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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes February 20, 2024 Page 3 1 2 Chair Socha requested the Commission go through each section individually. 3 4 Section 1 - Commissioner Anderson asked if 9:00 p.m. during the summer is correct given the 5 sun has not set. Commissioner Morita stated the facility at Central Park it seems early to have 6 to end activities at 9:00 p.m. Chair Socha stated 9:00 p.m. seems earlier that it needs to be and 7 it seems restrictive. There is a difference between power equipment and social activities. 8 Commissioner Hark stated she does not believe the Code says it needs to be shut down by 9 9:00 p.m. only if a complaint is filed. Commissioner Morita stated it runs a risk for neighbors 10 that don’t get along. Chair Socha asked if the public nuisance needed to affect more than one 11 neighbor. Mr. Grittman stated a public nuisance needs to affect the public generally. Chair 12 Socha suggested changing V1d to 10:00 p.m. There was a consensus of the Commission to 13 amend to 10:00 p.m. There was a discussion as to whether to change V1f. Mr. Grittman stated 14 “f” is a redundancy. Chair Socha requested Mr. Grittman research the status of “f” and update 15 Council on this change. Chair Socha referred to V2a and suggested it be made consistent. 16 Commissioner Morita stated he prefers the difference between weekdays and 17 weekends/holidays. Commissioner Hark stated 9:00 a.m. on weekends is appropriate. There 18 was not a consensus on this item. Chair Socha suggested 8:00 a.m. on the weekends. The 19 consensus is to leave this item as proposed. 20 21 Section 2 – Commissioner Anderson asked what a “B” property is. Mr. Grittman stated they 22 are now called “C” properties as there are no longer “B” properties in the City. 23 24 Section 3 – Chair Socha stated the added (a) provides the definition. 25 26 Section 4 – Chair Socha suggested adding “same or similar” to the list of undomesticated 27 animals. Commissioner Anderson noted squirrels can do a lot of damage. Commissioner 28 Anderson questioned harboring vs. feeding. Is this clear enough for Code enforcement. Mr. 29 Grittman stated feeding is covered in another section. 30 31 Section 5 – Section 5 is making it the responsibility of the owner and landlord of the property. 32 33 Section 6 – Same as Section 6. 34 35 Section 7 – No comments. 36 37 Section 8 – Chair Socha asked what is considered an abandoned sign. Mr. Grittman stated it is 38 defined in the sign section and read the definition. Chair Anderson asked about the cost of 39 removing a sign and Mr. Grittman stated the time involved for removal of the sign and any 40 disposal cost. Chair Socha asked if City Council action is needed and Mr. Grittman stated it is 41 needed in this case. 42 43 Section 9 – Student Liaison asked if the front yard included the side yards. Garbage cans are 44 allowed in the side yards without screening. 45 46 Section 10 – There were no comments or questions from the Commission.