Minutes - Planning Commission - 02/05/2009

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Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Nixt, Commissioners Levine, Hunt, and Rogers. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioners Brauer, Cleveland, and Van Scoy. NOTE CITY COUNCIL MINUTES The following Council minutes were noted: 1) City Council regular meeting minutes dated November 25,2008 2) City Council regular meeting minutes dated December 9, 2008 3) City Council regular meeting minutes dated January 13,2009 PUBLIC HEARINGS/COMMISSION BUSINESS Case #1: Public Hearing - Consider Amendment to City Code Chapter 9.03 (Administration) Related to Enforcement of Conditional and Interim Use Permits; Case of City of Ramsey Chairperson Nixt closed the regular portion of the Planning Commission meeting at 7:03 p.m. in order to call the public hearing to order. Public Hearine: Chairperson Nixt called the public hearing to order at 7:03 p.m. Presentation Associate Planner Gladhill stated City Code currently states that the only recourse for violation of a conditional or interim use permit is to revoke the permit; recent discussions have suggested that suspension of the permit for a specified period of time may be a more appropriate solution rather than requiring the applicant to go through the permit process again. He presented the proposed amendment to Chapter 9.03.05, subd. 9, which outlines the procedure for suspension of conditional use permits and stated the property owner is given 30 days in which to submit a written response to the possible violation, followed by a public hearing conducted by the City Council. He explained at that time, the City Council can choose to suspend or continue the permit as is. He noted that this provision is restated in Section 9.03.06 for interim use permits and would follow the same procedure as conditional use permits. Commissioner Brauer arrived at 7:05 p.m. Citizen Input None. Motion by Chairperson Nixt, seconded by Commissioner Rogers, to close the public hearing. Planning CommissionlFebruary 5, 2009 Page 2 of 10