HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity/County Planning Board Minutes 04.06.2000
MINUTES
CITY-COUNTY PLANNING BOARD
April 6, 2000 - 7:00 P.M.
Council Chambers
MEMBERS PRESENT: John Smith, Chairman
Gerald Shay, Member-at-Large
Tom Robertus, County Rep.
Kurt Baltrusch, County Rep.
Kate Stevenson, City Rep.
Laurel Haggart, City Rep.
Ziggy Ziegler, County Rep.
Bud Johnson, City Rep.
OTHERS PRESENT: Cal Cumin, City Planner
Cheryll Lund, City Secretary
Motion by Gerald Shay and seconded by Bud Johnson, to approve
the minutes of the February 3, 2000 meeting. Motion carried 8-0.
Home Occupations: None this month.
Cal Cumin Contract: Last month the board approved Cal's current
contract. Some of the board member's wanted to see the original contract,
and it was provided to them in the agenda packet.
Laurel Haggart is questioning why the City budget states that there is
$10,000 allotted for a planning consultant, not $15,000 as was approved
for Cal. She wants to make sure a mistake hasn't been made which the
board could pay for later.
Bud Johnson feels that the information Laurel received was not correct.
He sits on the Budget Finance committee and remembers the $15,000
being approved all the way through to the final budget.
This will be looked into further.
Proposed Home Day Care Review: Cal is concerned because of the
lack of review required on daycare operations located in residential homes.
The City of Laurel has 4 different categories of daycare: Family Day Care
home (3-6 children), Group Daycare home (7-12); Child Care Center (7 or
more); and Day Care Center (13+). Under Laurel zoning ordinances only
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day care centers (13+) require a special review. All other types require a
home occupation only. No city license is required, but the state requires a is
license.
Cal would like the board to consider what requirements they would like to
put on a home day care operating in a residential zone. He feels we
should give the neighbors the option of opposing or supporting a day care
next to their home. There have been several situations in town where a
day care came into a neighborhood without any review. It eventually
caused some problems with the elderly neighbors in the area and a
complaint was lodged against the day care home.
A question was brought up on the Little Tykes Academy on Seitz Ronan. It
appears that they have put an access road off of Seitz Ronan, after the
Planning Board and City Council required the access off of North
Ramshorn. Cheryll will look at the file and report her findings to Cal.
Letter from Mayor - Regarding Items Placed on Council Agenda: Cal
stated that the Mayor has sent a directive to all committee chairmen .
regarding items the committee wants the city council to consider at the
next council meeting. There has been a lack of communication regarding
this matter and things have slipped through the cracks. The Planning
Board needs to state their recommendation and/or resolution for action by
council in writing, in a certain time frame.
A line item will be permanently placed on the agenda, at the end, titled
"Council Agenda Items".
Draft Resolution Creating a Method of Determining Fair Market Value
For Land Being Subdivided When Cash Is To Be Donated In Lieu Of
Park Land Dedication.
Cal would like the Board to look over a draft resolution for Cash in Lieu of
Park Land and be ready to discuss it at the next month's meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Cheryll Lund, Secretary
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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF LAUREL, MONTANA CREATING A METHOD
OF DETERMINING FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR LAND BEING SUBDIVIDED
WHEN CASH IS TO BE DONATED IN LIEU OF PARK LAND DEDICATION.
WHEREAS, State law provides that when a cash donation is to be accepted in lieu of the
dedication of land for parks or playgrounds when property is being subdivided, the amount
of that cash donation shall be the fair market value of the unsubdivided and unimproved
.land which would have otherwise been dedicated; and
WHEREAS, the previous policy of determining the fair market value by using the
appraised value data recorded in the County Assessor's Office has not resulted in
determination of actual fair market value in all cases;
WHEREFORE, be it hereby resolved by the City Council of the City of Laurel, Montana:
1. At the time the preliminary plat is submitted to the City-County Planning
Department, the subdivider shall submit evidence to be used in determining the fair market
value of the unsubdivided and unimproved land being subdivided.
criteria: 2. The evidence to be submitted by the subdivider shall meet the following
A. It shall show the actual per acre sale price of at least three (3)
comparable parcels of land.
B. The comparable sales must have occurred within three (3) years of
the date of the subdivision submittal.
C. Information on sales of parcels located more than two (2) miles
from the subject property will not be acceptable ex_ cent in those cases where no
information is available on sales within two (2) miles within the past three (3) years.
3. The City Council of the City of Laurel--based on the information submitted
by the subdivider and the City-County Planning Board--shall determine the amount of the
cash donation which will be accepted in lieu of park land dedication. Such decision will be
made by the City Council at the time the Council acts on the preliminary plat.
Introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council on
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PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Laurel this
2000.
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0 APPROVED by the Mayor this 2000.
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Charles G. Rodgers, Mayor
ATTEST:
Mary Embleton, City Clerk
Approved as to form:
V. Joe Leckie, City Attorney
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