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PLANNING COMMISSION M;NUTES iSPECIAL MEETING JUNE 4, 1962 THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:35 O'CLOCK P.M. PRESENT: DOUGHERTY, ROSINEK, CAVANAGH • ABSENT; ROCKS; SKOVRAN WALLY LUDWIG, ST. ANTHONY BOWLING LANES APPEARED REGARDING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. I',rOVED BY N. CAVANAGH, SECONDED BY B. DOUGHERTY, THAT SPECIAL USE PERMIT BE DENIED. THIS ACTION WOULD OPEN THE DOOR TO OTHER SIMILAR REQUESTS AND WOULD LEAD TO A BREAKDOWN OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE. MOTION CARRIED. BELAIR CORPORATION REGARDING LEMKE PROPERTY DIVISION FOR APARTMENTS) PROPERTY IS ZONED COMMERCIAL. IT WAS POINTED OUT TO MR. i�,)URLOWSKI THAT THE RECENTLY ADOPTED ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT PROHIBITS USE OF PROPERTY ZONED COMMERCIAL FOR ANY LOWER USE. PLANS FOR THE AREA ARE NOT FIRM, BUT MIGHT INCLUDE OFFICE BUILDINGS. DIVISION OF ANTHONY IfVIAJCHROWICZ PROPERTY AT 35TH AND BELDEN DRIVE. THE DIVISION OF THIS PROPERTY AT 3535 BELDEN, NOW 120 FEET WIDE, INTO TWO 60 FT. LOTS HAS BEEN RECONSIDERED. THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT THIS DIVISION NOT BE APPROVED. SIXTY FOOT LOTS WOULD NOT BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE OTHER PROPERTY IN THE AREA. DIVISION OF NICHOLAS KITCHAR PROPERTY AT 3432 SILVER LAKE ROAD THE PROPERTY IS SHOWN AS 3440 SILVER LAKE ROAD. ViR. KITCHAR AGREED TO TALK TO HIS NEIGHBOR ON THE NORTH ABOUT ACQUIRING AN ADDITIONAL 20 FEET WHICH WOULD GIVE A TOTAL LOT WIDTH OF 150 FEET. THE PROPERTY COULD THEN BE DIVIDED INTO TWO 75 FOOT LOTS. EDWARD ERICKSON TO APPEAR REGARDING PROPERTY - LOT 111 BLOCK 4, K!'OUNDS VIEW ACRES, 2ND ADDITION MR. ERICKSON HAS REQUESTED A DIVISION OF THE EAST 170 FT. OF THIS LOT INTO TWO LOTS 75 AND 95 FEET WIDE. THIS DIVISION WOULD NOT BE DESIRABLE BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF A STREET THROUGH THE AREA ON THE EAST EDGE OF THE PRESENT LOT TO MAKE THE INTERIOR OF THE LOTS BETWEEN THE S00 LINE TRACKS, FORDHAM DRIVE AND SILVER LANE ACCESSIBLE FOR DEVELOPMENT. THIS ROAD, ENDING IN A CUL-DE-SAC, WAS LAID OUT BY HOWARD DAHLGREN IN HIS ORIGINAL STUDY OF THE RAMSEY COUNTY PROPERTY FOR THE VILLAGE. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE ENGINEERS BE DIRECTED TO LAY OUT A STREET ALONG THE LINES PROPOSED BY MR. DAHLGREN, AND THAT THIS PROPERTY BE ACQUIRED OR DESIGNATED SO THAT THE PROPERTY CAN BE PROPERLY DEVELOPED. THE ERICKSON PROPERTY SHOULD FRONT ON THE NEW STREET, WHICH WOULD POSSIBLY AFFECT PRESENT ASSESSMENTS FOR IMPROVEMENTS ON SILVER LANE. THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE • CONSIDERED BY THE VILLAGE ATTORNEY. ALSO, A PETITION PRESENTLY PENDING FOR EXTENSION OF SEWER AND WATER SERVICE TO THE EAST ON SILVER LANE SHOULD BE HELD UP UNTIL THE STREET PROBLEM IS RESOLVED. TO ALLOW THE ERICKSON PROPERTY TO BE . DEVELOPED, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE NEW STREET COULD BE GRADED AND GRAVEL SURFACED IN FROM SILVER LANE A DISTANCE SUFFICIENT TO ALLOW ACCESS TO THEIR LOT.