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<br />Preliminary Issues for Discussion during the <br />City of Little Canada <br />Comprehensive Plan Update <br /> <br />The following issues and questions are recommended for discussion and debate during the joint <br />workshop with the Planning Commission and City Council: <br /> <br />Sidewalks <br />Should the City conduct a public discussion and feasibility study regarding retro-fitting sidewalks <br />with the aim of implementing the recommendations over time? <br /> In residential neighborhoods? (e.g. south side of County Road D & Greenbrier) <br /> In retail or office areas? <br /> <br />Manufactured Housing Communities <br />There are three manufactured housing communities in Little Canada. They are zoned either R-3 <br />(high-density residential), B (business), I (industrial) or PUD (planned-unit). These sites provide <br />affordable housing but are occupied by aging buildings and have minimal site enhancements. <br />Should the City include a definitive statement in the Comprehensive Plan regarding rezoning or <br />redevelopment of those sites? <br /> <br />Amendments to the Zoning Code <br />There have been comments and evidence that the zoning code is difficult to use and is inadequate <br />in how it addresses certain site development features. <br /> Should the City undertake a process of improving its zoning code after this plan is adopted? <br /> Are any of these aspects of the zoning code worthy of study and possible change: <br />o Reliance on the planned-unit district for ordinary development? <br />o Commercial and/or Industrial site planning standards ? <br />o Outdoor storage? <br />o Others? <br /> <br />Growth in Households and Housing Units <br />The Metropolitan Council forecasts that Little Canada will have an increase of approximately 300 <br />households by the year 2040 (from 4,600 to 4,900 housing units) which is a 6.5 percent increase. <br />Preliminarily estimates indicate that a few properties presently zoned industrial, commercial, <br />lower-density housing or planned-unit district may have to be re-planned and re-zoned to housing <br />to achieve that growth. <br />Should the staff present to the Metropolitan Council a draft future land use plan that makes a <br />reasonable effort to achieve the forecast growth in housing? <br />The Planning Commission and City Council would have the ability to make individual decisions <br />about how those (and any other) sites are planned.