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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes <br />May 16, 2023 <br />Page 5 <br />1 Commissioner Erickson stated the houses that are older only have one car garages. He <br />2 appreciates Mr. Grittman’s comment that it is desirable to have two car indoor storage. If <br />3 redevelopment is being done a one car garage should be allowable. Mr. Grittman stated an <br />4 administrative exemption could be used in this case. The exemption would be for properties <br />5 with less than a two car garage could be replaced with a one car garage. Commissioner <br />6 Erickson stated that would make sense. <br />7 <br />8 Commissioner Hendrickson stated she would be comfortable reducing the requirement to a <br />9 one car garage. Much of her neighborhood also has one car garages. <br />10 <br />11 Commissioner Morita stated if he had the space he would have a two car garage but this need <br />12 not be regulated. <br />13 <br />14 Chair Socha stated there are many fairly small lots in St. Anthony. Homeowners, within <br />15 reason, should be able to decide how to use their space. <br />16 <br />17 Commissioner Morita stated just because someone has a two car garage does not mean two <br />18 vehicles are parked in the garage. <br />19 <br />20 Commissioner Hendrickson stated she would prefer to change the Code to one car garage with <br />21 redevelopment. <br />22 <br />23 Chair Socha requested Mr. Grittman make that modification. <br />24 <br />25 Chair Socha requested Mr. Grittman give an explanation of the difference between driveway <br />26 and parking pad. Parking pads are built to accommodate more than one vehicle and the Code <br />27 allows for other things to be parked on the parking pad. <br />28 <br />29 Commissioner Morita asked if Mr. Gutzman’s parking pad would be grandfathered in and Mr. <br />30 Grittman stated it would be. The Code Enforcement officials would be familiar with the <br />31 properties within the City. <br />32 <br />33 Commissioner Hendrickson asked if only Section A could be amended. She would not want to <br />34 see a number of RV’s parked in someone’s yard. <br />35 <br />36 Chair Socha stated she has concerns that residents have been using the pad for parking. If we <br />37 could allow any number of passenger vehicles and limit the number of larger vehicles and <br />38 RV’s. <br />39 <br />40 Commissioner Kuykendall referred to the diagram and feels there should be a limit to “D” <br />41 rather than “B” as to what will be stored to the side of the house. It seems inconsistent to have <br />42 “D” treated differently. <br />43 <br />44 Commissioner Erickson asked if an existing parking pad that can fit three vehicles is <br />45 grandfathered in and if someone built a new house with a parking pad that fit two vehicles