06-06-1972 Regular MeetingA meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission was held in the Council Chambers on
Tuesday, June 6, 1972. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P.M. by Chairman
Czech with the following members present.Mesdames Thomas and Ray, and Messrs. Williams,
Winther, Oswalt, Lovelady, Baird and Seaver. City Officials present were Mayor Don E.
Smith, Councilman Schroedel, City Manager Hopkins, and Building Official Nagel. Also
present were Mesdames Frye, Sheldon and Black, and Messrs. W. Hoebeke, C. R.
Hindeman, DeWitte McGee, J. Stearns, James Hewitt, Glenn Middleton and Fred Lyons.
The Invocation was given by Chairman Czech followed by a welcome to the city officials
and visitors.
The Minutes of the meeting held on May 2, 1972 were approved as written.
A Public Hearing was held to consider the requESt submitted by ~es~s. H. Nagel
and D. Lofgren for the closing of that part of Woodland Avenue lying north of Shady
Nook Drive to the South Shores of Shady Nook Lake and North and East of Hillside
Terrace Subdivision. The presentation for the request was presented by Mr. Harvey
Nagel. Mr. Glenn Middleton, representing a group of residents who oppose the street
closing, recommended that the request be tabled until a survey is provided showing the
location of the street requested closed and until Mr. Nagel shows what his gain will
be from the street closing. It was brought out in a discussion which followed that the
area requested closed may not even be a street, whereupon motion was made by Mrs.
Ray, seconded by Mrs. Thomas, and carried, that a recommendation be made to Council
that the request be denied.
A Public Hearing was held to consider a request for rezoning of the acreage located
south of Minnehaha Estates Subdivision, recently annexed to the City, from R1A to
C2 for property fronting on Highway 27 and from R1A to R~3A for property fronting on
Lake Minnehaha, less the West 285 feet more or less, more particularly described as
Minnehaha Shores. Mr. DeWitee McGee of McGee and Associates presented the request
for the applicant, Mrs. Illa Van Brodgen, owner of the acreage. Following discussion
and comments, motion was made by Mr. Winther, and seconded by Mr. Baird that
recommendation be made to Council that the request for rezoning be accepted. Upon roll
call vote, the results were: Ayes: Winther, Czech, Baird and Seaver. Total Ayes: 4.
Nayes: Oswalt, Thomas, Lovelady, and Ray, Total Nayes: 4. Abstaining: Williams.
The motion failed to carry.
A final plat of Edgewood Subdivision was submitted to the Commission by Mr. W. L.
Williams of Williams & Wade Construction Company, Inc. Motion was made by Mr. Baird,
seconded by Mr. Lovelady and carried that recommendation be made to Council that the
final plat of Edgewood Subdivision as submitted be accepted.
City Manager Hopkins explained to the Commission that the recently annexed land has
come into the City under R1A zoning that he had received requests for rezoning to C2
certain areas which were actually being used by businesses and as such were non-conforming.
He further explained that due to lot sizes, other portions of the annexed area do not
meet the requirements of R1A zoning. He requested the Commission study this area
in order to make recommendations for rezoning. It was the consensus of the Commission
that there were also areas of the City which needed to be considered for rezoning
and a workshop meeting was scheduled for this purpose for Monday, June 12, 1972
at 7:30 P. M. in the office of the City Manager.
Mr. Seaver stated that he felt that steps should be taken to prohibit the destroying
of trees over 3' in diamter during construction and that some landscaping should be
a requisite in the planning of parking area. The City Manager was requested to bring
these matters to the attion of the City Council for appropriate action.
The meeting was adjourned by Mr. Czech.
Henry Czech, Chairman
Mildred Dollar, Secretary