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• along Penrod Lane which are 76.6 x 120 feet with the Lot #10 to ac- comodate a house on a lot which will be 115 feet wide and 80 feet deep so that the existing house on Silver Lake Road can be converted for a beauty shop or similar business and to provide the required parking spaces for this use. In addressing the problem of how the City could control the usages if the development is zoned commercial he said that, although it is illegal to have "controlled zoning" he felt the owner could place deed restrictions on the property which could be enforced by the City or the residents. Mr. Dale told Mr. Marks the buffer area between the commercial and residential would probably be planted with coniferous and deciduous trees to provide all-season screening with segmented fencing archi- tecturally matching the buildings serving as a shield of the parking lots. He told Mr. Rymarchick that he felt buildings in the develop- ment should be no higher than two stories . The planner also told him that the list of uses he felt should be allowed had been confirmed by the reactions of the residents who attended the January 27th meeting and many of the changes in the plan had also been made after that meeting. Mrs . Chester Nelson, 3916 Macalaster Drive, later challenged this statement saying he had omitted restaurants from this list and this was one of the uses to which there had been unanimous opposition from the residents. • Mr. Bowerman was concerned that Mr. Hedlund's application did not give the precise description of the zoning changes which the Board was asked to consider. It was agreed that the description carried in the published notice and on the site design established an accurate de- scription for the request. Mr. Johnson questioned Mr. Vickrey about limiting the uses by deed re- strictions and the Attorney's response was that there is nothing il- legal about the owner doing this nor the City becoming the third party beneficiary but felt a less difficult vehicle for accomplishing the same purpose would be to amend the City zoning ordinance to provide the different districts or to allow the variances to the PUD which would make it workable, should the Planning Board and Council so choose to do so. Mr. Daubney replied to Mr. Rymarchick 's query as to what specific busi- nesses and how many of them were contemplated for the project by saying Mr. Hedlund doesn' t know either since both will depend on the parking requirements but noted that the buildings were conceived to have 4800 Square feet of space in each in Mr. Dale's schematic drawings. He agreed with Mr. Vickrey's assessment that the most effective method of allowing the project would be to amend or grant a variance to the City P.U.D. ordinance as create another commercial classification. In answer to Mr. Hiebel 's questions, Mr. Daubney said Mr. Hedlund • would not oppose sidewalks along Silver Lake Road and Mr. Dale said he felt only underground utilities would be acceptable. When Mr. Marks said he did not believe architectural constraints could be legally (3)