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Planning Commission Minutes Page 4 Section 3. A matter before the Commission shall be presented in summary by a member of the Commission or staff person de- signated by the Chairman and any party having an interest shall have the privilege of the floor. Section 4. Audio tapes of the Planning Commission meetings shall be retained for a period of two years. Section 5. No request requiring a public hearing may be heard by the Commission prior to holding the required hearing. ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS These procedures and policies may be amended by a majority vote of the entire membership of the.Cuw-mission. Rezoning request - Forest Lake State Bank The public hearing was opened at 7:06PM by Chairman Rudisill. City Adminis- trator..Huber gave the following presentation.. The public hearing has held February 25, 1987, to consider the request of the Forest Lake State Bank to rezone an 8.9 acre tract of land from Agricultural to Retail Business. The propety in question is located near the northeast corner of Highway 61 and 170th St. and generally described as follows; A part t,f the SE J of Section 5, Township 31N, Range 21W. The property contains approximately 308 feet of frontage on U.S. Highway 61 and approximately 571' of frontage on 170th St. No. The property abutts agricultural zones on the east, west, and south. The zoning districts to the north are agricultural and retail business. Mr. Jim Harding representing the Forest Lake State Bank has indicated that there is no specific proposal for development on this parcel of land and that the bank is taking a postition that the highest and best use for this property would be retail business. The uses permitted in an RB District consist of offices, bus- iness school, medical uses, photographer studios, retail florists, beauty and barber shops, libraries, urban agriculture, and retail shopping. Special uses permitted in an RB zone can be found in the zoning ordinance 320-4, Sub.d J-3. The proposed rezoning to RB appears to be somewhat consistent with other dev- elopments and districts to the north of the property in question. The uses currently permitted on this site can be found in 320-4, Subd. C 1,2,3, of the zoning regulations. Hearing notices were sent to adjoining property owners and the legal notice published in the White Bear Press. Mr. Jerry Hammer, 6316 170th St. and Greg Sarvela adjoining property owners stated their objections to the rezoning, which included a concern for the water table, increased traffic, and generally felt that additional business property was not needed in a primarily residential area. Mr. M. Hathway property owner on 170th St. was in favor of the rezoning stating that High- way 61 is the natural area for commercial growth. The public hearing was closed at 7:27PM. Commissioners Blanchard, Jesinaki, and Schreifels pointed out that most bus-