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and utility easement on the common boundary of the two lots as they currently are configured needs to be vacated. Council introduced the proposed ordinance to vacate the drainage and utility easements on April 13, 1999. That ordinance is now eligible for formal adoption. Motion by Councilmember Hendriksen and seconded by Councilmember Anderson to adopt Ordinance #99-04 to vacate certain drainage and utility easements in Gateway North Industrial Park Plat 4. A roll call vote was performed by the Deputy City Clerk. Councilmember Anderson aye Councilmember Zimmerman aye Councilmember Hendriksen aye Mayor Gamec aye Motion carried. Case #11: Adopt Ordinance to Amend Sections 9.02 and 9.11.02 of the Ramsey City Code Regarding Accessory Buildings Zoning Administrator Frolik reported that as per the Planning Commission's direction, City staff has drafted an ordinance to amend City Code to eliminate the single building size restriction on accessory buildings. She observed that the total amount of garage and accessory building space allowed on a parcel is not proposed to change with the amendment. However, the current code does not establish an amount of garage space allowed on lots less than 10,800 square feet (the current minimum lot size). With some of the new policies being written into the Comprehensive Plan and the potential increase in the use of Planned Unit Development tools in the future, staff established another line item in the accessory building square footage allotment table for lots less than 10,800 square feet in size. Eliminating the single building size restriction raises the concern that a property owner could use up all of their square footage allotment in one garage or outbuilding that would not be proportionate to the home or parcel size. To alleviate this concern, staff included language that when garages and outbuildings are developed on a parcel, at least 400 square feet of the allotment must be reserved for the primary garage and that no primary garage can exceed 1,000 square feet or 30% of the main floor area of the home. The term private garage was changed to primary garage and the definition affirms that primary garages are considered accessory buildings and shall not be considered a part of the home for home occupation purposes. The current table in City Code was expanded upon to include performance standards as well as the square footage allotments to simplify this section. In order to merge the performance standards into the allotment table and keep the table as simple as possible, it was necessary to extend the soffit, fascia, eave overhang requirement to parcels up to 5.59 acres in size versus the current 5.0 acres. The Council introduced the proposed ordinance on April 13, and it is now eligible for formal adoption. City Council/April 27, 1999 Page 16 of 25