So these changes are are just to kind of align with what reality is. Yes, that's how I would phrase it.

I mean it's kind of the classic zoning dilemma. Do you change the zoning before somebody asks you to change the zoning as as the government? Do we do that? And what is the advantage of doing that? And I don't see any disadvantage. Yeah. I see the advantage being that you're giving the current property owners more flexibility.

I just I hesitate to lower the um the zoning to um you know, the 7th Avenue is a main corridor. Um the homes that are in those parcels we're talking about are, you know, they're older homes. It's not like any of them were recently built. So those types of things are would be attractive to somebody that would be looking to build a little bit more dense project. Um and you know if we make the change to R2 it's just adding a hurdle for them.

I'd like to suggest that we put a little bit of a different spin on that and say that either consists of no more than two unrelated pupils or perhaps three or more, something like that. just because, you know, you may have a family of three or four or five that are bringing all their kids in for tutoring or voice lessons or whatever at one time.

Hypothetically, let's say I own a plumbing business, a sole proprietor, and I have a box truck for my business that I park in my driveway. Am I operating that business out of my house?

And if if somebody wanted to do that and not get properly licensed, they're going to do it anyway. It's true. It's true. Enforcement problem. That's different. Highly illegal and highly illegal anywhere. It's a police matter.

So let's say I'll give you an example. Let's say you have a 155 foot 150 foot wide lot with one house that's over on one side and you want to split off 75 ft to create a second lot. Right now the code says you have to platt it. You have to go through a preliminary plat and a final plat get all the drawings done and all that stuff with a a lot division or lot split. You would still have to get it surveyed and you have to show lot A and lot B, but then you it could be a staff approval.

I was just wondering how what the cost is to get this irrevocable letter. Yeah, there is some cost compared to a bond. Yeah. And I don't know the difference, but and if it would out smaller companies that can't afford Yeah. If they can't get a letter of credit, then I would question how they can even do the project.

I'm kind of wondering if we could maybe make the east end and the west end a little bit more of a formbbased code uh so that they we have a little bit more of a of a north St. Paul look to everything. You know, that's that was one of the reasons I was thinking about kind of the stepping of the heights and that type of thing because really, if you think about it, the only really historic parts of the town that are left are those two blocks on either side of Margaret Street.

I'm not disagreeing that it needs work. I guess the question for the commission is and maybe we come back to it when we talk about the work plan is what's the priority here because there's parts of the zoning code I know need updating. Uh we'll be getting into the comprehensive plan update here in the next year. And if we really strongly think the downtown design manual should be updated and it again I'm not saying it isn't. Do we try to convince city council put money in the budget for next year and farm it out?