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A Quotable quotes heard around the Village Hall, After Mr. McClung presented his plans for the 43 lots, and the Planning Commission got hung up on water, sewer, roads, trees, etc., a voice in the audience was heard to whisper, "What ever happened to the days when a man could bulldoze his own land, build a house, and then either live there or sell?" Ah, civilization. And when talk about drive-ins in Arden Hills began, one Planning Commissioner said he had often heard the phrase, "We moved to Arden Hills because ", and he would like to keep it that way. This phrase was use particularly during the dog ordinance hearings and the police department discussions. Again Civilization seems to be marching onward. Another favorite saying describes the situation when a business, already located in an area zoned for other things, wants to add on. This is expansion of a non -conforming use of the land, and the City Planner calls it the "Northwest Bible College syndrome". He sug- gests we try to avoid this at all costs. Or how about, "They'll let you build anything in Arden Hills if you promise to paint it earth -tones and surround it with trees.!' Potpourri ---Arden Hills and Ramsey County are tossing the Police contract back and forth; we have our attorney straightening out some of the wording (we hope).---- The Council has approved the building permit for Flaherty's addition with a list of conditions. ---There will be a Public Hearing in late January or early February concerning the feasibility of putting in water in the northwestern corner of our Village. Neighbors will be notified by mail. ---Mutual Service received the final Building Permit for its office. ---The special eleetion in State Senate District 49 (including only Precinct 5 of AH) was weird: Nobody voted in the primary (that's right, zero votes) and only 12 people showed up for the general election. Questions are being raised as to the cost of running this. ---The Northwestern Bible Coilege court case began on December 12 and is being heard by Judge Plunkett. Since both the wheels of justice and the mills of God grind so slowly, it may be awhile before there is more news on that. Another land development is being proposed; this one is called Karth Lake Estates fest. (Good heavens, we'll have those 10,000 people in Arden Hills in no time at all!) This land is between Nursery Hill Lane and Amble Road, east of Hamlin. The problem here is that there are several lots that appear to be land -locked, and approval of land -locked areas is elearly illegal. One solution would be a cul-de-sac off a cul-de-sac, if you can visualize such a contradiction in terms. The owner has considered donating the land to the Village, but how would anybody get there? The Planning Commission decided to have the City Engineer look at the situation to see if the drainage would make any difference. The Council discussed the Snowmobile Ordinance proposed by the Ramsey County League ' of Local Governments and has decided to stick with the ordinance that Arden Hills already has. Ramsey County's ordinance varied slightly from ours in the land areas. allowed for snowmobiles and on the hours allowed. Arden Hills says snowmobiles must stay at least 100 feet away from residential buildings, can operate only between 7j00 a .m. and 11:00 p.m. ' any day of the week, cannot drive on Village, State or School lands (except public right- of-ways) unless permission is posted, cannot operate on the Village pedestrian trails, and cannot be driven while under the influence of liquor or drugs. If you have specific ques- tions on this, just give the Village Hall a ring. The St. Paul Book and Stationery has requested a sign variance to erect a new identify- ing sign in front of their building on County Road E. Apparently the old sign is ready to fall down and, being so close to the ground, is subject to a great deal of vandalism. The ' applicant says they also need a new sign because people have trouble finding their building.