Planning Commission Resolution 474-96

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. MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 474-96 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING TO THE MOUNDS VIEW CITY COUNCIL ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 590, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MOUNDS VIEW ZONING CODE, TITLE 1100, SECTIONS 1102.01, 1104.01, 1104.02, 1106.04, 1107.05, 1109.04, 1110.04, 1121.09, 1121.11, and 1123.02; PLANNING CASE NO. SP-008- 96. WHEREAS, residential districts allow for certain non-residential uses such as schools, day care centers, community centers, churches, and nursing homes as conditional uses, and additional buffering is needed between the parking lots associated with these uses and adjacent residential uses; and, WHEREAS, the Mounds View Planning Commission has reviewed the request of Danny D. Moon for an amendment to the Mounds View Zoning Code to require a setback of fifteen feet for parking lots for churches and commercial uses, where such parking lots abut property in a residential district; and, . WHEREAS, in reviewing this request, the Planning Commission has concluded that setbacks of twenty feet, for parking lots on sites of2.5 acres or less, and thirty feet, for parking lots on sites of more than 2.5 acres, where such parking lots serve non-residential uses and abut property in a residential district, is advisable to allow sufficient landscaping and buffering between residential properties and non-residential uses; and, WHEREAS, in reviewing this request, the Planning Commission has identified additional changes needed in the Zoning Code including establishing a minimum lot size for non-residential uses in residential districts, clarifying when and how front setbacks for new residences in the R-l and R-2 districts shall be adjusted based on the setbacks of existing residences in the same block, clarifying and establishing setback requirements for accessory buildings, clarifying setback requirements from "second fronts" on through lots, increasing parking lot setbacks from streets for multiple family residential, commercial and industrial uses, and adding cross-references; and, WHEREAS, with the adoption of increased setbacks for parking lots abutting residential properties, it is advisable to address the continued use of existing parking lots which do not conform to the revised setback requirements, and the ability to repair and resurface them; and, WHEREAS, the Planning Commission recommends provision be made for existing parking lots which would not meet the new setback requirements to be treated as legal non- conforming uses. .