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Page 3 Planning and Zoning October 17, 1979 Rehbein indicated he had not contacted them yet. Mr. Gourley noted that Mr. Rehbein had had this problem once before this year, and Mr. Rehbein indicated there had been no argument on his part with that, and the problem had been resolved; however, in this case, as far as safety factors, the adjoining house was 33 feet from the lot line and the house in question was 8'6" in from the line, so there should be no problem. Mr. Shearen felt the Board was more concerned with precedents --if they granted this one, where would they stop? Mr. Heath added that the neighbor was entitled to build un to 10 ft. from the lot line, and it wasn't feasible to tell him he couldn't do so. Mr. Rehbein asked about the situation; where the neighbor is not willing to sell a foot and a half of property, the Barad indicated that was the case with Mr. Nelson's house, and he was currently in suit, and was working with his title company and his lender and developer, Tim Rehbein had another matter for discussion concerning one of the,two' lots recently rezoned R-2, on which_ he proposed to build a duplex (side-by-side), one side to be rented privately and the other to be used by himself, the upper level for model home purposes and the lower as an office. He intended to park vehicles outside, and the garage would beused as shop space:"Part,of the lot, about 70 feet, was within the 300 -ft. commercial zone along Lake Drive. This was just north of 77th street and just east of Lino Auto Body; the duplex right across the street was used in a similar manner some years ago, and didn't create a problem. There was some concern as to the property reverting to a simple duplex after Mr. Rehbein moved out, and he indicated this was his intention. It was felt this could be made a condition, so that somebody buying it for the same purposes would have to go through the same process of applying for a permit. Mr. McLean felt there should be some screening provision for the neighborhood; however, it was felt this probably would not be necessary in view of the fact that the body shop was on one side and Swan Frozen Food across the street. Mr. McLean asked what specifically Mr. Rehbein meant by the "shop" in the garage. He indicated this was an attached garage in which they would be storing various lumber, light items like nails, and would be doing light mechanic work for vehicles, no different than an individual would. There would be four trucks parked outside, the heaviest a one -ton truck. It would not technically be a shop, as they would have the model home upstairs. Mr. Gourley noted he might check with the building inspector as to parking requirements, as he thought it would require a larger driveway than normal, to accomodate people stopping by,so the wouldn't park in the street. Mr. Rehbein was told he would need the signatures of fRe adjoining property owners as well as the application:? The next item on the agenda was Golden's Rice Lake lot; however, Mr. Berget was not present. The next item on the agenda was a rezone for Land and Oaks, Inc., which had been on the agenda at the last meeting, but nothing had been done. The representative present indi- cated he hadn't realized they were on that agenda, They were requesting a rezoning on the property to light industrial, although they would also consider a general business category. He asked if industrial zoning included commercial zones as well, and was told they were different classifications. The developer indicated they were basically sellers of land, and although they did build some buildings, and also bought from other contract- ers to sell along with the land' He indicated they basically wanted to use the frontage of the County Road and Main Street,and split the land up into a 16 -acre piece and two l0 -acre pieces so everything would have over 330 -ft. frontages. Also, they had thought about coming through the center with a road and putting lots off that. They had hired Midnight Drilling to perk the property and had gone over the results with Mr. Mobley[ He indicated that they were flexible at this point, and had more than one type of ten- ant or owner in mind; they basically wanted to know what the Board's position was. Mr. McLean asked if they planned on splitting the property up into an industrial park, or cid they want blanket zoning in the hopes that something might happen? He indicated