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Item No. 10- '7-05 P.rn Staff Report No.00- IC)714 C Meeting Date: 2/24/97 • Type of Business:Public Hearing WK: Work Session;PH:Public Hearing; CA:Consent Agenda;CB:Council Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Mayor and City Council From: Pamela Sheldon,Community Development Director Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing and Introduction for first reading of Ordinance No.596 Amending Section 1106.02,Subd.2 and 3 of the Mounds View Zoning Code to Allow Eight Children in Family Foster Homes; Planning Case No.SP-014-97 Date of Report: February 21, 1997 Issue: Minnesota State Law defines a state licensed residential facility providing care of six or fewer persons as a permitted single family residential use, meaning that cities must permit such uses in residential districts without special regulation. The Minnesota Department of Corrections is one of the agencies which issues licenses for group homes and group foster homes for the purpose of treating juveniles who have violated criminal statutes. The rules governing the Department of Corrections define group homes and group foster homes as providing care for not more than eight children. They will only place six children in a group home or group foster home unless the local zoning code allows for the • additional two children. In 1996, the Mounds View Zoning Code was amended to allow a total of eight children in foster family homes. This amendment was initiated in response to a request from Mr.Duane Waldoch, who operates a foster family home for children referred to him by the Department of Corrections. His license was for six children, and he wanted to obtain a license allowing him to have eight children. This license could not be issued without the change in our Zoning Code. Mr. Waldoch applied for the revised license and the Department of Corrections asked us for evidence that our local Zoning Code allowed eight children. When we sent a copy of the amendment,the Department of Corrections responded that the way the amendment was written did not permit them to approve the additional children. Staff is proposing a further amendment which would solve this problem. Discussion: The Zoning Code was amended on July 15, 1996 by Ordinance No. 575. The amendment reads in part: Section 1106.02(R-1 District)is amended to read: 1106.02: Permitted Uses:The following uses are permitted uses are permitted(sic)in an R-1 District: Subd. 1 Single family detached dwellings. 41, Subd. 2. Permitted single family uses allowed under Minnesota Statutes 462.357,Subd. 7 as follows: