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<br />MEMORANDUM <br />To: Members of the Planning Commission <br />CC: Heather Worthington, City Administrator; <br />Peter Lindstrom, Council Liaison <br />From: Deb Jones, Staff Liaison <br />Subject: Planning Commission Meeting on August 24 <br />Date: August 13, 2004 <br />After a relatively quiet 2003, there seems to be a lot of zoning activity this year! A variance has <br />been applied for at 1885 Asbury, and it is on your agenda for the upcoming meeting on August <br />24, with public hearing. We need a quorum! Please let Staff know if you will be absent. <br />• This case is less clear cut than the last two residential variances considered by this Commission. <br />Staff put a lot of thought and discussion into the recommendation. The deciding factors, in the <br />end, were the unusual lot dimensions on the blocks between Snelling and Asbury and the desire <br />to let this homeowner go ahead with the same type of additions we have allowed for other <br />residences on those shallow lots. See the staff report for details. If you want to discuss this with <br />Staff before the meeting or if you have any questions, please get in touch with me or Heather. <br />As we have another potential hearing coming up in September (petition for permit parking on <br />Lindig -not yet filed), and that matter will probably take a lot more time than this variance, it <br />seemed a good idea not let the discussion on Chapter 9 lapse all the way into October. Therefore, <br />I scheduled a workshop at the end of this meeting to take a look at Section 15 of Chapter 9, one of <br />the areas we haven't covered yet. Since the Commission has had recent "hands-on" experience <br />with the issues this section, it would be an excellent time to go over it, while impressions are still <br />fresh in our minds. We'll spend only as much time on this as you wish. <br />You all should have copies of the section; if not please email me on Monday or download the file <br />from the website: http://www.ci.falcon-heights.mn.us/code/CH9-Part_15.pdf <br />The file on the web does include the Interim Use provision; the copy you were given in a <br />previous packet does not. However, you received a copy of the Interim Use ordinance with the <br />packet for the TIES hearing last month. <br />See you Tuesday evening! <br />• <br />