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Mounds View Planning Commission April 17, 2013 Regular Meeting Page 2 4. Citizens Requests and Comments on Items Not on the Agenda None. 5. Planning Cases None. 6. Other Planning Activity A. City Code Amendment for Cargo Containers Planning Associate Heller informed the Commission that Commissioner Carvelli-Yu provided language suggestions, and she suggested additional language be added to the City Code Amendment per the discussion received at the last Planning Commission meeting. She stated Code now read that cargo containers were not allowed permanently within the City, no matter what changes, structural or cosmetic, had been done to the container to make it appear more like a typical accessory building. These language amendments were discussed with the Commission in detail. She questioned how this addition should be added to the Code. The Commission recommended the language be added as an extension to part A of the Code Amendment for Cargo Containers. Associate Heller commented she would make the revisions and bring this back to the Commission on May I" for approval. B. Review City Code to Promote Development & Sustainability Planning Associate Heller informed the Commission that the Council has requested the Planning Commission review the City Code in order to discuss ways the City can promote development and sustainability, particularly along the County Road 10 corridor. She stated the City Council has been working for over a year on various ways to improve the corridor, and wants to make changes to the City Code that would promote development. Associate Heller asked if the Commission had any comments on the April 1, 2013 Council work' -"""Sion. Chair Stevenson was pleased that to ;al developers and real estate agents were able fo aften i tie Worksession. Commissioner Carvelli--Yu requested further information on the PUD process and how this would affect redevelopment.