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168l~ Anersons ~'+e11 they have some suggestions for that too, I understand. S'~hether it is R-3 or D property, it is still more or less commercial. Cartwright: There is really quite a difference bettiveen retail business and apartments. Dahlgren: I think the thing to do is change the UniversitT,T's ~rox~erty to P-1 and use the comprehensive land use elan as an indication for the future. Instead of making the transition in land use at this point dir- ectly adjacent to that single family house, perhaps the transition should be ~?ade with the property so the people who are getting the benefit of the R-3 zoning would have the problem of transition from the R-3 to the Single Family. 'T'his vrould tend to leave your horge not as an Island on Fairview. T feel very strongly this should not be commercially zoned. I don't think there is a potential here for any type of retail center. Keen in mind this property is not now zoned commercial. In o+„her words, vre are up-~-rading the property to a higher use by going to the R-3. In this instance, the property owners that are affected are getting a break. 1t,'hat we are recognizing here is tha+., the frontage along Larpen-eur Avenue is not ideal for single residence homes. Thee is very fine front- age to the North on perpendicular streets for single family homes. 3e- cause of the open space across La;:~penteur, eve feel it is very des~.rable for R-3 c?evellings. ~?eavy traffic is not such a problem to Taultiples a.s it vrould be for single family homes. The value of this property h=s been upgraded considerably by planning to zone this to R-3. The kind of commercials you would. get there if it tiaras zoned commercial, well one of the proposals was a used car lot. I don't think t'_~ere is any advantage to either the University or the people to the North by rezoning it for that kind of operation. Apartments would be perfectly ap-~ropriate and I think you could get very good quality apartments there and ~;et ga^d. rer_tal because of the amenity of the area, to the Dlorth and the open space to the South. I+ ~-ruld be an ideal situation in our opinion. Nilsen: Dean Fenske, going back to our present ordinance, ire have commercial zoning Z"`est of the Village Hall now that, ~nras adopted in 19Lt9 at the request of the University. Galvin: Ordinance 8 shovrs a _cor~mercia.l area on the South side of Larpenteur from Snelling to one block y'.`est of `r'ry. Fenske: '?'~a± was a different administra+,.,ion. Neith:~r Dean 'racey or I had anything to do with it. That is -presently zoned busi-:e"s at the request of the University. Dahlgren: One of the reasons we brought this line across is that the University property comes up along the Village Hall, down. Larpenteur, down and over, le wing a f-i.nger of private property into the U~.iversity area. One of the s~~ggestis~ns we made :~ras that perhaps the University vrould care to acquire the property as shown on the reap giving them the advar.t.age of having a mare regular niece of property ~r;~ith vrhich to work, and the Village ti~rould have the advantage of greater depth for H--lA because the depth we have, for instance, at '-undo Photo is very limited in its scone becat:se of the shallow depth. This would be an advantage to both the University and the Village. ti'~ihether or not the University could accom- plish this is a ruestion.