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<br />. Councilmember Anderson requested that wild flowers be included under required ground cover. <br />She also requested that the following language be added in Section 9.20.12 R-2 Residential <br />District, Subdivision I: "All new properties created through the subdivision process, located <br />within the 2020 MUSA shall be serviced by sanitary sewer and municipal water." <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Motion by Councilmember Kurak, seconded by Councilmember Anderson, to introduce an <br />ordinance amending the text and zoning map for the low, medium, and high density residential <br />districts, and the text for the Planned Unit Development district contained in Chapter 9 (Zoning <br />and Subdivision of Land) of City Code, adding language with regard to the R-2 and R-3 zoning <br />that the Council may require additional parking spaces on an as needed basis with language <br />being presented at the time of adoption, and the additional language recommended by <br />Councilmember Anderson. <br /> <br />Further discussion: Councilmember Hendriksen inquired if it was true that staff endeavored to <br />not take away anything in the Code in terms of expectations of the freedoms people enjoy in the <br />rural area. He questioned if the proposed Code accommodates what people are used to seeing. <br />Mr. Gordon replied that they have not changed the standards in the rural areas. Councilmember <br />Hendriksen stated that Subdivision 6.a.l. states that surfaces of parking stalls, aisles, and access <br />driveways shall be constructed with blacktop or concrete, but he recalled that there was some <br />latitude in the existing Code that allowed for gravel surfaces etc. Mr. Gordon replied that in the <br />current Code there is not a specific call out in the R-IR zoning. Councilmember Hendriksen <br />stated that the language would seem to prohibit a building with a driveway made of gravel. <br />Principal Planner Trudgeon noted that under Subdivision 4 it does state that in the rural area <br />bituminous, concrete or class V is acceptable. Councilmember Hendriksen stated that if they <br />were to move the MUS A line to include a 40-acre parcel and the property owner wanted to build <br />a building in the back of his property he could only do so if it was bituminous or concrete. City <br />Attorney Goodrich stated that the requirement Councilmember Hendriksen was referring to only <br />refers to access driveways, not internal driveways serving private purposes. Councilmember <br />Hendriksen inquired as to what happens if they move the MUSA line. Mr. Gordon replied that <br />the table assumes that they are looking at the 2020 MUSA for the land. Councilmember <br />Hendriksen stated that the City has moved the MUSA line at least once in the last two months <br />and there have been instances where large acreages have been asked to be placed within the <br />MUS A. Mr. Gordon replied that he would look at it as a use that existed prior to the movement <br />of the MUSA Line. Councilmember Hendriksen asked if after the MUSA line was moved and <br />the property owner wanted to construct a barn at the back of his property, would he have to <br />construct a l-Yz inch bituminous drive to the barn. Mr. Gordon replied no. <br /> <br />Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Kurak, and Anderson. Voting <br />No: Councilmember Hendriksen, and Zimmerman. <br /> <br />Councilmember Zimmerman stated that he felt that the present Code is well accepted and <br />working so if it is not broke then why fix it. <br /> <br />City CounciVMay 28, 2002 <br />Page 8 of 25 <br />