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February 14, 1979 Page 3 ~ Chal.rperson Hnahe atated that Lhe Planning Comm4asion hae the authority to grant variancea. Howeve,r„ a hardship must be proven and money cannot be a wnaiderati.on. Everytime the Cnmmiesi~n grante a.~ariance, iC ia chipping away at ita own ordinancea. Sttetead of doing this, the Commiesion deaidnd to allow the 75 fcot lote created from 150 footi lote and do away with the neceseity of requastinq a variance. Chairperson Haake etated that the conseneue UE Clie CommiasiRn ie that the lnopholea must be cloead in oxieting Code. ~ommission Membgs Fedor euggestad a policy that would requiro an owner reqiiesting a mdnor subdivielon to set out £uture plana for any, land he hss surrounding the r~quested snbdlviaiori to get a total look at that area rather than piecemeal it. And we'll require our 85 foot lote. Commission Member Burmeieter questioned the legallty of forcing a land owner to dn khat. Commisaion Member Fedor said we should continue to allow minor eubclivlaion of. 150 foot lots to 75 feet. Perhaps there ahould be time iimit betweon requeats fcr minor subd~:vision~ to ?revent one trom coming in the same night with three minor requests. Mayor McCarty, speakiny fram the audi~nce, r.oted that it is very easy ,,..`., with torrene property to transfer nwnerehip of property and circumvent ,'`T/ a time limit on one owner coming in for a eub8lvieion. Councilmember Foralund atated she hated to aee lot eizes como down Wliat with pseblema of water in the basements. Commiesion Member Blanchard euggeated reviewiny the Citizens Storm Sawer Auvisory Task Force Report to see its recommendations for the area eurrounding the proposed Bayport Auree plat. Chairpereon Haake atated tha.t thera is no rueh in coming bo a decision toniqht on rewording the ordinance since Saypo,rt wae appr.oved with 82.5 foot lots. Cha~.rperson Hae'r:e etated L•he conaenaus of the Planning Commisaion is that the original ordinance eksang~ allowing lots to go to 75 fn~t frontage related to minor ~ubdivialona where St is imposeible for the petitioner to acquire more land•to bring that lot up to our 85 font codo requirement. Zt was not the intent to providz n loopholc, whi.ch wa unwittingly dicl, when the petitioner comes before us with a major subdivieion and wants bmaller lot eizes than the 85 foot fruntaga. We would like to direct etaff to write aomething into ordinance form, an add~tion to cur exieting ordinance or whatever, to cloae th~o looFhole avd not have problems 11ke that encountered with the Saypoxt Acree plat occur again. I9e would request that Officlal Roee confer with Attornoy Meyers :,n thie and have eomethinq Eor the next maeting, other.wiAe tho aecond Wednesday in March. The Planning Commieeion wi11 reviow his proposed wording and make a }~ recommendation to Councll.