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Mounds View City Council August 9, 2010 Regular Meeting Page 4 proposed in the City. 1 2 Mayor Flaherty asked if this development would proceed if the Select Senior Living development 3 also began construction. Mr. Johnson indicated the project may be delayed a year or two. 4 5 Mayor Flaherty indicated he was not in favor of rezoning the site if the development was not 6 going to proceed. He stated the City would know more at the next meeting. Mr. Johnson stated 7 he was optimistic his project would move forward this year as he may be seeking public funding 8 as well. Community Development Director Roberts reiterated that the Ordinance did require a 9 second reading and would not be completed this evening. 10 11 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Hull. To Waive the First Reading of Ordinance 848, an Ordinance 12 approving the rezoning of 2.18 acres of land at 2320 & 2340 County Highway 10 and 5260 13 O’Connell Drive to PUD, Planned Unit Development. 14 15 Ayes – 4 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 16 17 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Stigney. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 7655, 18 approving the “Coventry Senior Living” Development review and preliminary plat. 19 20 Ayes – 4 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 21 22 C. 7:15 p.m. Public Hearing to Consider an Appeal for a Variance Request by 23 Eichi, Inc. to Allow Reduced Lot Widths in a Wetland District on the 24 Longview Estates Property. 25 26 Community Development Director Roberts stated the applicants and property owner, Eichi, Inc. 27 (represented by Marty & Paul Harstad), want to subdivide a 7.14-acre parcel into single-family 28 lots that would all front Longview Drive. This property is located in a wetland district. The City 29 requires single-family lots in wetland districts to be a minimum of 125 feet wide and 20,000 30 square feet in area. These standards are larger than the lot size requirements for single-family lots 31 in non-wetland districts. The Harstads are requesting a variance to allow for reduced lot widths in 32 order to subdivide the property facing Longview Drive into 10 single-family lots. Without a 33 variance, the owner could subdivide the property into a maximum of eight lots fronting 34 Longview Drive. They have not yet applied for the major subdivision as they want to see the 35 outcome of their variance request first. 36 37 Community Development Director Roberts explained that on June 16, 2010, the Planning 38 Commission voted 5-0 (2 Commissioners absent) to deny the variance for reduced lot widths 39 within the proposed Longview Estates subdivision. The Commission did not find sufficient 40 hardship to warrant granting the variance and as such approved Resolution 927-10 denying the 41 variance request. Mr. Harstad has appealed the Planning Commission’s decision to the City 42 Council. 43 44