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Gem Lake Planning Commission Minutes Pagel of 4 It was suggested that the tower be a self supporting tower versus guide towers. The section called the test tower to serve before the final tower is put in. Can. have a test tower for two years. It is the best interest of the residents having the tower and also benefits the community. Public. Hearing closed at 7:21 p.m. The Planning Commission will forward this ordinance to the City Council with the following changes to the ordinance:. 1 Increase kilowatts from 16 to 40 2. Need clarification of renewal license 3. Term of license from three years to five years. 4. Self supporting tower 5. Test tower increase from eighteen months to twenty-four months 6. Combine point number six a and b. Upon motion by Commissioner Wippich and seconded by Commissioner Marier, will send forward to the City Council with the changes noted. Ayes — 4, Nays — 0. CUP 1577 County Road E: The information was submitted too late to place the notice in the White Bear Press, so this is not a public hearing this everting. Will reschedule the meeting at the September meeting. The owners Sally Ackerman and Giorgi Gochitashvili gave a short presentation of the plans to open a small up -scale dealership. They are not making changes to the existing building and the owners will run a small dealership in the existing car wash building. They are waiting for the approval of the City of Gem Lake zoning for the car dealership to be in the car wash building and would like to remove the underground tanks. They want to have around twenty cars to be inside the building with office space. and also a detail shop in back of the building. When the building is gutted there will be twenty-six feet of space. They would like to put a deli and a retail store in the other building on the property. Plan on painting the exterior of the building. and doing landscaping. They are planning on doing this as a two step process. Chairman Rafferty explained the letter that was submitted to the. Planning Commission regarding complaints about the history of problems regarding the property from the former tenants. Commissioner Herzog encouraged them to move forward and put a business on that property again. Chairman Rafferty is interesting in getting the zoning put through. The convenience store might require another conditional use permit and zoning. The owners have been working with Torn Riedesel from White Bear Township. Public Hearing on Hunting Ordinance: The hunting ordinance was discussed by the Planning Commission, stating that the hunting permit shall be a three week permit for discharge of a weapon. The Planning Commission looked over the ordinance and there was discussion on the wordage of the target archery. They feel that the definition of a reasonable distance needs to be defined better. Look forus on the World Wide Web at.gemlakerrin.org