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Mounds View Planning Commission June 16, 2010 <br />Regular Meeting Page 4 <br />____________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Commissioner Cramblit asked if the new houses would be elevated higher than the existing <br />homes. <br /> <br />Mr. Harstad stated that currently the water currently drains down Longview Drive to a manhole <br />on Longview Drive. He added that the City will not allow new development to adversely affect <br />a neighboring properties. He also added the biofiltration basin was a suggestion from the <br />watershed district. He stated this is the most desirable solution for drainage. There would be <br />one of these basins for every two lots of the new development. <br /> <br />Chair Stevenson stated he is having a problem with the hardship criteria and does not feel <br />comfortable setting precedents with the proposed variance. <br /> <br />Mr. Harstad stated his family has owned this property for a very long. He added he is asking for <br />a variance for lot width and not lot size. He added he felt this is a fair request and the concerns <br />regarding granting the variance is related to hardship. This new plan is better for the public <br />safety of Mounds View. The original approval was for 15 lots on this land and the new plan has <br />only 10 lots. <br /> <br />Ann Tillmann, stated she is concerned about the impact of their property as well as the wetland <br />area. She added that she understands that there will be homes built on this parcel someday but <br />she felt she wanted these to be built the right way. <br /> <br />Public hearing closed at 8:33 pm <br /> <br />MOTION/SECOND: Commissioner Cramblit/Commissioner Miller. Denying Resolution 927- <br />10 for a Variance to Allow for Reduced Lot Widths for New Lots in a Wetland District for the <br />Longview Estates Property; Planning Case VR2010-002 <br /> <br /> Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. <br /> <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />6. Other Planning Activity <br /> <br />None. <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br /> <br />7. Next Planning Commission Meeting: <br /> <br />A. July 7, 2010 <br />B. July 21, 2010 <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br />