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U~"...='\..' , ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION - SEPTEMBER 1,1999 14 special use permit to replace two single wide mobile homes with one double wide home. The applicant has been following this procedure in some areas, but did not want to be required to do . this in all areas. Mr. Husnic noted that the older area ofthe mobile home park contains smaller lots. When only one single wide home is removed, a double wide home often times will not fit on one smaller lot. Chair Erickson stated that he still did not understand the objection to incorporating the entire park under one special use permit. Ms. Randall stated that applicant was concerned that the current lot sizes would not meet the requirements of the special use permit. She indicated that this was one issue that needed to be reviewed for the entire park. Over the years many small changes have occurred. Many of these changes have been positive, but the City needs to know the current status of the park. When special use permits are amended several times, eventually all the amendments must be looked at as a whole in order to determine what modifications are required. There were many updates to the mobile home park that have not been updated in the special use permit and this must be amended to accurately depict the current status ofthe park. There also has never been a master plan for the mobile home park. Ms. Randall stated that it was not staffs intent to restrict the applicant from laying out the lots and installing the double wide homes as he wishes. The intent was that a great deal of changes have already been made and staff wanted to start the process of incorporating these changes into the special use permit. This may include changes to the special use permit to allow for different lot sizes between the northern and southern sections of the park. Most new residents of mobile home parks want double wide homes and this needs to be considered when older home . deteriorate. Chair Erickson noted that the recommendations from staff dealt mostly with the parking and turn around at the end of Banyan Street. Beyond this was simply that the applicant work with the City over the next two years to update the special use permit. Ms. Randall stated that it would benefit the applicant to create a flexible special use permit that would allow the applicant to remove the deteriorating homes and replace them with new homes throughout the park. Chair Erickson asked what the current requirements were for cul-de-sacs. Ms. Randall explained that cul-de-sacs require a 60-foot radius. She suggested that the applicant could paint the radius. Chair Erickson noted that the intent of requiring this turn around was to ensure access by emergency vehicles and other large vehicles. Commissioner Rye asked if the park's utilities were public or private. Mr. Husnic stated that he was attached to City utilities and pays the same as a resident for water and sewer. Commissioner Sand noted that the northern area being discussed was depicted differently on the drawing than what staff had demonstrated earlier. He asked if there was some way to define exactly what was contained in the northern portion for the purposes of the special use permit. Ms. Randall stated that the northern portion being discussed was an area not covered by the current special use permit and there are several different maps of what has been in this location over the years. . Chair Erickson closed the public hearing at 9:36 p.m., as no one else wished to address the Planning Commission.