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• • • AGENDA ITEM V B STAFF ORIGINATOR: Jeff Smyser P & Z MEETING DATE: August 10, 2011 DISCUSSION TOPIC: CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING Amending Section 6 of the Zoning Ordinance (Residential Zones) BACKGROUND This P & Z opened this public hearing at the June meeting. We went through Section 6 in its entirety and resolved most issues, but the Board continued the hearing to July to allow further discussion. The P & Z supported amendments to the R -2 zone to accommodate detached homes in the new Medium Density Residential land use category (4.0 — 5.9 units per acre). This requires reducing lot widths to 60 feet, lot depths to 125 feet, and lot areas to 7500 sf. Given these reduced lot dimensions, staff proposed a limit on the size of garages facing the street in an R -2 zone. The intent is to avoid a neighborhood streetscape of garage doors overwhelming the houses. After the July meeting, the specific garage door parameters in the R -2 zone was the only unresolved issue for residential zones. ANALYSIS The P & Z discussed the following proposals at the July meeting and found it unsatisfactory: Subd. 4. R -2, Two Family Residential District. E. Building Design Standards. 5. Garage Location. No portion of an attached garage may extend closer to the street than the rest of the structure footprint. 6. Garage Frontage. From side wall to side wall of any residential structure footprint, no more than forty (40) percent of the structure width shall consist of garage doors that face the street. Side or rear loaded garages are not subject to this requirement. This requirement also does not apply if garage doors that face the street are set back at least ten (10) feet from the front wall of the habitable space within the dwelling structure. As an alternative, we propose the following, adapted from requirements included in the City of Chaska's zoning ordinance: