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Planning Consultant Lindahl added that the design more so than the size will be part of the site <br />plan and after the design is reviewed it can be processed as a Conditional Use if necessary. <br />Chairperson Levine directed staff to better clarify the definition of a creative sign before bringing <br />the design framework forward. <br />Discussion ensued regarding street frontage and bike traffic. <br />Motion by Commissioner Brauer, seconded by Commissioner Schiller, to close the public <br />hearing. <br />Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Levine, Commissioners Brauer, Schiller, Bauer, <br />Dunaway, and Van Scoy. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioner Field. <br />Chairperson Levine closed the public hearing at 8:47 p.m. <br />Commission Business <br />Discussion ensued regarding gas stations in the COR. Commissioners had mixed views on how <br />a gas station fits in the COR. Commissioners asked for clarification how these uses would be <br />provided access and be oriented along the street. <br />Senior Planner Gladhill stated that Commissioners can make a recommendation; however, access <br />will be reviewed through the site plan process. <br />Motion by Commissioner Van Scoy, seconded by Commissioner Schiller to recommend that the <br />City Council adopt the ordinance amending City Code Section 117 -118 entitled The COR, <br />inclusive of the design framework with gas stations as a Conditional Use, TC -1 being changed to <br />COR 1 and #9 should be #10. <br />Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Levine, Commissioners Van Scoy, Schiller, and <br />Bauer. Voting No: Commissioners Brauer and Dunaway. Absent: Commissioner Field. <br />Case #3: Discussion of Pending Zoning Code Amendments <br />Presentation <br />Senior Planner Gladhill presented the Staff Report. <br />Consensus of the Commissioners was to focus on the priorities and what was required by the <br />Metropolitan Council to implement the Comprehensive Plan. <br />Planning Consultant Tina Goodroad introduced herself and provided some background <br />information on pending zoning code amendments. <br />Case #2: Discuss 2030 Comprehensive Plan Assumptions Related to Pending Updates <br />to the City's Comprehensive Sanitary Sewer and Water Plans <br />Planning Commission /February 2, 2012 <br />Page 3 of 4 <br />