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MEMORANDUM To:St. Anthony Village City Council From:Stephen Grittman, City Planner Meeting Date:September 27, 2022 NAC Project No.323.02 – 22.01 BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS As the Council is aware, a committee of staff has been reviewing the City Code to address various aspects of the language, looking for updating needs, and incorporating staff experience with permitting issues, property owner questions, and code enforcement experience. In the prior round of these amendments, the Commission reviewed (and the City Council adopted) regulations related to Swimming Pools, Dumpsters, Natural Landscapes, Non-commercial Signs, and a variety of other inconsistencies that had been ongoing issues for staff. This memorandum provides a second round of updates to the table-form list of proposed City Code and Zoning Code amended language for City Council consideration. Staff noticed a public hearing for the August Planning Commission meeting to formally consider the proposed language, and make any final edits or recommendations, prior to sending the material on to City Council for consideration. That hearing was held on August 16th. The Commission passed the proposed amendments on to the City Council as explained in the accompanying table, and as written in the accompanying Ordinance. The topics covered in this version include Animals; a brief supplement to the previously approved Natural Landscapes language; extensive updates to the regulations relating to Fences; use of the Public Right of Way; and regulations relating to Bus Benches. As with the prior set of amendments, we are not expecting to address the boundaries of any zoning districts with this material. The changes have arisen from staff experience with various permitting or construction issues, and various code enforcement activities. The Planning Commission discussion passed the amendments, with discussion on two primary topics. First, the fencing language was amended to set the maximum height for rear and side-yard fences at six feet six inches, down from the previously considered change to 7 feet. This item is also addressed in the Tomas amendment request being considered as a separate item – this change is contemplated in both this set of general code updates, and the Tomas private application. The second significant discussion related to bus benches, and the treatment of the off-site advertising that supports the private placement of those benches. There was some consideration at the Planning Commission to prohibit these types of signs altogether, with the acknowledgment that the privately- provided bus benches would then be removed by the providers. Instead, the discussion suggested that 29