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STAFF REPORT <br />DATE: 4/4/2023 <br />CONSENT <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />TO: City Council <br />FROM: Jenni Faulkner, Consulting Planner <br /> Nathan Fuerst, Consulting Planner <br />AGENDA ITEM: Planned Unit Development (PUD) Text Amendments <br />REVIEWED BY: Kristina Handt, City Administrator <br />Sophia Jensen, City Planner <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: <br />On February 7, 2023 the City Council, upon recommendation from the Planning Commission, <br />adopted changes to the Planned Unit Development (PUD) Regulations. The changes were to <br />streamline the final PUD process to be the same as the Final Plat process. Final plats are not <br />reviewed by the Planning Commission if they are consistent with the preliminary plat. The <br />change was to allow final PUD’s to be reviewed with a final plat by only the City Council. <br /> <br />A PUD is an overlay zoning district that provides flexibility in the use of land and the placement <br />and size of buildings within the development of residential and nonresidential areas. Approval <br />of a PUD overlay district results in specific requirements and standards that are unique to that <br />specific development. Examples of approved PUDs within the City of Lake Elmo include <br />Legacy at North Star, Wildflower at Lake Elmo, and Eagle Point Business Park. <br /> <br />Because the PUD is an overlay zoning district, it is adopted by an Ordinance. A public hearing <br />is required to adopt an Ordinance (and therefore a PUD). As the code is written and with the <br />recent ordinance changes, the hearing for the ordinance is now written to take place with the <br />Council at final PUD/Final Plat review. <br /> <br />The proposed housekeeping changes clarify that at preliminary plat/preliminary PUD the public <br />hearing and ordinance adopting the PUD are done at this first stage. Then if the final plat/PUD <br />is consistent with the preliminary plat/PUD, it can be reviewed by City Council, consistent with <br />the final plat review process. This is a change in process, as the ordinance has historically been <br />done at the final PUD stage. Language has been added to address existing approved Preliminary <br />PUD’s such that they can follow the previous process and have the City Council approve the <br />Ordinance with Final PUD. The proposed changes are consistent with the intent of previous PUD <br />ordinance changes to streamline the process. <br /> <br />CONSIDERATION BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL: <br />City Council must decide to approve or not approve the proposed PUD text amendments to <br />105.12.1210(b)(3)(d) and 105.12.1210(b)(4) PUD preliminary plan review section and <br />105.12.1210(c)(3)(c-e) PUD final plan review section. <br /> <br />RECOMMENDED AMENDMENTS: <br />Staff recommends removing strikethrough text below and adding those in underline.