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Mounds View Planning Commission August 19, 2009 Regular Meeting Page 3 ____________________________________________________________________________ Commissioner Lang stated the purpose of the section is to not allow those specific things, and then at the end, the exception of the greenhouse is tagged on. He added this section made sense to him. Chair Stevenson stated the exception for green houses was originally put in to the code to eliminate the building of these temporary carports. Commissioner Miller questioned subdivision 12 and that it goes right into building height. Planning Associate Heller stated this is referring to all buildings and how the height is measured. MOTION/SECOND: Commissioner Miller/Commissioner Cramblit. Resolution 909-09 An ordinance amending Chapters 1102, 1104 and 1006 of the Mounds View Zoning Code about the Definition of Building Height and About Various Code Provisions about Accessory Buildings including Height, Required Accessory Building Separation Distance, Materials and Exterior Design as amended. Ayes – 6 Nays – 0 Motion carried. B. Review Code Amendment – Day care centers in public and semi-public buildings Planning Associate Heller stated that when the Planning Commission originally amended the city code to allow day care centers as a conditional use in the public and semi-public buildings such as churches, we didn’t take into account that churches already require a conditional use permit to be in an R-1 zoning district. When this was presented to the City Council, they felt the daycare center shouldn’t have to get a conditional use permit when the building use already had one, so staff changed the language to address this. She added staff felt that it would probably not be a problem if an adult daycare program operated in one of these public buildings also, so staff added adult daycare to the zoning code definitions and included it as an allowed accessory use. Commissioner Miller questioned the minimum lot size stated in the city code. Planning Associate Heller stated all language in black is the current language and when the primary building use was going through the conditional use process, the requirements are addressed at that time. Many of the requirements for daycare centers are similar to the public or semi-public building requirements, such as lot size, setbacks, parking, traffic flow and accessibility. Commissioner Miller questioned the adult day care language and wondered if there couldn’t be care for adults in their own home. Planning Associate Heller indicated the new adult day care language does not apply to that because home care is a smaller scale operation that the city does not regulate.