HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-8-60 PZMEast Oakdale Planning Board Meeting
December 8„ 1960
Present: Kea Sovereign
Martin Eberhard
John Kleis
Wm. Lundquist
At this meeting there was a hearing regarding the petition to rezone 5 acres
of land belonging to Al fieaschen.sp in general on. the southeast corner of
Lake Elmo, south of the road with no lake frontage involved. Me. Kateenrneier
is to be the buyer and builder„ and presently operates a tavern further west on
Lake Jane on property owned by Mrs„ Crorrnbiee
There were 26 visitors present. mostly neighbors of Berechens and Katdenmeicrn
and supporting the aeeoning and the way Mr. KateenmeieA has been running hie
buaaina ri s in the past.
There: was some question as to whether a commercial area should be as snnal
as 5 acres but den this objection was removed provided the present area;:
occupied by Kateenmeier is rezoned residential.
The; recommendation of our Planning group is that the requested 5 acre area
be moned commercial with the vacated area to become residential. A hearhas
to rei;one the vacated area residential will be required.
Mr. Gunnar Gidlow requested permission to use 8" Duro : slat walls with steel
reinforcing below grade on a residence. His house also calls for Durox above
grade but apparently this is satisfactory since the American Institute of
Architects have approved Durox for above grade
Duroet is used below grade in the Cedar Credit building in Minneapolis as the
only exception to the Building Coder in Minneapolis. The queeti0n will be
resolved after further conferences with the engineers.,
W. E. Lundquist, Secretary
REUBEN G. THOREEN
JOHN F. THOREEN
RODERICK A. LAWSON
C HESTER S. WILSON
THOREEN, THOREEN & LAWSON
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Mr. Welter Larson
Lake Elmo, Minnesota
Dear Mr Larson:
104 NORTH MAIN STREET
STILLWATER - MINN ES OTA
December Bth, 1960
T ELE pH ON EBI HE 9-4143
HE 9-4144
In furtherance of my promise to send to Ken Sovereign some information
on the dedication of certain areas for recreational purposes where piste
are dedicated I am writing to you and sending him a copy of this letter.
Minnesota Statutes provide "In appropriate plots of subdivisions to be
developed for residential uses the governing body of any municipality
shall have the power to approve the same as herein provided and may require
that a portion of such land of sufficient size and character be set aside
and dedicated to the public for public uee as parks and playgrounds."
Information we have received from the Metropolitan Planning Commission
shows that several metroid itan areas subdivisions now have such require-
ments and specifically set forth a percentage. Anoka County for the entire
County evidently has a five per cent requirement. ,Brooklyn Center, Deep
Haven, ltridley, Golden Valley, St. Louis:Park, Wayzata, and the Township
of Chanhassen have a five per cent requirement. Coon Rapids, Maple Grove,
require ten per cent. The Planning Commission maybe interested in checking
theekperience of these areas: I should state that the Ordinances in all
of these cases do not absolutely require this percentage but allow it to
be required where needed. quite a few other municipalities simply allow
the board in the case of each plat to require some land for parks and play-
grounds. We had mentioned that in the east certain sums of money or land
for school purposes was required. The Minneeota law refers only to parks
and playgrounds and I know of no other authority in this field. Some
metropolitan area ordinances a11oW a cash payment instead of land being
dedicated where thereis not land suited for public purposes. There would
be a disadvantage in many unconnected small areas. being dedicated but there
has been no determination of legality about this cash procedure. One other
factor is the amount of land required Can properly vary With the size of the
Iota in the development in that very large lots would probably need less
land for parks and playgrounds.
Yours truly,
THOREEN, THOREEN 6 LAWSON
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