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Mounds View Planning Commission Regular Meeting July 24, 2013 Page 2 Ayes — 5 Nays — 0 Motion carried. 5. Citizens Requests and Comments on Items Not on the Agenda None. 6. Planning Cases None. 6. Other Planning Activity A. Renewable Energy Code Amendment Planning Associate Heller explained the Planning Commission has been reviewing the Zoning Code in regards to renewable energy system installations. The systems include solar energy, geothermal systems and wind energy conversion. Staff was recommending that this portion of City Code be updated to help promote renewable energy systems and not hinder or make it difficult for a property owner to install a system. Associate Heller reviewed the revised Ordinance language in detail, which included the three renewable energy systems and recommended Commission discuss and approve the new Chapter for City Code. MOTION/SECOND: Commissioner Carvelli-Yu/Commissioner Schiltgen. To approve Resolution 986-13, a Resolution Recommending a New Chapter to City Code, Chapter 1128 regarding Renewable Energy. Ayes — 5 Nays — 0 Motion carried. B. County Road 10 Corridor Discussion Planning Associate Heller stated the County Road 10 corridor was the Council's priority this year and the Planning Commission has been asked to review the Zoning Code in order to better promote and accommodate development along County Road 10. She indicated the focus of the Commission has been on creating a PUD Corridor Overlay District and reducing the acreage size requirements for the projects on the corridor. Signage requirements to only allow shorter monument style signs in the overlay district were discussed. She suggested that since the Commission liked the idea of monument signs, they should consider amending the sign code so it would affect all properties, rather than just redevelopment sites. She reviewed the proposed language for a PUD overlay district in further detail with the Commission.