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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes July 19, 2005 Page 6 1 to be confined and fenced if they serve alcohol. 2 3 Commissioner Jensen clarified that the parking would be shared by all businesses. Mr. Tucci 4 confirmed stating that the Liquor Store, H &R Block, the Cell Phone Company and Jersey 5 Mike's would all share in the parking. He stated that the biggest seating shift would typically be 6 in the evenings and reviewed with the Commission. 7 8 8.4 Variance to Allow Balcony Grills—Silver Lake Homes 9 10 Ms. Moore-Sykes stated that the applicant has requested a Concept Review of their proposal to 11 install gas grills on balconies of their multi-family units. She stated that the gas would be 12 plumbed to the balcony area for the gas grills and they plan to install sprinklers over the grills. 13 She stated that Staff has received calls about the likelihood of installing gas-fired grills on the 14 balconies of the townhomes that are being constructed by Len Pratt and Hunt &Associates. She 15 stated that the townhomes are wood framed and would have the gas plumbed to the gas-fired 16 grills and the builder is also proposing to install sprinkler heads over the gas-fired grills. She 17 reviewed City Code noting that the State Fire Code apparently does make some allowances for 18 electric or gas-fired grills provided that they are wired or plumbed to the building's electric or 19 gas supply. She referenced the information sheet included in the agenda packet stating that it 20 does acknowledge that many cities do prohibit this practice by ordinance, as does the City of St. 21 Anthony. 22 23 Ben Charles,Pratt and Hunt Associates, clarified that the development being discussed is the 24 Village Condos. He stated that there would be 256 units total with 64 units per building. He 25 stated that the current plan is for all units to have balconies with very specific designs that would 26 allow them to have gas grills on the balconies. He explained that the gas grills would be 27 mounted 18-inches from walls adding that the natural gas would be five feet from the building 28 and would include the installation of a special sprinkler system. He stated that other Cities have 29 permitted the gas grills based on these specifications and conditions. He explained that the 30 reason they are seeking a variance is because future residents of the condos have expressed a 31 keen interest in having the grills. He noted that the Property Management Group is also in favor 32 and have outlined very specific conditions within the contracts that would be strictly enforced. 33 34 Commissioner Jenson asked for further clarification on how the fire protection works; what 35 activates the sprinkler system and once it is triggered,how is the fire extinguished. He also 36 asked how the system would be reset and useable again, and do they have it wired so that 37 residents would not be able to bypass the sprinkler system. Mr. Charles stated that it is his 38 understanding that the sprinkler systems would operate in a similar fashion as the indoor 39 sprinkler systems. He stated that the system would be set to trigger at 165-degrees adding that 40 beyond that he would have to do further research and provide the Commission with an update. 41 42 Chair Stromgren asked what kind of sprinkler system would be installed. Mr. Charles stated that 43 he is not prepared to answer that question, as he has not had an opportunity to review the letter of 44 recommendations from the Fire Chief. Chair Stromgren advised Mr. Charles to be prepared to 45 answer this question next month.