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1680 is inconsistent with the Village Manning, we will continue to impart and hone to receive cooperation with and from the Villas-e of Falcon Heights. aye do not feel that the University is amenable to zoning ordinances as such, nor to have anything interpreted as a waiver of the University's right to regulate it's own property." Generally sneaking, the University a.nd Fair Grounds property is zoned a.s P-1 or Public Institution use. There are some zon~ad otharv~rise. ~~ie mould. take the posi- -'-:ion that. all of these tracts should. be zoned P-1. The ordinance states that the conditional uses require approval by the Planning Commission and the Council. ~',Te vrould be glad at any time to let the Planning Commission a.nd the Council look at our plans but we do not admit the right of the '.Tanning Commission or the Council to vetoe any plans of the University. 1:e operate under a territorial charter vrhich gives the regents the sole control of the finances and the nronerty of the University. It is a pre-existing use and vre do not think the zoning ordin- ance is applicable. dir. Bilski, ovrner of the property commonly knovrn as Rosetown Greenhouse, asked ,;chat zoning was contemplated for his property -- that it hadn't been zoned at all as per the present map. I have about an acre and a half of land I ti°lant to develop and vrould like to know what to do. Dahlgren: According to the map, it is single family residential or R-l. At one time there vras a small strip of that land zoned industrial - a small frontage on Cleveland that went 6~;est to the Golf Course. Qur feeling is that it would be improper to encourage any further in- dustrial development in a section occupied by single family residences or uses permitted. in a single family residential district such as golf courses. It does not affect your present use. Bilskis The land is there, the only thing I can. put on it is a one-family residential building2 Dahlgren: Yes. Bilski; I couldn't enlarge the greenhouse any? Dahlgren: Greenhouses are a permitted use in a single family area. Dahlgren: Regarding the University Property, we are not attempting to dictate to the University. Frankly, lacking any knowledge of the University's plans, our sole intent in zoning properties like the B-1 was that we go on record as a Village knowing vrhat land use we would propose for that area in case it were ever released for private development. The sole benefit to the University would have been, if vre leave this zoned B-1, is that if they vaere to release it or sell it, then the price they .^rould get for it would be based on the intended land use and not on single family development or the possibility that they could get it zoned for so~.e thing else. In other words, the real control of this land e~evelops only when it becomes private property at which time it would come under tYze con- trol of the zoning ordinance. If the University does sell it, it should. be sold for it's intended use, not tir9_th the possibility that it might become com° ercial or so~?ething else . In vi.w of vrhat Dean Fenske has said, maybe this should be changed - that is up to the Planning Commission and the Council. Dean Fenske: If the Zoning '~:ap is not changed, vre would like to request th?t anyone inquiring about University Property be told we do not intend to sell it. ?~tilsen: In our dealings vrith the University about a year ago, we were given the impres sion that the R-3 zone on Cleveland would be the projected use of that property, phase ~ of the student housing development. It vras with this thought in mind that the R-3 Zoning vras considered for this particular piece of property North of Larpenteur and East of Cleveland. It was our under-