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-9- Mr. Elling, resident on Oakcrest, indicated the lots are just absolutely too sna11. Mrs. Swanson, 2511 Femwood, stated that the lot had been undesirable for nany years. She stated that this does not conform to the standards and should not be approved. Joan Erickson, 1214 Oakcrest, felt that the reason the division is being applied for is that the applicant found the cost of expanding the horre to be too expensive and that they decided to build a new house. She felt the proposed division would inprove the area. Mr. Berens, 1251 Oakcrest, felt the applicant should have realized this problem when he purchased the home and asked why he couldn't just build a new house on the one lot as it exists today. Chris Christea, 1211 Oakc:rest, indicated that the proposed lots are substandard. She stated that the existing house was very nice and that it could easily be expanded. She indicated that she did not want substandard lots next door to her lot and felt that it would decrease the value of her prop=rty. Resident at 1201 Oakcrest indicated they had rroved to Rosevi11e because of the openess and that they opposed the division. Mrs. Nagel, 2560 Femwood, felt that it was crewding the neighborhood too much. Mr. Rukavina indicated that theone proposed new lot was about one half the min- imum size pennitted by ordinance. He felt it was crowding too much, into too little space. Mrs. Cushing felt that the lot looks crewded with only the existing house on it. Recomrendation Mr. Rukavina IIDved and Mrs. Cushing secoooed, that the Corrmission recozrm:md denial of Zekeriya Yargici' s request for division of lot at 1219 Oakcrest. Roll Call, Ayes: G. Johnson, Sirrons, Cushing, Dressler, Mastel, Rukavina and V.Johnson. Nays: None. Planning File 1180 - Nortl'Mestern College request for sp=cia1 use permit and variance to parking requirerrent at 3003 Snelling Avenue Presentation Mr. Dahlgren indicated that Northwestern College had previously received approval for a sPecial use penni t and parking variance to develop their ~rty a.lIrost identical to this application. However, because the deve10pnent had not been constructed, the sp=cia1 use penni t had expired and they were required to re- apply. He indicat!ed that the two principal changes proposed as C<DIt1pared to the previously approved plan are that additional landscaping has been added on the easterly side of the site contiguous to the single family residential area and an additional exit driveway has been added to re-orient traffic egressing from the site toward Snelling Avenue off Lydia.