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Mounds View City Council December 12, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 7 • 1 Ayes-5 Nays-0 Motion carried. 2 3 C. 7:15 pm: Public Hearing to Consider a Rezoning of the Property Located at 4 2617 County Road I from R-1, Single Family, to R-2, Single and Two Family 5 Residential 6 7 Mayor Marty opened the public hearing at 8:11 p.m. 8 9 Planning Associate Heller presented the request to rezone 2617 County Road I from R-1, Single l0 .Family, to R-2, Single and Two Family Residential. She explained the applicant did an addition 11 to her home and then staff received a call to do a rental housing inspection. Staff became aware 12 of a change of intent in how Ms. Colleen planned to use the addition so she was informed of the 13 need to apply for a rezoning. 14 15 Planning Associate Heller explained the addition included a full kitchen with full-sized 16 appliances. She noted the rezoning to R-2 would be not consistent with the Comprehensive Plan 17 but may not necessarily be inappropriate since there is commercial property across the street and 18 there are other R-2 properties in the near vicinity of Ms. Colleen's property. The Planning 19 Commission held a public hearing and they did recommend approval of this rezoning. 20 21 Joanne Colleen offered to answer questions and explained this evolved into something it was not 22 originally intended to be. She explained that her older sister and her husband wanted to live • 23 there and will then take care of the yard. The space is under 700 square feet. Ms. Colleen 24 explained that when her older sister and husband retire, they plan to be in Florida for half of the 25 year. 26 27 There being no additional public input, Mayor Marty closed the public hearing at 8:15 p.m. 28 29 Councilmember Flaherty asked how this request evolved from an addition to a rental unit. 30 31 Ms. Colleen stated the space was added above the garage so her. son, his wife, and two children 32 could be up there since her house is small. Originally it was created as a recreational area of 7.5 33 feet by 18 feet plus akitchenette/bar area and two small bedrooms (10 feet by 12 feet and 8 feet 34 by 12 feet) plus a bathroom. The addition was competed in July of 2004 and the refrigerator and 35 sink were installed because there was supposed to be a 6-foot bar. Then the bar did not fit so a 36 small counter was installed with two stools. The counter was affixed to the floor so it would not 37 tip over. Ms. Colleen stated a stove was added as well as some upper cupboards. Then her son 38 got a job offer at the end of December so they only lived there four months. Her son's family 39 moved out in February of 2005. Ms. Colleen stated by May, she thought maybe she could rent it 40 out to someone. 41 42 MOTION/SECOND: Stigney/Marty. To waive the reading and adopt Resolution 6695, A 43 Resolution of the City Council to deny the request to rezone 2617 County Road I from R-1, 44 Single Family Residential, to R-2, Single and Two Family Residential; Planning Case No. ZCOS- .45 002.