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i. Motion to: Authorizing the Acceptance of the 2024 MN DPS Firearms Storage Grant <br /> <br />5. PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT <br />No report was presented. <br />6. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT <br />A. Consider 1st Reading of Ordinance No. 04-24, Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment- <br />Sacred Communities and Micro-Unit Dwellings <br />City Planner Katie Larsen presented to the Council the first reading of a proposed zoning <br />ordinance text amendment related to sacred communities and micro-unit dwellings. <br />Minnesota Statue 327.30 requires that cities allow religious institutions to site micro <br />units on religious property. Staff recommends a conditional use permit be required for <br />sacred communities and micro units as an accessory to public, educational, and religious <br />uses. <br />Planner Larsen advised that a Public Hearing was conducted at the Planning & Zoning <br />Board on April 10, 2024. Public comments included concerns that religious institutions <br />do not pay taxes and there will be an increased burden on City services. The Board <br />voted 6-0 in favor of the proposed ordinance amendment. <br />i. Motion to: Dispense with Full reading of Ordinance 04-24 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />RESULT: CARRIED [UNANIMOUS] <br />MOVER: Lyden <br />SECONDER: Cavegn <br />AYES: Lyden, Ruhland, Stoesz, Cavegn, Rafferty <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />RESULT: CARRIED [UNANIMOUS] <br />MOVER: Lyden <br />SECONDER: Cavegn <br />AYES: Lyden, Ruhland, Stoesz, Cavegn, Rafferty <br />71 of 99