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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2002 • Page 8 1 Hall indicated that city staff recently reviewed the code and believe the definitions of 2 accessory building and garage is ambiguous to the definition of floor area ratio. For 3 clarity's sake, the City Attorney's office recommends amending the City Ordinance as 4 follows: 5 • (Redefine the term) Garage: An accessory building or portion of a principal 6 building which is principally used for the storage of motor vehicles owned by 7 occupants of the principal building. 8 • (Redefine the term) Accessory Building: A separate building or structure or a 9 portion of a principal building or structure used for accessory uses. 10 • (Add to/Amend) Floor Area Ratio: The garage is not included in determining the 11 floor area ratio as it is considered an accessory building. 12 13 Hall added that, in addition to the above, the City may want to restrict the gross floor area 14 of a garage cannot exceed 1000 square feet. Also, the City may want to add the garage 15 cannot be bigger than the principal structure. 16 17 Motion by Chair Melsha, second by Vice Chair Stille, to recommend approval of the 18 Ordinance change based on the following reasons: 19 0 The current Ordinance is ambiguous with respect to the definitions of garage and 20 accessory building. • The proposed change clarifies the ambiguity, as well as maintaining the spirit of 16 the floor area ratio in the first place. 23 24 Motion carried unanimously. 25 26 2.1 City of St Anthony,Amend City Ordinance Section 1400.10, subd. 5(2) regulating 27 the placement of ground signs. 28 Chair Melsha opened the public hearing at 9:07 p.m. 29 30 Hall indicated that there has been some confusion,particularly on the staff level, about 31 where the 15 feet is counted from (public street, property line)with ground signs. She 32 continued that the bottom line is, and the biggest reason for the amendment, is the sign 33 cannot be placed in an easement. The City intentionally did not use property line because 34 in some circumstances the property line was in the middle of the street and would likely 35 cause more confusion. 36 37 Hall stated that staff recommends, for clarification purposes, the approval of the 38 amendment to the City Ordinance in relation to the placement of ground signs. 39 40 Chair Melsha closed the public hearing at 9:10 p.m. 41 42 Motion by Commissioner Thomas, second by Chair Melsha, to amend the City Ordinance Section 1400.10, subdivision 5(2) regulating the placement of ground signs to 46 read: Signs must be located at least 15 feet from the curb line of any public street and 45 cannot be placed within any street right-of-way, nor governmental easement. 46 47 Motion carried unanimously.