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<br /> <br /> <br />Item No: 6B <br />Meeting Date: December 19, 2014 <br />Type of Business: Other Planning Activity <br /> <br /> <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Planning Commission <br />From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate <br />Item Title/Subject: Code Amendments for Renewable Energy Systems <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />In 2013, Ordinance 883 was passed which created completely new requirements in the <br />City Code about renewable energy systems. There were several areas throughout the <br />code that referred to solar and wind turbines, and not all of them were changed in <br />Ordinance 883. Solar energy and wind generator systems are still listed as conditional <br />uses in all the business zoning districts, and geothermal systems aren’t listed at all. The <br />new ordinance changed solar energy systems and geothermal energy systems to be an <br />allowed use in all zoning districts, and wind turbine systems are a conditional use only in <br />industrial districts. <br /> <br />Staff is proposing Resolution 1019-14 which makes the suggested changes to the <br />residential and business zoning districts so it is consistent with the new renewable energy <br />requirements in Chapter 1128. <br /> <br />Recommendation <br /> <br />Review and discuss the attached resolution with proposed changes to the Zoning Code. <br /> <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Heidi Heller, Planning Associate <br /> <br /> <br />Attachments: <br />1. Resolution 1019-14 <br />