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special Planniu~ and Zoning Co~,,ission ~eetin& on August 19, 1986 at Notion carried. Voting Tea: Chairman Yeterson, Cmmlssioners lix~en~an, Befell, Deemer and LaDue. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioners ~hum~ay and Rendriksen. Discussion ~ardin~ Plants And Thin?a: Commissioner Deemer referred to page 16 of July 22, 1986 Council sinutes and noted that City Council reversed Planning and Zoning action in the case of Plants and Thin/s; Councilne~ber Cox ai~ed comments at Co~issioner Dee~er in particular. Commissioner Deemer stated that on Narch 19, 198~ there was a special Plannin~ and Zoning meetin~ (which happens to be the day construction of the new buildi~ began at Plants and ~i~s), at which time he brought it to the attention of the P~Z and City Staff that the buildinE vas not up to code. For various reasons, construction of the buildiuE vas never stopped. C~issioner De,er stated that Nr. Bic~an relied upon paci~ by the buildi~ inspector to dete~ine that setbacks were ~et ~nd the probl~s multiplied fr~ that point on. C~issioner De,er state~ that he att~pted to contact the ~yor and could not 8et in touch with the City Attorney until it vas too late to stop construction. C~issioner De,er stated that he did talk to foyer Buildin~ Inspector Clayton Ber~ and Hr. Ber~ cla~s that N~. Hic~an first applied for a building pe~it when he vas still on staff at ~sey; he told Hic~au that a certified site plan vas required. ~erefore, N~. ~ic~an did kn~ what vas required but took advantaEe of a loop hole and ~rratic conditions at City Hall. C~issioner De~er noted that on July 22~ 19~, Council~er Cox abstained fr~ votini on an issue because of a person1 disaire~ent with one of the participants in the case. ~ that basis, Councilm~er Cox should not vote on issues that have participants with which he has a ~rso~l agre~eent; maybe Nr. Cox should not be on Council if he can*t separate person1 issues fr~ business. C~issioner De,er stated that he resents Councilm~er Cox' inference that he is *picki~ on Nr. Ns. Norris stated that she and Council~her Cox have met with ~r. Hich~an regarding items of concern listed in City Attorney ~emo dated June 3, 1986. Nr. Bick~an agreed to surface parking lot and driveways on his own ti~e line; to appropriately ~ark parking areas, improve exterior appearance of ney structure and provide a non-certified site plan. Notion by Chairman Peterson and seconded by Commissioner Bovell to recommend that Hr. Larry lick~nan be required to fulfill the certified site plan requirement, just as any other person in Ramsey is required to do; and that if any variances from that site plan requirement are granted, the reasons for doing so be spelled out in ~otion for~. Further Discussion: Chairman Peterson stated that idor~ation gained from the certified site plan (lot dimensions, building size and location) determine the amount of parking area that viii be required; reasons for waiving that requirement should be public record. A~endment by Commissioner LaDue and seconded by Commissioner Zi~er~an acknowledging that Com~nissioner Deemer was not acting independently beyond authority as a ~m~er of the Planni~ and ioni~ C~issionI that ~gust 5, 19~ Page 10 of 11