#16 - Retention of City Zoning Authority

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HF4009 FIRST ENGROSSMENT REVISOR KRB H4009-1 Sec. 2. 6 6.1 (o) "Residential dwelling unit" or "unit" means a residential dwelling unit for the use of 6.2 a single owner or tenant, and applies to any type of residential structure unless otherwise 6.3 specified. 6.4 (p) "Single-family detached home" means any building that contains one residential 6.5 dwelling unit used, intended, or designed to be built, used, rented, leased, let, or hired out 6.6 to be occupied, or occupied for living purposes that is not attached to another structure. 6.7 (q) "Sixplex" means a building containing six residential dwelling units intended for 6.8 nontransient occupancy and not meeting the definition of townhouse. 6.9 (r) "Stacked flat" means a nontransient residential building of no more than three stories 6.10 on a lot zoned for residential development in which each floor is a residential dwelling unit. 6.11 (s) "Townhouse" means a single-family residential dwelling unit constructed in a group 6.12 of three or more attached units in which each unit extends from the foundation to the roof 6.13 and with open space on at least two sides. Each single-family residential dwelling unit shall 6.14 be considered to be a separate building. Separate building service utilities shall be provided 6.15 to each single-family residential dwelling unit when required by the Minnesota State Building 6.16 Code. 6.17 (t) "Triplex" means a building containing three residential dwelling units intended for 6.18 nontransient occupancy and not meeting the definition of townhouse. 6.19 Subd. 2. Middle housing types permitted. Any city in the metropolitan area and any 6.20 city outside of the metropolitan area with a population of 10,000 or more must authorize at 6.21 least six types of middle housing other than single-family detached homes to be built on 6.22 residential lots in the city to achieve the density requirements in this section. 6.23 Subd. 3. Cities of the first class; required residential densities. (a) A city of the first 6.24 class must permit the development of at least four residential dwelling units on any residential 6.25 lot that is more than one-half mile from a major transit stop, unless one of the following 6.26 criteria are met: 6.27 (1) if all of the units are all-electric and efficient homes, the city must permit the 6.28 development of at least six residential dwelling units on the lot; 6.29 (2) if at least two of the units are affordable housing, the city must permit the development 6.30 of at least six residential dwelling units on the lot; or 6.31 (3) if all of the units are all-electric and efficient homes and at least two of the units are 6.32 also affordable housing, the city must permit the development of at least eight residential 6.33 dwelling units on the lot.