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<br />Item No: Item 5 <br />Meeting Date: Jan 5, 2005 <br />Type of Business: Review <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Mounds View Planning Commission <br />From: James Ericson, Community Development Director <br />Item Title/Subject: Proposed Zoning Code Amendment Regarding Building <br />Height Restrictions in Planned Unit Developments <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />As the Commission was made aware at your last meeting, there is an inconsistency in the <br />Zoning Code relating to building heights in PUD districts. The intent of the PUD district and <br />corresponding provisions is to provide maximum flexibility regarding setbacks, density and <br />design for site specific projects in return for preservation of open space, environmental <br />considerations and other beneficial public purposes. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />Chapter 1120 of the City Code addresses Planned Unit Developments and provides for <br />the processing of such development types. The stated purpose and intent can be found <br />in the first paragraph of Chapter 1120: <br /> <br />The purpose of this Chapter of the Zoning Code is to provide for the grouping of <br />land parcels for development as an integrated, coordinated unit as opposed to <br />traditional parcel by parcel, piecemeal, sporadic and unplanned approach to <br />development. This Section is intended to introduce flexibility of site design and <br />architecture for the conservation of land and open space through clustering of <br />buildings and activities through conditional use provisions. It is further intended <br />that planned unit developments are to be characterized by central management, <br />integrated planning and architecture, joint or common use of parking, <br />maintenance of open space and other similar facilities and a harmonious <br />selection and efficient distribution of uses <br /> <br />In addition to the opening statement, the Code encourages specific actions and identifies <br />ten items for consideration. The last provision communicated is as follows: <br /> <br />10. To allow variation from the provisions of this Title, including setbacks, height, lot area, <br />width and depth, yards, etc. (1988 Code §40.24) <br /> <br />As stated above, the PUD process was intended to provide flexibility regarding building <br />height as it was for other variables. But later in the PUD code, a conflicting passage is <br />present: <br /> <br />Subd. 12. Building Height: Height limitations shall be the same as imposed in the <br />respective districts. <br /> <br /> <br />PUD Amendment Report <br />January 5, 2005