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Item No: 7E Meeting Date: August 26, 2002 Type of Business: CB WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; CA: Consent Agenda; CB: Council Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor & City Council From: Jim Atkinson, Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing, First Reading and Introduction of Ordinance 701, an Ordinance Amending Section 1106.04 Subd. 6(b) of the Mounds View Zoning Code Pertaining to Accessory Structures Date of Report: August 19, 2002 Background Earlier this year, the Planning Commission recommended approval of an amendment to the maximum square footage requirements for accessory structures. Based on the Planning Commission recommendation, the City Council approved the amendment on March 25, 2002, increasing the maximum area allowed for accessory structures from 1,400 to 1,800 square feet. Since Council approval, however, an inconsistency was discovered with a similar provision in a different Section of the Zoning Code. Proposed Ordinance 701 (included with this report) would merely remove the inconsistency while not changing the intent of Ordinance 693 already approved by the City Council. Discussion The City Code, Section 1106.04, Subd. 6(b) currently reads as follows: The combined square footage of all accessory buildings on one (1) lot cannot exceed one thousand four hundred (1,400) square feet. Staff recommends that this Section be changed to: The combined square footage of all accessory buildings on one (1) lot cannot exceed one thousand eight hundred (1,800) square feet. Changing the maximum square footage allowed to 1,800 in this Section would be consistent with Section 1106.03, Subd. 1(a), which was approved by the Council on March 25, 2002. This ordinance would not change the intent of what was approved earlier this year, it would merely make the Zoning Code consistent in its regulation of accessory structures.