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Item No: 6A Meeting Date: July 2, 2014 Type of Business: Other Planning Activity City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Planning Commission From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: County Road 10 Corridor Overlay District Discussion The corridor continues to be the City Council’s priority and the Planning Commission has been reviewing the Zoning Code in order to better promote and accommodate development along County Road 10. The Commission has been discussing creating a Corridor Overlay District in order to give more flexibility to new development projects on the corridor. The City is willing to be flexible on requirements such as setbacks, parking, density and height, but the City also wants projects that are high quality. An updated draft of the overlay district language is attached and a resolution is available for action if the Commission is ready to move forward with this new overlay district. Staff has made four changes since the discussion at the Council Worksession meeting. A new chapter 1128 in the City Code was created for this overlay district instead of inserting the new language into an existing chapter, so the numbering is now completely different. The section about the City having the option to not require a development area to comply with the overlay district was removed because in 1128.05 the zoning districts that would be applicable are listed. I added zoning districts R-3 and R-4 to the listed zoning districts. There is also a new addition of 1128.04, OTHER REQUIREMENTS, which specifies that any deviation from the overlay district chapter must comply with Chapter 1125.02 of the City Code, which is about variances. Recommendation Review the updated draft of the proposed language for the district. Resolution 1009-14 is available for action by the Commission if so desired. Sincerely, Heidi Heller, Planning Associate Attachment: 1. Resolution 1009-14