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the 50% impervious coverage. He works in 26 states and 15 communities in Minnesota <br />`.- and has never seen such a code. Fifty percent makes it impossible to pursue this. <br />Mr. Hallan stated that a decision on Downtown Mixed zoning cannot be made at this <br />meeting. It would require another public hearing and could take several months. Mr. <br />Marohn stated the rezone would take a 4 /5t' vote of the City Council. Mr. Marohn <br />further stated the City Attorney had stated that the applicant could request the Rezone <br />request be reinstated. However, if you were an interested party and followed this to its <br />completion, a written request to withdraw was acted upon. It would be his opinion that it <br />would have to have a new hearing. Mr. Woog stated that if the City Attorney is correct <br />the soonest the Rezone could be acted on would be the next, City Council meeting. Then <br />the Conditional Use Permit would have to come back here. Mr. Woog asked Mr. Ryan <br />why they are thinking of Rezoning with the current configuration. Mr. Ryan stated the <br />property owner is refusing to sell the property necessary for the Commercial zone. <br />Mr. Pederson stated the connectivity was important to everyone, including the school. <br />Impervious coverage is the issue. <br />Mr. Hallan stated that 50% impervious coverage is normal in this area, such as Crosslake, <br />etc. Nisswa has told McDonalds in the past to follow the rules or go somewhere else. <br />Green space is the reason for the imperious coverage. <br />Mr. Ryan stated the buffer zone is significant from a landscape perspective. <br />Mr. Marohn asked what the hardship would be to give a Variance for impervious <br />coverage. If this is the case the Ordinance needs to be modified. There was no hardship <br />for parking. We realized the Ordinance was flawed. We would need to modify the <br />Ordinance if we are saying the standards need to be modified. <br />Mr. Marohn further stated we either have a highway orientated business with limited <br />connectivity to the north so people can walk to the grocery store or we have the <br />downtown vision or make it into a downtown type of use, one that would function as a <br />downtown use, It would evolve into something connected to the downtown. The parking <br />would be on the side or in the rear. <br />Mr. Adams stated he is struggling with the orientation of the building in the Downtown <br />Mixed Use zone. Reorientation of the building is a good idea but from Pillsbury to <br />downtown all of the buildings are set back from the road with one exception, Lakes State <br />Bank. <br />Mr. Marohn stated the property is correctly zoned, the use is a highway commercial use <br />and they can't meet the standards. That leaves three options. Reconsider standard is <br />reasonable, give a Variance or modify project to meet the standards within the <br />Commercial zone. <br />Minutes 5 <br />Pequot Lakes Planning Commission <br />October 15, 2009 <br />