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ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION - FEBRUARY 1,2006 7 Charlie Kinkead, 1385 Skiles, noted the trees close to the home would die also and he . asked them to put a condition in if the trees died they were required to be replaced with larger caliper trees. He asked how the City would control how large the new home would be. Chair Sand stated at this level, they were addressing isolated issues only and when it gets into the aesthetics of the home, this went into the Council's territory. He noted the Commission did not make any final decisions and they were only a recommending body to the Council. Mike Zoff, 3500 Glenarden, asked if the variance was granted, would that include the removal of a part of the existing structure. Chair Sand stated if the variance was granted, part of the living room would be removed, but the structure would remain where it was presently located. Sue Hangge, 1400 Forest Lane, stated she has lived in the neighborhood for 26 years and enjoycd the trees. She expressed concern about losing more trees and the disease of possible trees. She expressed concern about the size of the proposed new structure and the close proximity of the two homes. She did not believc this would fit into the neighborhood and it was too small. Chair Sand closed the public hearing at 8:03 p.m. Commissioncr Larson asked if this lot could be 85 feet wide if it were in the R-3 zone. Mr. Lehnhoffresponded 85 feet would be the width of an R-3 zone. . Commissioner Larson stated he was against subdividing property that would then result in a non-conforming structure on the property. Hc stated if they could move the property line to the east, giving them the 10-foot setback he would be comfortable with that as long as the other lot met the subdivision requirements. He stated moving the house seemed like they would lose a lot of trees and it made more sense to move the property line to make it conforming. He stated perhaps they could table this particular request and have staff work with applicant to give them a new plat that would satisfy the setback requirements, which would remove the necd for any variances. Mr. Lehnhoff stated if they wanted the applicant to do this, it would require a denial and re-submittal because this would be a differcnt request. Chair Sand askcd if this would necessarily be rezoned to R-3. Mr. Lehnhoffresponded it did not and they needed to be concerned about spot zoning, whcn it might be much better to have a comprehensive rezoning of the entire neighborhood, Chair Sand noted R-3 zoning would also entitled them to multi-family homes, which was also a concern. Commissioner Larson stated building multiple homes on this lot would be controlled by thc square footage of the lot. Chair Sand replied they could build an up/down duplex howcver. . Commissioner Larson stated he would not be in favor of granting this subdivision bccause they were granting a non-conforming use. 7 -------..----...-