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CITY OF GEM LAKE, MN 4200 Otter. Lake Road Gem Lake, MN 55110-3227 Telephone 651-747-2790 Planning Commission results, 11-10-2008 The November 2008 Gem. Lake Planning Commission meeting was called to order at 7:05 by Chairman Lindner: Present Were Commissioner Craig Rafferty. Also present was- alternate comrnissioner Beth Herzog, Gretchen.A rtig-Swomley,. Trevor Oliver, .Gary Tangwell, Rob Hansen, and Mayor Paul Emeott. Zoning Ordinance. Paul Emeott reviewed the draft zoning map intended to reflect the new zoning ordinance: The R4 from the existing zoning ordinance area remains the same. The R2 and R3 .from the current ordinance has been combined into one area identified as.R3. Discussion then. turned to the new residential categories,.RE (residential estate) with 5 acre minimums and RX (residential executive) with three acre minimums, The "Barn Lot" (called such because for years the Lunde designed barn and. outbuildings were .on this parcel: though now the barn has been relocated to another parcel) on our draft map was.listed as RE . though the.ensuing discussion revolved around it possibly being.placed in RX: Trevor Oliver said it could ga. in either, but the question. is how:small the city wishes to make. lots of this parcel. Keeping it "RE limits future subdivisions while classifying it as RX.. would allow for. more individual lots. There are some existing conditions to consider before any decision. is ever made. First, this lot. is part of an existing planned unit development (PUD) that dates from the 1980s or 90s (even though PUD.was not officially partof the City zoning ordinance until the last year or two): Also, the South Road Owner's Association set limits on how many parcels can be served by the road they own in common. While the debate wavered between placing the "barn lot" in either estate or executive .zoning district, the question of what is the intended result kept coming up. We opted to keep it in the estate district and add other parcels near. it far better consistency around the lake. We then focused on the golf course and the fact that it should operate under a conditional use permit (CUP). The City cannot force a CUP on the golf course if they currently are a conforming lot and/or if the golf course predates the current zoning ordinance (which dates from about 1963). The balance of our night involved discussion on the "Gateway" planning area. We reviewed Paul's draft of the residential mixed use (RMU) which allows for different types of residential uses within a parcel that may include certain commercial uses if they compliment the residential uses. Since a master plan is required for developing this area, the city will have proposals reviewed by a planning consultant as determined by the city. Marc Putman is one example, but not necessarily the only option. Look for us on the.World Wide Web at.griilakeinn.org.