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Mounds View Planning Commission March 7, 2007 <br />Regular Meeting Page 10 <br />________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />A discussion among the Commissioners ensued on the criteria and specification for the <br />ordinance. <br /> <br />Chair Stevenson stated this is a good start and indicated it could be changed as needed. <br /> <br />Planning Associate Heller explained ordinances are not perfect. She stated one thing this <br />ordinance would do is create a tree inventory requirement. She stated often times a developer <br />would submit a site plan, but this would enforce a tree by tree evaluation. She indicated a <br />developer could possibly be given a credit towards the landscaping requirements for each tree <br />saved. <br /> <br />Commissioner Walsh-Kaczmarek asked if this would apply to developments or people looking at <br />redoing their yards. <br /> <br />Planning Associate Heller replied this is for development. She stated there might be individual <br />cases where a homeowner wanted to remove all the trees in their yard to redo it for whatever <br />reason. <br /> <br />Planning Associate Heller asked everyone to let her know if there are more comments as this is <br />still a work in progress. <br /> <br /> B. Review proposed Health & Beauty Services definition <br /> <br />Community Development Director Ericson stated this request was presented by a business owner <br />who would like to do some alternative wellness at Mounds View Square. He stated this was <br />brought to the City Council and they asked that the applicant define more clearly what she is <br />looking to do, look at the code and broaden what this encompasses. <br /> <br />Director Ericson stated a whole range of alternative wellness uses are becoming more popular. <br />He stated the applicant would like to provide healing touch and aromatherapy. He stated the <br />resolution is to amend the code to define what health and beauty should include with respect to <br />this particular business. He stated the resolution would expand the scope of health and beauty <br />service definition in the code. Director Ericson stated it would include such things as hair salons, <br />fingernail salons, nutrition and diet centers, meditation and yoga clinics, spa treatments and <br />alternative wellness services such as aromatherapy, acupuncture and hypnosis, excluding <br />therapeutic massage or other businesses otherwise defined or regulated by the code. <br /> <br />Commissioner Walsh-Kaczmarek stated the hot rock massage might call it alternative wellness <br />or therapeutic massage, so perhaps it should go into one area or another. <br /> <br />Director Ericson stated the differentiation is if the hands are touching the body. He stated this is <br />new ground for many cities. He indicated the League of Minnesota Cities has no information <br />and many communities have nothing in their codes. He asked the Commissioners for any <br />recommendations they have, or if they are happy with how the draft resolution is written, it could <br />be approved and passed on to City Council.