02-03-60 Council Special Minutes

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SI~CIAL MEETING A special meeting of the Council of the Village of Little Canada was held at the Little Canada Fire Department Building, 440 Little Canada Road, at 7:00 P.M. on Wednesday, February 3, 1960, pursuant to a call Por said meeting issued by the Mayor. Present were: L. Melancon, W. Ccenen, J. Vitale, C. Spooner, Ed Loeffler. Also present was Frederick P. Memmer, Village Attorney. The Mayor called the meeting to order and reading of the minutes was dis~naed with. Mr. Ray Rehbein and Mr. Gene Husnik , home construction contractors, appeared before the Council and requested that the Council consider reducing the present minimum lot size for the reason that they intend to con- struct homes on property which they purchased Prom Roy Wilson located south oP Demont and west of the new Highway 35E, in which they wish to install a water distribution system. They explained that the large lots will make the cost for water distribution higher than if the lots were smaller. It was pointed out to both of these men that the minimum lot size previously estatm- lished in Little Canada was not predicated wholely upon the idea of water and sewer sanitary services. There were other reasons which the Council had Por insisting upon larger lots, one oP the principal reasons being that this would discourage the construction of development housing consisting of cheap houses and small houses that would be no asset to the Village. These men were advised that the Council would not consider any reduction in lot size. The V311age Attorney read a letter he had received from the State Highway Department assuring the Village of Little Canada that the Park Construc- tion Company will maintain a service road on Ed Gogne's property at all times and make certain that such road will be kept in a passable and usable condition without interruption. The Clerk read a I~tition which had been delivered to him, said Petition requesting rezoning of that part oP the NWT oY the NW~ oP Section 6- 29-22 lying east oP the Soo Line right-of-way. This property is the tract lying adjacent to and east oP the 30o Line right-qf-way in the Northwest corner of the Vi1]age behind the properties of the Preferred Sheet Metal, Little Canada Lumber Company, Northern States Power Company and the 3020 Trailer lark. The Petition had been delivered to the Clerk by John Vitale who explained that a Mr. Borden and his partner, Mr. Squires, were purchasing the said property for the purpose of installing a trailer park and would, therefor, have to have the property rezoned industrial to comply with the Little Canada zoning law. After considerable discussion, the Council decided to set a date for hearing I~tition. Upon Motion by Ccenen, seconded by Spooner, 3t was, RESOLVED, That the hearing on the Petition fox Rezoning part of the NWT oP NWu of Section 6-29-22 be, and is hereby set Por February 24, 1960, at 7:00 P.M. and that the Clerk forthwith post notices of the said hearing as required by the zoning ordinance. Ayes - 5 Nays - o