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LAKE
ELMO
City of Lake Elmo
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3800 Laverne Avenue North / Lake Elmo, Minnesota 55042
Meeting Notice
The Lake Elmo Planning Commission will meet Monday, August 24, 1998 at 7:00 p.m. in the
Council Chambers of City Hall, 3800 Laverne Avenue North, Lake Elmo, Minnesota.
AGENDA
1. Agenda
2. Minutes August 10, 1998
3. Amendments to Accessory Structures Ordinance
4. Open Space Zoning District — Workshop
5. Other
6. Adjourn
• As always, Commissioners are reminded to bring their
Lake Elmo Municipal Codebooks to Planning Commission Meetings.
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City of Lake Elmo
Planning Commission
Meeting Minutes
Monday, August 24,1998
Chairman Armstrong called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 3800
Laverne Avenue North, Lake Elmo, Minnesota. Present: Commissioners Berg, Brass, Carlson, Helwig,
Herber, Mandel and Sessing. Absent: Monette and Graczyk. Also present: City Planner Dillerud and
Councilmember Johnston.
1. AGENDA
M/S/P Sessing/Herber — to approve the Agenda, as presented.
(Motion Passed 8-0).
2. MINUTES
M/S/P Berg/Sessing — to approve the amended minutes from the August 10,1998 meeting.
(Motion Passed 5-3-0). Abstain: Brass, Carlson, Mandel, not in attendance.
3. Zoning Ordinance Amendments — Accessory Structures
City Planner Dillerud said he had researched the inconsistencies in the code regarding the size for
accessory structures and the number of accessory structures permitted. He noted that the accessory
structure problems in the Code were not only in the RR district. He reviewed his memo to the
commission and the letter from the City Attorney to the City Administrator of April 28, 1998, which
addresses related accessory structure issues.
The Commissioners discussed changes and made recommendations to the City Planner who will bring a
fmal draft of amendments to them at the September 14, 1998 Planning Commission meeting.
4. Open Space Zoning District — Workshop
City Planner Dillerud reviewed his memo to the Planning Commission. He spoke to several issues of
concern, which included the intended meaning of the terms "open space", and "unbuildable land", open
space disposition, park dedication policy, viewsheds, boulevard landscaping and densities.
The Planning Commission discussed these and other issues of concern regarding the current OP
Ordinance.
City Planner Dillerud said he would bring a memo summarizing the OP discussion to the Commission in
the near future. He also said, in some cases, landowners may cooperate and develop adjoining property
and co -apply for an Open Space development. He said this may be the result of a recent meeting
between some landowners near The Fields of St. Croix.
Chairman Armstrong adjourned the meeting at 9:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted, Cynthia Young — Recording Secretary