12-04-1974 Council Meeting Minutes with PC

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•r ` I � � MINUTES OF A COUNCIL MEETING HELD Page 5 � city would be forcec� to extend the above pub- ylic services to these areas . The city can- � not affora to �o so; and if the ci.ty were able to do so, the affeCt would be the destruCtion � of the ability of the land to absorb storm water run-off �vhich would eventually destroy � the quality of water in Lake Minnetonka and • the ground water in the area. He noted that the Metro�olitan CounCil has supported � the policy of lanc� use Control to eliminate the need to extend additional metropolitan � sewer i.nterceptors and municipal sewer lines through rural lands with the resulting prohibi- � tory expense and enviornmental damage result- ing from such extensions . Van Nest noted � that in those rural areas , there shoulci be a . minimum lot size of at least 2 to 5 acres which would allow �n-site sewage and water w systems . The resulting population densities would then require no major changes in the � road system and would produce a minimum adverse enviornmental impact caused from storm � water run-off into Lake Minnetonka and Long Lake and the watersheds. � • Van Nest then proceeded to discuss specific MAPS SHOWING PROPOSED areas of the Village and the reasons why CHANGES � those areas must be rezoneu and must be sub- ject to new regulations in order to protect ` the citizens of Orono. Van Nest had prepare� and utilized a map of the Village of Orono � in order to discuss the various areas which were undergoing changes under the proposed � zoning amendment. The map is a Village of . Orono map anci has red lines which delineate the proposed boundaries for the new use dis- � tricts . On each map is a chart showing what the present zoning of the area is and the a present lot limitation for the area. The chart map shows what the proposec� zening and � lot size limitation will be for that area of the city. A seCond map that Van Nest used • was a map entitled Navarre Area, Proposed i Zoning Map for public hearing , December 18 , 1974. On this map he had delineated in red � the boundaries of those areas that would be rezoned and used letters of the alphabet in � order to identify these areas to be rezoned. � There was a general disCussion concerning the 1967 AMENDMENT INADEQUATE proposed amendment and it was the concensus � of the members present that the existing zoning � � � �