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-4- Mr. Mastel also indicated his support, as did Mr. Matson, indicating that he favored the plan be approached with the driveway on County Road C. The President of Westwood Village II Townhouse Association indicated that the seven member executive board of the association had met and had requested that he appear in opposition to the rezoning. He indicated that the board felt the conversion of this property to multi-family would, to some measure, detract from the neighborhood. Mrs. Cushing wished the record to indicate the Commission had received a letter from Mr. Ronald Snelling, attorney representing a Mr. Lahaa who is the owner of the property immediately to the north of the subject property. Mr. Rukavina indicated that while the Commission could not control the design of the building, he wished it to be known that he favored Plan B approach as well, with the driveway on County Road C, provided that there is no additional parking in front of the building. Mr. Kloskin indicated that this is merely a thought on his part and there would be no problem with his deleting this from his plans. Recommendation Mr. Rukavina moved and Mr. Matson seconded, that the Glenn Kloskin request for rezoning from R-l to R-2 at 2647 Western Avenue be recommended for approval by the City Council. Roll Call, Ayes: Matson, Moeller, Rukavina, Dressler, Mastel, Johnson. Nays: None. Planning File 1325 - Harry Schroeder request for special use permit (PUD) and preliminary plat at 2500 North Hamline Presentation Mr. Dahlgren indicated that the proper~in question is appr9ximately a three acre parcel with frontage of approximately 407 feet on the west side of Hamline Avenue, just south of County Road C. . He indicated the land is zoned B-1 and was formerly occupied by a nursery and lawn garden store. The applicant pro- poses to construct an officejcondominum development consisting of eight one story buildings divided into 28 office units, each identical in size and shape, with approximately 1,000 square feet per unit. He indicated that the project is similar to a townhouse development in that each unit could be purchased by a separate individual with an association responsible for the common ground. He indicated that the applicant had prior to the meeting submitted a proposal which differs from the one that was originally submitted and he distributed these plans to the Commission. Mr. Dahlgren indicated that these plans appeared to address some of the concerns, particularly the distance that the individual would have to walk from the parking area to the furthest building. He stated this had been a problem because he felt that people may be parking on Hamline Avenue to get to the buildings that were close to Hamline. The new proposal seemed to eliminate that problem.