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City of St. Anthony Planning Commission Meeting Minutes February 15, 2000 • Page 4 1 around the tenant's specific needs. Additionally, the Company would build a show space of ap- 2 proximately 2,000-4,000 square feet. 3 Bergstrom felt it was in the City's best interest to view the plans of Hillcrest Development in the 4 context of the entire property. Mr. Tankenoff responded that he believed that, at this point, the 5 New Market property should be considered ancillary and should support the final outcome of the 6 Apache property. In other words, Mr. Tankenoff stated that he would consider other options 7 with the New Market property once more of a concept is developed for the Apache property. 8 Bergstrom thanked Mr. Tankenoff for his interest, updates and input for the Apache property. 9 B. Lot Coverage Report; Commissioner Tillmann and Staff. 10 Tillmann directed the Commission's attention to her report entitled "Proposal to Change the Lot 11 Coverage Ordinances." By way of background, Tillmann explained that the purpose behind 12 changing the lot coverage ordinances was so that the Commission was not forced to review crite- 13 ria on a case-by-base basis. This is reinforced by the fact that last fall, the Commission heard 14 two similar variance requests. Both were requests for variances from the lot coverage maximum 15 and both properties in question had undersized lots. In addition, both properties were above the 40 maximum 35% lot coverage limit. 17 Tillmann continued by stating that the.Commission is likely to have similar requests in the future 18 and, rather than reviewing each request separately, develop a criteria that can be applied consis- 19 tently. This would allow for the improvement of homes in St. Anthony without adversely affect- 20 ing the storm water control efforts. The goal of the ordinance change would be to reduce the 21 number of variance requests to only those that represent extraordinary circumstances. 22 Tillmann stated that there are two components of the lot coverage limit. One is the maximum . 23 percentage of coverage allowed(currently 35%). The other is the definition of impervious sur- 24 face or what is counted in calculating the lot coverage. Currently, any surface or structure is 25 counted. 26 Tillmann's report offered two options: 27 1) Clarify the "impervious surface" definition to more clearly state that it includes all 28 surfaces and structures (including decks); and increase the lot coverage maximum for lots that 29 are below the current requirements of 75 feet in width and 9,000 square feet in area to 40%. The 30 advantage of this option is simplicity. 31 2) Change the "impervious surface" definition to exclude decks (and possibly patios)that 32 meet certain requirements, and leave the lot coverage maximum at 35%. The advantage of this option is that it more closely follows the intent of the lot coverage limit to reduce storm water *4 runoff by excluding surfaces that do not affect runoff. 35 Management Assistant Kim Moore-Sykes stated that she has spoken with Todd Hubmer of WSB