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• PAC Minutes - 6/25/74 Page 2 (2) Central City & Older Suburban Areas; (3) Areas of Active Urbanization; (4) The Rural Area; and (5) Free Standing Areas. Mr Byrum also displayed five maps showing sewer plans and the service areas of the east Metro Area for 1974 and 2000, etc. • My Byrum said that the Metropolitan Council would like Washington County's input. There will be a public hearing on July 15, 1974, the purpose of which is to get general opinion. He also said the Metropolitan Council would like to set up a local planning assistance program to help on specific studies, etc. for communities that do not have a regular planner. They would also like to have sample codes for communities to use when they are getting started. He also discussed the Green Acre Law and stated it needs some revisions. He discussed housing and reinvestment in older housing developments. There was general discussion on taxes and tax base. Members of the Planning AdvisoryCommission and others in attendance asked many questions regarding the development controls that were being proposed and what direction the Metro Council was planning on taking regarding additional legislation. There also was considerable discussion regarding the preservation of the rural area and what types of tax relief were available. Mr Byrum made reference to a study done by Dr Frei I ich and stated that at a future meeting he would have someone available who could discuss that report. PUBLIC HEARING ON AMENDMENTS TO THE W.C. D. C. Mr Don Raleigh went through, in great detail, the amendments to the Washington County Development Code. A question was raised as to the difference between a special use permit and a variance. Mr Raleigh stated that a variance only applies to the land. In Section 504.02 it was suggested to add: (8) Applications for variance shall be submitted to the local community first. It was also suggested to put a one year time limit on granted variances. If after one year the variance has not been used, notification would be sent to the landowner that the variance could be cancelled. At this time the landowner may appear before the Board of-Adjustment and Appeals to renew his variance. In Section 708.05 i t was recommended to omit the words, "and a minimum of one street tree" with a period to be put afer the word "interior". In Section 727.13(1)a. the words "over the age of Sixty (60) years" to be omited. It was suggested that the word "or" should be put in b. , c. , and d. It was also suggested that a fourth condition should be added to this section stating: The above conditions are to be reviewed annually to see that previous conditions still exist. • Mr Schwab stated that this new section does not include farming districts where mobile homes are already permitted and these new conditions are in addition to already set conditions. A motion was made to recommend approval of the amend- ments to the Washington County Development Code. Carried. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 12;00 a,m.