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CITY OF • FALCON HEIGHTS 2077 W. Larpenteur Avenue Falcon Heights, MN 55113-5594 email: mailC«~ci.falcon-heights.mn.us Phone - (651) 644-5050 website: www.ci.falcon-heights.mn.us Fax - (651) 644-8675 MEMORANDUM To: Members of the Planning Commission CC: Heather Worthington, City Administrator; Peter Lindstrom, Council Liaison From: Deb Jones, Staff Liaison Subject: Planning Commission Me%ting on August 24 Date: August 13, 2004 After a relatively quiet 2003, there seems to be a lot of zoning activity this year! A variance has been applied for at 1885 Asbury, and it is on your agenda for the upcoming meeting on August 24, with public hearing. We need a quorum! Please let Staff know if you will be absent. . This case is less clear cut than the last two residential variances considered by this Commission. Staff put a lot of thought and discussion into the recommendation. The deciding factors, in the end, were the unusual lot dimensions on the blocks between Snelling and Asbury and the desire to let this homeowner go ahead with the same type of additions we have allowed for other residences on those shallow lots. See the staff report for details. If you want to discuss this with Staff before the meeting or if you have any questions, please get in touch with me or Heather. As we have another potential hearing coming up in September (petition for permit parking on Lindig -not yet filed), and that matter will probably take a lot more time than this variance, it seemed a good idea not let the discussion on Chapter 9 lapse all the way into October. Therefore, I scheduled a workshop at the end of this meeting to take a look at Section 15 of Chapter 9, one of the areas we haven't covered yet. Since the Commission has had recent "hands-on" experience with the issues this section, it would be an excellent time to go over it, while impressions are still fresh in our minds. We'll spend only as much time on this as you wish. You all should have copies of the section; if not please email me on Monday or download the file from the website: http: //wuvw. ci .falcon-heights . mn . us/code/CH9-Part_l5 . pdf The file on the web does include the Interim Use provision; the copy you were given in a previous packet does not. However, you received a copy of the Interim Use ordinance with the packet for the TIES hearing last month. See you Tuesday evenuig! • HOME OF THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR AND THE U OF M INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE ~~~ PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER