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<br />Approved <br /> <br /> Minutes <br /> <br /> New Brighton Planning Commission <br /> Regular Meeting - December 21, 1999 <br /> 7:30 p.m. <br /> <br />Call to Order <br />Larry Baker, Chair, called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. <br /> <br />Roll Call <br /> Present: <br /> <br />Larry Baker, Mike Livingston, Jim O’Brien, <br /> <br />Norm Schiferl <br />, Paul Zisla <br />Absent: <br /> David Schmitz, Jeff Schopf <br />: <br />Also Present <br /> Cary Teague, City Planner <br />Steve Larson, City Council Liaison <br />Corrine Thomson, Kennedy & Graven <br /> <br />Approval of Minutes <br />N16,1999, <br />Motion by Schiferl, seconded by O’Brien, <br />TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE OVEMBER <br />PC. <br /> 7 Ayes - 0 Nays. Motion Carried. <br />LANNING OMMISSION MEETING <br /> <br />Agenda Review <br />The agenda was adopted as written. <br /> <br />Report on Council Action <br />Larson said the last Council meeting of the year was held tonight and was the last meeting over which Mayor <br />Benke presided. It was an occasion to thank Mayor Benke for his fine work during the past many years. <br /> <br />Public Hearings <br />Zoning Ordinance Amendment (continued) City of New Brighton <br />Teague reviewed the Planning Report concerning consideration of a Zoning Amendment for the definition of <br />“Family.” <br /> <br />Zisla referred to Section 2-270. Family: An individual or two (2) or more persons related by blood, <br />marriage, or adoption living together as a family unit. or foster care arrangement living together as a single <br />housekeeping unit, or a group of not more than four (4) persons not so related, maintaining a common <br />household, and using common cooking and kitchen facilities. <br /> <br />Zisla asked Ms. Thomson how was the number four was picked. Thomson responded that the City Council <br />and the Planning Commission would have discretion in recommending the appropriate number for the New <br />Brighton community. The number is not a magic number. No compelling reason exists to arrive at the number <br />four. The legislative body needs to make the judgment. The judgment could take into account several things. <br />The reasons could include the average size of the housing stock and the average number of bedrooms in <br />homes, the average lot size, the ability of off-street parking. No number can be the perfect number. It may be <br />more likely that, if five unrelated persons living in a house, that each of the five people would have their own <br /> <br />I:\COMMISSIONS\PLANNING\MINUTES\1999\12-21-99.WPD <br /> <br />