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SPECIAL MEETING
of the
GOLDEN VALLEY PLANNING COI��ISSION
November 26, 1963
A special meeting of the Golden Valley Plannin� Commission was held on
Tuesday, November 2b, 1963 at 8:30 P.M. at the Civic Center� 7800 Golden
Valley Road, Golden Valley, Minnesota. President Brown presided and the
following members were present: Bedwell, Bromschwig, Jensen, Lynch, Pennock,
Raugland, Senstad and Straw. Absent members: Discher, Hetman� Loughland�
Shinder, VanHauer, and Velz. Also present were Roger Ulstad, Village
Manager, Don Sorensen, Village Engineer, Robert Skare, Village Attorney,
Dan Lynch� Building Inspector, and Roy Terwilliger� Secretary and Admin-
istrative Assistant.
The application of the Golden Valley Nursing Home to purchase the Ghurch
of the Latter Day Saints property and there construct and mai.ntain a
mursing home was discussed at leng�th by the members present. Becau.se
this t�rpe of a matter is eovered by Section 11.08 of the Village Zoning
Code and involves considerations of a type which are customarily invest-
igated and reviewed by the Planning Commi.ssion in matters of rezoning�
the Village Council, prior to taking action on the situation� had request-
ed an opinion from the Commission.
The property under consideration currently is used as regular church
f acilities by the Church of Jesus Christ of th� Latter Day Saints and
is located on Golden Valley Road. The land parcel contai.ns approximat-
e1y 2.1 acres and is surrounded on three sides by single-family resident-
ial dwellings. Earl.ier, the Church's attempt to expand its f acilities
was unsucessf ul after considerable objection from area property owners.
Subsequently� the Church has made other axrangements in the Village �6or
new and larger f acilities and now is seeking disposal o�' this property.
A `��oposal for a rezoning for Business �.nd Professional Offices was
deni.ed by the Village Council on May 7,1963. This request was by a
group to establish a medical center which would consist of physician's
offices, patient exarnznation facilities and administ'rative offices.
During discussion, the Commission considered the following points:
l. The sarrounding area is zoned Residential, and �ahile the
change in use would not require a change in zoning, it is
felt that use as a nursing home would be violative of the
original intent in zoning these premises institutional and.
would not be in the interests of -�he health, safety and
welfare of the surrounding community in that areas
2. Approval of the request would tend to set a precedent within
the Village as there may be existing similar situations.
It was moved by Bromschwig, seconded by Raugland and carried unar�imausly
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Special Meeting of the Golden V alley� Planning Commission� Nov. 26, 1963
to recommend denial of the application for a nursing home at this site.
There being no f urther business to transact� an adjournment motion was
made, seconded and carried unanimously.
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