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Item No: 6B Meeting Date: April 17, 2013 Type of Business: Other Planning Activity City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Planning Commission From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: Review City Code to Promote Development and Sustainability The corridor is the City Council’s priority this year and the Planning Commission has been asked to start the process of reviewing the Zoning Code in regards to development, such as possibly creating a “Corridor Overlay Zoning District” or a “Corridor Guiding Plan” to better promote and accommodate development along County Road 10. At the April 1, 2013 Council Worksession, the City Council and Planning Commission sat down together to hear the Council’s thoughts about what they want the Planning Commission to work on. Many ideas were mentioned at the Worksession, so the Commission’s first step is to start discussing ideas that could work here and how the City Code should be amended to accommodate these ideas. Some of the ideas that were talked about at the Worksession include: − Reduce parking space requirements − Require parking lots be placed behind building − Reduce setbacks for parking lots and buildings − Allow higher density (more housing units per acre) − Increase building height limits − Allow mixed-use developments − Create a Corridor Overlay Zoning District Other ideas: − Encourage shared parking between adjacent uses, if appropriate − Require that any new development on County Road 10 use the Planned Unit Development process, no matter how many acres the property is − Develop a “Corridor Guiding Plan” for all properties located on County Road 10 − Encourage and support innovative stormwater solutions & renewable energy systems − Sign changes: o Reduce sign setback requirements along County Road 10 o Prohibit new pole signs going forward – only monument signs allowed o Require all pole signs be replaced with monument signs within X years