12-04-1974 Council Meeting Minutes with PC

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� MINUTES OF A COUNCIL MEETING HELD DECEMBER 4 , 1974 Page 25 � � island. To the north of these commercial areas are located residential communities that have yprevious�y been developed as 1/2 acre residential � zones. To the south of these commercial centers are located residential communities that have � previously been developed in 1/2 and 1 acre lots. Al1 of these areas are presently sewered. The mem- � bers present discussed some factors that apply to � the rezoning of all those areas marked as L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, and S. They noted that the Comprehen- a sive Plan mandated that these areas be rezoned to different commercial uses and in some instances , eliminated as commercial zones. It was noted that almost all of these sites are within 1, 000 to � 2, 000 feet of the lake and that any dense develop- ment or hard cover in the area would result in the � rapid run-off of the storm water directly into the lake without first having had been purified � or filtrated by the marsh and wetlands which in . other sections of the village act to purify the water prior to discharge into the lake. The + basic fact to be noted is that these areas are located on an island with limited highway access. � Therefore, these areas should be designed to serve the local people only and should not serve to � attract traffic from other sections of the village • onto the small island which is of extreme ecological and environmental importance. Any additional attrac- . tion of traffic to this area would result in additional congestion to streets and highways that are already � inadequate and thereby cause major traffic hazards and dangeYs to the children and residents who live � in the area, and to the children who attend the school system nearby. � • Van Nest then discussed the property noted as L-l. AREA L-1 Members present indicated that the L-1 parcel property B-1 to Lr-1C � consisted of the Hennepin County maintenance facility for highway vehicles. It was located almost across � the street from the Elizabeth Gardner School and created traffic hazards due to its location. The � roads servicing the Hennepin County maintenance build- ing are residential in nature and are presently � inadequate for the present uses. Moreover, any • intense development on that property would result in storm water run-off that would discharge immedi- • ately into the lake taking with it the oil and gas spillage from the operation and the other pollutants � that are developed by such a land use. The traffic counts in the past indicated that roads in this area � cannot support additional traffic loads. Therefore, this property should be zoned from the B-1 commercial � to LR-1C 1/2 acre residential. In the future if � � � �