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MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION JULY 12, 2007 Motion seconded by Duray. Motion carried 6 - 0. Knudsen recommended approval of the Rezoning of the 125 feet of property being purchased by The House from Marcel and Elaine Zoch from General Business (B-3) to Industrial-Park (I-P). Motion seconded by Duray. Motion carried 6 - 0. INTERIM The City Clerk reported that the Public Works Department has requested USE an Interim Use Permit allowing the storage of wood chips on its Public PERMIT - Works Garage site located at 3100 Country Drive. The wood chips are 3100 generated when Public Works chips tree himming debris. The chips COUNTRY are then available to Little Canada residents at no charge. The Clerk DRIVE - indicated that the wood chip pile disappears quickly. PUBLIC WORKS Duray recommended approval of the Interim Use Permit allowing the GARAGE storage of wood chips on the Public Works Garage Site located at 3100 Counh•y Drive. Motion seconded by Pechmann. Motion carried 6 - 0. DYNAMIC Knudsen pointed out that at the last Planning Commission meeting the AND City Planner presented a comprehensive review of the Minnetonka ELECTRONIC ordinance relative to dynamic and electronic signs. The Planner has SIGNS now submitted a report dated July 6, 2007 outlining his recommendation for amending the City's Sign Ordinance to address this new media as well as ensure that the City's Ordinance is content neutral. The City Planner reported that the first five pages of his report summarize the issues, the next two pages relate to sign language changes, and the last section is the entire Sign Ordinance with specific changes highlighted. The Planner presented the background on this issue which resulted in the City's enacting a moratorium in order to have time to study the issue. As part of the sign ordinance study, the Planner indicated that the City is trying to accomplish two things. The first is to address dynamic and electronic signage, and the second is to ensure that the City's regulations are content neutral. The Planner noted that after the moratorium was put in place, the -5-