PUBLIC HEARING - Lori Johnson, City Planner
Title
GRANTING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AMENDMENT TO CONSTRUCT A NEW OUTDOOR PLAY AREA/GREENSPACE, A ZERO LOT LINE ESTABLISHING A SHARED DRIVEWAY ACCESS BETWEEN SITES, AND 25-FOOT LIGHT STANDARDS IN AN RR (REGIONAL RECREATION) ZONING DISTRICT, LOCATED AT 10365 DAVENPORT STREET NE. CENTERVIEW ELEMENTARY/SLP SCHOOLS, ISD #16 (CASE FILE NO. 20-0024/SLK)
Schedule of Actions
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City Council (Conditional Use Permit Amendment) |
07/20/2020 |
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Action Deadline |
08/10/2020 |
Staff Report Prepared by Shawn Kaye and Dan Schluender
Background
Spring Lake Park Schools has submitted plans to convert the existing velodrome site into an outdoor play area/ greenspace. The outdoor play area is located just south of the new Centerview Elementary school.
The applicant is proposing to develop an outdoor play area which will be able to used by Centerview students and community, by incorporating green space and landscaping connected to the school site. Also, 25-foot light standards are proposed on the new drive access and play area to be consistent with the existing school.
In addition, the school district is proposing to remove a portion of the access drive that connects their existing west parking lot to the parking lot of the National Sports Center on the east side of their building. They have proposed to construct a new vehicular access from Davenport Street to align with 103rd Avenue NE. This access road would be constructed on the south side of the proposed outdoor play area. However, both accesses to the school’s west parking lot for staff and buses are proposed to remain in their current location. A zero lot line is required along property lines to allow a drive aisle/access to this site.
City staff and the school district staff have met a number of times on this proposal.
Staff is supportive of the creation of the new access drive to Davenport Street, as it creates a full access intersection with 103rd Avenue. The creation of this new intersection does cause several issues with the applicants desire to keep what was the main Davenport Street access as a school only parking lot access. The converted existing driveway is too close to the proposed intersection to allow for the design or construction of standard turn lanes on Davenport Street for this access and the proposed intersection at 103rd Avenue. Staff is recommending the closure of the existing driveway based on the intersection spacing, the inability to construct standard turn lanes for both the access and the intersection, and Davenport Street is designated as a State Aid route on the city’s system that handles over 10,000 vehicular trips on a normal day. Providing a street network with less than the standard roadway design criteria would not be safe or prudent to the driving public.
Recommendation
By motion, approve the resolution.
Attachments
Zoning and Location Map
Site Removal Plan
Existing Conditions
Site Plan
Davenport Entry - Existing Conditions
Davenport Entry - Proposed Conditions
Grading Plan
Utility Plan
Landscaping Plan
Narrative
Body
WHEREAS, an application has been filed by Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission and Independent School District No. 16 as Conditional Use Permit Amendment Case File No. 20-0024; and
WHEREAS, said case involves the land described as follows:
OUTLOT A, INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 16, ANOKA COUNTY MINNESOTA
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LOT 1, BLOCK 1, INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 16, ANOKA COUNTY, MINNESOTA.
WHEREAS, the Blaine City Council has reviewed said case on July 20, 2020.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Blaine that a conditional use permit amendment is hereby approved per Section 30.52 (e) of the Zoning Ordinance to construct a new outdoor play area/greenspace, a zero lot line establishing a shared driveway access between sites and 25-foot light standards in a RR (Regional Recreation) zoning district based on the following conditions:
1. The existing north driveway for the staff and bus parking lot west of the school to continue to be used as a right-out exit only onto Davenport Street. The existing middle driveway shall only be used for access by buses, school staff and NSC use. Signage shall be installed noting that no left turns are allowed exiting the property. The new proposed driveway on the south portion of the site, alignment with 103th Avenue, shall be a full access intersection with Davenport. The applicant shall submit a drawing of Davenport St. that provides for necessary turn lanes that will be reviewed and approved by engineering staff and meet necessary roadway design requirements to the greatest extent possible.
2. School business signage shall be by separate review and permit.
3. Formal Site Plan Approval is required from the City prior to start of site work.
4. A Site Improvement Performance Agreement (SIPA) and financial guarantee to cover site improvements are required to be put in place prior to start of site work.
5. A Coon Creek Watershed (CCWD) Permit is required prior to start of site work.
6. All lighting on site must meet requirements established by Section 33.02 of the Zoning Ordinance. Freestanding light structures limited in height to not more than 25 feet.
7. No light or combination of lights that cast light upon a public street shall exceed one-foot candle meter reading as measured at the edge of the roadway.
8. All lights on site must be downlit and shielded to prevent glare or spill onto adjacent roads and properties.
9. All necessary cross-access and maintenance agreements be executed and maintained to support the shared access and drives.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Blaine this 20th day of July, 2020.