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Item No: 6B <br />Meeting Date: January 18, 2012 <br />Type of Business: Action <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> <br />To: Mounds View Planning Commission <br />From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate <br />Item Title/Subject: Proposed Code Amendment – Chapter 1121.09 <br /> <br /> <br />Introduction: <br />After the discussion about driveways and parking areas in July, the Planning Commission <br />approved an addition into the zoning code regarding accessing parking areas that are <br />separate from the driveway. Staff has revisited the language, and reworded and expanded <br />on it. Staff has prepared a new resolution for the Commission to review and take action on. <br /> <br /> <br />Discussion: <br />Staff requests that the Planning Commission review the updated language. The change is <br />indicated in the resolution by deleting the stricken language and adding the underlined text. <br /> <br />Previously approved language: If any parking area detached from the driveway is <br />utilized for frequently used vehicles, it shall be serviced by an improved driveway that <br />connects to, and is accessed only by, the primary driveway. <br /> <br />Updated language suggestion: All areas used regularly for the parking of a vehicle or <br />vehicles shall be serviced by an improved driveway adjoining to the property’s primary <br />driveway. Access to separate parking areas shall be achieved only from the property’s <br />approved curb cut opening at the street. Regularly accessing parking areas by other means <br />or locations shall be prohibited. <br /> <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br />The Planning Commission should review the updated zoning code amendment and <br />recommend changes or act on attached Resolution 956-12. <br /> <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> Heidi Heller <br />Planning Associate <br /> <br />