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Far -(651) iR2-T6?0 March 17: 2009 Dear Property Owner: On Tuesday, March 24, at 7:00 p.m., the City Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on a new ordinance amending the city
code regarding parking requirements for some apartment buildings. A written notice is not required it] this case, but because your property is one of those affected or is across the
alley from an affected property, we want to make sure you know about the hearing. The city code present1 y requires R-4 apartment buildings to have at least 2 parking spaces per unit.
of which half must be covered (carport or garage). The code amendment will remove the covered parking requirement for R-4 apartment buildings that are ndiacent to alleys. This change
will only affect the nine apartment buildings on Larpenteur Avenue between k o n a and Pascal Streets. ?Streets. A1 l of t l~eseb uildings were constructed before the present zoning
code was written. and none of them have room to meet the parking requirements. All of these properties are considered legally non-con forming. The Planning Commission has proposed this
change in order to give apartment owners the option of removing existing garages that are in poor condition and replacing them cvi th surface parking instead of netv garages. without
a variance. In some cases this would increase the net amount of off-street parking available to tenants on blocks where street parking is scarce. New apartment garages would still have
to abide by the zoning code: any variances requested would continue to be handled on case by case basis. If you t-lave any questions, or if you are unable to anend the Flearing and wish
to con~metzt. please contact me at deb,jones($.faIconheights.org or at 65 E -792-76 1 3 Si cerely. &LA Deborah .&es Director of Zoning and Planning HOME OF THE VINNESOTA STATE 1 AIR
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