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blot of 40~ could be approved. Twenty-two-thousand-five hundred square feet of the plot is considered the corner lot. The rest are considered interior lots. There is a permissable density of ~j~ living units per acre which. is well above 38.6 families per acre proposed. Floor area has been approved by the Planning; Co~nmissiona Present Village Ordinance re- quires 1 - 8x20' off street narking ;pace per family unit, Proposed parking space is 1 foot wider than required. They propose tall screening with dense lower shrubbery. met-back of 30' on Fry is set-back required. The proposed ?_6' space betr~reen buildings is more than ,resent ordinance requires, City of St, Paul requires only 1~' between apartments. In T~dinneapolis there are no requiremtns for off street perking except in certain areas. The silhouette is expected to be lower than the peak of the single dwellings around here. It is anticipated and contemplated that. the project will run between 750,000.00 and one million when completed. ":~lis will add approximately X629,000.00 to the tax rolls, Robins sub- mitted a petition favoring the project signed by 90~ of the business people, including Farmer's Union Grain Terminal Association which is the largest tax payer in the Village at +..he present time, P.obins Robins submitted a letter signed by Leonard Thompson, ~.~anager of the St. Paul t'~ater P,epartment,; dated ~~.?arch 9, 1959, in which he states. he does net feel it will affect a drain upon the water system if City Mater is used The extra. drain should not exceed 1#. The intersection at Larpenteur and Snellin~* should be relaid and a 16" pipe laid across to the north side of L3rnenteur. General character of the neighborhood: To the east they are confronted with homes. To the west University of P;4innesota farmland. To the south, Farmer's Uhion and to the north, a limited residential section. Bettendorf P~obins introduced Jos. L. 3ettendorf, appraiser for the Federal Housing Administration for 11 years. °,?r. Bettendorf stated: This is commercial property of high value and there are only limited uses to which you can put a piece ~f nroper- t;~ of that value. t;iultiple dwellings are one of the morn highly desirable uses to which you can put a piece of commer- cial property.. The rentals are expected t® run from X100,00 to °6125.00 per month, The tenants would be a concentrated source of income to the business and commercial enterBrises in the village vrhich :vould add to the value of the community. The project ?~~ould probably bring in approxima±,ely 102 future home owners. There saems to be a transitory period before the time a person decides to build a home. Robins At+.,orney Robins stated nroprosed project is well within village ordinances. Building permits Y~iave been filed in accordance with law and it arpears that the village must necessarily issue a permit. Korstad Wm~ G„ Korstad, 1625 Garden, spokesman for- the opposition, asked to see petition presented by 90~ of_ the business men. Clerk Utecht read petition signed by 1~0 citizens asking ±hat the village grant these permits, also a petition dated T~?arch 5th signed by some of the business men asking th~~t n 1 u