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iiem No: 07 <br />fVleetirtg �ate: April 16, 2003 <br />T"ype ofi �usu�ess: Discussian <br />I ,: i . . ;' / :_;. . � :�, . � <br />ioo Mounds View Planning Commission <br />Frc�rr�a James Ericson, Ac#ing City Administratar <br />It�m iitle/Subject: Consideration of a Possible Amendment fo the Zoning <br />Cade Relating to Expansions of Existing Mufti-Family <br />Residential Siructures <br />•: i�. � .t: ... <br />Afi fhe Planning Commission's last meeting, f repor�ed that the City Councif was interested in <br />having the Planning Commission review the Zoning Gode and make a recommendation that <br />woufd either restricf or control the process by which an existing multi-family residentia! <br />deveiopmen� could expand. I explained thafi the mefihod by which control cauld be exercised <br />is by requiring all existing developments ta go through � condiiional use process to expand <br />density (the number of individual dweEling units.) <br />i . <br />Last year, ihe City recently adopted a change to the Zoning Code perfiainir�g to townhomes <br />': and multi-family developments. The chang�, effecfivated by Ordinance 698, removed CUP <br />requirements on townhomes, and instituted CUP requirements for multi-family <br />developmenfis. The diff�rence between the two can be detined as follows: Townhomes are <br />individually awned and occupied on individual lots, whereas multifamily dwel�ings are <br />typically rental unifis on one parcel. (That does nofi preclude, however, townhomes from <br />being rented.) Since multi-family dwellings are now considered a conditional use in eiiher <br />the R-3 and R-4 Zoning districts, it could be as simple as adding one line in both districts <br />which require �hat afl existing complexes go through a CUP to expand density: <br />Mult�-Fami! develo ments havir� been construcfed riorto Janua 1 2003 sha!! <br />firsf obtain a Conditional Use Permit CUP rior to ex andin fhe number of <br />dwe!linq unifs orfhe principal buildinp foafprint !n addifion to the crif�ria ouflined <br />in Section 1925 all zoning buildinq and parkinq reauirements shall be safisfied as <br />a condition of approval. <br />�- •��1�-. :.: , <br />Please consider fii�e above language and discuss whether it or different language would <br />accomplish the goal of controlling m�lti-famify expansion. Based on the Commission's <br />direction, 1 can draft an ordinanc� and resolutior� for your action an May 7, 2003. <br />�S�$ ���'�7L <br />James Ericson <br />Interim City Administrator <br />