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Mounds View Planning Commission March 7, 2007 <br />Regular Meeting Page 4 <br />________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Planning Associate Heller stated that for the Commission to support the requested rezoning, it <br />must find that the request would not be inconsistent with the Comprehensive Plan and would not <br />cause or create adverse impacts to the surrounding properties. She stated a rezoning request is <br />approved by ordinance with two readings by the City Council with the ordinance taking affect 30 <br />days after the final reading. <br /> <br />Chair Stevenson stated he would like the comprehensive definitions for highway commercial and <br />neighborhood commercial included before it is passed on to Council. <br /> <br />Planning Associate Heller read the definition of each for the Commission members. <br /> <br />Chair Stevenson stated he sees a problem with that definition because there are two types of gas <br />station and the Commission has only one to work with. He said this is a small community <br />neighborhood gas station, not a highway designated station. He asked if the City could change <br />the code or is this what is designated by the State. <br /> <br />Community Development Director Ericson replied the Planning Commission could recommend <br />a change to the comprehensive plan and the zoning code. He stated the Planning Commission <br />could create the two class gas station system. He stated the zoning code requires gas stations be <br />in a B-3 designation, if the station goes away, the Planning Commission could be looking at <br />whether the property is a true B-3 planned use designation. He suggested if the Planning <br />Commission considered that option, Staff would have to look at the comp plan and see where <br />this type of gas station falls. Director Ericson stated it is a good suggestion as it would guard <br />against a more intense land use coming onto the property at a later date. <br /> <br />Commissioner Walsh-Kaczmarek asked how this would be incorporated into this proposal. <br /> <br />Chair Stevenson replied it would be a two step process by making the change to the <br />comprehensive plan designation definitions at this point. He mentioned that when the Comp <br />Plan comes out in about two years, this change could be incorporated into the update process. <br />He stated he thinks the Planning Commission could incorporate the definition change. He stated <br />if this property is designated as Highway Commercial, there would be nothing stopping a <br />Holiday gas station or other disruptive commercial entity from building there. <br /> <br />Commissioner Walsh-Kaczmarek asked if there is information on why the two pumps were <br />taken out. She asked why the City said they could not add them back in. <br /> <br />Planning Associate Heller replied because it is a nonconforming lot. She explained with <br />nonconforming you can take something away, but could not add to it. She stated The Station <br />must have a 22,500 square foot site in order to become conforming. She explained that with the <br />land purchase, they would now be able to meet that requirement and thus the other requests <br />could now be met also. <br /> <br />Chair Stevenson stated Commissioner Miller, Commissioner Meehlhause, and he were on the <br />Planning Commission when this was brought up before. He stated he remembers the thoughts