12-17-1974 Council Work Session Minutes with Planning Commission

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� • . � CITY OF ORONO � � Work session meeting of Planning Commission and Council 8:00 a.m. Decerr�er 17, 1974. � The members of the Council and Planning Commission met on the above date in order to continue the work session that had commenced on December 13, 1974, dealing with the pro- � posed amendments of the Zoning Code and amendments to Chapter 73 of the Mimicipal Code. • The following Council members were present: Mayor Searles, and Councilmember Massengale. The following Planning Commission members were present: Chairman Guthrie and � past chairman Van Nest. � The City Attorney provided language dealing with replat- � ti.ng provisions that could be considered for adoption. i The discussion then shifted to the proposed amen�nents to the Zoning Code as had previously been presented to • the Planning Co�nission, Council and the public. The members discussed the proposed amendments to the B-2 section of the Zoning Code. It was felt tha.t the proposed changes should be expanded to reflect the new proposed regulations that were found necessary as set forth in the � proposed amendment to Chapter 73 of the Municipal Code. It was felt that the perforn�ance standards set forth in the proposed amenchnent to Chapter 73 should be incorpor- ated into the regulations proposed for the B-2 use district. � The members reviewed the proposed B-2 use district regu- lations and the proposed regulations for marina licensing • and felt that in all respects they were compatible with ' each other and that the marina licensing regulations should be used as the regulations where applicable ii� the B-2 � districts. i Mayor Searles discussed the provisions of the Lake Minnetonka Conservation District Ordinance and amendments thereto which would be incorporated by the provisions of Chapter 73. He felt that these regulations were necessary in order to pro- S tect the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Orono � and in order to insure the protections and use of Lake Minnetonka in the present and near future. The members pre- � sent were in agreement that the Lake Minnetonka Conservation District Ordinances made sense and that they should be incor- � porated by reference into the B-2 use district regulations and the ma.rina licensing regulations. There followed a � general discussion concerning the landscaping and set back M � •