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T~iINUTES OF SPECIAL COUTJCIL MEETING FALCON HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA JULY 1, 197. A special meeting of the Falcon Heights City Council was called to order by rlayor Warkentien at S :03 P.T-1. T~tayor ti~Tarkentien, Councilmen Black, Ecklund, Steele, PRESENT and Labalestra, Also present were Clerk-Administrator Barnes, Engineer Lemberg and Attorney Kenefick. None. ABSENT Mayor Warkentien explained that the special meeting was called for the consideration of 1. The application to rezone property presently R-1 and~R-2 to R-3, 2. The application to grant a special use permit for a muntiple dwelling in a B-1-A district, and 3. The application to grant a variance for a five story building. Said property is located at 2001 ti~J, Larpenteur Avenue. The application is Alfred Hermes, Hermes Floral Company. Councilman Black read the minutes of the meeting of the Planning Commission which conducted a public hearing on June 21~, 1971. The recommendation of the Planning Commission was that the proposed rezoning and the other requests be denied for the following reasons 1. traffic flow, including ingress and egress to Larpenteur Avenue. 2. density, with the advisability of 35 units per acre being questioned as being high for a suburban area, and 3. lack of plans for future land use of the adjoining property. The proponents then made their presentations to the Council and the audience. r1r, Robert I~loder, 1365 Midway Parkway, real estate agent for T•1r. Hermes, explained the circumstances leading to the request for rezoning by ~1r. Hermes. He stated that the prospective buyer had been working on plans for the development of this property for app roximately two years. The estimated cost of the project would be 7 million dollars, and the City of Falcon heights would realize approximately a 10`~ increase in taxes. Tyr. Carl Ohrn, of the firm Barton and Aschman, Planning Consultants, mnployed by T~1r. T4oder, explained that the rezoning would involve about 5.6 acres of R-1 and 3.6 acres of R-2 property, which the developers are pro- psoing to rezone to R-3, He explained that they were aware that a special use permit or conditional use would have to be obtained to allow for the construction of a five-story building. The present zoning ordinance limits the height of buildings to three stories or less. The height of the five-story building would be t~9.5 feet. Also explained was that the side yard must be '~ the height of the building or in this case 25 feet, which would pertain to the east and west sides of the building. The developers feel that they will adequately meet this requirement. He stated that according to density re- quirements, Falcon Heights allows 29 units per acre for