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1 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM 6A STAFF ORIGINATOR: Katie Larsen, City Planner MEETING DATE: November 28, 2022 TOPIC: Zoning Ordinance Text and Map Amendment i. Consider 2nd Reading of Ordinance No. 08-22 Zoning Ordinance Text and Map Amendment *Council may vote to dispense with full reading of ordinance * Roll call vote is required for adoption of the ordinance ii. Consider Resolution No. 22-140, Authorizing Summary Publication 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. The City Council approved the 1st reading of the ordinance at the November 14, 2022 Council meeting. 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.”