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• -9- <br /> The Ordinance which had been written by the City Attorney had amended the <br /> definition of "Family" to allow only three, rather than six, unrelated <br /> persons to reside in one unit, in accordance with the recommendations of <br /> the Planning Commission after their January 20th hearing on the proposed <br /> changes. <br /> Four Councilmembers Favored Changing Ordinance Number to Four - One <br /> Preferred Three <br /> The perceptions of the above were as follows: <br /> Sundland -indicated he would have no problem with changing the number <br /> to four. <br /> Enrooth -said that was the number he had always expected the Ordin- <br /> ance to allow and was the number he felt he could support <br /> best after the Council' s conversations January 27th and <br /> after seeing what the majority of other municipalities <br /> considered reasonable. <br /> Marks -said he was sure it had been the Planning Commission who <br /> had reduced the number to three but he would be in favor of <br /> • increasing it to four. <br /> Ranallo -said he could support four because the City Attorney had <br /> interpreted that to mean "four unrelated persons, whether <br /> or not one was a homeowner." <br /> Councilmember Makowske said she wanted to stay with three because she was <br /> concerned with (1) Minneapolis only allowing three; ( 2) the close <br /> proximity of the U of M to St. Anthony; and ( 3) the availability of <br /> housing in the City. <br /> The Mayor told her he recognized her concerns had originated with what <br /> had happened in her neighborhood when the homeowner had moved away and <br /> rented to young persons which had resulted in four people living there <br /> officially but others staying there unofficially. He said he didn' t <br /> think adding another person to the Ordinance restriction would guarantee <br /> that wouldn' t happen again. Mayor Sundland said that situation had <br /> probably been the first one where parking on the lawn had become a real <br /> problem. <br /> Councilmember Makowske persisted in her opinion that "three would be a <br /> good workable number." She said she considered the Planning Commission <br /> recommendation to have been a good one considering that most St. Anthony <br /> homes have three bedrooms. <br /> Residents State Their Positions on the Changes <br /> • Three residents were in attendance for the lengthy discussions which <br /> ensued. Bernhard Preussner, 3209 Skycroft Drive, indicated he was <br />