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• ITEM #9 • PLANNING COMMISSION MEMO To: Mounds View Planning Commission From: Pamela Sheldon, Community Development Director ; Subject: Request for Ordinance Revision Re: Parking Lot Setbacks Date: August 21, 1996 Mr. Dan Moon, 6929 Pleasant View Drive, has submitted a letter requesting that the Zoning Code be amended to require a fifteen foot setback for parking lots from property lines where a church proposal abuts residential uses. It is staff's understanding that this request was prompted by his concern about the parking lot proposed for the New Apostolic Church at 3025 County Road H. Mr. Moon's property is directly north of the proposed church site. The current ordinance requirement is five feet regardless of the type of development or the adjacent uses. • Any person owning real estate within the City is allowed to initiate a request to amend the Zoning Code (Section 1125.01 Subd. 2). A change in the setback requirement for parking lots would affect the site plan for the New Apostolic Church. Given the current placement and shape of the building, and the requirement for 35 foot setbacks from streets, it appears that achieving a fifteen foot setback would be difficult. Staff has not had an opportunity to study in detail how such a setback could be achieved, but our initial response is that it could require moving the parking so it is between the building and County Road H. It may not be possible to meet this setback requirement without reducing the size of the building, or changing its shape. Staff has consulted with the City Attorney's office as to whether a request for an ordinance change, if passed, could be applied to an application which has been submitted and is under review. Jim Thompson, who is acting as City Attorney while Bob Long is on vacation, has explained that an ordinance amendment could be applied, if the City Council elected to put in place a moratorium and then passed the ordinance amendment prior to considering the application. If the Planning Commission wishes to pursue this idea, the Commission would need to forward a recommendation to City Council that a moratorium be declared on the development of nonresidential uses subject to a conditional use permit in residential zone districts, other than • model homes and accessory buildings and structures, in order to consider an ordinance amendment regarding parking lot setbacks between such uses and residential uses. A resolution