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February 22, 1978 Page 3 Chairperson Haako pointed ouC that the ~resent zoning is R-1 and that R-2 is being brou~ht in along the west side of Siiver Lake Road, and that the nartheast corner ~1s designated for cortmercial. Mr, Karian stated that he hau checked with the St. Pau1 Water Works, kl7o had age~eed to tssue a permit to run water pipes across the road. Official Rose added that there would be no problem in crossing the road, and thaC Staff may require that exect detalls of the drainage be worked out if the Commis,ion & Council approve the request. Comnission Member Glezer asked if the 100,000 gai1on per month water consumptlon fit within the City water budgt:. Official Rose replied that there would be no problem with the water consumption, Chairperson Haake asked that the Comnission Members address the issue of rezoning and the conditional use pennit, and stated that other details could bP worked out later, Comnission Member Burmeister questioned whether there would be a traffic problem as there had aiready been severa7 accidenis at that intersection, ~nd stated that the area was already heavily traveled. Official Rose replied that the Ci~y coutd envision a 4-way stop sign at that intarsection when the Kraus-Anderson property is developed, but that for the present,'the traffic counes on County Road I were 7ow and the County had not yet determined a need for traffic controls. ,~ Gomnissian Member Foss stated that he felt the property shoutd be a higher density i than R-1 6ut that the main Gharacteristics of the neighborhood were residential and that he would rather see tlie land remain residentiat. He stated tha: fie felt ` the plan was gnod buC wouid prefer samethinq more in conformity with the nrea. Mr. Karian stated that he owns quite a bit more 7and behind his car wash in Blaine, where he was planning on putting in duplexes, since he felt duplexes go we71 with business esta611shments. He also added that there is a commercial use across the straei from where he wauld like to put the car wash in, and that the tacation was a major thoroughfare. MSP (Burmeister-Fuss) to den~ the request of Mr. Karlan far a ininor subdivision, rezoning and conditianal use permit because this type oP use is much more intense that what Che Comprehensiv4 PY~r calis for or the Z~ning Map. 5 ayes Comnission Member Burmeister stated that she did not feel the City is short of comrercial property, and thus did not feel it was necessary to change R-1 zaning Comrnission Member Glazer added that he agreed wlth Comnission Member Durmeister and stcted that if the request had been approved, it would frustrate any efforts in the future to keep ked Oak Drive from being upgraded. ~ Co~rmStsion Member Fedor stated that if the City approved rezon7ng on one corner, they might be face with the possibiiity of rezoning the other corner of the intersection, which was not intended when the Canprehensive P1an was written. f '~ , 2EOUEST OF OMEG11 CORPORATION FOR R-3 OEVELOPMENT - 7640 WOODLAWN ORIVE Official Rose reported that Omega Cqrporation has requested to bu17d a 4-plex unit with garaged in an R-4 zoned area.