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Mounds View Planning Commission December 18, 2002 Regular Meeting Page 9 ________________________________________________________________________ Commissioner Johnson indicated that would be what he would recommend regardless of how far Mr. Farrell’s employees would have to walk to work. Director Ericson indicated it would also penalize others that would like to park in the area. Commissioner Johnson indicated he would like to recommend no parking on Greenfield Avenue from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Mr. Farrell asked why the Commission wanted to punish businesses coming to Mounds View. Commissioner Johnson suggested tabling the matter to allow the applicant time to come to the Commission to discuss a reasonable solution to the parking situation. Chair Stevenson indicated the Commission was willing to do something if Mr. Farrell does not address the parking issues. Commissioner Hegland suggested securing parking from another building for overflow parking. Mr. Farrell asked for information on the owner of the building next to his. Chair Stevenson commented that he hopes Mr. Farrell will attempt to work with the Commission on resolving this issue. Mr. Farrell said he was willing to work with the City on the parking issue. ______________________________________________________________________________ 7. Review Request to Convert the Four-Plex Located at 2075 Hillview Road to a Six- Plex. Community Development Director Ericson indicated that Staff had received a request to expand 2075 Hillview Road to a six-plex. He then indicated that a six-plex would be permitted under the Code but three issues led Staff to bring this to the Commission for consideration. The first issue is that the City adopted an ordinance allowing townhomes and making multifamily dwellings a conditional use making this property a legal nonconforming use and Staff questions whether the expansion would require this go through the conditional use permit process. The second issue is with regard to parking on the site. Commissioner Hegland indicated that this matter just came up with the twinhome case and he feels the City should be able to differentiate based on use, owner occupied or rental. Director Ericson indicated the City cannot separate rental versus owned as the ownership status has no bearing on the use. Commissioner Hegland said he feels it should be a special use to go from owner occupied to rental.