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NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS, INC. <br />5775 Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 555, St. Louis Park, MN 55416 <br />Telephone: 952.595.9636 Facsimile: 952. 595.9837 planners @nacplanning.com <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Little Canada Planning Commission <br />FROM: Stephen Grittman <br />DATE: May 10, 2004 <br />RE: Little Canada — Zoning Ordinance Amendments <br />FILE NO: 758.10 - 04.04; 758.10 - 04.05; 758.10 - 04.06 <br />Staff has identified a number of issues related to zoning ordinance requirements and <br />internal consistency between standards in the various districts. These items are <br />essentially housekeeping items in nature. <br />0 The first involves public uses and their definitions in the Residential, Business, <br />and Industrial zones. The City recently clarified the uses in the Public District, <br />but discovered similar issues in the other zoning classifications. This <br />amendment will correct those issues and make the ordinance more consistent <br />between districts. <br />The second involves lot size requirements in the R -B, Residential- Business <br />zoning district. The R -2 District allows two - family homes as permitted uses, but <br />varies the lot size based on the date of the construction. Older units were <br />permitted at a smaller lot size. When this district was updated, newer units were <br />required to have larger lots. However, the R -B District also allows two - family <br />homes, but the later lot size requirements were not carried over to this section. <br />This amendment will correct this situation. <br />S The third amendment addresses the DNR lake designation of Savage Lake. The <br />DNR designated Savage Lake as a General Development Lake, presumably <br />prior to the construction of 35E. When the freeway went through, the west half of <br />the lake was listed in the zoning ordinance, but the east half did not get a specific <br />reference (even though the Shoreland Overlay district mapping included the east <br />