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-3- with the existing residences .to .be .reduced to 6, 610 , 6 ,579 . and 7, 363 square feet where 11 ,000 , ..9.,000 and 9 ,000 are required by City Ordinance. - The applicant, his wife and Mr. Taylor defended the non conforming front -yards size .saying the homes are in the 50 to 60 year old range and were .built for .members of one family, long before Belden Drive was constructed producing a corner lot for the property where Mr.� and Mrs. Brown now reside. . Mr. Sopcinski ' s concern regarding the life .expectancy of the existing structures was not considered germane - to the decision since the lot sizes were grandfathered in. Mr. Brown estimated all existing structures to be within the required .setbacks . Whether ample parking space will be provided with the division was also explored. The Manager suggested the properties will .have to be surveyed and all easements identified if the City Attorney determines the lots can be sub- divided by' netes and bounds . Otherwise the property will have to be platted. There was a consensus of approval of the concept as long as the nec- essary surveys are made. The meeting was :recessed from 8 : 40 to 8 : 47 P.M. when the Public Hearing on the City' s proposed Comprehensive Plan was resumed from the March 18th meeting. Mrs . Makowske .disagreed with .the .other Commission .members that further • hearings .on the .Plan should not -be held in view of the absence of any persons other than the staff and Commission to provide input that evening. Mr. Fornell -said the hearings .had been .fully publicized in the City' s newsletter and .the. St... Anthony Bulletin .and all other ways available to the City and he saw no justification for incurring additional publication .expenses for further hearings. The Plan will be publicized .in the newsletter going- out with the April water bills and the public is welcome to attend the next Commission meeting where the final recommendations .regarding approval of the Plan will. be made as well .as those- Council meetings where the Council will give its consideration to, the Commissions ' recommendations. In addition to Mrs. Makowske ' s written suggestions on the P1an, . Mr. Bjorklund and Mr. Peterson had provided their comments in written form. Other Commission members will get their comments to .Mr. Berg before May 1st so he-.can coordinate all suggestions into a final draft of the Plan for the May 20th meeting. Motion by Mr. Jones and seconded by Mr. Enrooth to close the Public Hearing .on the proposed Comprehensive Plan for the City. Voting on the motion: Aye : Jones, Enrooth, Sopcinski and Peterson Nay: Makowske Motion carried. • Action on .the sign variance request for Fas Gas had been tabled from the March 18th meeting- until the question of whether Ramsey County' s plan for rebuilding the intersection of 37th Avenue N.E. and Silver