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Mounds View Planning Commission October 2, 1996 • Regular Meeting Page 11 the Moons, who are the applicants in this case, that with a sixty-day extension of the rule, a decision is needed from the Planning Commission regarding their recommendation either at this meeting or the next meeting on October 9th so that this item can get to City Council in time to still stay within the 120 days time limit. Ms. Sheldon suggested that they look at the proposed ordinance page by page to point out what is in the basic ordinance and what additional things are in the longer ordinance and if the Planning Commission could provide her with feedback as they go along. She commented that if the Planning Commission felt comfortable, they could vote this evening or bring it back to the Planning Commission at the October 9 meeting. • At this time the Director Sheldon and the Planning Commission discussed extensively the proposed Ordinance No. 590 relating to setbacks for parking lots, driveways, and principal and accessory building; minimum lot area for non-residential uses listed as conditional use in residential district; and continued use of nonconforming parking lots for non-residential conditional uses in residential districts. Director Sheldon started off by indicating that in our current ordinance in the section on setbacks, the chart shown in the proposed resolution is also in our current ordinance, but it is not clear whether it applies to just principle buildings or all types of buildings and in later sections of the Code, specific references are made to accessory buildings. Director Sheldon explained that in the longer version of the resolution she is trying to define what a principle building is and then have a chart S which lists the setbacks that apply to principal buildings. The sections that follow state