av building be devoted to the home occupation? g 6 . Will any equipment be used in the home occupation which creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors, or electrical interference? 7 . Will any equipment or process be used which creates visual or audible interference in any radio or television receivers off the premises? / 8 . Attach a list of the names and addresses of all adjacent property residents within one hundred (100) feet of the subject property of this application. Have these adj ent residents been notified of the planned Home Occupation? If so, how? '�_`_" . r INFORMATION Home Occupations are deemed to be site specific and owner specific.- Thus, the use of a portion of a structure as a home occupation will not permit a subsequent owner an automatic home occupation designation. PROCEDURE 1 . Complete home occupation request form and submit it to the City seven (7) working days prior to a regular scheduled meeting of the Planning Board. 2 . The Planning Board will consider the request at their regularly scheduled meeting. Attendance at this meeting is required by the applicant or his/her representative . 3 . The Planning Board will make a recommendation to the City Council that the specific request for a home occupation, designation be granted or denied. 4 . The City Council will consider the .Planning Board' s recom- mendation concerning the specific home occupation desig- nation and approve or deny it at their next regularly -sch- eduled meeting. Attendance by the applicant or his/her re- presentative is required at this meeting. SKETCH 1 . In the space below, please provide a rough sketch with basic dimensions showing the locations of your business in your home in relation to the other areas in your home . In- any storage area the business may require . r �^ �s 70 i i i i i i i i i i I I CITY OF LAUREL LAUREL, MONTANA 59044 P.O. BOX 10 CITY TREASURER PHONE: 628-8791 DEPARTMENT * *APPLICATION FOR CITY BUSINESS LICENSE** 1 . NAME OF BUS INESS egZ z � Jr,5 _PHONE Z a 2 . ADDRESS OF BUSINESS ICJ Z 3 . CITY- ,, G-f j-C ��_ STATE 4 . MAILING ADDRESS � Gt" 5 . DESCRIBE SERVICES TO BE OFFERED 6 . IF YOU ARE A NEW RESIDENT OR A NON-RESIDENT, GIVE DATE OF ARRIVAL IN THE CITY 7. CITY, COUNTY, STATE OF LAST LICENSE 8 . ARE YOU LICENSED BY THE STATE OF MONTANA YES NO �f 9 . OWNERS NAME p^ PHONE • 10 . OWNERS HOME ADDRESS 11 . OWNERS SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER C( 7 y 12 . MANAGERS NAME 1411c7C PHONE 13 . MANAGERS HOME ADDRESS14 . DOES THIS BUSINESS OFFER A DELIVERY SERVICE 15 . NUMBER OF VEHICLES USED FOR DELIVERY *NOTE* OWNERS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT MUST ACCOMPANY APPLICATION 17 . SIGNATURE OF APPLICATION CERTIFICATION I hearby certify that I have filled out the application to the best of my knowledge and have received a copy of the City Ordinances regarding General Business Licenses (Chapter 5 . 04) . I further understand that any person providing misinformation upon this application shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable of up to $500 . and 6 months i jail . SIGNATURE OF OWNER DATE ***OFFICE USE ONLY*** ^TrrrATUREOFOWNER r CITY OF LAUREL .. HOME OCCUPATION REQUEST FORM Date 2�qU Name Y-A .-i t�rl CH-*-/L Address �i8 y, -&W 5 �; Phone &Z�- 828,4 Descri Lion of proposed home occupation: Please answer the following questions by indicating yes or no. If your response is yes, please explain. 1 . Will any person other than a member of the immediate family occupying the dwelling be employed, except domestic help? ,-1 o 2 . Will any stock in trade be displayed or sold upon premises? j 3 . will the character .of the principal building be altered from that of a dwelling? ,ao 4 . Will any illuminated signs be used? r4o (Information) Law dictates that no sign other than one giving the name and occupation, and not more than one square foot in area be displayed. 5 . Will more than 25 percent of the area of one story of the building be devoted to the home occupation? rJo 6 . Will any equipment be used in the home occupation which creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors, or electrical interference? U 7 . Will any equipment or process be used which creates visual or audible interference in any radio or television receivers off the premises? ,jo 8 . Attach a list of the names and addresses of all adjacent property residents within one hundred (100) feet of the subject property of this application. Have these adjacent residents been notified of the planned Home Occupation? If so, how? INFORMATION Home Occupations are deemed to be site specific and owner specific. Thus, the use of a portion of a structure as a home occupation will not permit a subsequent owner an automatic home occupation designation. PROCEDURE 1 . Complete home occupation request form and submit it to the City seven (7) working days prior to a regular scheduled meeting of the Planning Board. 2 . The Planning Board will consider the request at their regularly scheduled meeting. Attendance at this meeting is required by the applicant or his/her representative. 3 . The Planning Board will make a recommendation to the City Council that the specific request for a home occupation designation be granted or denied. 4 . The City Council will consider the Planning Board' s recom- mendation concerning the specific home occupation desig- nation and approve or deny it at their next regularly sch- eduled meeting. Attendance by the applicant or his/her re- presentative is required at this meeting. SKETCH 1 . In the space below, please provide a rough sketch with basic dimensions showing the locations of your business in your home in relation to the other areas in your home . In- any storage area the business may require . Q DL y°v � 14 I Mrs. Freda Roth 211 3rd Avenue Laurel MT 59044 Notified in person Leonard&Julie Ordi 220 3rd Avenue Laurel Mt 59044 Notified in person