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<br /> <br /> <br />Item No: 6A <br />Meeting Date: June 17, 2015 <br />Type of Business: Other Planning Activity <br /> <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> To: Planning Commission <br /> From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate <br />Item Title/Subject: Review Code Amendment to Allow Additional Materials on the <br />Exterior of Columbaria on Religious Institution Properties <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />The City Council recently adopted Ordinance 899 that allows columbaria at churches. Due to <br />the large increase in cremations rather than burials, more places are needed to store urns. <br />Mounds View does not currently have any cemeteries, and the City Code did not address <br />columbaria, so language was added to specifically allow and add some requirements for <br />columbaria. The Planning Commission did not want to allow brick on the exterior of the <br />columbaria out of concern for it not being maintained long-term. The ordinance was passed <br />with language that did not allow brick. The Mounds View church that is planning to install <br />columbaria would like to put brick on the exterior since it will be against their building, which is <br />brick, and has requested that the ordinance be amended to allow brick exteriors. Staff met <br />with the church members and were given more information and examples of how it is common <br />to use matching brick on the columbaria at churches. The City Council is supportive of making <br />an amendment to allow brick on the exteriors of columbaria. Staff has also added bronze as <br />an allowed exterior material. <br /> <br />Recommendation <br />Review Resolution 1031-15 with the proposed language for a code amendment relating to the <br />allowed materials on the exterior of columbaria. <br /> <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Heidi Heller, Planning Associate <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Attachments: <br />1. Photos of brick on columbaria (www.eickhofcolumbaria.com) <br />2. Resolution 1031-15 <br />