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Mr. Johnson said he was personally disappointed that under the new <br />zoning ordinance "we no longer have the conditional use vehicle, <br />which might allow the use requested by the developer". He also said <br />the new zoning ordinance had not been tailored to arbitrarily require <br />a more restrictive use of the property but to establish a coherent <br />buffer between the residential neighborhood to the east of the pro- <br />perty in question and the heavy commercial across Silver Lake Road. <br />He said he would favor any means of allowing the use requested by <br />Mr. Hedlund short of rezoning the property. He however felt it was <br />up to the owner rather than the City to come up with a comprehensive <br />plan for the development of the property. Mr. Johnson reminded <br />Mr. Hedlund that the City had offered a great deal of cooperation to <br />him when he had presented a PUD for this particular tract of land <br />even to the point of actively lobbying for financing of the retirement <br />apartments which had been a part of that plan. He then expressed the <br />Board's disappointment when the financing failed to materialize. <br />Mr. Hedlund then requested that an indication be made to the Council <br />of the Board's approval of the concept of the beauty salon. <br />Kenneth Lee inquired whether the property for which conditional use <br />permits had been granted to Twin City Federal and Herfurth had been <br />rezoned to the new "B" classification under the new zoning ordinance. <br />He was told rezoning could only be effected through petition of the <br />land owner. Several, of less than a dozen, residents who were present <br />then spoke to the issue. <br />George Thompson, 3015 39th Avenue N.E., was opposed to rezoning for <br />this purpose feeling it would open the whole tract of undeveloped land <br />to similar rezoning. <br />Joan Pettijohn, 3913 Penrod Lane N.,E., cited the difficulties of moving <br />traffic from the American Monarch Company on 37th and foresaw similar <br />difficulties with traffic congestion along Silver Lake Road if the <br />adjoining land is developed by a number of small businesses. <br />Mrs. Chester Nelson, 3916 Macalaster Drive, felt the new home building <br />in this, her area, shown its viability as a good residential neighbor- <br />hood and felt there could still be townhouses built on the undeveloped <br />land. She opposed the proposed project as "strip zoning" and said <br />she anticipated that only "nickel and dime' businesses would be inter- <br />ested in locating on the Hedlund property since larger successful <br />businesses were willing to pay the high rent required to locate in the <br />Apache Shopping Center. <br />Ruth Thompson, 3015 39th Avenue N.E., said that at one time she had <br />felt small businesses which were compatible to the neighborhood would <br />be all right. She now feels, in view of the 9 or 10 new houses which <br />had recently been built in the neighborhood, that this land should be <br />similarly developed. Mrs. Thompson said there didn't seem to be a <br />method of enforcing the landscaping agreements made by owners of com- <br />mercial properties which are intended to provide a buffer for the re- <br />sidential neighborhood and indicated she felt the inadequate landscaping <br />done by the Herfurth Realty Company substantiated her claim. <br />-3- <br />