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2- Mr. Husnik and Mr. Karth said they hadn't had time to study the new Minnesota Plumbing Code. Mr. McLean said this would be taken up at the next meeting on May 20. Mr. John McLean stated that he had delivered copies of the Blaine and Coon Rapids ordinances regarding contractor's licenses, construction fees, etc. Mr. Husnik stated that he felt that all the Villages had about the same ordinances on this. Mr. Husnik also stated that we cannot require electricians or plumbers to have municipal licenses. W. Rehbein replied that both the electricians and plumbers are required to be licensed in the Coon Rapids ordinance. It was decided to take the matter under advisement until the next meeting. Mr. Rehbein and Mr. Hill were appointed to have a report on it at that time. The hearing for Mr. Gilbert Menkveld on his proposed mobile home park was opened at 8:30 p.m. Mr. Locher read the affidavit of publication for the notice of hearing on proposed Ordinance 6S. He also read the affidavit of posting and notice of the special use permit, as well as the mailing notice. W. Locher noted that different parcels were held under different names, although owned by the same persons. He Stated that the notices were in order and should be filed with the Clerk. tvr. Joe Summers, Attorney for W. Menkveld, presented a mockup of the individual park units. He stated that the parcel contained 119 acres immediately west and southwest of the Youth Center down to 35W. A total of 571 mobile home units were planned for a density of 4.8 units per acre. This was fewer than allowed under Village ordinances. Mr. Summers requested variances from our ordinances to present_ a better plan: 1) Whereas the Village Ordinance requires that the trailer units be set at 10o angles to the streets in a military-barracks type of arrangement which is unattractive, too regimented, inefficient and breaks up the green space, they would like to use a series of modules containing cul-de -sacs with the units clus- tered around having the following advantages- - a. that the trailers do not face on heavy travelled streets but on a cul-de -sac with light traffic b. a concentrated area of green space is produced by putting two units close together, thus giving bigger front lawns. 2) Whereas the Village Ordinance requires fixed lot dimensions of 60' x 100', producing an area of 6,000 sq. ft., though they would have no problem meeting this, they would like smaller lots, particularly on the corner lots. As long as the density was less than required by our ordinance, it would not be necessary to stick to strict lot size dimensions. 3) Whereas Village Ordinance requires 20' setback from the street, they would like to put their units within 10' of the street on the cul-de -sacs. 4) Whereas the Village Ordinance requires cement sidewalks along all streets, they felt that green walkways between the parcels would be better and would aceomo- date places where people were more likely to walk. 5) Whereas the Ordinance requires 30' streets, they request a variance to permit 24' streets in the cul -de -sacs but collector streets would be 30'. 6) Although the Village Ordinance requires 2% land area to be dedicated to recreation areas, they have dedicated 15% to recreation areas besides the space between the modules.