12-04-1974 Council Meeting Minutes with PC

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��Id�TTES OF A COUNCIL MEETING HELD DECEMBER 4 , 1974 Page34 The next property discussed was property marked as AREA R-3 R-3 . This property will be rezoned from B-1 commer- B-1 to LF-1B cial to LR-1B, 1 acre residential. This property is approximately 8 acres, 5. 69 acres of this is devoted to marsh land. The area presently has poor access on a dead-end road to the north which is in the middle of a residential zone. This property was originally zoned as B-1 because at one time the road to the north was the major thoroughfare for the area. However, that road has since been closed. The property immediately to the east of the subject property is zoned for residential and is located in another municipality. , That municipality has previously indicated that it feels that a rezoning of the property adjacent to the subject property to anything other than 1 acre residential would be deleterious to the health and welfare of the people of Minnetonka Beach. Minnetonka Beach has recently turned down a request to rezone this land to a more dense use. Moreover, any use of this property for B-1 uses would result in traffic hazards on County Road 15 and traffic hazards for those streets which are nearby in a residential zoneo The property is vacant except for 1 residential home. ' The property marked as area S is presently zoned AREA S as R-1D 1/2 acre, it will be rezoned to LR-1B R-1D to LR-1B 1 acre. The property has been platted into an area of 7 or 8 , 1/2 acre lots. There are 2 or 3 homes which have been developed in the area and the lots will be nonconforming after the rezoning of the property. The Council feels that it is necessary to rezone this property �ecause of the residential neighborhood nearby which is limited to 1 acre development and because the dense development of this property in 1/2 acre lots would result in increased traffic on a residential road. The residential roads in those areas are old and basically inadequate for the present traffic flow. The Council members then discussed the proposed AREA J rezoning of that area marked J on the map. That B-2 to LR-1C-1 area is presently zoned B-2 commercial and will be rezoned to LR-1C-1, 1/2 acre residential. It was noted that the Comprehensive Municipal Guide Plan stated that the village should limit the growth of lakeshore commercial areas and the growth of the uses in existing lakeshore � � � areas in order to protect the environment and water quality of the lake from excessively dense use and in order to protect the surrounding