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• Planning and Zoning Board March 14, 1984 Page -5- Mr. Kohl said that there will be a 24 foot wide driveway and he was told to obtain a written permission statement for a driveway from the Minnesota Department of Transportation. Mrs. Klaus asked where the cars would be displayed. Mr. Kohl said only on the blacktop area an the street side of the building. Mr. Ostlie asked what Mr. Kohl planned to do with the remainder of the lot. Mr. Kohl said he planned to leave it as it is. Maybe someday he would expand. Mr. Doocy asked Mr. Kohl to submit a picture of his planned building show- ing the type of materials that will be used. Mr. Kohl said he is not planning on installing any exterior lighting and will have a sign attached to the building. He asked if he brought an attractive building plan and acceptable landscape plan would the Board be so inclinded to pass this type of building on that property. Mrs. Klaus said that unless the Board found a good reason to deny the request, a reason that would stand up in court, there would be no grounds to deny it. Mr. Prokop asked Mr. Kohl why he selected this location. Mr. Kohl said 1) he lives close to the area, 2) not depending on drive by traffic, 3) deals in wholesale and special interest cars. Mr. Ostlie asked for comments from the floor. There were none. Mr. Kohl said he would have all his materials for the April Planning and Zoning Board meeting. SITE AND BUILDING PLANS - REZONE - Bastien Products Mr. Frank Damon owner of Bastien Products appeared before the Board asking for approval of site and building plans to add a second floor office to his building and also asked to have the site rezoned back to commercial as it was when he originally purchased the land and building in 1978. Mr. Kluegel noted that the area was rezoned to R -3. Now the use is non- conforming and by ordinance Bastien Products can not expand unless they rezone to General Business. Mrs. Klaus explained to Mr. Damon the process the Board went through to prepare the new zoning ordinance and Mr. Damon should have given his in- put at that time. Mr. Damon explained why he did not appear at that time. He felt that the new ordinance does not change what is there, they have a commercial concern employing eighteen people and do not wish to move be- cause their business contacts know where they are. III Mrs. Klaus felt it would be upon Mr. Damon to prove to the Board that it would be in the Citys best interest to change the zoning back to commercial. Mr. Damon asked what are we trying to do in this community, don't we want to have the business booming, are we trying to keep people in or out, do