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....' . . . MINUI'ES OF THE ARDEN HILlS SPECIAL COUNCIL MEEI'ING WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1991, 5:00 P.M. - CITY HAIL Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor Sather called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. ROLL CALL '!he roll being called the following members were present: Mayor Thomas Sather, CounciJ.rnembers Nancy Hansen, Paul Malone, JoAnn Growe and '!homas Mahowald. Also present: Planner John Bergly, Fire Chief Dan Winkel, Clerk Administrator Gary Berger and Deputy Clerk Catherine Iago. CALL 'ill ORDER ADDPI' AGENDA Malone moved, seconded by Growe, to adopt the January 30 Agen:la as sul::mi.tted. Motion carried unanimously. (5-0) PUBLIC o::M1ENI'S None. DISC; INTERIM USE EXISTING BILIG., 3771 LEXINGION AVE., ROBERI'S PROPERI'IFS Council was referred to the memorandum from Planner Bergly dated 1-21-91, relative to the request from Robert Properties and ZEDS International to occupy an existing b..1ilding at 3771 Lexington Avenue, in the Lexington Avenue study Area, as an interim nonconforming use. Planner Bergly briefly reviewed the background of zeos International and the operation of the c:x:mpany. He stated that due to rapid growth, Zeos is segmented in three locations in neighboring coonnunities and is atterrpting to lease the entire 64,000 sq. ft. facility at 3771 Iexington Avenue to consolidate operations. The Planner stated the property was recently rezoned from an I-2 General Industrial District to a B-2 General Business District and a plan for a shopping center was sul:mitted with the rezoning application. In December of 1990, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on a Corrprehensive Plan Amendment and Zoning Ordinance amendments which proposes a change of this property from a B-2 District to a newly =eated B-3 District. Bergly reviewed the implications of the new B-3 District, as described on page 3 of his report. Bergly des=ibed the mixture of uses proposed for the Iexington Avenue facility and the square footage each use will occupy_He noted the assembly of electronic equipment and storage of parts for assembly of equipment are not permitted uses in the existing B-2 district or the proposed new B-3 district, however, both uses would be allowed as "acx:essory" uses as part of a larger permitted principal use. Bergly advised the office and retail sales uses are permitted uses in the existing B-2 and proposed B-3 districts. The Planner reviewed four optional actions for Council consideration: 1. Change the Zoning back to the I-2 District; the proposed use of the facility would be allowed as a pennitted principal use, however, this action would not be consistent with long range plans of the Lexington/Fox Business Center. 2. Allow the use to occur as a permitted use (office and retail sales components) with accessory uses (assembly, repair and warehousing components), requiring a variance from the 30% of space allowed for accessory uses_