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• Mr. Johnson said he -was personally disappointed that under the new zoning ordinance . "we no longer have' the conditional use vehicle, which might allow the use requested- by the developer" . He also said the new zoning ordinance had not beentailored to arbitrarily require a more restrictive use of the property but to establish a coherent buffer between the residential neighborhood to the east of the pro- perty in question and the heavy commercial across Silver Lake Road. He said -he would favor any means of .allowing the use requested by Mr. Hedlund short of -rezoning the property. He however felt it was up to the owner rather than .the City .to come' up with a comprehensive plan for the development of .the property. Mr'. Johnson reminded Mr. Hedlund that the City had' offered a great deal of cooperation :to him when he had- presented a PUD for this particular tract of land even to the point of actively lobbying for financing of the retirement apartments which had been a part of that plan. He then expressed the Board's disappointment when the financing failed to materialize. Mr. Hedlund then requested -.that an indication be made to the Council of- the Board's approval of the concept of thebeauty salon. Kenneth: Lee inquired whether the property for which conditional use permits had been granted to Twin City Federal and Herfurth had been rezoned to the new "B classification under the new zoning ordinance. He was told rezoning could only be -effected through petition of the land- owner. Several, of less than a dozen, residents who were present • then spoke to the issue. George Thompson, 3015 39thAvenue' N.E. , was opposed to rezoning for this purpose - feeling it would open the whole tract of undeveloped land to similar rezoning. Joan Petti•john,- 391.3 ,Penrod Lane .N.,F:. , cited the difficulties of moving traffic from the American Monarch Company on 37th and foresaw similar difficulties with traffic .congestion -along Silver Lake Road if the adjoining land .is developed by a number of small businesses. Mrs. Chester, Nelson, 3916 Macalaster Drive, felt the new home building in this, 'her;�area, shown its viability as a good residential neighbor- hood and .felt there could still be townhouses built on the undeveloped land. She opposed the proposed. proj.ect as "strip zoning" and said she anticipated that only "nickel and dime ' businesses would be inter- ested in locating' :on the Hedlund property since larger successful businesses, were .willing to .pay ,the high rent required to locate in the Apache Shopping Center. Ruth.- Thompson, 3015 39th Avenue N.E..., said that. at one time she had felt small businesses which were compatible to the neighborhood would be all right. She now feels , in:�;view of the 9 or 10 new houses which had recently been built in -the neighborhood, that this land should be similarly developed: Mrs . Thompson said there didn't seem to be a • method of enforcing- the landscaping agreements made by owners of com- mercial properties which are intended to provide a buffer for the re- sidential neighborhood and indicated she felt the inadequate landscaping done by the Herfur.th Realty Company substantiated her claim. -3- { i