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ST. JOSEPH PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
April 5, 1976
The regular meeting of the st. Joseph, Minnesota Planning Commission was held
at the City Hall on Monday, April 5, 1976. The meeting was called to order at I
7:40 p.m. Present at the meeting were Commissioners Ben Kremer (Chairman),
Mrs. Robert Kelly, William Bruemmer, Ron Klein, and Paul Brinkman; City Council
Representative Hugo Weyrens.
Minutes of the February 2, 1976 meeting were approved as read.
Ben Kremer began by stating that the meeting had been announced as a public
hearing to consider changing section IV, Subsection 3a, of the Subdivision
Regulations, and section V, Subdivision 3, Paragraph 5a, of Zoning Ordinance
No. 59, so as to conform with the Joint Resolution as to Orderly Annexation,
City-of st. Joseph and Township of st. Joseph, Paragraph 5. Mrs. Kelly moved
that the Planning Commission recommend to the City Council that the subdivision
Regulations be adjusted to conform to the Joint Resolution by increasing the
minumum lot size for single family dwellings from 7500 square feet to 10,000
square feet for any land being annexed to the City, and that the 10,000 square
feet minimum lot size be applied to any unplotted land presently within the
City limits. The motion was seconded. There was some discussion of the motion,
including comments from Cletus Bechtold, but no opposition was voiced to the
proposed changes and the motion passed unanimously.
Mr. Klein nominated the present Chairman and Secretary for another year in office.
The nomination was seconded by Mrs.; Kelly who then moved that the Secretary be
instructed to cast a unanimous ballot for the present Chairman and Secretary.
The motion was seconded and carried. The Chairman so directed and the ballot
was cast. I
The Secretary was asked to include in the minutes a recommendation to the City
Council, that should a vacancy occur on the Planning Commission, the Council
ought to consider Mrs. Marlene Schroeder and Mrs. Fran Landwehr for a place on
the Commission.
Meeting adjourned at 8:35 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Paul Brinkman, Secretary
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