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Council Minutes June 9, 1980 Page 3 Mr. Jaworski felt that putting horses on small acreage could create problems in the neighborhood and put one person against another. Bob Witham.- ten acres too much ,-:five acres is fine. He said he could' take care of animals on less than five acres but some others might not be able to do so. Mr. Witham questioned as to who would do the inspection. Mayor Gourley pointed out that a person has not be designated at this point in time. Sandy Bernier - asked about the meeting that had been held several nights ago and if a committee has been appointed at this time. Mayor Gourley said that would be done at the end of this hearing John Clark - suggested that in the ordinance the references to "hogs" be changed to 'swine'. Linda Carlson - was concerned about streets with parcels of land from one acre to four acres with some of the people who want to keep animals - what will happen to the value of the other homes, and she was concerned about putting one neighbor against the other. She asked about the people with lands under 5 acres. Mr. Jaworski said those persons are not being considered under this ordinance. Mr. Jerry Hansen took exception with the section that deals with the selling of products. This affects him in that he keeps bees and does sell the excess. Bill Gregor asked if this isn't putting neighbor against neighbor in requir- ing persons with 5 or 6 acres to get a permit. Mr. Jaworski felt that five acres gives a little more room to work with. Mr, Gregor asked if he leased lands to give them five acres, could that person get a permit, Mr. Locher said, Yes, if the land was contigous. Mayor Gourley said unless there is a law on the books, it does no good to re -. gister a complaint, if there is no law to enforce, nothing can be done. A lady from the audience questioned the grandfathering in of some of the ex- isting uses of the land. Mr. Locher explained the dates the ordinances were passed that governs the amount of land that is needed to keep animals. The lady said she was new to the area, only has three acres and does not ha 'Ye animals at this time. But, if she wanted to acquire additional acreage and have animals, then she would need a special use permit. The Council said this was so. She said that Lino,Lakes was a rural area, a farming area and people that don't want.to live next door to animals should move back to the Cities. Mr. Smeed reappeared to add that keeping animals on smaller acreage + he has 100' lot and has more front footage than some five acre parcels. He felt the main issue is the way animals were taken care of should be the determining factor. The testimony from the audience was closed off. Marilyn felt that Section 4 should be looked at with the possibility of rewording this section to allow for casual sales. She pointed out that the Metropolitan Council recognizes Lino Lakes as a suburban area not rural. She felt that all persons in the community could be considered, not just the people who have animals or the ones who do not.