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Council Meeting June 22, 1981 17 Mr. Wolters request for a special use permit for the construction of a well drilling shop in a commercial zone that is unsewered. Mr. Schumacher presented the letters from the agencies involved in this application; RCWB has approved the plans and specifications for drainage, there is a letter from Anoka County Highway Department in conjunction with the location of the driveway. There had been discussion of the set back and due to the topography of the land, the Planning and Zoning Board had recommended a set back of 70 feet. This will be 15 feet nearer the street than the existing plumbing shop but will be in line with the shop to the North. There was discussion of using Class 5 for the surfacing of the driveway. The ordinance states that the surface must be dust free and this material is not dust free. It was suggested that Mr. Wolters use a crushed lime- stone. There is to be a security fence without a security arm. Mr. Wolters ex- plained that he will be using a cable along the top. The landscaping plan was discussed for screening the rear of the lot from the abutting residential use. It was suggested that perhaps a plan should be prepared by a professional landscaper and presented to the Council for their consideration. There are seven items that should be considered; 1) the driveway should be on the northern side of the lot (Mr. Wolters said he is discussing this with the Anoka County Highway Department) 2) there be no exterior storage; 3) the vehicle access doors to the building not face the street; 4) landscaping plan to include trees and bushes; 5) dust free surfacing of crushed limestone to include the driveway and all parking areas; 6) approval of the 6' foot, fence (this to be approved by the building inspec- tor) 7) approval of the 70' set abck (this is the recommendation of the Planning and zoning Board). Mr. McLean moved to approve with the above stipulations. Seconded by Mr. Kulaszewicz. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. George Taylor - had applied for a variance to construct a single family resident in the commercial zone. This is an old lot of record. Mr. McLean moved to recommend approval of this variance. Seconded by Mr. Kulaszewicz. The size of the lot was discussed and Mayor Gourley pointed out that according to the zoning ordinance lots of record must contain 60% of the current requirements and this lot only contains approximately one -half an acre. Mayor Gourley suggested that a variance to this re- quirement would be needed, and would have to come back before the Council. On voting on the motion, the motion carried unanimously. JAN KUNTZER - ARCADE CENTER AND ICE CREAM PARLOR - SPECIAL USE PERMIT Mr. Schumacher reported that the majority of the discussion at the Planning and Zoning centered around the parking area and safety factors of that lot. The Planning and Zoning Board had recommended approval of this Special Use Permit pending acceptable solution to the parking lot problem. There had been a lot of discussion on this with no solid recommendation for this solution. There had been suggestions of trees, fence, speed bumps, etc., but no decision.