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. Arden Hills City Council Attention: Ms. patricia Morrison . Page 2 March 30, 1987 authority (e.g. a planning or zoning board) have been held not to constitute illegal condi tion or contract rezoning. I have so advised Mr. Stolpestad. Mr. Stolpestad is not so sure that an agreement with the surrounding neighbors can be achieved. The neighborhood associations apparently do not represent the interest of all citizens. There is a nucleus of women, he has told me who are quite adamant about having the land developed at all. He says that his client would be willing to reach some type of contractual arrangement with the planni ng commission of the City which, of course, does not have final zoning authority. I told him in a phone conversation on March 30, 1987 that I would broach this possibility with you. Before you even consider contract or conditional rezoning, you should take a step back and look at the whole issue from a different perspecti ve. The subject parcel is presently zoned B- l. That is an extremely restrictive zoning district. The only . uses permitted as a matter of right in that district are farming, clubs and lodges, daycare facili ties for over ten individuals, offices, research and utility distribution lines. The rest of the uses which are permissible in that zoning district are only to be permitted after careful scrutiny by the planning commission and the Council and issuance of a special use permit therefor. The Applicant wi she s to rezone the subject parcel to B-2. In that district, the following uses are permitted as a matter of right: farming, clubs and lodges, commercial recreation, daycare facilities for over ten individuals, hotels and motels, medical clinics, offices, personal services, restaurants, retail sales, and util i ty distributions lines. The rest of the uses permissible in that zoning district are only permitted after a thorough review by the planning commission and the Council and the granting of a special use permi t therefor. The more offensive uses allowed in B-2 districts--e.g. , drive-in businesses, fast food restaurants, electronic towers, land reclamation and mining, motorized vehicle sales, etc. and service stations--cannot be instituted unle ss the council grants a special use permi t. Accordingly, as to those uses which would be deleterious to the surrounding neighborhood, the Council has absolute, discretionary control. Thus, I do not even see the need for a contract or conditional rezoning. . However, as to those uses which are permitted as a matter of right, the Council has authority under Section VIII. E. of Appendix A of the Arden Hills Code (the Zoning Ordinance) to conduct a thorough site plan review of the landowner's plans for