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THEY PROPOSED THAT THEY WOULD PROVIDE A 40 FOOT WIDE PLANTING STRIP SCREEN • BETWEEN THEIR NON—CONFORMING USE AND THE HOMES TO THE WEST WHICH FACE CROFT DRIVE AND ARE 10 TO 15 FEET HIGHER IN ELEVATION, IF THE PARCEL ON 33RD AVENUE WERE REZONED, AS REQUESTED. AFTER SOME DISCUSSION OF THE APPEARANCE OF THE NON-CONFORMING USE AND THE PAST CLEAN-UP REQUESTS BY.THE VILLAGE, ROCKS STATED THAT THIS REZONING SHOULD 'BE CONSIDERED ON ITS MERITS WITHOUT REGARD TO PAST ACTIONS BY THE OWNER. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE REZONING IF GRANTED WOULD TEND TO PERPETUATE THE NON-- CONFORMING USE AND THAT NEITHER THE REZONING NOR THE NON—CONFORMING USE WOULD SEEM TO BEIN THE BEST INTEREST OF EITHER THE VILLAGE, OR THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS. DOUGHERTY, STATED THAT THE WALSONS SHOULD SPEAK TO THE NEARBY PROPERTY OWNERS TO ASCERTAIN THEIR FEELINGS ON THE MATTER BEFORE THE COMMISSION PROCEEDS FURTHER AND ON THIS BASIS THE MATTER WAS TABLED UNTIL THE FOLLOWING MEETINGe Z-62-2 ANDERSON REZONING TO MULTIPLE DWELLING MR. GARY ANDERSON APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMISSION TO REQUEST THE REZONING OF HIS PROPERTY AT 3010 HIGHWAY 8 FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO MULTIPLE DWELLING. BECAUSE THE LOT HAS ONLY 13,500 OR SO SQUARE FEET OF AREA INSTEAD OF THE 14,500 SQUARE FEET REQUIRED BY VILLAGE ORDINANCE NUMBER 10A FOR A 3' UNI.T DWELLING AS PROPOSED BY MR. ANDERSON AND BECAUSE THE LOT IS ONLY 85 OR SO FEET IN WIDTH, THE COMMISSION INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT FAVOR THE PROPOSED RE- ZONING. THE COMMISSION ALSO NOTED THAT ACCESS AND VILLAGE WATER TO THE LOT WERE SOMEWHAT AMBIGUOUS IN VIEW OF THE PRIVATE ALLEYS AND WATER PIPES AT THE REAR OF THE LOT. MR. ANDERSON WAS ADVISED TO CONSULT WITH HIS ATTORNEY ABOUT THE ACCESS AND WATER SITUATION AND THAT IF BOTH WOULD BE OBTAINED THE COMMISSION WOULD BE WILLING TO CONSIDER A REZONING TO TWO FAMILY DWELLING. Z-62-3 REZONING ON 37TH AVENUE N.E. MR. ART THOMPSON APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMISSION TO REQUEST INFORMATION ABOUT POSSIBLE REZONING ON 37TH AVENUE WEST OF SILVER LAKE ROAD. HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD REPORT ITS RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS MATTER TO THE COUNCIL BY APRIL 24, 1962. P-62-3 CRYSTAL REALTY CO. COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT MR. BECCHETI , AN ARCHETECTURAL ENGINEER RETAINED BY THE CRYSTAL REALTY CO., APPEARED IN BEHALF OF HIS CLIENTS TO REQUEST APPROVAL -OF PLANS FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE ST. ANTHONY VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LOWRY AVENUE. SEE MINUTES OF MARCH 269 1962). MR, BECCHETI WAS ADVISED TO CONSULT WITH HIS CLIENTS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF MAKING SOME MAJOR REVISIONS IN THE PROPOSED LAYOUT. THE COMMISSION ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THE BACK OF THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE BE FACED WITH BRICK, THAT LANDSCAPING SHOULD BE PROVIDED ALONG LOWRY AVENUE AND THAT THE PARKING PLAN SHOULD BE REVISED SO AS TO PROVIDE BETTER CIRCULATION WITHIN THE PARKING LOT. MR. BECCHETI INDICATED THAT HE WOULD CONSULT WITH HIS CLIENT AND RETURN WITH REVISED PLANS. D-62-1 RAMSEY COUNTY DIVISION #29849 THE COMMISSION CONSIDERED A REQUEST FOR A DIVISION OF ASSESSMENTS IN TWO PARCELS IN THE APACHE CENTER. ROCKS MOVED THAT THE DIVISION BE DENIED BECAUSE THE • MAP INDICATED THAT PARCEL �rl DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO A PUBLIC STREET. SKOVRAN SECONDED AND THE COMMISSION VOTED TO DENY THE REQUEST.