HomeMy WebLinkAboutgr00090_000041_pg242August 23, 1976 Page 4
Attorney Meyers stated that the people that have to come down to court before
a judge and miss work will not want to do it again. Mr. Bob Lestina, 6939
Pleasant View Drive, stated if you get three inches of snow by 3:30 a.m. you
would not know to move your car and you would get a ticket. Administrator
Achen stated that the County does their roads first so the plows would not be
in Mounds View until about noon so the ordinance would not be involved until
this time.
Councilmember Baumgartner stated.. this ordinance may be what it takes to have
people park in their driveways.
Adm. Achen stated that it was not necessary to act on this tonight so it may
be held off until the next meeting after the Police Chief has seen it.
Councilmember Rowley stated a safety factor is involved with snow being left
in the street and the extra cost to the City in having the plow come back to
clean it up must be considered. She was in favor of tabling this and looking
into the possibility of towing.
Mayor Pickar stated since the Police Chief has not seen this yet the ordinance
amendment could be held off. It has to be changed into something enforceable.
MSP (Shelquist- Hodges) to table this matter until the next meeting and in the
mean time the Administrator will discuss this with the Chief of Police and
look into a means of providing a towing service, if necessary.
Councilmember Baumgartner suggested the Administrator also find out the
storage fees, towing fees and reclaiming fees, and how damages are handled. 5 ayes
At 8:35 p.m. Mayor Pickar recessed the regular Council meeting and called to
order the public hearing on Wilbert Johnson appeal of Planning Comm's decision to
deny variance for oversized accessory building.
Mayor Pickar stated that Wilbert Johnson, 6953 Pleasant View Drive, requested
variance of the 145 square feet accessory building limit to erect a 216 square
feet accessory building. The Planning Commissvn considered the request at its
June 9 and 23, 1976 meetings.
The Commission denied the request on a split 3 -3 vote at the first meeting,
then tabled the matter until June 23. On the 23rd the Commission again denied
the request by a 6 -0 vote.
Mr. Johnson stated that he had decreased the size of the proposed garage from
15' x 19' to 12' x 18'.
Councilmember Shelquist stated this request, as any request from citizens who
are trying to provide additional storage and security for their property is
hard to turn down but there is already an oversized garage on the property.
The Planning Commission did discuss increasing the size of this building but
felt there was adequate storage already provided. While the intent of the
current occupant of the house is probably good and honest there is a situation
in Mounds View where realtors are selling property and they do say that you
can go into business there. He felt there was adequate storage and the request
should be denied.