Special Meeting

May 31, 2005 7:00 p.m.

The purpose of this meeting is to check the highlighted areas of the draft ordinance prior to sending it to the County for their review.

Meeting was called to order at 7:04 p.m.

Members Present: Corlis West, Danny Tanner, Stephen Dahl, Jeff Cook, Wendy Anderson

Members Absent:

Sue Lawson thanked John Bowen for the “Comparisons of Old, New and St. Louis County Uses and Requirements”. John created this book at the very beginning of the Draft acceptance project.

The Board discussed the changes made to the Zoning Ordinance; outlined places where Duluth Township was less stringent than St. County and building height.

Correction: Article XIV Board of Adjustment.

“Commission Meetings” should read “Board of Adjustment”.

Other changes: On the following articles

1) Article VII, Section 2, Page 63 (D. add: The decision on the adequacy of a proposed mitigation plan is made by the Planning Director in consultation with the Planning Commission.) The Board Agrees.

2) Article VII, Section 3, Page 63 (change to: All underlying zone district requirements must also be met.) The Board Agrees.

3) Article VIII, Section 7, Page 68 (7. add : (20) square feet in area and shall not exceed eight (8) feet in height.) The Board Agrees.

4) Article V, Table 5.3, Page 55 (Note missing codes for Animal Hospitals in FAM-1 and FAM-2. Suggested change to C.) The Board Agrees.

5) Page 74 under LIU – 3A performance standards, D. (What is 6 MCAR? If no one knows, suggest using “. . . as adopted or amended in Minnesota Statutes, shall apply.”) MCAR is the Minnesota Code of Administrative Rules. The only two words added were “As adopted”. The Board Agrees.

6) Effectuation, Page 115 (Insert a date that the ordinance became effective.) Leave blank until the board adopts.

On Building Height: The Board decided to “Stick with what we have”.

Misc. Housekeeping

a) Terminology: “Building Permit” was changed to the more accurate “Land Use Permit” (3 references). The Board Agrees.

b) Some Cross Referencing: (E.g. Sawmill, Portable and Wood Processing, p 31 and 34.) The Board Agrees.

c) For Consistency: (with latest Board action (see Table 5.3), changed G on p 38 from 10 to 6.) The Board Agrees.

d) For Clarity: (Heading completeness in Table 5.2, P 52. The heading for the third column was also used for the second column to make it clear where measurements start.) The Board Agrees.

e) Table 5.3 note the corrections (from earlier draft minutes):

a. Accessory structure “greater than 2000 sq ft” changed to “2000 sq ft or more” so a building exactly 2000 sq ft is not left out. This is PS (not P) for MUNS-4).

b. Accessory structures 1000-2000 sq ft is Ø (not PS) for SMU-6A) The Board Agrees with these corrections.

Jeff Cook made a motion that the town board has completed its review of the ordinance the board intends to enact the ordinance as currently drafted subject to comments that may be made by the county, Corlis West seconded. Motion passed.

Fire Department

Special Meeting

8:30 p.m.

The purpose of this meeting is to enter into a lease agreement with Leasing 2 for the purpose of purchasing a fire truck.

Wendy Anderson made a motion to pass the resolution “Exhibit A Resolution of Governing Body Extract of Minutes” Corlis West seconded. Motion passed. Resolution now numbered 53105