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~ City Council Minutes June 2l~ 1982 Page Nine Mr. Richard Wallack, a resident of Ridgewood East, indicated that the Planning Commission had originally voted to deny the zone change request by Mr. Lundgren and now has voted to approve the zone change and questioned the change in the Planning Commission's feelings. Mr. Steve Rehmer expressed his concern of the traffic on Highland Road and further indicated that he was not in favor of the zone change because of the traf- fic the higher density would create. The City Administrator indicated that Highland Road is designated as a State Aid road and has been designed to handle the flow from the developments in the northern part of the City. General discussion was carried on regarding roads and the traffic flow that would be created by the development. COUNCILMAN TOTH MOVED TO DENY THE ZONE REQUEST FROM R-lb TO R-lc AND TO APPROVE THE ZONE CHANGE REQUEST FOR APPROXIMATELY FOUR AND ONE-HALF ACRES IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE 17 ACRES TO BE REZONED FROM R-lb TO R-3. COUNCILMAN DUITSMAN SEC- ONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION PASSED 4'-1. COUNCILMAN SCHULDT OPPOSED. 13. Morvig Variance Request - Public Hearing Mr. Rick Breezee, Building and Zoning Administrator, indicated that Marvin Morvig, owner of the Elk Motel at 13291 Highway 1110 ~ has requested a setback variance from 1$ Orono in order to construct a garage on his property. Mr. Breezee indicated that Mr. Morvig currently has a small delapitated structure approximately 12 feet from Lake Orono~ situated between the two motel units and, further indicated that Mr. Morvig's variance request is to remove this current structure and replace it with a new structure which would be set back approximately 20 feet from Lake Orono. Mr. Breezee indicated that the proposed new structure would encroach on the 75 foot setback that has been established by the Department of Natural Resources. Mayor Hinkle indicated that the Morvig variance request is similar to the Les Anderson variance request regarding setbacks imposed by the DNR. Mayor Hinkle opened the public hearing. No one expressed their concern for or against the variance request. COUNCILMAN DUITSMAN MOVED TO APPROVE THE REAR YARD SETBACK VARIANCE REQUEST BY MR. MARVIN MORVIG FOR HIS PROPERTY AT 13291 HIGHWAY 1110. COUNCILMAN ENGSTROM SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION PASSED 4-0. 14. Axelson Zone Change and Variance - Public Hearing Mr. Rick Breezee, Building and Zoning Administrator, indicated that Mr. and Mrs. Charles Axelson of 702 Upland Avenue, have requested a zone change and a front yard setback variance for their property on the corner of Upland and Highway #10, as they want to add bedroom space to the front of their current structure. Mr. Breezee indicated that the current zoning of the Axelson property is 1-2/Medium Industrial, and therefore, they are a nonconforming use.