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Page 4 Planning and Zoning Commission September 26, 1979 The sewered area located between 49 and the wetlands and the open space would be a good location for multifamily, and had been indi- cated on.the 1974 plan; because of adjacent land uses, access and sewerit could go, multifamily.or commercial. The triangle formed by.the roads, about 17 to 20 acres, would be indicated as multifamily and commercial. In reference to;the intersection of149 and Birch, Mr.,Short felt the area would be suitable and logical for either multifamily or commercial, and if either developed, it could generate the other. Mr. McLean suggested PUD zoning, a situation where both uses, multifamily and commercial, would be allowed. Mr. Short indi-. cated that an area couldn't really be zoned PUD, but it was used to allow the overlay of many different zoning districts and •the City could be flexible enough to allow PUD. Mr. Gourley -felt the north side of Birch Street would be more desirable as commercial as there was already a commercial use there, and the land was marshy. Mr.: Short will show commercial on the north and multifamily on the south, which was presently zoned residential. Mr. Short had researched the logic of the area Mayor.Karth had suggested for multifamily; it was a high amenity area, meaning the more amenities, the more people it would be attractive to. Sewer was available, there was an existing bus route, and it was close to the commercial center in Lexington. He felt it was a good idea to locate more intensive uses nearer to commercial because of the increased traffic. There was access to 35-W and Lake Drive, and multifamily could buffer itself from the traffic more easily than other, lower density uses through the use of garages, fences and so. on. The adjacent land use, mostly residential in a commercial zone, would not conflict too much with multifamily. The area was welldefined, and most of the soils on the east side of Lake Drive had marginal or no, limitations. However, the City should be aware that the area would fall within the shoreland management zone by Marshan and Rice Lakes, although multifamily would be able to handle that kind of expense be- cause of the more intensive land use. Mr. Short indicated that the state had developed recommended shoreline regulations and had passed a law in 1975 that all communities will have to,adopt them. the DNR was enforcing the adoption by community, with the problem areas at the top of the list, and Lino Lakes could expect to be notified and given a year to adopt the regulations by 1980 or 1981. Mr. McLean indicated the City intended to do so as part of the Comprehensive Plan, and asked Mr. Short to obtain copies of the regulations or a model to adopt. Mr. Short indicated the state was very cooperative, and they were available to give assisstance in modifying the ordinances. Mr. Reinert felt that the intent to adopt was important. Mr. Short addressed the residential areas, referring to the draft plan map and a map of residential areas. Residential could be broken down in several different ways: Sewered, and unsewered areas, multifamily and single family uses within the sewered areas, and the rural residential and rural uses in unsewered areas. Rural residential referred to the area that had developed to date as one acre residential lots with on - site systems. These were the areas in the northwest; the Rehbein sub- division along the east side of Lake Pelletier and north of Centerville; the areas outside of Urban Service Districe 1 but including Shenandoah and areas along Birch street; and the southeast corner of the City in- cluding West Oaks, Otter Lake Estates, the Bloomquist property and the