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COUNCIL MINUTES FEBRUARY 24, 2003 APROVED • 1 so, what zoning district would be most appropriate and what conditions and standards should 2 apply to the proposed use. The City Council, Planning and Zoning Board, or property owner, 3 on receipt of the staff study, may initiate an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance consistent 4 with Section 2, Subd.1. of this Ordinance to provide for the particular use under consideration 5 or shall find that the proposed use is not compatible for development within the City. 6 7 City Planner Smyser indicated this may seem like a minor point, but was much needed. He explained 8 that it is being proposed that the site and building plan review process be entirely an administrative 9 function rather than going through Planning and Zoning and City Council review. He indicated if 10 there is a variance request or appeal of the administrative decision by the applicant, it would be 11 brought through Planning and Zoning and Council (page 2-22). He stated this is similar to making 12 minor subdivisions an administrative review. He indicated if a site or building plan does not meet the 13 ordinance, Staff would deny or ask them to make changes. 14 15 City Planner Smyser explained that another change is that planned unit developments (PUDs) 16 normally will be addressed with conditional use permits. He indicated a new set of requirements for a 17 PUD is at Section 2, Subd. 10, page 2-39, and provides for rural clusters as well as urban residential 18 PUDs. He stated any mixed-use development will require a PUD rezoning. 19 20 City Planner Smyser advised that they have reduced the number of categories for accessory building 21 size maximums and provided an increase in the amount of accessory space for small lots, less than 1- • 22 1/4 acres, to be raised to 1200 square feet from the previous 1120 square feet. He explained that the 23 landscaping requirements have been clarified and updated, and tree preservation requirements for 24 commercial and residential building have been added. 25 26 City Planner Smyser explained that the Central Business District will become General Business, and 27 the CB zone deleted from the ordinance. The Shopping Center district will be deleted, and shopping 28 centers will be conditional uses in the business districts. He added a new single-family residential 29 zone has been created. R -EC, Single Family Estate Conservation, which allows for `clustering' in a 30 single family zone, but requires that any space saved by using smaller lots must become open space. 31 (page 6-12) 32 33 City Planner Smyser stated that Section 2 addresses the processes for rezoning and Conditional Use 34 Permits (CUPs). He indicated the language just developed will be placed on pages 2-6 and 2-7, and 35 noted that they have clarified a lot of housekeeping items. He stated they have added a CUP 36 revocation process, which did not exist before. He noted that if a project gets denied, it cannot be 37 resubmitted for a year. He stated Staff was going to take that out, but the City Council wanted it left 38 in. He indicated this would apply for building site improvements and rezoning as well. 39 40 City Planner Smyser noted that in the Interim Use section on page 2-12, there are now clear submittal 41 requirements, and they have added the process for appeals. He explained that in the case of 42 administrative decisions, this new section explains the process to appeal the decision, making the City Alk 43 Council the Board of Appeals. He indicated if the City Council approves making site and building 1111. 44 plans an administrative function, then the appeal process is important. 45 18