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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes ZO August 20, 2002 Page 5 1 setbacks, height, maximum garage square footages, to regulate building size. Lot 2 coverage of 25-35% and building height of 25-30 feet are common among the cities 3 surveyed. Some cities surveyed have gone through a similar dialogue as St. Anthony.,_.. 4 Hall explained that generally, it was found that most cities limit the size of accessory 5 buildings and garages in some way. 6 7 Chair Melsha thanked Ms. Hall for her work to research these issues. He noted that St. 8 Anthony does not limit the size of detached accessory buildings except by setback and 9 FAR. 10 11 Thomas asked if the Council received a recommendation from Dahlgren Shardlow Uha.n 12 (DSU). 13 14 Hoska stated the Council wanted to go from the DSU ideas and asked the Planning 15 Commission to review staff research information so an informed recommendation could A 16 be made. He advised that the Mayor also mentioned the information provided by the 17 League of Minnesota Cities. Hoska thank , -i"Hall for her work as well. 18 19 Hall reviewed how she conducted thiesear h an stated she can do additional research 20 if so directed. 21 22 Chair Melsha stated it seems then, i4tssues to address: 1) does FAR need to be 23 adjusted; and, 2) should St. Antho =have a design review board. He suggested the 24 Planning Commission corn..��: a re endation on whether the proposed ordinance 25 should be amended an d n e erest to research whether a design review board 26 should be formed in tub; air Melsha suggested the issue of the design review 27 board not delay the re the ordinance. 28 29 Vice Chair Stille concurs ._ .end suggested that a subcommittee be established to address 30 the issues related to a desi review board. He noted the amendment to the ordinance is 31 due to the ambiguity in the way the current ordinance is written. He stated he does not 32 know if the FAR is right but it at least corrects the issue of the ordinance not being clear. 33 Vice Chair Stille noted he and Hanson have been on the Planning Commission for four 34 years and this is the first time this issue has been raised. 35 36 Chair Melsha agreed this is not an epidemic and the Planning Commission needs to keep 37 the focus on the issue. 38 39 Vice Chair Stille stated he supports recommending the Council move forward with the 40 third reading. 41 42 Chair Melsha stated garages of up to 1,000 square feet are now going to be excluded in 43 the FAR whether attached or detached. If over that size, it would be included in the FAR 44 calculation. 45 46 Tillman noted that the FAR will limit the amount of second-story space and commented 47 on the impact to the floor area ratio.