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December 1, 1976 The special meeting of the Lino Lakes Planning and Zoning Board was called to order at 8:00 P.M. by Chairman Gourley, Members present; Hill, Kelling, Karth, Nadeau, Shearen, Reinert. Mr. Locher, Mr. Short and Mr. Starr were also present. There was discussion on the problem of a new building being constructed at the Uniter Tire site. Mr. Gourley had checked this building and felt it is much too close to the street. The requirements as set forth in Ordinance #56 was discussed and the general consensu of the Board was to have Mr. Rasmussen sub- mit an application for a variance. There was concern of setting a precedence but the Board thought this could be avoided. Mr Hill moved to ask Mr. Rasmussen to submit an application for a variance for a building with less than the required set back from the street. This applica- tion not intended to set precedence. Seconded by Mr. Kelling. Motion carried unanimously. There was discussion on how to avoid this in the future. Mr. Kelling moved to recommend to the Council that the Building Inspector be instructed not to issued any permits contrary to City Ordinances without clearing them through the Planning and Zoning Board. and the City Council, i.e., United Tire, per Ordinance 56, Sec. 5.03. Seconded by Mr. Shearen. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Gourley turned the meeting over to Mr. Short. Mr. Short reported that he had met with Mr. Gotwald and Mr. Locher on two occassions in order to put this package together. Mr. Short presented the Board with new computations on the unit per acre. He had also prepared a map to reflect this. This map closely relateds to the Comprehensive Land Use Plan. Mr. Starr said the Planning and Zoning Board is to be commended on the progress that has been made. He felt they had developed a plan that the Metropolitan Staff could live with. He felt that another look at the Amelia Lake area and the Otter Lake area and pollibly include them in the agricultural area with one acre minimum lot size. There was mcuh discussion on the minimum lot size requirements of five acres in the rural residential. Mr. Nadeau felt it is impossible to draw lines hard and fast. He felt there is some lands in the rural residential with a five acre requirement that could very easily be included in the one acre requirement area. Mr. Kelling asked if it could be proven that on site systems could be handled on a smaller lot, is there anything that would prevent the City from issuing a building permit? Mr. Lee Starr felt this would be allowed provided the documentation is there. Mr. Starr emphazied this plan is just a guide line. Mr. Starr said the concern of the Metropolitan Council is that the City does not permit development that would demand the installation of sewers ahead of the time schedule. Also, put more demands on the City for services. There was much discussion on the use of the one acre minimum lot size in the area designated for ten acre minimum lot sizes. Mr. Kelling felt this could be adopted as a general guide line only, not as an iron -clad law. Mr. Starr said the Metropolitan Council would like this adopted as a 'zoning' policy. The general consensus of the Planning and Zoning Board was the word 'zoning' is out of line. This will be worked out at a later meeting.