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Motion by Commissioner Van Scoy, seconded by Commissioner Bauer, to amend the City Code <br />draft for Section 117-356 accepting Alternative D, which is to include language within <br />Alternative C for an incentive program. <br />Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Levine, Cuiiiiirissioners Van Scoy, Bauer, Brauer, <br />Field, Perez, and Schiller. Voting No: None. Absent: None. <br />Commissioner Schiller questioned if the City should be limiting the size of a parking lot. <br />Planning Consultant Goodroad stated there may be only a few days a year that Target or other big <br />box parking lot was full. The other 360+ days in the year, the current requirements were <br />adequate. <br />Commissioner Brauer explained that City Staff would work with future applicants to meet their <br />parking needs. <br />Chairperson Levine agreed stating City Staff would make a good common sense decision on <br />parking lot size based on future needs. <br />Motion by Commissioner Schiller, seconded by Commissioner Van Scoy, to amend the City <br />Code draft for Section 117-356 eliminating the parking lot maximum language from the Code. <br />Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Levine, Commissioners Schiller, Van Scoy, Bauer, <br />Brauer, Field, and Perez. Voting No: None. Absent: None. <br />Planning Consultant Goodroad reviewed the proposed amendments to Section 117.363 regarding <br />the Commercial and Industrial Landscaping Requirements. She noted the amendments would <br />consolidate all landscaping requirements into one landscaping section, while assuring the <br />landscaping was properly maintained after the two-year threshold. Staff requested comment <br />from the Commission. <br />Commissioner Schiller questioned if landscaping could be completely removed and replaced <br />with the new language. <br />Associate Planner/Environmental Coordinator Anderson stated this would be allowed through <br />City approval, as there were a few prohibitive species. He called attention to Line 54, which <br />addressed credit for keeping existing trees. He then discussed soil moisture sensors. <br />Senior Planner Gladhill questioned the expense of a soil moisture sensor. <br />Associate Planner/Environmental Coordinator Anderson did not have an exact expense, but <br />noted other cities had begun incentive piugianis for the use of these devices. He explained that <br />in the long run, the property owner would see savings through reduced water usage. He <br />Planning Commission/September 6, 2012 <br />Page 15 of 18 <br />