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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, June 02, 2010 Page 7 was owned and/or used by Northwestern College and whether its zoning 299 designation was correct. 300 Mr. Paschke noted that future use could be Community Business, not 301 Institutional. 302 Cedric Adams, 556 West County Road C 303 Mr. Adams noted that he owned a parcel, not currently addressed (PIN 12-29-23- 304 22-0003), and zoned single-family residential (R-1), and now appeared to be 305 recommended for LD-1 or HD zoning. Mr. Adams advised that he had owned the 306 parcel for about ten (10) years, and had plans to build a single-family dwelling, 307 even with the topography of the lot and adjacent four-(4) lane road and additional 308 County easement restrictions. Mr. Adams opined that the parcel was not suitable 309 for high density due to grading for the driveway and addressing drop-offs on 310 south and westerly edges of the property, and asked that the property be 311 reconsidered due to the aforementioned hardships. 312 Mr. Paschke suggested that the Commission may choose to recommend that this 313 lot be removed for inclusion with the list of anomaly properties, even though not 314 previously identified as such, but needing further consideration for potential 315 Comprehensive Plan Amendment due to the terrain, anticipating that this process 316 may place an additional 2-3 month delay on zoning designation and 317 redevelopment. 318 Dan Nottestad, 579 Iona Lane 319 Mr. Nottestad questioned the status of flag lots and whether they were supported 320 by the Commission and/or City Council, based on his concerns with an adjacent 321 property currently for sale. 322 Mr. Paschke clarified that, under the current and proposed zoning ordinance, flag 323 lots were not permissible without application for a variance. 324 Eugene Bahnemann, 2656 N Lexington Avenue 325 Mr. Bahnemann noted that his entire lot had been proposed to change from R-1 326 to HDR, and that with the exception of the corner lot (Bike Shop) and one (1) lot 327 owned by the City, the rest not consistent, and questioned why his lot had 328 apparently been singled out as HDR, when it had remained designated as R-1 329 zoning for forty-nine (49) years. 330 Mr. Paschke noted that the Comprehensive Plan guided that entire area of the 331 Lexington Avenue corridor, with the exception of the Bike Shop, and the 332 undesignated anomaly property immediately north (designated black on the 333 zoning map dated May 2010) as HD, and would be considered under a separate 334 process. 335 Commissioner Wozniak and Mr. Paschke reviewed the purpose of the revision to 336 the City’s Comprehensive Plan, as mandated by the Metropolitan Council, for 337 inner-ring metropolitan communities to increase housing density (i.e., multi-family 338 housing). Commissioner Wozniak noted that those areas indicated for 339 redevelopment, or infill development in a community fully developed such as 340 Roseville, would be along high transportation corridors (i.e., Lexington Avenue, 341 Snelling Avenue) with improved transit services. Mr. Paschke noted that the 342 Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee had gone through a two (2) year 343 process for Comprehensive Plan guidance over the next twenty (20) years in the 344 community, should specific areas redevelop, providing designation for those 345 areas most appropriate for and meeting high density needs. 346 Brian Larson, 182/184 West Skillman 347 Mr. Larson advised that his property consisted of an owner-occupied duplex, and 348 sought assurances that the proposed zoning remained conducive to that use; as 349