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the property is zoned for urban residential use but would be difficult to develop under this <br />classification, as it is between a major drainage channel and a special planning district. <br />Mr. LaValle also noted that requiring a site plan with two foot contour intervals would be a burden <br />on property owners in the rural area. <br />Walter Stoltzman requested the Planning Commission conduct another meeting to receive public <br />comment of the proposed ordinance, as this meeting is in conflict with the deer hunting season, <br />and asked for clarification regarding the requirement for road improvements to properties being <br />subdivided in the rural areas. He also expressed concern for the requirement for having two foot <br />contour intervals on site plans for rural development. The City Administrator informed Mr. <br />Stoltzman that as the regulations are currently written, all roads fronting a rural subdivision are <br />constructed as part of the rural subdivision, and would need to be paved to the City's rural road <br />standard, or the person subdividing the property would need to pay a fair share to the City for <br />future improvement of the road. <br />Ron Gray expressed the need for buffer zones between land uses and zoning districts, and <br />suggested the City identify all the properties in the City which will become non -conforming use <br />when the ordinance is adopted. <br />Larry Hanson, 14355 Irish Avenue N, appeared before the Planning Commission representing <br />the Harold Bramstedt Estate. He stated that the Bramstedts intend, at some future point, to <br />request their property along Goodview Avenue, east of the Rice Lake Meadows Subdivision, be <br />brought into the City's municipal service area and zoned for urban residential use. He stated he <br />personally felt the City should not adopt general provisions when trying to solve a specific issue. <br />He also stated that the section regarding electric fences in the ordinance refers to 'low voltage" <br />systems when actually they should refer to "low amperage" systems. <br />Donald Waller, representing Margaret Waller, 14310 Homestead Avenue, questioned how the <br />City's regulation regarding the preservation of forest land would effect trees grown as nursery <br />stock, and asked whether trees being grown on his mother's property for future retail would be <br />affected by the provisions of the ordinance. He also expressed concern regarding the charging <br />of impact fees for grading, especially for farm use, and asked that the property in the northern <br />quadrant of C.S.A.H. 8 and Homestead Avenue be rezoned for agriculture use, rather than the <br />currently planned rural residential. <br />Commissioner Kellison stated that he had received comments during the public workshop <br />requesting electric fences for animal control be allowed in the rural residential area, as this was a <br />common practice by horse owners. He also stated that the term "low voltage" should be <br />changed to "low amperage". <br />Teddy Peliter made motion, Schumann seconded, to recess the public hearing until the Planning <br />Commission's regular meeting of November 18, 1998, to provide the opportunity for more public <br />comment. <br />All Ayes. Motion carried. <br />Robert A. Museus, <br />City Administrator <br />