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Mounds View Planning Commission December 3, 2003 <br />Regular Meeting Page 2 <br />________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />3. Approve Minutes <br /> <br />a. November 5, 2003 <br /> <br />MOTION/SECOND: Zwirn/Hegland. To Approve the Planning Commission Minutes for <br />November 5, 2003 as Presented. <br /> <br /> Ayes – 4 Nays – 0 Motion carried. <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />4. Citizens Requests and Comments on Items Not on the Agenda <br /> <br />None. <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />5. Consideration of Resolution 745-03, a Resolution Recommending Denial of the <br />Longview Estates Preliminary Plat. <br /> <br />Community Development Director Ericson indicated this item was discussed previously and the <br />Commission is aware of the issues with it. He then briefly reviewed the request of Mr. Harstad <br />for approval of the Longview Estates Preliminary Plat. <br /> <br />Director Ericson read the findings of fact to support the denial: The proposed fifteen-lot <br />subdivision is situated completely within a wetland zoning district; The minimum subdivision <br />standards within a wetland zoning district are 125-foot wide lots with lot areas of 20,000 square <br />feet; Approximately half of the 7.14 acre wooded parcel is delineated as wetlands; <br />Approximately 20,320 square feet of wetlands would be filled to create the fifteen lots with a <br />total anticipated alteration of more than 200,000 square feet of area within the wetland zoning <br />district. <br /> <br />Director Ericson indicated this matter is set for public hearing before the City Council on <br />Monday, December 8, 2003. <br /> <br />MOTION/SECOND: Johnson/Zwirn. To Approve Resolution 745-03, a Resolution <br />Recommending Denial of a Preliminary Plat for the Proposed Longview Estates Major <br />Subdivision. <br /> <br />Commissioner Zwirn said he feels the findings of fact stand for themselves but added that he <br />feels Mr. Harstad showed total disregard for the existing neighbors by not providing sufficient <br />evidence that homes to be built could be supported on the site and no evidence that he would <br />accept liability in the event that anything did happen. <br /> <br /> Ayes – 4 Nays – 0 Motion carried. <br /> <br />____________________________________________________________________________