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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES MARCH 21, 1989 PAGE 6 he would vote for approval of the preliminary plat with a 32' street width. Councilman Hunt stated, to rezone this easement to Rl now, would only weaken our Comp Plan for any other proposal that comes before us. B. REZONING RR TO PF: APOSTOLIC BIBLE CHURCH Jeff Roos from the Apostolic Bible Church, was requesting a rezoning of 14 acres of land, on loth Street east of County Road 13A, from Rural Residential to public facility. Councilman Williams felt this was a non-residential use and was not consistent with the City's comprehensive plan. This area should be restricted for residential use and felt the people that live there now were most important. Pastor Robert Sabin responded that he had never heard anybody say that a church is not consistent with rural land or with residential land. They want to serve the community and help people who have needs. Councilmen Moe and Graves had no problem with the plan and felt it was proper utilization of the land. An example given was the Lake Elmo Baptist Church sits on PF land with land adjacent currently zoned RR. M/S/ Graves/Moe - to approve the rezoning request by Apostolic Bible Church of 14 acres from Rural Residential to Public Facility in order for a church to be built; M/S/F Williams/Hunt - to amend this motion to include "but the City Council discourages further non-residential uses on 15th St. South of loth and East of County Road 13 and County Road 19". (Motion failed 2-3: Graves, Moe, Dunn: They felt this was an attractive proposal and a church is consistent with the RR land use. Examples given were the Baptist Church and the Guardian Angels Church which are surrounded by homes). M/S/F Graves/Moe - to approve the rezoning request of 14 acres (Legal description provided) from Rural Residential to Public facility by Apostolic Bible Church in order for a church to be built. (Motion failed 3-2: Williams, this will be the third non --residential use (Linder Greenhouse, NWBell bldg.) in a quarter section and worries about what future non-residential uses would follow, Hunt: agreed with Todd and asked for better .lay out criteria in our comp plan to prevent this from happening). Because rezoning requiree a 4/5ths vote by the Council, this motion failed. Councilman Graves asked Councilman Williams if he would change his vote for approval if his amendment provision was included in the motion. Therefore the following motion was made: M/S/P Grave/Moe - to bring back for Council consideration the above motion which includes the amendment provision. (Motion carried 5-0). M/S/P Graves/Moe - to approve the rezoning request of 14 acres (legal description provided) from Rural Residential to Public. Facility for