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Planning Commission Minutes July 28, 1992 Page 2 . Mr. Rohlf further stated that Ms. White does have reasonable use of her property as currently the lot contains the offices for Wapiti Park Campground. Virgil Herrick, Attorney representing the applicant, stated that Ms. White can not develop her property under the present zoning because of the uses adjacent to her property. The petitioners feel that there would be an advantage to zoning the property to a PUD; it would protect the current land owners by limiting the permitted uses that would be normally allowed under the C-3 Highway Commercial zoning. He further stated that this would give the City more control as far as density, setbacks, how many units and where they would be located, etc. The applicants are asking the Planning Commission to consider a PUD zoning. They feel their request is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan because the Plan had evaluated Ms. White's property as a potential commercial site. They further argued that the property was not suited for residential zoning due to its location next to Highway 10, the Custom Motors junkyard as well as the Sherburne County Government Center. Chairman Nadeau opened the public hearing. . Carol Buscheck passed out a four page excerpt from the Comprehensive Plan which showed the three possible zoning designations for Ms. White's property. After discussion of this issue, it was the general consensus of the Planning Commission that this request would constitute spot zoning and was not consistent with the Comprehensive Plan which has identified this area as residential property. Chairman Nadeau closed the public hearing. COMMISSIONER EBERLEY MOVED TO RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL DENIAL OF THE REQUEST BECAUSE THE REQUEST IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND USE PLAN AND THE GOALS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CITING STAFF MEMOS DATED 4/20/92 AND 7/20/92. COMMISSIONER MINTON SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 5-0. 6. Consider a Variance Request (Front Yard Setback) by Ken Dehn Jr/P.H. Janelle Szklarski, Zoning Assistant, stated that the applicant is requesting a 13 ft. variance from the required 30 ft. front yard setback in order to construct a 10' by 12' entryway addition. Currently, the existing house is 27 ft. from the front property line, and therefore, encroaches on the required front yard setback. Staff is recommending denial of the variance request for the front yard setback encroachment as staff feels that the request does not meet the five standards for a variance. . Chairman Nadeau opened the public hearing. Ken Dehn stated that one of the reasons they wanted to add the entry in front of their house is because they have a split entry with a very