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-4- Mr. 4-Mr. Johnson agreed with the two residents who expressed approval of the plan because he felt it fulfilled the responsibility of the community to provide a facility of this type for the elderly and that it involved a city wide as well • as neighborhood issue. Motion by Mr. Johnson, seconded by Mr. Marks to recommend to the Council the Planning Board's approval of a conditional use permit for a retirement home to be built by First American Enterprises on the N. 28, ft. of the W. 187 ft. of Lot 13 and the W. 187 ft. of Lots 14, 15 and 16, Block 6, Mounds View Ao-ras, 2nd Addition in accordance with the plans and application presented to the Board May 20, 1975• Motion carried unanimously. The meeting was recessed at 9:43 P.M. and resumed at 9:50 P.M. for a public hearing on the request for rezoning of the lot adjacent to the proposed retire- ment home for a Country Kitchen restaurant. Mr. Gordon Hedlund, 1255 Pike Lake Drive, St. Paul, owner of the property and Mr. Wm. E. Reimer, 6132 W. lo4th St. , Mpls. , President of Country Kitchen International, Inc. presented the application to rezone the N. 5 ft. of the W. 187 Ft. of Lot 11, the W. 187 ft. of Lot 12, and the S. 87 ft. of W. 187 ft. of Lot 13, Block 6, Mounds View Acres, 2nd Addition from R-1 and R-2 to C-2 commercial to permit the construction of a Country Kitchen restaurant. They presented a site drawing of the proposed building and colored photos of the exterior and the interior as well as the pylon identification sign to be erected in front of the building. • Mr. Hedlund said he would own the building and would be involved in its construc- tion. He evaluated the project at $213,000. He also read a letter from Dick Fredlund of Wehrman, Champman Associates, Inc. , the firm which had made a land use study of that area for the City, stating that in view of the recent changes in the usage of land in the area, this proposal seemed to be a logical usage of the land. Mr. Reimer told of the "family type" restaurant he proposed to establish, the screening all his restaurants have of their garbage areas, and the hours most of them are open, which he said depended on the area in which they were situated. He said his plans called for lower than standard lighting which would be shielded in such a manner that they would not be an annoyance to the neighbors. However Mr. Reimer was unable to provide specific plans for buffering the restaurant from the adjoining property when questioned by Mr. Marks about what transition to the residential area was planned. Mr. Cowan felt there was a more desirable traffic planning possible than the access road in back of the property which would cause annoyance to neighbors from sound of traffic and glaring headlights. He also expressed his opinion that Silver Lake Road was not suitable for an all night operation. Although Mr. Reimer said a majority of the Country Kitchens in residential areas do not stay open all night, he admitted this was not true in all cases and Mr. Edward Nizielski, 4005 Penrod Lane, said he felt the proximity of the restaur- ant to Highways 35 & 694 might influence the owners of the restaurant to make it a 24 hour service operation. He told the Board he had the permission of his neighbor, Dick Hanson, to relay his opposition to the proposal as well. Z-