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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM 6A STAFF ORIGINATOR: Kendra Lindahl and Kevin Shay, Landform MEETING DATE: November 14, 2022 TOPIC: Consider I" Reading of Ordinance No. 08-22 Zoning Ordinance Text and Map Amendment BACKGROUND The Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map update was started in March of 2021 and has been an ongoing effort to review each section of the zoning ordinance and map. ANALYSIS Zoning Map Minnesota Statutes §473.864 and §473.865 of the Metropolitan Land Planning Act, requires 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 of the 2040 Comprehensive Plan, creates a holding zone for urban development and corrects existing errors in the zoning map. There are 1,325 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 three main categories: 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