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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes March 12, 2024 Page 2 2 III. CONSENT AGENDA. 3 4 A. Approval of February 26, 2024 City Council Meeting Minutes. 5 B. License and Permits 6 C. Claims. 8 Motion by Councilmember Stephens, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve the 9 Consent Agenda items. 10 11 Motion carried 5-0. 12 13 IV. PUBLIC HEARING — NONE. 14 15 V. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF. 16 17 A. Ordinance 2024-01 — Amending the St. Anthony City Code, by Amending Sections of the 18 City Code Relating to Nuisance, Signnage, Permitting, Performance Standards and Land Use. 19 20 City Planner Grittman reviewed the ordinance before Council this evening is a series of proposed 21 code amendments for first reading. These have been generated primarily through a review of the 22 existing City Code in preparation for the upcoming recodification through American Legal. Most 23 of these are believed to be clerical, but some policy issues are raised. The code sections are 24 summarized to assist in the Council's discussion and review. 25 26 This is the first of three readings of the proposed ordinance. Council is asked to comment on any 27 elements of the language and move the ordinance to its second reading. 28 29 Mr. Grittman stated the Planning Commission considered the proposed elements of the 30 Ordinance at a public hearing during its regular meeting on February 20, 2024. They discussed 31 the various sections and noted that there was no one from the public to comment on the 32 amendments. Their discussion included comments in the staff report noting potential policy or 33 technical issues for review. 34 35 The primary discussion related to the hours during which additional noise regulations were to be 36 enforced (Section 1). The current ordinance has a variety of start and/or end times for a night- 37 time quiet period. The draft ordinance proposed consolidating those times, regardless of noise 38 source. The Commission's discussion (and recommendation) altered the draft ordinance to retain 39 the current 10:00 p.m. deadline for music -related sound, and also to retain the current distinction 40 between weekday and weekend morning quiet times (retaining the current 9:00 a.m. rather than 41 modify it). The changes and/or discussion notes are added to the draft ordinance and highlighted 42 for ease of interpretation. 43 44 There were a few other clerical changes that were recommended, but which did not involve 45 substantive language. The Planning Commission unanimously passed a recommendation to send