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MIN'. -,TS OF PLANNING BOARD MEETING
JULY '16, 17(""l
1 . MR. REEDS VETERANS ADMINISTRAIICii,
• MR. REED APPEARED TO INFORM THE BOARD ON P,'CBLEMS OF LAND DIVISION INVOLVING
PROPERTY MORTGAGED UNDER THE G. I . DILL. MR. REED DESCRIBED THE PROVISIONS
UNDER WHICH SUCH DIVISION CAN BE MADE AND SAID THAT IT WAS COMMON FOR PROPERTY
TO BE DIVIDED WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION. IN ST. ANTHONY
VILLAGE, RISING LAND VALUE AND THE ADDITION OF SEWER AND WATER IMPP0'12^dENTS
A:'TER THE MORTGAGE WAS TAKEN OUT, MR. REED SAID IT WOULD MAKE IT EASIV7 TO DIVIDE
LARGER LOTS. THE LOTS RESULTING FROM A DIVISION MUST MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF
—HE VILLAGE AS TO SIZE BEFORE THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION WILL APPRCVr THE CHANGE,
2. WAYNE HOLTE — APARTMENT PROJECT ON 37TH AVENUE N.E.
MR. HOLTE APPEARED TO �O OVER REVISED PLANS FOR THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS.
ONE UNIT IN THE BASEMENT IS DELOW THE MINIMUM AREA REQUIREMENT OF 650 SQUARE
FEET, AND MR. HOLTE AGREED TO HAVE THIS REVISED. HE ALSO AGREED TO HAVE PARKING
AREAS DIMENSIONED ON THE PLAT SO THAT CONFORMANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE CAN BE
DETERMINED. THE DRIVEWAYS ARE TO BE WIDENED TO 30 FEET. THE REVISED DRAWINGS
WILL BE RESUBMITTED TO THE PLANNING BOARD.
3. LEON ERLIEN — PROPERTY ON FOSS ROAD AW D 37TH AVENUE
MR. ERLIEN ANO MR . JARVI APPEARED TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE REZONING OF -;HEIR
PROPERTY ON THE WEST SIDE OF FOSS ROAD FROM R-2 TO MULTIPLE DWELLINGS. VARIOUS
ALTERNATIVES WERE DISCUSSED, AND THE REASONS FOR THE PLANNING BOARD S RECOMMENDA—
TION TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM R—'I TO R-2, WHICH WAS ACCc:PTED BY THE COUNCIL,
WERE BROUGHT OUT.
THE PROPERTY OWNERS MENTIONED THAT THE QUONSET TYPE STORAGE BUILDING HAD
BEEN MOVED FROM THE VILLAGE MAINTENANCE AREA ON 33RD AVENUE TO THE NEw BUILDING
ON CHANDLER DRIVE. THIS BUILDING, IT WAS FELT, DETRACTED FROM THE ADJACENT
PROPERTY. SUITABLE LANDSCAPING, SCREENING AND FENCING SHOULD BE PUT IN AT THE
MAINTENANCE SHOP TO OVERCOME THIS OBJECT',ON.
THE PLANNING BOARD SUGGESTED TO THE PROP:.RTY OWNERS THAT THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL
PROPERTY ON THE REAR OF THEIR LOTS BE OFFEREC 70 THE VILLAGE AT A REASONABLE
PRICE FOR FUTURE EXPANSION OF THE MAINTENANCZ SHOP. THEY AGREED TO CONSIDER THIS
POSSIBILITY.
4. ELMWOOD LUTHERAN CHURCH — CHELMSFORD AND �,'ENDHURST
A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHURCH APPEARED TO INQUIRE AS TO THE USE OF THE
PROPERTY FOR A CHURCH. SINCE THE PROPERTY IS ZONED R-1 AND SUCH ZONING PERMITS
'TS USE FOR A CHURCH' THERE WERE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE PLANNING BOARD.
5. HENRICH OLSON — PROPERTY AT 3409 - 33RD AVENUE
AIR. OLSON APPEARED TO REQUEST THAT HE BE ALLOWED TO TAKE ONE FOOT FROM THE
EAST SIDE OF LOT 14, BLOCK 2, OF ST. ANTHONY TERRACE MANOR ADDITION AND ADD IT
TO THE WEST SIDE OF LOT 13. THE REASON FOR THE REQUEST WAS THAT A SURVEYING
ERROR HAD RESULTED IN THE WEST SIDE YARD OF LOT 13 BEING LESS THAN THE MINIMUM
• ALLOWED BY RESTRICTIVE COVENANT ON THE THE PROPERTY. ALTHOUGH THIS WOULD MEAN
THAT LOT 14 WOULD BE REDUCED TO 74 FEET 1N WIDTH, THIS DID NOT APPEAR TO BE A
SERIOUS FACTOR. JOE ROSINEK MOVED THAT THE REQUEST BE RECOMMENDED TO THE COUNCIL
FOR APPROVAL. IT WAS SECONDED BY ANDREW SKOVRAN.
MOTION CARRIED.
6. HOBART SWAN — LOWRY GROVE TRAILER COU.il'
MR. SWAN APPEARED WITH A PROPOSED DIVISION OF !HE PROPERTY OCCUPIED BY THE
TRAILER COURT AND SEVERAL EXISTING BUILDINGS• 4c. D; VISION WOULD RESULT IN
THREE LOTS: LOT Ay THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE PRIDE -,Y, WHICH WOULD BE OCCUPIED
• BY THE COURT; LOT B, WHICH WOULD BE OCCUPIED BY THE EXISTING DOUBLE BUNGALOW
FACING ON STINSON BLVD; AND LOT C, WHICH WOULD B;r OCCUPIED BY THE EXISTING
COMMERCIAL BUILDING ON KENZIE TERRACE WHICH NOW HOUSES A BARBER SHOP AND A OENTISTIS
OFFICE. THE SIZE OF LOT B WAS NOT ADEQUATE FOR A DOUBLE BUNGALOW, AND LOT C
WAS CONSIDERED TO BE UNUSABLE FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE EXCEPT THE EXISTING BUILDING.
MR. SWAN AGREED TO CONSIDER SUGGESTIONS OF THE PLANNING BOARD AND WILL RESUBMIT
His REQUEST.
7. HERBERT OLSON — PROPOSED PLAT OF OLSON's ADDITION, SILVER LAKE
THE PLANNING BOARD EVALUATED SEVERAL CHANGES SUBMITTED BY MR. OLSON TO
INCREASE THE WIDTH OF THE PROPOSED STREET, AND IT WAS FELT THAT IF THESE CHANGES
WERE INCORPORATED THE PROPOSED PLAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE. A DRAWING SHOWING THESE
REVISIONS WILL BE SUBMITTED.
8. DICK PUFFER — PROPERTY ON 39TH AND MACALASTER
MR. PUFFER APPEARED TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE DIVISION OF HIS PROPERTY. THE
PLANNING BOARD SUGGESTED THAT HE CONTACT HIS NEIGHBOR ON THE SOUTH REGARDING A
JOINT DIVISION OF PROPERTY TO OBTAIN SIX BUILDABLE LOTS SINCE NEITHER PROPERTY
OWNER HAS SUFFICIENT FRONTAGE TO DIVIDE INTO FOUR LOTS.
9. F. S. SCHUTTA — DIVISION OF PROPERTY AT 3016 — 32ND AVENUE
A SKETCH WAS SUBMITTED FOR DIVISION OF LOT 15, BLOCK 1 OF BONNIE VIEW HEIGHTS
ADDITION INTO TWO LOTS FACING 31-1/2 AVENUE AND 32ND AVENUE RESPECTIVELY. THE
PROPOSED DIVISION WOULD CONFORM WITH SIMILAR DIVISIONS OF ADJACENT PROPERTY.
A MOTION WAS MADE BY ERIK ROCKS THAT THE PLANNING BOARD RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE
DIVISION TO THE COUNCIL. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY ANDREW SKOVRAN.
MOTION CARRIED.
THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 11 :50 P.M.
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