04-20-1974 Council Meeting Minutes Special Mtg

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� - � � � � • Special f�eeting of the Counci�, April 20, 1974. Page 3 � ;,,� ��tayor Searles, at this time, asked the Council to direct its � attention to the matter of rezoning the City. � 8-2: Councilman Massengale said that he felt the present con- • trols for a B-2 zone were inadequate to protect the mainly residentiai use of the lakeshore property. Because ot this � residential character of the lake, the City shouid spend the necessary funds to come up with standards to protect this use. � Buildings should be iimited tn number and should maintain a low profile. The L.;q.C.D. standards regarding setbacks which � have been incorporated into Ordinance #138 should be entorced in the types of uses in the B-2 zone should be specified in a � clearer fiashion. The City should explore 1-he possibility of ` hiring a tirm to come up-ti�ith and .implement new zoning require- ments for this area. Councilman i�lassengale felt that the res- � idential use of the land on Maxwell Bay which is presently zoned B-2 may not be the best use right no►,r. This area shouid � be held in abeyance untii adequate research is done to determ- ine the best use of the land. ��lassengale moved, 8utler second- � ed that the area designated as -��_R-ICI on the South side of . Maxwell Bay be designated as a study area as welt as all other E3-2 areas unfiil adequate standards have been established. � B-i : The B-t areas were approved with the toilowing changes � in the Planning Commissions recomrnendations: The utllity zone wouid be created for the Hennepin County property, the property � with the Orono water tower and the property belonging to the telephone company. The second change was to rezone the propsrty � west of the telephone company to residential I/2 acre with an . LR-IC designation. B-3 was approved as submitted by the Plan- ning Cor��mission. B-4 was appraved as submitted by the Planning � Commission. � Property rezoned from Commercial to Residential : Council ap- proved the rezoning from Commerciai to Residential along Navarre � Lane and property southeast of the F.Irr�,6. i . ♦ ��ayor Searles felt that tor the B-I and B-3 zones, the permitted • and conditional uses v�ere acceptable, but that the languac�e and rnechanics should be worked out by the Zoning Administrator and � Attorney. � Mayor Searles adjourned the rneeting at I1 :52 A.i�1. • 1� . ��.._ fi,_ ',;��:r�-� z lC_ ,�,tigi ��: :� � � � �