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MOurmS VfE-V <br />of Mounds View Staff <br />To: <br />From: <br />Item Title/Subject: <br />Item No: 613 <br />Meeting Date: December 19, 2014 <br />Type of Business: Other Planning Activity <br />Planning Commission <br />Heidi Heller, Planning Associate <br />Code Amendments for Renewable Energy Systems <br />In 2013, Ordinance 883 was passed which created completely new requirements in the <br />City Code about renewable energy systems. There were several areas throughout the <br />code that referred to solar and wind turbines, and not all of them were changed in <br />Ordinance 883. Solar energy and wind generator systems are still listed as conditional <br />uses in all the business zoning districts, and geothermal systems aren't listed at all. The <br />new ordinance changed solar energy systems and geothermal energy systems to be an <br />allowed use in all zoning districts, and wind turbine systems are a conditional use only in <br />industrial districts. <br />Staff is proposing Resolution 1019-14 which makes the suggested changes to the <br />residential and business zoning districts so it is consistent with the new renewable energy <br />requirements in Chapter 1128. <br />Recommendation <br />Review and discuss the attached resolution with proposed changes to the Zoning Code. <br />Sincerely, <br />Heidi Heller, Planning Associate <br />Attachments: <br />1. Resolution 1019-14 <br />