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I I ! I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ADOPT Background: CASE ORDINANCE TO AMEND CITY CODE SECTION 9.11.02 (ACCESSORY USES) By: Zoning Administrator Sylvia Frolik Over the past 6 months, City Staff, the Planning Commission and the City Council have been attempting to reach some agreement to proposed amendments to Section 9.11.02 (Accessory Uses) of the Ramsey City Code. Finally in May, the City Council appointed a subcommittee of councilmembers and directed them to work with a subcommittee of Planning Commissioners to resolve areas of conflicting opinions relating to: a) whether or not road right-of-way should be considered when determining lot sizes; b) the appropriate amount of acreage that should be required in order to construct metal accessory structures; c) how to deal with those property owners in so-called 2.5 acre plats that do not have 2.5 acres, the current lot size threshold for having metal accessory structures; and c) the number of unlicensed vehicles that should be allowed for outside storage on a property. For information only, the Council subcommittee consisted of Mayor Gilbertson, Councilmembers Hardin and Zimmerman and the Planning Commission subcommittee consisted of Chairperson Bawden and Commissioners Hendriksen and Deemer. Mr. Hendriksen was not present at the workshop so there was a group of 5 present to review the proposed amendments to Section 9.11.02. Observations: The subcommittee met on June 29 and below is a list of the resulting proposed amendments to Section 9.11.02: 1) By a unanimous consensus, the definition of 'accessory building' was amended to clarify that attached garages are considered accessory buildings and that the primary accessory building would be the attached garage or in the absence thereof, the initial detached garage constructed on a property. 2) By a unanimous consensus, a def'mition for 'Personal Services' was added to City Code. Some of our business districts list 'Personal Services' as a permitted use. Code currently does not have a def'mition for 'Personal Services'. By a unanimous consensus, language was added to prohibit the showing for sale of more than one vehicle on property not zoned for motor vehicle sales. 4) By a unanimous consensus, Subdivision 3 of 9.11.02 was amended so that the location of accessory buildings so as not to prohibit orderly resubdivision of the property becomes the responsibility of the property owner rather than the Building Official. 5) By a unanimous consensus, it was clarified that the maximum accessory building height regulations apply to detached accessory buildings. 6) By a unanimous consensus, references to lot sizes were converted from in terms of acres to in terms of square feet for accuracy purposes. 7) By a unanimous consensus, a performance standard was added to require that the initial garage constructed on a property served by city sewer and water must be attached to the dwelling.