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• • MINUTES REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING SEPTEMBER 11, 1989 Chairman Black called the meeting to order at 7:30 P.M. Barry, Black, Boche, Daykin, Duncan, Finegan and Nestingen. Also present was Council Liaison Wa]_lin and Planner Susan Hoyt Taff. Carroll and Grittner PRESENT ABSENT Boche moved, seconded by Barry, approval of the August 7, 1989 8/7/89 Planning Commission Minutes as presented. Motion carried unanimously. MINUTES Susan Hoyt Taff explained her August 29th draft of the compost APPROVED related ordinance revisions as we]_1 as the September 11th revisions. She advised that the Solid Waste Commission had reviewed such ordinance revisions and agreed with the suggested changes. COMPOST Chairman Black interrupted discussion and opened the Public Hearing PUBLIC on amendments to the Swimming Pool Ordinance, Section 9-14.02 of HEARING the City Code at 7:45 P.M. There .being no one wishing to be heard, SWIMMING he recessed the public hearing and continued the discussion on POOL composting. ORDIN. Discussion centered on several issues: size of the compost COMPOST area/structure, whether a structure should be required in all cases, placement on the lot, how enforcement should be handled and by whom, whether compost has to be generated on the property, and more specific language as to what is accepted composting practices and how should they be referenced. Boche moved, seconded by Finegan, to following changes proposed CHANGES to the nuisance and zoning code: Section 8-J.O1, Subd. 2, remove TO CITY the wording "generated on the property"; Section 9-4.01, Subd. CODE 3(k), remove the wording "generated on the property" and remove ON the wording "by five (5) feet in length by five (5) in width" and COMPOST substitute "and not cover more than twenty-five (25) square feet"; AREA/ Section 9-2.04, Subd. 1(k), remove-the wording "by five (5) feet STRUC- in length by five (5) feet in width'° and substitute "and not cover TUBE more than twenty-five (25) square feet". Upon a vote being taken, the following voted in favor thereof: B1_ack, Boche, Daykin, Duncan, Finegan and Nestingen, and the following voted against the same: Barry. Carroll and Grittner were absent. Motion approved. Finegan moved, seconded by Boche, to strike the proposed language in Section 8-1.01, Subd. 2, '°When necessary, the University of Miinnesota Extension Service will be consulted in enforcing this regulation.'° and add the following language to the previous sentence, • which sentence should read as follows: "The compost must be maintained according to accepted composting practices for the residential