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5) Religious institutions and related activities - <br />Mr. Gordon stated that the current trend for religious institutions often includes many other <br />programs such as child care, private schools, community outreach, etc. Does the City include <br />these related activities in a conditional use permit issued to a church, even though these same <br />uses are not listed as eligible conditional uses in the residential districts? This means that a day <br />care or a private school, for instance, could fall under the umbrella of a conditional use permit <br />issued to a church; but the same conditional use would not be available to a non -religious entity. <br />Councilmember Hendriksen stated that the City should not be extending preferential treatment to <br />religious institutions. <br />Staff was directed to research State statutes and law related to churches and their related <br />activities. <br />6) Additional R-1 District Conditional Use Permit list items include cemeteries - <br />Consensus was to include cemeteries as a conditional use in the R-1 District. <br />7) Addition of permitted essential services to all zoning districts — <br />Consensus was that the code amendments should include essential services as a permitted use, <br />but that there should also be some language included that requires proper maintenance of the <br />facilities and equipment. <br />8) Addition of conditional essential services — <br />Consensus was that essential services such as electrical substations, above grade gas valve <br />junctions and their related buildings, and high voltage transmission lines, should be listed as <br />conditional uses. <br />9) Fences for new developments adjacent to arterial roads — <br />Mr. Gordon suggested, and councilmembers and commissioners agreed, that the issue of <br />requiring developers of property adjacent to arterial roads to install a screening fence adjacent to <br />the arterial would be more appropriately discussed during the review of the subdivision design <br />standards section of City Code. <br />10) Ground cover — <br />Mr. Gordon noted that there is language proposed in each residential district requiring ground <br />cover for all residential developments to be sod, seed, natural ground cover, or native grasses. <br />A discussion ensued regarding whether or not allowable ground cover should include <br />wildflowers, prairie grasses, etc. <br />Chapter 9 Committee/March 21, 2002 <br />Page 3 of 5 <br />