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NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS, INC. 4800 Olson Memorial Highway, Suite 202, Golden Valley, MN 55422 Telephone: 763.231 .2555 Facsimile: 763.231 .2561 planners@nacplanning.com MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Blesener and Little Canada City Council Little Canada Planning Commission FROM: Stephen Grittman DATE: October 4, 2013 RE: Little Canada — Parking and Storage on Residential Property FILE NO: 758.10 — 12.06 Background and Analysis The Planning Commission and City Council held a series of meetings earlier in the year to consider changes to the storage and parking regulations that are applicable to residential property. In the attached table and graphic, staff has identified a summary of those changes, as well as made clarifying additions to many of the categories. The intent of this material is to consider the substance of these ideas, leading to the adoption of ordinance requirements (including a table and diagram such as the attached). The Council and Commission will hold a follow -up workshop on October 10th to consider the ideas and regulations in the table and diagram, with the objective being to identify a full range of changes that would form the basis for an ordinance amendment. The table and diagram approach was devised with the hope that we would be able to consolidate all of the elements of the code in a single format that could be examined either by the type of equipment being kept, or the location a property owner may have to keep something. It is anticipated that this format, once the appropriate standards are settled upon, will be beneficial for both the City and for property owners. pc: Kathy Glanzer Steve Westerhaus Lee Elfering