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Hugo City Council Minutes for December 7, 2009 Page 4 of 10 Approve Interim Use, Special Events, and Peddlers and Transient Merchants Ordinance The City of Hugo formed an Ordinance Review Committee (ORC) to update several areas of the City's Municipal Code. There are members of the Planning Commission and City Council on the ORC. Most recently they have been reviewing revisions to the Transient Merchants and Peddlers Ordinance and creating the Special Event Permit and Interim Use Permit Ordinance. At its November 12, 2009 meeting, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on the ordinances. There was no one present at the meeting to speak at the public hearing. The Planning Commission agreed with the Ordinance Review Committee on the ordinances. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved ORDINANCE 2009-435 AMENDING CHAPTER 90, ARTICLE II, TO ADD SECTION 90-37.1 INTERIM USE PERMITS and ORDINANCE 2009-436 AMENDING CHAPTER 58 PEDDLERS, SOLICITORS AND TRANSIENT MERCHANTS, ARTICLES I AND II, TO AMEND SECTIONS 58-1 to 58-6 and 58-31 to 58-41and ORDINANCE 2009-437 AMENDING CHAPTER 90, ARTICLE II, TO ADD SECTION 90- 37.2 SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS. Approve Grant Application to Homeland Security and Emergency Management for Purchase and Installation of Eight Tornado Sirens Councilmember Haas removed this item from the Consent Agenda. Former Administrative Intern Shelly Clasen had been working with Fire Chief Jim Compton for the preparation of the grant application to the Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) Department, which provides grants for the purchase and installation of tornado warning sirens. A grant application has been prepared with the assistance of HSEM Coordinator Jennifer Nelson to provide grant dollars to communities to assist them in upgrading their emergency management. Councilmember Haas talked about the map showing the location of the sirens and noted the map was not intended to show exact placement of the sirens. Hass made motion, Weidt seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION 2009 - 41 AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF SUB -GRANT AGREEMENT WITH HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. All Ayes. Motion carried. Approve Revised City Ordinance on Fire Prevention/Open Burning Councilmember Haas removed this item from the Consent Agenda. The City's current policy requires applicants to complete an application, which must be submitted to the Hugo Fire Department. A fire department official will then make a site visit and determination on whether or not the property owner can conduct a burn. The City currently does not require permits to be obtained for burns when there is three or more inches of snow cover as per DNR's regulations. The proposed ordinance requires permits for all fires including fires when there is more than a continuous three inches of snow on the ground; however in this case, there would be no fee or inspection required. Also included in the proposed ordinance is a fee schedule for the cost of responding to illegal fires. This item was tabled at the November 16, 2009 meeting and staff was directed to make revisions and bring it back to Council for final approval with the non - substantive changes. Councilmember Haas suggested minor wording changes and including a