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MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING/PUBLIC HEARING AUGUST 4, 1986 PAGE 2 A question arose regarding drainage and Hard advised that the water drains HARD from northwest to southeast. There is also a ditch along Larpenteur and Fairview. Garley proposed a swale be located in the five foot setback and advised that he would grade the new parking area so that the water. would drain to the present parking area. He would be willing to work with the City Engineer to accomplish what drainage is necessary. The meeting was then recessed for fifteen minutes during which time Council- COUNCIL member Hard advised that a letter had been received from the school district INFORMATIO: advising that there would be no need for portable classrooms, the Early Childhood and Family Education program had been moved to Fairview and the Extended Day program will be housed at Falcon Heights School; updated the Planning Commission on the Snelling/Larpenteur redevelopment; reviewed the hold-up in construction of the office building on Larpenteur and Prior; advised that the office condos located north of City Hall--two had been sold and another in the process of being closed; 1666 Coffman will be fully occupied by mid-October and the Home Occupation Ordinance was passed by the City Council. Chairman Black then called the Public Hearing on the Rezoning Request REZONING from Cleon Garley, owner of the apartment building at 1845-1855 West REQUEST Larpenteur, to order at 8:15 P.M. Notice of this hearing has been published FROM in the official newspaper and mailed notice given to all property owners within CLEON • 350 feet. The rezoning request is to change the property in question from R-1 to R-4. GARLEY, Chairman Black reviewed the background information given previously at this 1845-1855 meeting and Cleon Garley reviewed the information. WEST LARPENTEUR Betty Sommers, 1701 North Fairview Avenue, advised that the apartment building was a miserable neighbor as they were noisy, had a lot of gas fumes and had BETTY trouble with the garbage. They use the ten foot buffer for bike and motorcycle SOMMERS parking. She felt the rezoning would ruin her property and increase the number 1701 NORTH of burglaries in the area. FAIRVIEW Mrs. Martha Sommers, 1701 North Fairview Avenue, was very opposed to having automobiles surrounding her home as they were not good neighbors and very noisy. Malcom Sugdem, 1718 Lindig, purchased his lot in 1967 when all of the area was then zoned R-1 and. wants that protected. He purchased his property because of the size of the lot. He felt the rezoning would not be desirable in an R-1 district because it would decrease property values, create noise and cause problems with surface run-off. The problems encountered with parking by the apartment owner should not have to be solved by the single family homeowners. Allan J. Kraemer, 1707 North Fairview Avenue, was of the understanding that when the building permit was granted that they were alloted 1-1/2 spaces for each unit and they would not ask for any increased parking. Also, the • letter mailed to residents stated the subdivision was for 60 feet not 80 feet. Mr. Kraemer stated that the two buildings are an inefficient use of the land they occupy. If approval of the subdivision and rezoning are given, it opens the door for future apartment expansion. He is against the rezoning because MARTHA S OMMERS , 1701 NORTH FAIRVIEW MALCOM SUGDEM, 1718 LINDI( ALLAN J. KRAEMER, 1707 NORTH FAIRVIEW