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2 On January 12, 2022, the P&Z reviewed the administrative section and provided input on the proposed changes to clean up and refine the section. On February 9, 2022, the P&Z reviewed the new zoning districts, agritourism and liquor uses to provide input and recommendations on changes to the ordinance. ANALYSIS Minnesota Statutes §473.864 and §473.865 of the Metropolitan Land Planning Act require the City to review its official controls and amend, as necessary, any that conflict with the plan. The statutes require that the zoning map be consistent with the land use map. Chapter 12 of the 2040 Comprehensive Plan includes the following implementation strategies: 1. Review and update the zoning map as needed to eliminate any inconsistencies with the Comprehensive Plan. 3. Consider creating new zoning districts: a. As “holding zones” for urban development. Holding zones would provide a zoning classification appropriate to land planned for future urban development but where municipal services are not yet available. The holding zone would apply until a landowner/ developer makes application for development, at which time the city may rezone the property consistent with its designation on the future land use plan map, provided that the development does not result in the premature extension of public utilities, facilities or services. The zoning map has been revised to be consistent with the future land use map of the 2040 Comprehensive Plan, creates a holding zone for urban development and corrects existing errors in the zoning map. There are 1,951 parcels that will be rezoned as part of this effort; however, the number of substantive changes is far fewer. The zoning map changes fall into four main categories: 1. Planned Unit Development (PUD) District. The City changed Planned Development Overlay (PDO) to Planned Unit Development (PUD) with the zoning ordinance update in 2003. The City is rezoning all properties previously shown as a PDO to a PUD to reflect that change. This change represents 1,216 of the 1,951 properties proposed to be changed with the zoning map updates. Other than the name of the zoning district there are no regulatory changes to these parcels. 2. Urban Transition (UT) District. The UT zoning map changes reflect a change planned as part of the 2040 Comprehensive Plan implementation. The change applies to parcels currently zoned R-Rural that are located within the planned 2040 Utility Staging Area. The only difference between the R and UT is that the UT zone has a higher minimum lot size of 20 acres in order to preserve the land for development. The permitted, conditional and accessory uses allowed in the UT zone will remain the same as the Rural (R) zone. The zoning change will not result in any currently allowed uses to become