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2 9 ,� DECEMBER 17, 1974 G. Cardinal - 165th. Street - Mr. Cardinal asked if in three years and one day, the City could stop a business that was a nonconforming open use of land? The answer was yea, the City could stop his business if he did not apply for a Special Use Permit. Howard Schletty - Egg Lake Blvd. - Mr. Schletty asked if there was any re in that a person could not build a new house on 8 acres of land. He was told that he could not build a new house until he was first rezoned and proved that it fit within the comprhensive plan and prove that there is a build- able site. Mr. Lease explained that Zoning Ordinances are subject to re- vision from the day they are adopted. Dick Bury - Minnetonka - Land owner in Hugo - Mr. Bury stated that Nimmetonka zoned the same way fifteen years ago and they are now having a lot of pro- blems. He said the City should leave some open minds to allow the developers and land owners to come in with plans. He felt that you devalue the land by one half by having the lot sizes so large. He stated that he uwns pro- perty zoned Agricultural and plans to develop it in the near future. He said it is adjacent to a RR 2 district and he would like to change it to RR 2 prior to adoption of the Zoning Map. Carl Dale stated that Hugo's zoning map is based on projected sewer expansion plan unlike Minnetonka. He said Hugo's Ordinance is being used as an example by the Metro Council. Theodora Peltier - Mrs. Peltier protested to the Farm Site Plan. Said this wasn,t the Ordinance Committee's intention. Vern Peloquin - Forest Blvd. - Mr. Peloquin objected to the Farm Site Plan approval requirements. He said farmers don't always know what they need until they know what crops they're going to have. The process would take too long. He felt that they should only be required to get a building per mit. He also felt that the $1 ,000.00 was too low. Lease felt that this provision was put in to protect proposed road right-of-ways and from building on drainage ditches. Robert Waller - 14310 Homestead Avenue - Mr. Waller felt that the amount of $1 ,000.00 is too restrictive and it should be changed to $10,000.00. Bill Wunderlich - Ingersoll Avenue - Mr. Wunderlich felt that a farmer knew the best place to build on his property. Mr Lease stated that the council cannot tell you where to build but they do not want you to build on a drain- age ditch or where a proposed road might go. It is not the Council's intent to cause a hardship. He said this was also to protect the people from having a pig pen built right next to their homes for example. Harley Johnson - Frenchman Road - Mr. Johnson felt the $1 ,000 was very low figure. He said we're going to have a lot of ten acre farms with $995.00 sheds and if the amount was set at $2,000.00 there will be a lot of $1 ,995.00 sheds. Theodore Peltier - Mrs. Peltier felt that the Farm Site Permits should be handled by the Building Inspector instead of the Planning Commission and Council. Howard Schletty - Mr. Schletty felt that the $1 ,000 should be taken out. Mr. LaValle stated that a person that runs a 10 acre farm would not fall under this because they have to make a percentage of their incomes from the land to be exempt from obtaining a building permit.