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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, August 04, 2010 Page 10 recommended land use designation from LR to NB, inadvertently omitted from 445 agenda packet materials. 446 Additional Public Comment 447 Megan Dushin, 2249 St. Stephen Street 448 Ms. Dushin asked the ramifications for his property in the proposed designation 449 for the above-referenced properties on Saint Croix Street and Saint Stephen 450 Street changing from POS to LR. 451 Mr. Paschke advised that it would allow a single-family home to be constructed 452 on the property, if not already existing, or provide future land use guidance. 453 Ms. Dushin questioned the rationale for turning Water Pond designated land use 454 into LR and whether that was an environmentally sound practice. 455 Mr. Paschke reiterated that this was a housekeeping matter; noting that a 456 number of the lot corrections and lots designated for Water ponding already had 457 single-family homes developed on them. Mr. Paschke further advised that those 458 proposed to change from POS to LR were privately-owned properties that should 459 be zoned LR or parcels with homes already on them, making POS inappropriate 460 as a designation. Mr. Paschke noted that many of these inconsistencies or 461 errors continued to be carried forward from the 1970’s, or that at one time the 462 City may have had a desire to utilize them for POS or to acquire them for such, 463 often for storm water management purposes, a trail or a park. However, since 464 there were not plans and/or funds to do so now, Mr. Paschke opined that it was 465 inappropriate to guide them as POS when such zoning designation was 466 inconsistent with their actual or potential use. 467 Ms. Dushin questioned whether there could be a private park acquired by 468 residents without it being City-owned property. 469 Mr. Paschke advised that it would be inappropriate for the City’s Comprehensive 470 Plan and Map to designate private properties as POS since the City didn’t control 471 or manage them. 472 Member Gottfried opined that ownership of the property was a vital consideration 473 and guided this discussion and desire for consistency and continuity for this 474 housekeeping practice; and commended staff for their thorough review of parcels 475 throughout the City and for bringing them to the forefront for discussion and 476 correction as appropriate. Member Gottfried further opined that if a private 477 property owner chose to give a parcel to the City that was another discussion, at 478 which time the City could revisit rezoning a parcel to POS. 479 Mr. Paschke noted that for many years, starting in the 1970’s or before, zoning 480 was the controlling document and the Comprehensive Plan was not the higher 481 authority or guiding plan. However, Mr. Paschke advised that, over the last 482 decade, the Comprehensive Plan had become the ruling and controlling 483 document, and zoning needed to be consistent with that Plan. Mr. Paschke 484 advised that, unfortunately, the City had not historically changed the Zoning Map 485 to remain consistent, thus creating many of the anomaly properties. Mr. Paschke 486 noted that, unfortunately as well, some of the properties were missed during the 487 Comprehensive Plan Update process; and this was the appropriate opportunity 488 to address each of the parcels. 489 Chair Doherty observed, to the City’s credit, that the easiest thing to do would be 490 to continue ignoring the anomalies; however, staff had reviewed each parcel in 491 the City to make sure they were consistent, and also expressed appreciation to 492 staff for making this effort after thirty (30) years. 493 Carol Mordorskel, 2241 Dellwood Avenue (property adjacent to Roseville 494 Ramsey County Library) 495