12-04-1974 Council Meeting Minutes with PC

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` � MINUTES OF A COUNCIL MEETING HELD DECEMBER 4 , 1974 Page 2� � yHennepin County were to terminate its present use of the property, then the property would be used � for the development of 1/2 acre residential lots. Such a use would not increase the traffic load to � the extent that the present use does and would not result in the increased flow of storm water run-off � directly into the lake that any commercial use would � create. � Mayor Searles noted that this area is presently used AREA L-2 , B-1 for the water tower that is owne� by the Village of to LR-1C � Orono. It was felt that for the same reasons as expressed and related to the area L-1 property, � that this property should be rezoned to LR-1C, 1/2 acre residential so that in the future, if the � water tower were moved, the use of that property • would be compatible to the uses in the surrounding area and would not result in increased traffic � loads on County Road 15. r Van Nest then discussed the area marked as L-3 AREA L-3 which is presently zoned as B-1 Commercial and will B-1 to LR-1C � be rezoned to LR-1C, 1/2 acre residential. It was noted that this triangular piece of land is located � at the junction of County Road 15 and B1ain Avenue. Therefore, any use of this property as commercial • would create a direct traffic flow onto the � already congested County Road 15 . Moreover, it was noted that this triangular piece of property in- � creased the traffic leading onto Blaine Avenue , which is a residential road serving the community � of Casco Point. It was noted this property is located adjacent to an area that has been develcped � into residential uses . The telephone company pre- • sently has a building located on the parcel of property but the majority of the lot is presently � vacant. It was noted that if this entire piece of property were developed as a commercial use in the � future, the increased traffic generated by that use would create additional hazards both for the � children in the area who attend the schools there and for other people who are using County Road 15 . � It was noted that at the time of the original draft- • ing of the Zoning Code in 1967 , the village did not foresee the increased traffic loads for this area � and the increase� dangers created by the use of property on Navarre Island as commercial uses. � Moreover, the village at that time did not un�er- stand the consequences of storm water run-off in an area that is so close to Lake Minnetonka. It was noted that the property once rezoned to residential would be compatible with the uses of the property � across the street an� to the south, west and east of the subject property. It was noted that the re- � zoning of this property would assist in stopping the continuation of the spread of the deteriation � and blight which is caused by the commercial uses in �