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The regular meeting of the Lino Lakes Planning and Zoning Board was called to order at 8:10 P.M., April 19, 1978 by Vice -Chairman Hill. Members present; Reinert, Shearen, Hill, Mattson, Schwankl. Members absent: Bohjanen. Mr. Gourley will be late. Mr. McLean, Council liason was also present. Mr. Shearen moved to approve the minutes of the March 15, 1978 meeting. Mr. Reintert seconded the motion. Motion declared passed. Mr. Hill noted that since the agenda is so large and the members received the copies of the Council minutes, Mr. McLean's Report will be omitted this month. Variance - Sunset Oaks Plat - Kurth Surveying Mr. Kolstad represented Kurth Surveyors. He noted that the variance request for lot I, block 1 would create two Tots of less than one acre. He explained when the plat was originally drawn the street easement on each side of the lot was 33' not 60' as shown. Had the final plat been approved with the original 33' easements the lots would be one acre. During the platting process the County asked for a 60' easement instead of the 33' easement and the plat owners failed to notice how this would affect a future lot split. He also noted that all the land is still there and will be maintained by the lot owner but is not part of the total net lot area. Mr. McLean noted that the Board has been limiting the lot size to at Least one acre because of our proposal to Metro Council and to maintain our creditability. Mr. Mattson said he would not be in favor of this variance but would recommend passing it on to the Council. Mr. McLean said the Board should take some action, deny or re- commend approval. Mr. Mattson moved to recommend to Council that this variance for an undersized lot for Kurth Surveying be denied. It does not meet local ordinance and does not cause undo hardship and is not locken in by other lots. Mr. Shearen seconded the motion. Mr. Shearen, Mr. Hill, Mr. Reinert and Mr. Mattson vote, yea. Mrs. Schwankl voted, Nay. Motion declared passed. Mr. Shearen moved to recommend to the Council that the variance request for the div- ision of lot #I, block #I, Sunset Oaks be approved. Mrs. Schwankl seconded the mot- ion. Motion declared passed. Variance - Eugene Blomquist Mr. Blomquist has requested a variance to split the front of a lot he owns on County Road "J" into two lots each with approximately 100' frontage and 167' in depth. Each lot would be less than one acre and have less than the required frontage. He explained the new lots would conform to the existing lots. Mr. McLean suggested making one lot with 200 + frontage and 167' depth. Mr. Shearen noted it still would be less than one acre and he would recommend denial of the var- iance for the same reason as the previous variance denial. Mrs. Blomquist changed the variance request to indicate a request for a variance for a lot with a 200 + frontage and 167' depth. Mr. Reinert asked why the rear lot line could not be pushed back to line up with the rear lot lines to the west and thus create a one acre lot. Mrs. Blomquist explained there is an existing fence and they did not wish to move it or sell any more land. Mr. Shearen moved to recommend approval of this variance request based on the already