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Minutes of Special Council Meeting October 11, 1983 Page Five Mulcahy move d. seconded by McAllister, that Council approve the "height" and lIopennessll variance, permitting an 8' high solid fen ce , as requested. Motion carried (Mulcahy, Christiansen, Hicks voting in favor of the motion; McAllister and Woodburn voting in opp osi ti on) . (3-2) Ordinance No. 229, Adopting By Reference the Uniform Fire Code - Final Readinf! Council was referred to draft of Ordinance No. 229 and to letters . from Miller (10-4-83) Miller reported that the ordinance draft incorporates his recommended districts in which storage of flammable or combustible liquida and bulk storage of liquefied petroleum gases and storage of exp losi ves and bias ting a gen ts are to be prohibited; reported that the limi~ed storage of liquefied petroleum in the residential districts may c re ate a problem for certain large us e r s (Mounds View High School, Columbia. Transit, Valentine Hills Elementary and Presbyterian Homes, located in residential districts) ; noted tha t he does not believe they currently have above ground L P storage, but an "exceptionlt clause could be inserted to allow larger bulk storage limits by Special Use Pe rmi t (Sec. 4 (c) ) . After discussion, McAllister moved t seconded by Christiansen, that Council waive the Final Reading of Ordinance No. 229. Mo t i on carried unanimously. (5-0) Christiansen moved, seconded by Hicks, that Counci 1 adop t Ordinance No. 22 9 ,AN ORDINAN CE ADOPTING BY RE FE REN CE THE MINNESOTA UNIFORM FIRE CODE; PROVIDING FOR THE ENFORCEMENT THEREOF; ESTABLISHING LIMITS OF DISTRICTS IN WHI CH CERTAIN FLAMMABLES, COMBUSTIBLES AND EXPLOS I VES ARE PROHIBITED; ESTABLISHING APPEALS PROCEDURES AND REVIEW COMMITTEE; REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND PROVISIONS THEREOF; AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS, as amended by inse rt ing the following to Section 4( c) : " ...except as allowed by Special Use Permits heretofore approved and in effect in accordance with S e c t i on VI, E, 10 of the Zoning Code, prior to the enactment of this ordinancell are hereby established as follows: Motion carried unanimously. (5-0) Hamline Avenue Access to County Ro ad E - George Salitros George Salitros, 3625 N. Hamline, said he is representing his neighbors on Hamline Avenue as well as himself, in reques ting that something be done about the Hamline/County Road E intersection; reported tha t it is very difficult for Hamline t rafti c to see westbound traffic on County Road E; explained that some of . the problem is high grass in summer and snow piles in winter which reduce visibility from Hamline to ze roo Salitros said the p rob lem is worse sin ce the installation of the semaphores; fee Is they have created an unsafe condition and does not feel the residents on Harnline Avenue should have to put thei r lives in jeopardy; s tate d that safe ty should not be measured in dollars; fee Is an additional "stop" li gh t is needed to allow Hamline traffic to access onto County Road E. Salitros no te d another problem of cars turning onto Hamline and turning around in the driveways when they find it is not a thru- street; feels the confusion is caused by a sign directing traffic to Bethel College on Snelling Avenue; noted that the Bethel access is actually from Highway 51; suggested additonal signs on County Road E to direct Bethel College t raffi C. ------.--