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• • • PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING January 11, 1989 of Paul Howard's property the city rezoned two areas to the R -1X district and a preliminary plat was recently approved for development in one of the parcels. Within a mile of the Baldwin Lake Court the city discouraged construction of entry -level housing. Also within the last year the city rezoned an R -7 manufactured home district to an R -5 PUD residential district. This was done at the owner's request and sales of homes in the new R -5 district have been good. One of the conditions in the R -5 PUD agreement was that the homes be built to R -1X specifications. This land is within 3/4 of a mile of Howard's property. John Miller continued by saying that what this all means is that within the last year the city has sent a clear and consistent message that its plans and goals are to upgrade its housing stock. The success of this action was shown by the 1988 building data. Jeff Joyer feels Mr. Howard's proposal is reasonable, the city did see a need for this type of development in the past. He suggested the board could have input regarding the site plan. Joyer felt that it didn't seem reasonable to subdivide and build 8 homes. Joyer didn't feel it would look very attractive. John Miller stated that in the last year the city completed a citizen survey that among other things showed that many people in Lino Lakes believed the city already had its share of low and moderate income housing. And even prior to this the members of the Planning and Zoning Board and City Council increased minimum house size in the R -1 zone and created the R -1X Executive Housing district. In 1988 Lino Lakes built more houses than in any previous year and they were higher value than ever before. Mr. Howard wrote to the neighboring property owners stating that he intended to request to rezone to R -6 and they would be notified of future public hearings. He asked that if anyone had questions, to contact Mr. Howard. Mr. Howard stated that at the present time he hadn't heard from any of the property owners. Mr. Miller stated there are two points of access to the applicants property. 1. Highway 49 2. Extension of Laurene Ave. After considerable discussion a motion was made. MOTION: Jeff Joyer moved to recommend to City Council approval of Application 89 -01. Since the only area of manufactured housing has recently been rezoned to prevent Page 3