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Mounds View City Council July 22, 2013 Regular Meeting Page 3 1 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Mueller. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 8130, a 2 Resolution to Approve an On -Sale Temporary Liquor License for the Mounds View Festival in 3 the Park Committee to Allow Maxx's Bar and Grill to Serve Liquor During the August 17, 2013, 4 Mounds View Festival in the Park contingent upon the receipt of a satisfactory criminal 5 background check. 6 7 Ayes — 5 Nays — 0 Motion carried. 8 9 C. Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance 879, Amending the Zoning Code 10 to Add Requirements for Cargo Containers. 11 12 Planning Associate Heller requested the Council consider the second reading and adoption of an 13 Ordinance that would amend the zoning code to add requirements for cargo containers. She 14 indicated cargo containers are not allowed to be used as sheds or as storage units on residential 15 City lots. There was one home in the City with a cargo container being used for storage and the 16 City Attorney advised this use not be grandfathered in. 17 18 Council Member Hull questioned why the property owner could not be grandfathered in. City 19 Attorney Riggs stated it was not good practice to single out one residential property. He stated 20 the City would be ignoring an illegal use if the cargo container were allowed to remain. He 21 recommended the Council proceed with the Ordinance to create uniformity throughout the City. 22 It was noted the best alternative would be to have an interim use permit put in place for a 23 specified time period. 24 25 Mayor Flaherty did not want to see too much of a hardship placed on the homeowner. He wanted 26 to be assured the homeowner had an adequate amount of time to dispose of the container in the 27 next six months. 28 29 Council Member Mueller stated there was a regulation within the Code Enforcement portion of 30 the Zoning Code that allowed a homeowner the opportunity to apply for a low interest loan that 31 can be used to assist in bringing their property up to code. 32 33 Council Member Hull asked how an interim use permit would work. City Attorney Riggs stated 34 the term or length of the permit could be determined by the Council. He stated this type of 35 permit would only perpetuate an illegal use in the City of Mounds View and could perhaps 36 increase the number of illegal uses. 37 38 Mayor Flaherty stated the existing code did not state a cargo container was not allowed. For this 39 reason, the homeowner purchased the cargo container and has been using it for storage ever 40 since. He asked how this should have been interpreted by the homeowner. City Attorney Riggs 41 commented in general, anything not listed within City Code was not a permitted use. He 42 recommended the Council not allow cargo containers to be used in residential areas. 43 44 Mayor Flaherty questioned how much time the homeowner would have to remove the cargo 45 container. Planning Associate Heller indicated the homeowner would have six months to remove