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Page 7 Regular June 4, arming & Zoning Meeting 1979 2) Ordinance on mining - excavating. It was the consensus of the Conmission to reconmend that this ordinance be adopted. 3) Enviro~ental Assessment. A question of whether or not to do an environmental impact assessment on developm~ants comin~ into the Ciuy. Ooin~_on of the P & Z Conmission is that this is not necessary; that the other ordinances protect the City in this aspect. 4) Special Zoning for shopping centers. It was the feeling of the P & Z Conrni~sion that shopping centers should be treated as under the present ordinance as conmercial or industrial zoning. Item No. 6 ALPACA ESTATES TO DISCUSS PROPERTY lOCATED IN CRITICAL RIVERS This property is located along the south side of Highway 10; original owner was Bill Shenk. Note: Sherwin Shenk, present in the audience, questioned Who actually owned this land. and how they could rezone !and that isn't theirs. Mr. Jeff Caina was present on be_half of Alpaca Estates to present the proposal. Alpaca Estates would like to have the property rezoned from Industrial along the Highway to B-1 and from Industrial to Residential toward the Mississippi River. Proposed lot sizes are 2~ acres except for the Conmercial area. Kathy Schneider informed Mr. Caine that the minimum lot size for Conmercial is 2~ acres and to vary from that requirement, they would have to seek Board of Adjustment approval for a variance. The CoTrmission indicated they would like to see Commercial zoning south of Highway 10. Motion by Chain~em Ken Peterson, seconded by Kathy Schneider to reconmend to the City Council to schedule a public hearing for rezoning this area: Beginning at a point on the east line of the West Half of the Southwest (~mrter of Section 28, Township 32, Range 25, Anoka County, Minnesota distant 100.00 feet southerly of the southeast corner of the Northwst ~rter of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 28; thence northwesterly in a straight line, to a point on the west line of East Half of the East Half of Sec. 29, Twnsp. 32, Rg. 25, Anoka County, MN, distant 100.00 feet southerly of the northwest corner of the Northeast (~mrter of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 29, said line there terminate. Motion carried. 5 - 0. Item No. 7 REZONING FROM R-1 TO INDUSTB_IAL - CASE OF SHERWIN SHENK Mr. Shenk stated that he thought he was already zoned heavy industry. The land involved is: Sherwin Shenk's farmland in Section 29. The Commission explained to Mr. Shenk that he would be asked 'to deed a 120 foot right of way through the property for Industry Boulevard as a condition of the rezoning.