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Item No: 6A <br />Meeting Date: August 19, 2009 <br />Type of Business: Action <br />Administrator Review: ______ <br /> <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> <br /> <br />To: Mounds View Planning Commission <br />From: Ken Roberts, Community Development Director <br />Item Title/Subject: Proposed Code Amendment - Accessory Buildings <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />Community Development staff has been making a list of code amendments that the City <br />should make. This report is an update on one of the proposed code amendments <br />(Accessory Buildings). <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />On July 27, 2009, the City Council considered the first reading of six different ordinances for <br />amendments to the City Code. The Council gave four of the proposed ordinances first <br />reading and delayed taking action on the other two – Ordinance 828 (about accessory <br />structures) and Ordinance 832 (about day care centers in institutional buildings). The <br />Council asked staff to research further the issues and concerns related to the two ordinances <br />that they did not act on. <br /> <br />On August 3, 2009, the City Council again discussed Ordinance 828 (Accessory Buildings) <br />during their work session. The Council commented that they want to ensure that the roofs <br />on accessory buildings be in character with or similar to the roof of the principal structure, <br />that the City not allow flat roofs and that 20 feet was too tall for such buildings. <br /> <br />On August 5, 2009, the Planning Commission again discussed the proposed Ordinance 828 <br />about accessory buildings. The commission agreed that requiring at least a 2-12 pitch on <br />the roofs of accessory buildings was a good idea and that the City should set the maximum <br />height for these structures at 18 feet. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />I have updated the proposed code language based on the most recent comments of the City <br />Council and Planning Commission. This includes setting a maximum height for accessory <br />buildings at 18 feet, that an accessory building shall not exceed the height of the principal <br />structure, that the roof have a pitch or slope and that the roof match or be similar to the <br />character and style of the roof of the principal structure. <br /> <br />In addition to the suggestions of the City Council and the Planning Commission, I added <br />language to 1106.03, Subd.1 g. about the exterior materials of accessory buildings. This <br />additional wording should strengthen and clarify the exterior design requirements for such <br />structures.