12-04-1974 Council Meeting Minutes with PC

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�, � , � MINUTES OF A COUNCIL MEETING HELD DECEMBER 4 , 1974 Page 36 � yHowever, in that area marked as J, there still is a considerable area of property which had ` previously been zoned as B-2 but which has been . always used for residential purposes. The Council indicated that it is of an utmost � importance to the preservation of the lake and to the balancing of the use of the lake for � commercial and recreational purposes , that this property be rezoned to a residential zone in order � to preserve and promote the principles heretofore stated and in order to protect the residential � community nearby. Secondarily, this course • of action will serve an additional public purpose of maintaining the natural shoreline appearance � in that area and providing for additional screening from public view the appearance which attends � most marina operations. As it concerns specifically that property noted as J, Mayor Searles noted � that the Special B-2 Committee Report indicated that this area should be rezoned from B-2 to a LR-1 C-1 • 1/2 acre residential zone. By so doing, the • village would be able to stop the spread of the marinas and the blight resulting froffr� that � spread. It was noted that the B-2 areas were originally zoned to allow for commercial uses � to provide services for row boats and for the few motor boats that were present on Lake � Minnetonka. These zones were created to allow for small lakeshore resorts and for the rental � of row boats for fishing. An aerial photograph • as late as 1945 shows no significant dock obstruction on Maxwell Bay in the present B-2 zone � A review of the aerial photo taken in 1971 reveals that that B-2 zone had proliferated to such a � point that the original B-2 area was beyond recogni- tion. It was noted that the original zoning � ordinance created the B-2 zone for limited commercial purposes and to allow resorts to � provide areas where row boats could be rented. � These uses have been completely subverted to a point where now the B-2 areas are used for major � commercial activities with the accompanying deleterious effect and diminution of values � to the surrounding residential property. More- over, many of these B-2 areas have expanded beyond � the limits allowed in the present ordinance and have operated for the most part in flagrant � violation of the village ordinances. It was noted ! that in addition to the above, at the time of the adoption of the B-2 zones, the village Council � and planning commission did not understand the � � � �