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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes October 19, 2004 Wage 5 2 Mary Bauer, 4000 Foss Road, expressed her agreement with Mr. Cavanaugh. She stated that she 3 owned a house with her husband and their children went to school here. She stated that the 4 Sunset Memorial Park is a very historic location and should be protected. She stated that she 5 does volunteer work.driving the survivors of those in the cemetery through the cemetery in 6 addition to small tours of the property. She stated that many of the residents enjoy walking 7 through the area and noted the holiday programs that take place every year. She stated that it is a 8 picturesque place and should be kept that way. She expressed frustration and concern stating that 9 they do not need anyone coming in and taking over. She stated that this is ours and we insist on 10 keeping it that way. She assured the Commission that they would work very hard to keep Sunset 11 Memorial Park just the way it is. 12 13 Chair Stromgren closed the public hearing at 7:31 p.m. 14 15 Commissioner Tillman agreed that a funeral home does not fit in an ROS. She referenced the 16 request to rezone stating that after reviewing both the R1 and ROS is appears that the ROS would 17 give the City more control over what could happen in terms of development. She asked the 18 Commissioners for their impression of the zoning impact in terms of what is and is not allowed. 19 20 Commissioner Hoska stated that he reviewed the tapes of the Commission meeting and took 21 some time to review the proposal on site. He agreed with Commissioner Tillman that the ROS would give the City more control. He noted the historical concerns stating that he does not like the idea of changing the grassy areas, as it already looks really nice. He stated that he would like 24 to keep it the way it is. 25 26 Commissioner Young asked for more background information as to why this cemetery and the 27 cemetery located on Stinson are zoned R1. She asked if they predate the current zoning code. 28 Ms. Hall confirmed that the cemeteries do predate the zoning code and reviewed with the 29 Commission. She stated that since then a code has been adopted and acknowledged that it does 30 not sync with the map. She explained that the R1 does include cemeteries, churches and public 31 buildings as permitted conditional uses noting that typically R1 is used for single family 32 residential. 33 34 Chair Stromgren asked what the zoning change would do to affect future development. He 35 agreed that through the ordinance the ROS would be a more appropriate zoning for the cemetery 36 as it would allow just as much control by the City with respect to future development of the area. 37 38 Commissioner Jensen asked if there is any other reasons for the ROS rezone request. Mr. Tyson 39 explained that the matter at hand is to modify and change the zoning from R1 to ROS. He stated 40 that they are here as a second part of the hearing and are looking forward to the future with a text 41 amendment for a conditional permitted use under the ROS. He stated that one of the basic 42 reasons they are requesting the rezone is because the current zoning is inconsistent with the 43 overall planning purposes of the zoning ordinance and because their use predates the existing ordinance. He stated that they are bringing this before the City in order to bring the property into 4� conformity so their use is consistent. 46