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<br />Item No: 8 <br />Meeting Date: July 17, 2000 <br />Type of Business: Worksession <br /> <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor & City Council <br />From: James Ericson, Planner <br />Item Title/Subject: Review of Proposed Ordinance 658 Regarding <br />Fences and Fence Heights and Ordinance 664 <br />Regarding Accessory Buildings. <br />Date of Report: July 11, 2000 <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />These two ordinances, Ordinance 658 and Ordinance 664, are being put before the <br />City Council for your information and to determine if any issues exist regarding the <br />content or construction of either. <br /> <br />The Planning Commission has reviewed and discussed proposed changes to Ordinance <br />664 at great length over the course of four meetings. Ordinance 658 will be brought <br />before the Commission for the first time on July 19, 2000, at which time staff <br />anticipates a recommendation of adoption for 658 as well as 664. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />Ordinance 658 grew out of a desire to allow for some flexibility regarding the height of <br />fences in front yards. As the Council may recall, this was discussed relative to two <br />planning cases: the Messiah Lutheran Church expansion and the Brunes’ fence <br />variance request on Groveland Road. (With regard to the Messiah case, the Council <br />required that an 8-foot tall fence be located in the front yard of Messiah between its <br />proposed parking lot and the adjoining residential property to the east.) <br /> <br />While the changes contemplated by Ordinance 658 are minimal, the consequence is <br />that the Council may require or allow a fence up to eight feet tall in a front yard to <br />satisfy buffer, screening or privacy issues. <br /> <br />Ordinance 664 was drafted in response to the large number of conditional use permits <br />being reviewed and granted for oversized sheds and garages. The Council directed <br />staff to work with the Planning Commission to arrive at a code revision that would be <br />more flexible and permissive for the residents, as long as certain predetermined <br />conditions were met. The changes contemplated by Ordinance 664 are numerous, <br />the most substantial of which are as follows. <br /> <br />• All property owners are allotted 1,400 square feet of accessory building space <br />subject to the 20% maximum rear yard coverage ratio. <br /> <br />• All properties are allowed a 952 square foot garage, regardless of footprint of <br />home.