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DATE: January 5, 2011 PC Agenda Item 3.0 TO: Planning Commission FROM: Meagan Beekman, City Planner SUBJECT: Planning Case #11 -003 This application requires a PUBLIC HEARING Applicant: Mounds View Public Schools Property Location: 1900 Lake Valentine Road Request: Zoning Code Amendment and Conditional Use Permit (CUP) Amendment Requested Action �N HILLS MEMORANDUM Mounds View Public Schools is requesting a Zoning Code amendment and CUP amendment to allow a 1,787 square foot ticket sales and storage building near the existing football field on the Mounds View High School campus. Background Mounds View High School currently operates under a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) that was approved in 1978. Any modification to the original CUP requires a CUP amendment. The original CUP has been amended from time to time as the school and campus have expanded over the years. At present, the School District is requesting an amendment to the existing CUP to allow for the construction of a 1,787 square foot accessory structure, which would be used for ticket sales during sporting events at the football field, and for storage of athletic equipment. The structure would be located near the existing football field. Mounds View High School is located in the R -1 zoning district, which permits schools as a conditional use; however, any additions to the campus, or amendments to the original CUP, must still meet the requirements of the underlying zoning. The existing Zoning Code limits accessory structures within residentially zoned districts to 728 square feet with administrative review, or up to 1,458 square feet through a site plan review. In order to allow a 1,787 square foot structure, the applicants are also requesting an amendment to the Zoning Code, which would allow non- City of Arden Hills Planning Commission Meeting for January 5, 2011 Page 1 of 7