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Planning & Zoning Board February 11, 2015 Page 3 APPROVED MINUTES have received lots of positive feedback from the goats on their property and she considers the goats a pleasing attribute to the City. Chair Tralle opened the podium up to comments from the audience. Wendy Marsh, 6936 Lake Drive, spoke in favor of rezoning the properties to Rural. She has lived in her house in Lino Lakes since 1964 and expressed her appreciation of nature in the Chain of Lakes area. Ms. Marsh would not like to see the area overly developed. David Storberg, 6978 Lake Drive, has lived in a rural environment most of his life and thinks a rural atmosphere is great. Mr. Storberg spoke favorably of the rezone. Linda Jensen, 6974 Lake Drive, loves the Staneks and their animals. When Ms. Jensen bought the house in 1998, she thought the lake, park system and woods made it a good place to come. She is impressed with the beautiful job the Staneks have done with their animals. Patty Vito, 6974 Lake Drive, discussed how her son has benefited from the Staneks’ animals and how it has become a wonderful part of their lives. It seems to Ms. Vito that most of the neighborhood supports the Staneks and wouldn’t find the rezone a problem. She indicated that the area has a very mixed use already with an airport and businesses, so she doesn’t think it would be an issue adding a Rural zone in the area. Even though the Comprehensive Plan lists this area as Residential, Ms. Vito expressed that the neighborhood wants the Rural rezone to happen. Neighbors enjoy having the animals there; the Staneks take good care of them and the children in the community benefit greatly from it. Kevin Vito, son of Ms. Vito at 6974 Lake Drive, took to the podium to show his support explaining how great the Staneks take care of the animals. Chair Tralle recognized the support shown by the neighbors and reminded everyone that the Planning & Zoning Board is an advisory group and cannot set anything in place. Mr. Root explained that, while he does see the benefits, he is not in favor of rezoning the properties. Mr. Root’s concerns included: • The two properties do not meet the size requirement of Rural properties. • If the properties are rezoned, future land use could be seen as a problem. • Rezoning the properties may give the impression of showing special treatment to the property owners. Mr. Laden asked staff if they had discussed the possibility of creating a conditional use permit or if there was any way to view this as a non-conforming use. Ms. Larsen explained that neither avenue would be applicable in this situation. Ms. Larsen mentioned that staff did consider the idea of rezoning the entire stretch since it sounds