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Planning Commission Meeting February 28, 2002- page 4 Fhe Planning Commission took a five-minute break. Oneka Ponds Sketch Plan Fegowi Development, Inc. appeared before the Planning Commission to solicit informal comments on a sketch plan for a proposed single-family housing development that would include 79 single-family lots on a 41.3 -acre parcel located north of the Sweet Grass Meadows development (north of Oneka Lake Boulevard, east of Highway 61, and west of Oneka Lake). The Planning Commission was asked to review and discuss the sketch plan and provided Fegowi Development with informal comments. The Commission felt that the development would be impacted by the industrial park adjacent to the northwest corner of the development. There were also concerns regarding the increase in traffic on 147`" and Oneka Lake Boulevard, available parkland, and impacts on Oneka Lake. The Commission expressed a strong desire for the applicant to work with developers to the north of the subject property to develop a regional plan for the area. Zoning Ordinance Update The City Council had adopted the revised Hugo Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 320, Comprehensive Land Use Regulations, on February 4, 2002. It was decided by the Council to remove the portion of the draft ordinance regarding buffer yards and the revised portion regarding home occupations. The Council felt these items needed 'urther discussion and revision. The Planning Commission directed staff to schedule a public hearing on buffer yards and home occupations. McRoberts wanted the record to show that in previous discussions regarding buffering, he intended his comments to focus on land use as opposed to zoning districts. McRoberts said he felt buffering should be address between different types of land uses such as agriculture, residential service, and commercial/industrial, not between different types of residential zoning districts. Members of the Commission agreed that land use did not always comply with the zoning district. The Commission had received a copy of a letter submitted by Ann Thompson, 13755 Elmcrest Avenue North, requesting to conduct a small production business producing screen printed textiles for sportswear. The Thompsons wish to run the business from a pole building on their property. The current ordinance does not allow a home base business to be conducted from an accessory structure. Revisions to the land use ordinance being considered include the separation of actual home occupations from home-based business. Home based businesses could be treated as an interim use that would allow the issuance of a permit for the temporary use of a property until a particular date, occurrence of a particular event, or until zoning regulations no longer permit it. John Rask indicated that Mayor Miron offered to attend the next meeting of the Planning Commission to discuss these issues with the Commission as well as the goals of the City Council.