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COUNCIL MINUTES APRIL 28, 2003 APPROVED 861 062 Mr. Johnson stated at a development in Georgia, since this is a nationwide issue, they were able to get 863 around it by having the intention of the hangars classified as hobby, not commercial, with no 864 commercial ventures being allowed to be housed or operated from the hangar. He indicated the intent 865 of the code is for commercial properties. 866 867 Councilmember Reinert stated his opinion on overburdening the owners with this expenditure is the 868 Council does not know the reason they would be doing it. He feels they need to have an answer to 869 why greater than 2000 square feet is considered to be commercial whether it is or not. He stated the 870 owners have an issue not only with the building code, but also having to heat the hangars, and he 871 thinks they need an answer to 'why' before they can impose that requirement. 872 873 Mayor Bergeson asked what the effect of delaying to the next meeting would be. He questioned if 874 there were other commercial buildings that could be exempted in that time. Fire Chief Bennett 875 indicated there are a lot of commercial requests coming in, and he would not like to see this delayed 876 too long, but he will attempt to get an answer to the question in the next two weeks. Mayor Bergeson 877 suggested he may be able to get information on what they did in other areas also. 878 879 Councilmember Reinert moved to table SECOND READING of Ordinance No. 10-03, Adopting the 880 Minnesota State Building Code and City Fee Schedule to City Council meeting on May 12, 2003. 881 Seconded by Councilmember Dahl. Motion carried unanimously. 882 883 F. Century Farm North Residential Subdivision, Jeff Smyser 1,884 85 i. Consider First Reading of Ordinance No. 12-03, Approving Rezoning to Planned 886 Unit Development. 887 ii. Consideration of Resolution No. 03-60, Approving the Preliminary Plat and 888 MUSA Allocation for Century Farm North. 889 890 City Planner Smyser explained the project under consideration, and indicated this is the first project 891 under the new Growth Management ordinance. He reviewed the ordinance as it relates to MUSA 892 reserve and the number of units allowed per year. He stated that the Ordinance allows for 36 acres of 893 MUSA reserve to be used per year, with a +/- 20% range. He noted 27.7 acres have been allocated 894 this year prior to this project. He explained this project would be in five phases over five years, so the 895 City would be agreeing to allocate specific acreage amounts each year. Because of the MUSA 896 amounts that have already been allocated, the first year they would be using a total of 43 acres of 897 MUSA reserve, which is 19% over the yearly amount, but within the 20% flexibility range. He noted 898 they did not expect to meet the limit so quickly in the year, and advised this will reduce the amount of 899 development available down the line. 900 901 City Planner Smyser explained that the second part was the number of units allowed per year, which 902 is 147, again +/- 20%. He stated they gave 52 units to Stoney Brook, are giving 56 to Century Farms, 903 and will have 39 left for the year. He indicated as other developments are approved they will add to 904 this spreadsheet and track what has been allocated to make sure they do not exceed the allowance per 905 year. He continued to review the staff report, noting that the development has low and medium 906 density areas, and with the PUD, they have combined those to come up with a net density of 3.6 units W907 per acre rather than looking at individual areas. He advised the new zoning ordinance creates a more 08 clearly defined process for PUDs, requiring a concept plan, development (preliminary) plat, and final 19