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1675 <br />SPECIAL HEADING 12/7/61 <br />The Special Hearing on the comprehensive zoning elan proposed as ~ amendment to <br />Ordinance No. 8 was called to order at 8:10 P. ~~4., the following Council Members <br />being presents Harold C. Nilsen, Mayor; George J. Shavor, Trustee; ~dillis ~far- <br />kentien, Trustee; Charles P. Stone, Trustee; V't. A~ Mortenson, Clerk. Also present <br />were David P. Cartwright; Chairman Planning Commission, Howard Dahlgren, Planning <br />Consultant; Bradford Lemberg, Engineer; `~. J. Galvin, Village Attorney and Ethel <br />E. Vrhite, Deputy Clerk and Deputy Treasurer. Also 28 residents. <br />1~4ayor Nilsen opened the meeting by saying all five members of the Council were <br />present for the meeting tonight. Clerk Mortenson read notices as posted and <br />published. <br />Mayor Nilsen read excerpt from Zoning Ordinance as follows: "'~hereas Chapter <br />X62.01 empowers the Village to enact a zoning ordinance and to provide for its <br />administration, enforcement and. amendment, and whereas the Village Council deems it <br />necessary for the purpose of promoting health, safety, order, convenience, prosperity <br />and general welfare of the Village to enact such an ordinance and whereas the Village <br />Council has prepared a comprehensive plan for the future development and improvement <br />of the Village and deems it necessary to make different regulations for different <br />districts to carry out the purpose of the aforesaid statutes, now therefore be it <br />enacted by the Village of Falcon Heights and. so forth. He then read the intent and <br />purpose of the ordinance, and stated the meeting tonight is for the purpose of <br />discussing the proposed ordinance. He also informed those present that the Planning <br />Commission had v~rorked on the ordinance for about two years and introduced David <br />Cartwright, Chairman of the planning Commission. <br />r~ir. Cartwright said. that they had worked on the Planning Recommendations for about <br />two years; that at first they strove to come up with something that would make <br />everybody harpy, but in the end they compromised and came up with a proposal which <br />they feel is in the best interests of the Village and which they feel will not ser- <br />iously injure any of the citizens or business people. He named the members of the <br />Planning Commission a.nd rave their addresses so those present would know the <br />different districts were well represented. <br />He advised they had. held an informal meeting about 6 weeks ago and handed out <br />a synopsis of the ordinance and the proposed. zoning map, and had handed them out <br />again tonight, saying "There is one change on the map you may want to make right <br />now - it's the R-3 District on the N. Vif. corner of Fairview and Larpenteur, between <br />Tatum and Fairview, North of La.rpenteur, the northern boundary of that zone was set <br />so it bisects the second lot North of the boundary on the map and it goes right <br />through the greenhouse which is on there. It stops in the middle of the North-South <br />lot that isn't on any street. You can see that it goes down to the middle of that <br />and then down to the original boundary. I might back up and say that for a good many <br />years the Village was worried. about spot zoning. t~uite a lot of the property in <br />the Village was not zoned at all and. the ov~~ner or the prospective buyer would come <br />in and request that the Council zone it for a specific use. Following that pattern, <br />you develop a hodge-Hodge of various uses and the Village felt that some systematic <br />approach to zoning should be undertaken. The Council requested that the Planning <br />Commission look into tie matter, and the Planning Commission retained the services <br />of a Professional Planning Consultant, P~?r. Hovrard Dahlgren. His work v~*as first a <br />research of the existing zoning, a survey of the Viila~e to determine what would <br />be the most approrriate zoning, the most ap-~roz~ri.ate land use not only for the <br />citizens of the Vi.?_lage, but also in the development of a_ reasonable tax base. <br />Part of our deliberations were on the basis that vre vranted to recognize the sole <br />source of taxes for the Village, the School District and the State should not be <br />single family residences. They carry a heavy burden of taxes anyway. In developing <br />