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• Meeting date 8-27-90 <br />Agenda Item E-4 <br />CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS <br />PLANNING COMMISSION <br />ITEM DESCRIPTION: Planner's report on planning activities over the <br />past year. <br />SIIBMITTED BY: Susan Hoyt, City Planner <br />E%PLANATION/DESCRIPTION: <br />I delivered a brief overview of planning activities and perspective <br />at the last city council workshop. I felt it would be useful for <br />the planning commission to have a similar review. <br />PLANNER'S REPORT - OVERVIEW <br />1. MAKING PROCEDURES THOROUGH, CONSISTENT, UNDERSTANDABLE, AND <br />WELL DOCUMENTED <br />• planing requests - conditional use permits, variances <br />• • plan review - zoning code <br />• planning commission agendas, meetings, minutes <br />2. PROVIDING INFORMATION ON PLANNING ISSUES <br />• specific - conditional use permits, variances, <br />permitted accessory uses <br />• general - transportation, light rail transport, <br />development proposals <br />3. BECOMING FAMILIAR WITH THE ZONING CODE, IDENTIFYING PROBLEMS <br />AND AMENDING THOSE THAT NEED IMMEDIATE ATTENTION <br />• day to day calls <br />• building activity <br />• zoning code changes <br />4. CREATING A WORKABLE PARKING POLICY <br />• procedures to address problems <br />• continuity and flexibility in solutions <br />5. ADDRESSING THE CITY'S FUTURE THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING <br />• development <br />• • revitalization <br />• neighborhood quality - visual appeal/housing quality <br />