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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, October 27, 2010 Page 5 report dated October 27, 2010 and subsequent discussion of the Planning 197 Commission; amended as follows: 198 Delete 1006.02 Design Standards, Items K (Rooftop Equipment) and L  199 (Service Areas and mechanical Equipment), as they were already included 200 in general Performance Standards 201 After staff analysis, revise text in Item H to reflect discussions at tonight’s  202 meeting. 203 Ayes: 5 204 Nays: 0 205 Motion carried. 206 6. New Public Hearings 207 a. PROJECT FILE 0017 208 Request by the Roseville Planning Division to adopt new regulations for 209 Title 10, Zoning Regulations of the City Code pertaining to PROCEDURES 210 Vice Chair Boerigter opened the Public Hearing for Planning File 10-017 at 6:30 211 p.m. 212 Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd reviewed current code pertaining to zoning and 213 land use procedures and their disbursement in different chapters; and staff 214 recommendations as detailed in the Request for Planning Commission Action 215 dated October 27, 2010. Mr. Lloyd advised that staff was proposing littlie in the 216 way of change to existing provisions, but to assemble them in one chapter to 217 eliminate repetition and simplify location of the provisions and how specific land 218 use applications are reviewed and processed, along with the steps of approval, 219 denial and/or appeal. 220 Conditional Use Procedures, 2.1 221 Mr. Lloyd noted current generic criteria of little use in considering Conditional Use 222 applications; and staff’s recommendations for revised, simplified, and more user- 223 friendly, but yet enforceable, criteria for all Districts, with unique standards 224 applied the administration of each as applicable. Mr. Lloyd advised that staff was 225 still revising the Conditional and Permitted Use criteria. 226 Administrative Deviations, 2.3 227 Mr. Lloyd specifically highlighted proposed changes to address current standards 228 with respect to variances given recent legislation and strict interpretation by the 229 courts of State Statutes related to land use variances; with staff’s intent not to 230 stifle development or improvement of properties in Roseville in allowing 231 reasonable flexibility while respecting State Statute. Mr. Lloyd advised that staff 232 anticipated additional legislative changes to State Statute in the coming months, 233 at which time the City’s applicable code would be changed accordingly. 234 Discussion among staff and Commissioners included administrative deviations to 235 primarily address setbacks, impervious coverage and simplified mitigation for 236 storm water management in residential districts; restrictions for garages on 237 residential properties to ensure the primary uses of those properties remains 238 residential, not commercial; and recent decline in variances coming before the 239 Variance Board as staff processes more administrative deviations, with staff 240 acknowledging that even the staff-level deviations had significantly decreased 241 over the last year under current economic conditions and reluctance of 242 homeowners to make costly improvements to their property. 243 Further discussion included notice requirements used in administrative deviations 244 compared to the more formal Public Hearing notice and process and the appeal 245 process for either; staff’s rationale in not allowing setbacks for buildings less than 246 twenty (20) years old to allow flexibility for older housing stock; definition of the 247 “Design Review Committee;” and driveway setbacks. 248