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Mounds View Planning Commission August 19, 2009 Regular Meeting Page 2 ____________________________________________________________________________ 4. Citizens Requests and Comments on Items Not on the Agenda None. ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. Planning Cases None. ______________________________________________________________________________ 6. Other Planning Activity A. Review Code Amendment - Accessory Building Planning Associate Heller stated staff has been working on language for the accessory building code amendment. She indicated the proposed language now has the maximum height at 18 feet. She indicated that the City Council had concerns regarding the proposed 20-foot garage height language, and staff has added additional language in Section 5 that states the structure should match or be similar to the character and style of the roof of the principal structure and have a pitch of at least 2-12. She added there is additional language in Section 4 to specify materials that are not allowed on the exterior of an accessory building. Chair Stevenson questioned the additional language in Section 5 and the implication that accessory buildings less than 250 square feet can have a flat roof. He felt this wasn’t the appropriate section to have the 250 square foot limitation. He added that he had concerns regarding the pitch specification and the problems with flat roofs in the Minnesota winter climate. He suggested moving this specification to a different section of the code. Planning Associate Heller suggested moving the language regarding the pitch of the roof into Section 3. Commissioner Walsh-Kaczmarek questioned language in Section 4g regarding canvas and why it is repeated in materials not allowed, and then would be allowed for green houses. Commissioner Cramblit stated the intent of the green house specification is that other materials are typically used for them. Planning Associate Heller suggested removing the word “on” in the sentence “except for on green houses.” Chair Stevenson stated that by removing the reference to green houses, it implies the city doesn’t allow them. In building a green house, you typically use other materials.