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ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION February 5, 201411 City Planner Streff indicated that he had not closely reviewed other sign ordinances for this planning case. He explained the request before the Commission this evening was for the six (6) properties owned by Transwestern. Commissioner Jones asked if the base of the sign was considered part of the sign. City Planner Streff discussed the differences between the sign copy area versus the total sign area. Commissioner Hames high number of sign standard adjustment requests. She supported the proposed sign standard adjustment. Vice Chair ThompsonCommissioner Bartel and agreed. Commissioner Holewa moved and Commissioner Hames seconded a motion to recommend approval of Planning Case 14-006 for a Sign Standard Adjustment under the Site Plan Review Process at 3725, 3728, 3750, 3757 and 3768 Dunlap Street North and 1230 Grey Fox Road based on the findings of fact and the submitted plans, as amended by the six (6) conditions in the February 5, 2014, report to the Planning Commission. The motion carried unanimously (5-0). D.Planning Case 14-008; Conditional Use Permit Yard Waste & Source Separated Organics Collection; 1761 Lake Johanna Boulevard Public Hearing Associate Planner Bachler stated the St. Paul-Ramsey County Public Health Department has requested a Conditional Use Permit to operate a Source Separated Organics (SSO) collection area at the existing yard waste collection site located at 1761 Lake Johanna Boulevard in Tony Schmidt Regional Park. Associate Planner Bachler explained that through an agreement with Ramsey County, the City first began collecting grass clippings, leaves, and garden waste at Tony Schmidt Regional Park in 1984. The County Public Health Department took over management of the site in 1990. In 2004, the County Board approved the expansion of collection services to include trees and shrubs. The composting of the yard waste is completed off-site and finished compost is made available to County residents each spring. Trees and shrubs are chipped at the collection area and a small amount of the mulch is left on site for use by residents. In 2013, there were slightly more than 50,000 visits to the Arden Hills collection site and a total of 43,400 cubic yards of yard waste was composted. Associate Planner Bachler reported the Ramsey County Solid Waste Master Plan will require all municipalities to provide residential Source Separated Organics (SSO) collection by 2016. SSO includes all food waste and non-recyclable paper. In 2013, the Ramsey County Board authorized adding SSO drop-off collection areas at the seven Ramsey County yard waste sites, including the Arden Hills site. These County managed sites will act as a bridge until residential curbside organics collection becomes viable. Collection of SSO at the site would begin in the spring of 2014, if approved.