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Mounds View City Council December 12, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 7 Ayes-5 Nays-0 Motion carried. 1 2 C. 7:15 pm: Public Hearing to Consider a Rezoning of the Property Located at 3 2617 County Road I from R-1, Single Family, to R-2, Single and Two Family 4 Residential 5 6 Mayor Marty opened the public hearing at 8:11 p.m. 7 8 Planning Associate Heller presented the request to rezone 2617 County Road I from R-1, Single 9 Family, to R-2, Single and Two Family Residential. She explained the applicant did an addition 10 to her home and then staff received a call to do a rental housing inspection. Staff became aware 11 of a change of intent in how Ms. Colleen planned to use the addition so she was informed of the 12 need to apply for a rezoning. 13 14 Planning Associate Heller explained the addition included a full kitchen with full-sized 15 appliances. She noted the rezoning to R-2 would be not consistent with the Comprehensive Plan 16 but may not necessarily be inappropriate since there is commercial property across the street and 17 there are other R-2 properties in the near vicinity of Ms. Colleen’s property. The Planning 18 Commission held a public hearing and they did recommend approval of this rezoning. 19 20 Joanne Colleen offered to answer questions and explained this evolved into something it was not 21 originally intended to be. She explained that her older sister and her husband wanted to live 22 there and will then take care of the yard. The space is under 700 square feet. Ms. Colleen 23 explained that when her older sister and husband retire, they plan to be in Florida for half of the 24 year. 25 26 There being no additional public input, Mayor Marty closed the public hearing at 8:15 p.m. 27 28 Councilmember Flaherty asked how this request evolved from an addition to a rental unit. 29 30 Ms. Colleen stated the space was added above the garage so her son, his wife, and two children 31 could be up there since her house is small. Originally it was created as a recreational area of 7.5 32 feet by 18 feet plus a kitchenette/bar area and two small bedrooms (10 feet by 12 feet and 8 feet 33 by 12 feet) plus a bathroom. The addition was competed in July of 2004 and the refrigerator and 34 sink were installed because there was supposed to be a 6-foot bar. Then the bar did not fit so a 35 small counter was installed with two stools. The counter was affixed to the floor so it would not 36 tip over. Ms. Colleen stated a stove was added as well as some upper cupboards. Then her son 37 got a job offer at the end of December so they only lived there four months. Her son’s family 38 moved out in February of 2005. Ms. Colleen stated by May, she thought maybe she could rent it 39 out to someone. 40 41 MOTION/SECOND: Stigney/Marty. To waive the reading and adopt Resolution 6695, A 42 Resolution of the City Council to deny the request to rezone 2617 County Road I from R-1, 43 Single Family Residential, to R-2, Single and Two Family Residential; Planning Case No. ZC05-44 002. 45