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• Mounds View Planning Commission Page 3 September 11, 1996 side, rear = 20 feet if abutting residential districts = 10 feet if abutting non-residential districts (increase from five feet) In I-1 front = 30 feet (decrease from 40 feet) side, rear =20 feet if abutting residential districts = 10 feet if abutting non-residential districts (increase from five feet) • establishing a minimum lot size for non-residential uses in residential districts The current Code allows for a number of non-residential uses in the residential districts with approval of a conditional use permit. There is no specific minimum lot size for these uses, however, and therefore the minimum lot size for the district in general is used. Staff is recommending that a minimum lot size of at least one acre be established. A survey of the existing churches in Mounds View shows the smallest site in use is 1.5 acres. An alternative way of dealing with this issue is to set a maximum for the amount of impervious coverage on a site (building and paving). • • clarifying the provision regarding front yard setbacks in the R-1 and R-2 district where the existing setbacks in the same block differ from the minimum required The current Code requires that the required setback be adjusted if existing residences in the same block are at a different distance than the minimum setback. The present language makes this provision difficult to administer. Staff is suggesting that it be clarified that we are to use the residences for the entire block on the same side of the street, and that the minimum distance for any one residence be used as the minimum required. Otherwise, if an"average" is used, the question must be asked why the new structure must •- - •. • •• . - • -. - . • - • - • - s • - in the same block. See Section 2, item a. at the top of Page 2, in the attached ordinance. • prohibiting accessory buildings in front of principal building • clarifying placement of accessory buildings in side yards which abut streets The current Code would allow an accessory building to be placed in the front yard, or on corner lots, in both the front and side yard to within five feet of the property line. Our practice, however, is to prohibit accessory buildings between the principal building and the front property line. We also require accessory buildings to use the same setback • requirement as the principal building when a side yard abuts a street.