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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF • THE PLANNING COMMISSION February 2, 1981 The meeting was called to order by Al Stefanson. Present were: Bob Blomberg, Jim Bourquin, Harold Nilsen, Mary Waldo, Al Stef- anson, Jerry Wallin, Don Mead, Erma Olson and the Council liaison. Absent: Mike Heffron. The Chairman welcomed newly .appointed Planning Commission members Mary Waldo and Don Mead on behalf of the rest of the Planning Commission. The chairman asked for comments concerning a proposal to do something to recognize the past services of Elving Anderson and Les Larsen on the Planning Commission. Those gentlemen served for a substantial number of years. There was a motion by Jim Bourquin, seconded by Harold Nilsen, that the Planning Commission recommend to the Council that Elving and Les be given a suitable momento in recognition of their past service. The motion received unanimous approval. The next item of business was a discussion of the denial by the Council of the Pipkorn conditionaiuse permit application. Sandy • Larson explained that the Council ultimately denied the application because of what appeared to be either a misrepresentation by the applicant's son or a misunderstanding as to the extent of the per- mission manifested by the Pipkorn neighbors. The neighbor to the North, Stanley Olson, at 1763 North Hamline, sent a second letter to the City confirming that he gave his permission only for a two car garage. Erma Olson moved, seconded by Don Mead, that the Planning Commission act to rescind its earlier approval of the conditional use permit application on the basis of these new circumstances, i.e. the larger structure was clearly objectionable to at least one neighbor. The motion received unanimous approval. Sandy Larson provided the Commission members with a copy of a minute excerpt from the last Council meeting. Council voted to establish a cutoff date for filing matters that are to be included on the agenda for the next Planning Commission meeting. The filing date is the Friday ten days previous to the regular monthly Monday meeting. The next item for discussion was the proposed zoning ordinance supplied by Carl Dale. Chairman Stefanson provided the new Planning Commission members with a general background on the source of the draft ordinance. The Chairman echoed the Commission members' feeling from the last meeting to the effect that the draft ordinance appeared to contain too much agricultural language, that there was apprehension over the concept of Zoning Administrator and Zoning Board of Appeals in that it • purported to strip the Council and Planning Commission of much. of their traditional authority and responsibility, and that other items such as mobile homes and recreational vehicle areas were inapplicable to Falcon Heights. The Chairman expressed his idea that current Ordinance 64 should be utilized as a starting point for redrafting a new ordinance.