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Code Amendments Staff Report Page 2 • Flammable liquids in Industrial districts (Chapter 1116.02) – the Planning Commission began talking about this matter last year. Currently, the City allows the storage of flammable liquids in industrial districts as a conditional use (above ground storage or over 25,000 gallons below ground). This discussion began after a business contacted the city because they wanted to have a 1,000-gallon tank of propane. City staff thought it was unnecessary for them to go through the CUP process for that size tank but as the code reads, any amount of above ground storage requires a CUP. The Planning Commission came to a consensus to change the code to require conditional use permits only for a combined total amount of 800 gallons or more of flammable liquid. • Address 36 inch or less satellite dish antennas (Chapter 1103.18) – the city code currently addresses satellite dishes, but it was written before the small three foot diameter dishes became common. These small dishes must face south without any obstructions which has caused residents to install them anywhere in their yards, including close to the street. The Planning Commission did not want to regulate them very much, but felt that they should not be installed in the right-of-way, on easements or in wetlands. • Daycare centers in churches (Chapter 1106.04 Subd.1) – every church in Mounds View except for Bethlehem Baptist (PUD) is zoned R-1 (churches are allowed as a conditional use in R-1 districts), and at least one of the churches operates a daycare center. The city code allows licensed daycare facilities in R-1 districts as a permitted use but only if there are 12 or fewer persons, otherwise larger daycare centers are only allowed in R-2 or higher districts. The church daycare centers probably have more than 12 children in them, but they do not appear to cause problems for the neighborhoods. Staff recommends adding language to the R-1 zoning district to allow daycare centers to operate in public or semi-public buildings (churches, schools or community centers) as a conditional use. Due to the long length of some of the amendments, staff requests that the City Council see the attached ordinances to review the proposed language changes. The changes are indicated by deleting the stricken language and adding the underlined text. The Planning Commission reviewed and discussed all of these code amendments and recommended approval on June 17, 2009 and July 1, 2009.