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Item No: 5 <br />Meeting Date: January 21, 2004 <br />Type of Business: Discussion <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Mounds View Planning Commission <br />From: James Ericson, Community Development Director <br />Item Title/Subject: Review and Discuss Issues Associated with <br />Commercial Tents and Membrane Structures <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />In response to the discussion and recommendations of the Planning Commission from the <br />meeting on January 7, 2004, staff is bringing this issue back for additional consideration <br />regarding proposed conditions associated with temporary structures in commercial districts. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />At the meeting on January 7, 2004, the Planning Commission reviewed the City Code, Fire <br />code and Building Code; it reviewed Mounds View’s parking requirements as well as <br />requirements from other communities and considered design and location issues. The <br />Commission was presented with a number of options, which included the following: <br /> <br />1. Should temporary tents and membrane structures be allowed in commercial use <br />districts? <br /> <br />2. If so, should they be allowed by right? Should they require a permit? <br /> <br />3. Should such a structure be allowed only with an Interim Use Permit (IUP) or a Conditional <br />Use Permit (CUP)? <br /> <br />The Planning Commission felt that such structures could be allowed under certain <br />circumstances such as with an IUP or CUP. In this case, an IUP would seem more <br />appropriate since, as the title implies, the approval would be for a specific period of time; as <br />opposed to a CUP which would run with the land forever until formally revoked or terminated. <br /> An Interim Use Permit, like a CUP, may have conditions attached to it. The Planning <br />Commission agreed that the following conditions would be suitable: <br /> <br />a. The tent or membrane structure would need to comply with all provisions of the <br />Fire Code and receive an annual permit issued by the Fire Marshal. <br /> <br />b. Adequate parking to accommodate the occupancy would need to be provided at a <br />ratio of one parking space per 40 feet of tent area. (The City Council may waive <br />the parking requirement if it is shown the site has sufficient existing parking <br />capacity.) <br /> <br />c. The structure may not be located in or on a parking lot displacing parking stalls <br />unless it is shown an adequate amount of parking remained. <br /> <br />d. A Zoning Permit would be required annually.