HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-097 (Termination of Resolution PC2023-19 for IUP for K-6 School at 601 Main St N, Granting CUP for Cultural Facility (Library, Art Gallery, & Theater for Performing Arts) & CUP for Event Center at 601 Main St N)City of Stillwater
Washington County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION 2024-097
TERMINATION OF RESOLUTION PC2023-19 FOR AN INTERIM USE PERMIT
FOR A K-6 SCHOOL AT 601 MAIN STREET NORTH
AND
GRANTING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A CULTURAL FACILITY
(LIBRARY, ART GALLERY, AND THEATER FOR PERFORMING ARTS)
AND A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR AN EVENT CENTER
AT 601 MAIN STREET NORTH
WHEREAS, the Manitou Fund received an Interim Use Permit ("IUP") pursuant to
Resolution PC2023-19 to operate a K-6 School at 601 Main Street North, legally
described on Exhibit A (the "Property"), which was coterminous with the lease with River
Grove School; and
WHEREAS, the lease with River Grove School was terminated effective at the end
of the 2024 school year, thereby terminating the Interim Use Permit; and
WHEREAS, the City of Stillwater has now received a Conditional Use Permit
application from Manitou Fund ("Applicant") on behalf of Manitou Fund STLW LLC
("Property Owner") for the Property to be used as a Cultural Center and an Event Center;
and
WHEREAS, on July 24, 2024, the Planning Commission for the City of Stillwater
considered the Conditional Use Permit and held a public hearing and took testimony from
the public.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Planning Commission of
the City of Stillwater hereby RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF the Conditional Use
Permits allowing a Cultural Center and an Event Center, subject to the following:
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. Based on the plans, proposals and applications submitted, as well as the
conditions imposed herein, the proposed use conforms to the
requirements and the intent of this chapter, and of the Comprehensive
Plan, relevant area plans and other lawful regulations.
2. Any additional conditions necessary for the public interest have been
imposed.
3. The use will not constitute a nuisance or be detrimental to the public
welfare of the community.
CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL
A zoning text amendment allowing "Libraries, art galleries, theaters for
performing arts, events, and other such cultural facilities" and "Event
Centers" in the CBD (Central Business) district as conditional uses must be
approved and adopted by the City Council.
2.A sign permit must be reviewed and approved by City Staff for any signage
on building or property.
3.The planning resolution PC 2023-19 (IUP for River Grove School)
previously approved for the Property by the City must be rescinded and
terminated by the City Council.
4.Events must be carefully planned so as not to exceed parking capacity and
if the south lot does not meet the needs as determined by the Community
Development Director, the Property Owner shall provide for an alternative
off-site parking plan.
5.Pursuant to a Parking Lease Agreement that was entered into between the
City and the Manitou Fund on September 6, 2023, the north parking lot may
be utilized for purposes of the operations of the uses contemplated herein,
however, the exclusive use of the north parking lot is limited to 5:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m., as provided in the Parking Lease Agreement
6.The Property shall be properly maintained, free of refuse, garbage and
debris.
7.Exterior lighting shall be for security purposes and shall be downcast in
style.
8.All plans shall be reviewed and approved by applicable fire and building
inspection personal prior to issuance of permit.
9.An event permit and/or Interim Use Permit must be applied for and issued
prior to any outdoor event on the Property.
10.AII changes to the approved plans shall be reviewed and approved by the
Community Development Director. Any major changes will need to be
approve by the Planning Commission or Heritage Preservation
Commission.
Adopted by the City Council this 20th day of August, 2024.
CITY OF STILLWATER
�C>� MichalPolehna, Vice Mayor
ATTEST:
�� Beth Wolf, cityCler
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EXHIBIT A
Legal Description of the Applicant's Property
Situs Address: 601 Main Street North
Torrens Property Type
Parcel ID: 28-030-20-11-0035
Parcel A:
All that part of Tract 2 as described on Certificate of Title Number 65, and delineated
upon the map marked "Exhibit B" attached thereto, as the same is recorded in the office
of the Registrar of Titles of Washington County, Minnesota, described as follows:
Commencing at the intersection of the easterly line of Main Street and the northerly line
of Laurel Street as shown on the plat of the "ORIGINAL TOWN, NOW CITY OF
STILLWATER as amended by MYRON SHEPARD'S PERFECTED PLAT OF THE
CITY OF STILLWATER dated May 21, 1878"; thence North 08 degrees 36 minutes 08
seconds East, assumed bearing, along said easterly line of Main Street 48.00 feet;
thence South 81 degrees 23 minutes 52 seconds East along a line hereinafter referred
to as "Line A" 18 feet to the point of beginning of the parcel being described; thence
North 07 degrees 24 minutes 09 seconds East 447.07 feet; thence northeasterly 209.25
feet along a nontangential curve concave to the northwest having a radius of 284.57
feet, a central angle 42 degrees 07 minutes 50 seconds and the chord of said curve
bears North 32 degrees 29 minutes 03 seconds East; thence North 11 degrees 25
minutes 08 seconds East, along tangent, 35.93 feet, more or less, to the easterly line of
said Tract 2, Certificate of Title Number 65; thence South 04 degrees 55 minutes 28
seconds West along said easterly line 635.47 feet; thence southerly 18.56 feet along
said easterly line on a tangential curve concave to the east, having a radius of 2873.93
and a central angle of 00 degrees 22 minutes 12 seconds, to said northerly line of
Laurel Street; thence South 72 degrees 51 minutes 06 seconds West along said
northerly line 26.15 feet, more or less, to a point 124.00 feet easterly, as measured
along said northerly line from said easterly line of Main Street; thence South 12 degrees
12 minutes 16 seconds West along said easterly line of Tract 2 a distance of 28.68 feet
more or less to the centerline of said Laurel Street; thence South 72 degrees 51
minutes 06 seconds West along said centerline 84.25 feet, more or less, to the
intersection with a line drawn parallel with and 34.00 feet easterly, as measured at right
angles, of said easterly line of Main Street; thence North 08 degrees 36 minutes 08
seconds East parallel with said easterly line, 59.36 feet, more or less, to the intersection
with an easterly projection of the before described "Line A"; thence North 81 degrees 23
minutes 52 seconds West along said projected line 16.00 feet to the point of beginning.
Parcel B:
TRACT A: All that part of Tract 2 as described on Certificate of Title Number 65, and
delineated upon the map marked "Exhibit B" attached thereto, as the same is recorded
in the office of the Registrar of Titles of Washington County, Minnesota, described as
follows: Commencing at the intersection of the easterly line of Main Street and the
northerly line of Laurel Street as shown on the plat of the original town, now City of
Stillwater, as amended by Myron Shepard's Perfected Plat of the City of Stillwater,
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dated May 21, 1878; thence North 08 degrees 36 minutes 08 seconds East, assumed
bearing, along said easterly line of Main Street 48.00 feet to the point of beginning of
the parcel being described; thence South 81 degrees 23 minutes 52 seconds East
18.00 feet; thence North 07 degrees 24 minutes 09 seconds East 577.57 feet; thence
North 08 degrees 40 minutes 21 seconds East 331.78 feet; thence northerly 263.23 feet
along a tangential curve, concave to the west, having a radius of 2914.74 feet and a
central angle of 05 degrees 10 minutes 28 seconds; thence North 38 degrees 28
minutes 46 seconds East, not tangent to said curve, 69.16 feet, more or less, to the
easterly line of said Tract 2, Certificate of Title Number 65; thence northerly along said
easterly line of Tract 2 to the most northerly corner thereof; thence southerly along the
westerly line of said Tract 2 to the point of beginning; which lies westerly of a line run
parallel with and distant 18 feet easterly of the westerly line of Tract A hereinbefore
described, and southerly of a line run parallel with and distant 447.07 feet northerly of
the southerly line of said Tract A.
Subject to a right of Way to the Northern Pacific Railway Company, fourteen (14) feet in
width, seven (7) feet on each side of the centerline of the spure tack of the Northern
Pacific Railway Company, running to the Minnesota State Prison, as now located and
constructed and more particularly delineated on the map attached to the Deed of the
Northern Pacific Railway Company to the Northwest Thresher Company, dated
September 8th, 1902, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds in and for
said Washington County, on the 6th Day of November, 1902, in Book 55 of Deeds,
Page 267;
Subject also to the Standard Oil Company, a corporation of the State of Indiana, its
successors or assigns, the right to maintain, use, repair and renew that certain oil
pipeline across the South Fifty (50) feet of that part of Lot Nine (9), in Block Seven (7),
of Carli and Schulenburg's Addition to Stillwater, lying between the East line of North
Main Street extension and the West line of the Northern Pacific Railway Company's
right of way.
Subject to a right of way to the Northern Pacific Railway Company across that part of
said Tract No. 2, lying in front and East of Block Nine (9) and Cherry Street vacated, if
extended Easterly, in the Original Town (now City) of Stillwater, for one railway track
from the main line of said Railway Company to the property of the Stillwater
Manufacturing Company, said right of way being Fourteen (14) feet in width, Seven (7)
feet on each side of the center line of said Railway Track, as now located and shown on
the Map marked "Exhibit B".
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