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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes December 17, 2024 Page 3 6.1 Others as identified. 2 3 Monitor Emerging Planning Issues and Address as Needed. 4 5 Mr. Grittman reviewed the Emerging Issues on the radar for 2025 along with Time Frame for 6 each. 7 8 Commissioner Anderson stated the housing goals seem reasonable and she would like to see 9 where that goes. It is not a one-size-fits-all solution. City Planner Grittman stated that will be 10 monitored closely and the Planning Commission will be updated accordingly. 11 12 Chair Socha referred to parking regulations for business and residential and how the trends are 13 changing. She asked Mr. Grittman for an update on what the regulations are currently. Mr. 14 Grittman stated the parking requirements were reviewed a few years ago and the attempt was 15 to tune them to research that was done. Some changes were made in the multi-family 16 residential and commercial areas. For residential the parking requirement is based on a per 17 bedroom basis rather than unit count. The general standard is 1.1 parking spaces per bedroom. 18 Staff will prepare a discussion in the future. 19 20 Commissioner Anderson asked if there are requirements for parking in shade. Mr. Grittman 21 stated the code does not have requirements for green space in parking. There are impervious 22 standards but no standard for the amount of green space. The amount of surface parking for 23 multi-family units has been limited. 24 25 Commissioner Anderson noted Mr. Grittman stated that compared to other cities in the area, 26 St. Anthony has a larger percentage of rental housing and asked if that includes multi-family 27 housing or single-family houses for rent. Mr. Grittman stated multi-family housing. There is a 28 modest percentage of single-family homes for rent in St. Anthony. Commissioner Anderson 29 referred to the lighting ordinances and asked if they relates to dark sky regulations. Mr. 30 Grittman stated we don’t have any standards in the code that limit the amount of lighting that 31 is produced that can spill over onto other properties. 32 33 Chair Socha asked how many new planning commissioners will be joining the Commission in 34 January and Mr. Grittman stated there are two. They will receive some training and a refresher 35 for the entire Commission. Ms. Morello stated they will be presented the structure of the City 36 and how things work. Commissioner Anderson suggested the Met Council be reviewed also. 37 38 Chair Socha asked about a grant received for transportation work. Ms. Morello stated they 39 applied for a grant, but they have not heard the result. If the grant is given, a Committee will 40 be formed to handle and a representative of the Planning Commission will serve on that 41 Committee. 42 43 VI.COMMUNITY FORUM - NONE. 44 45 No one appeared to address the Planning Commission. 46