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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, June 02, 2010 Page 13 Commissioner Gottfried, in order to support the Comprehensive Plan process 612 and for consistency sake, opined that the Commission should rezone the area, 613 and in the zoning rules the language could be tightened up to protect the 614 interests of both parties. 615 Commissioner Gisselquist spoke in support of designating the parcels 616 Community Business in keeping with the guidance of the Comprehensive Plan; 617 providing that the zoning regulations be put in place to protect both parties, 618 based on public comment. 619 Commissioner Wozniak spoke in support of guiding the parcels as Community 620 Business, while being sensitive to the adjacent neighbors and their concerns 621 related to traffic. Commissioner Wozniak noted that he would not want to see his 622 neighborhood street used for access by a busy commercial area such as Har 623 Mar; and echoed statements made by other commissioners to ensure protection 624 to avoid any additional access. However, Commissioner Wozniak did not rule out 625 access to nearby streets based on other potential redevelopment options and 626 might allow access to neighboring streets without accessing the entire mall, with 627 potential development on the southern parcels accessing the surrounding 628 neighborhood rather than the mall itself, but based on development-specific 629 criteria, speaking in support of other types of business uses that would have 630 great potential in a medium density area. 631 Commissioner Best spoke in support of the Community Business designation, 632 with zoning code language needing to specifically address Community Business 633 uses meeting residential uses. 634 Commissioner Boerigter concurred with other commissioners speaking in support 635 of Community Business designation, noting there may be certain situations 636 where additional access would be appropriate, however, couldn’t provide a 637 specific situation unless the entire site were to be redeveloped. Commissioner 638 Boerigter opined that Community Business designated zoning areas would 639 create interaction, with other such designations throughout the City also close to 640 residential, creating the initial debates in considering whether the Har Mar Mall 641 and Target sites should be designated Regional or Community Business. 642 Commissioner Boerigter opined that it didn’t make sense to designate a parking 643 R-1. Commissioner Boerigter further observed that if discussion was how 644 Commercial Business zoning meshed with neighboring residential properties, this 645 was a prime example; and opined that there was no rationale to indicate that the 646 southern portion was off limits and excluded from the Commercial Business 647 designation, any more than a portion of the northern half adjacent to the 648 apartment buildings. Commissioner Boerigter concurred with the need to 649 seriously consider and think through the intent of Community Business and 650 medium density as it developed zoning code language and definitions for parcels 651 throughout the community, not just this specific area. 652 Unidentified male audience member who previously read the 653 Comprehensive Plan Purpose Statement 654 The unidentified speaker suggested that the Commission remain consistent with 655 the Statement of Purpose and related designations as to protecting residential 656 areas; questioning if the commission was in fact doing so. 657 Chair Doherty advised that the Planning Commission, for the record and by 658 majority consensus, found no need to change the designation of Community 659 Business for these parcels; noting that Commissioner Cook would support the 660 parcels remaining Single-Family Residential. 661 Cedric Adams, 556 West County Road C (SE corner of County Road C and 662 Dale Street) – Request that property, currently zoned Single-family 663 Residential be retained for LDR-1 zoning ( PIN 12-29-23-22-0003) 664