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3 <br /> <br />document a redline version is difficult to follow but is available from city staff. The changes to <br />the ordinance were done to eliminate unnecessary language and inconsistencies in the document, <br />better reflect City goals and makes the ordinance easier to read and understand. <br /> <br />Administration <br /> <br />The changes to the administration sections eliminates unnecessary language and inconsistencies <br />in the document. The majority of the text changes are to add language to maintain consistency in <br />the purpose, process and requirements for each of the different sections. <br /> <br />The Environmental Review Section 1007.025 is new and outlines the process that the City will <br />use when completing the environmental reviews required by Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota <br />Rules 4410. It is simply intended to notify developers that they are responsible for the City cost <br />to prepare the documents and explains the City review process. This codifies the process that the <br />City has followed in the past. <br /> <br />Zoning Districts <br /> <br />The key changes to the rural, residential, business, industrial, and public and semi-public districts <br />(Sections 1007.080 – 1007.130) include: <br /> <br />1. Changes to all districts: <br /> <br />a. Remove Planned Unit Development (PUD) as a conditional use. Currently the <br />ordinance provides an option to apply for a PUD by conditional use permit or a <br />rezoning to PUD. The new code will require all PUDs to be rezoned to PUD. <br /> <br />b. Add essential service as a use by administrative permit. Essential services consist <br />of overhead telephone, gas, electrical, communication, water or sewer <br />transmission, distribution, collection, supply or disposal systems including poles, <br />wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables, fire alarm boxes, police call <br />boxes, traffic signals, hydrants and other similar equipment used to serve the <br />public. <br /> <br />2. Changes to rural: <br /> <br />a. Remove garage requirement from districts because it is addressed in general <br />provisions. The twin home/townhouse requirement for garage has been added to <br />the single family standards. <br /> <br />b. Add Agritourism as a conditional use in the R, Rural District. Agritourism would <br />include any commercial enterprise that links agricultural production and/or <br />processing with tourism in order to attract visitors onto a farm, ranch, or other <br />agricultural business for the purposes of entertaining and/or educating. The <br />definition was added to Section 1007.001. <br />