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MOUNDS VIEW <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />Item No: 7B <br />Meeting Date: May 1, 2013 <br />Type of Business: Other Planning Activity <br />To: Planning Commission <br />From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate <br />Item Title/Subject: Proposed Code Amendment for Accessory Buildings - Cargo <br />Containers <br />Discussion: <br />At the January 2, 2013 Planning Commission meeting, the Commission agreed with staff that <br />shipping containers are not appropriate as a permanent use in residential districts, but felt that <br />there are situations where these, or other types of portable storage containers (such as PODS), <br />could be allowed temporarily. The Commission supported allowing the containers for short <br />periods of time, but not for permanent use, and also recommends not allowing the existing cargo <br />containers in the City to remain as non -conforming. Staff reviewed this code amendment with the <br />City Council at the March 4, 2013 Worksession, and the Council is supportive of moving forward <br />with this amendment. <br />1 The Planning Commission has continued to review the proposed language, and Staff has now put <br />together the final language in a resolution for the Planning Commission to take action on. Once <br />the resolution is approved by the Planning Commission, Staff will then put the amendments into <br />ordinance format and take it to the City Council for a public hearing and two readings. <br />Recommendation: <br />Review Resolution 978-13, and recommend changes, or take action to approve the resolution <br />which would then be forwarded to the City Council in ordinance format. <br />Respectfully submitted. <br />/r <br />Heidi Heller <br />Planning Associate <br />Attachments: <br />1. Resolution 978-13 <br />