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MINUTES <br />• CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS <br />REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION <br />July 15, 1996 <br />PRESENT <br />Tom Brace, Chair <br />Wendy Treadwell <br />Wayne Groff <br />Irene Struck <br />ABSENT <br />Alex Hanschen <br />Betty Wilcox <br />Paul Kuettel <br />Meeting was called to order at 7:07 p.m. by Chair Brace. <br />DRAFT <br />MEETING <br />ALSO PRESENT <br />Carla Asleson, Planner <br />APPROVAL OF JUNE 17, 1996 PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES <br />Motion was made by Commissioner Treadwell, seconded by Commissioner Struck, to <br />approve the minutes of the June 17, 1996 planning commission meeting. Motion passed <br />unanimously. <br />REVIEW OF CITY COUNCIL MINUTES <br />The June 26, 1996 city council minutes were reviewed by the commission for informational <br />• purposes. <br />PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE ZONING CODE <br />REGARDING RAMPS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS <br />Planner Asleson reported that at the previous commission meeting, the commission <br />discussed repealing the variance requirement for ramps in the front yard and instead <br />requiring design review prior to issuance of a building permit. <br />The commission briefly discussed the exact wording of the language and whether to require <br />that a medical need be stated for the building of a ramp. It was determined that this would <br />be appropriate, as the commission did not want to see ramps built for the purpose of <br />accommodating home occupations. <br />Chair Brace opened the public hearing on this matter at 7:30 p.m. There being no one <br />present wishing to speak, the hearing was immediately closed. <br />Motion was made by Commissioner Groff, seconded by Commissioner Treadwell, to <br />recommend that the front yard variance requirement be repealed and replaced with <br />language requiring design review by staff, with the amended language to read "approved by <br />the Zoning Administrator as being in harmony with the surrounding residential <br />neighborhood and the documented medical needs of the user." Motion passed <br />unanimously. <br />CJ <br />