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• Mounds View Planning Commission August 7, 1996 • Regular Meeting Page 15 when the applicant wants occupancy of the building, the items are not completed, the City would decide if it would allow security to be posted and occupancy permits to be issued, or require that the improvements be completed. Right now the City requires that the applicant put up security before construction is started, when the usual practice is to construct private improvements along with construction of the building. There are occasions when improvements such as landscaping cannot be completed until the next growing season because of weather. In these situations, security could be required for installation of the landscaping and an occupancy permit issued. For public improvements such as sidewalks, curb and gutter, streets, etc., development contracts and security are needed and no • change is proposed in this requirement. She expressed that development contracts are not needed for proposals such as oversized garages. Resolution No. 470-96 talks about making these minor items exempt because no other improvements are involved. It was requested by the Planning Commission that Resolution No. 470-96 be amended to state that the Planning Commission recommend and the City Council grant waivers when such contracts are not needed to fulfill the requirements of the ordinance, rather than exempt certain situations. The Planning •Commission discussed that there are some cases when the construction of an oversized garage involves removal of other structures and then a development contract and security is needed. Motion/Second: Miller/Brasaemle to table the consideration of Resolution No. 470-96 • regarding Ordinance No. 588 amending the development contract language of chapter