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CHAPTER 5 HOUSING 109 <br /> • OBJECTIVES: MODEST COST HOUSING <br /> 1. The City will continue to provide the opportunity for the construction of modest cost, <br /> market rate housing. <br /> 2. Remove or do not adopt unnecessary code requirements which inhibit construction of <br /> modest cost unsubsidized housing. <br /> 3. Encourage the use of the planned residential development approach (PRD) on all <br /> presently vacant, residentially zoned parcels of two or more acres. This ordinance <br /> permits the development of a variety of housing types and cost ranges, and allows <br /> flexibility in design and site planning. Making use of the increased number of housing <br /> units per acre permitted by the PRD ordinance provides an opportunity to develop land <br /> at a higher density development be done in a fashion that does not destroy the spatial <br /> openness characteristic of New Brighton housing areas. <br /> 4. Encourage development of modest cost unsubsidized housing by permitting in selected <br /> areas a housing density greater than now permitted under present ordinances. While <br /> land and facilities costs are generally a small portion of the annual cost of housing, even <br /> some small reduction is desirable. <br /> • POLICIES: MODEST COST HOUSING <br /> 1. Encourage the use of the planned residential development (PRD) procedure by amending <br /> the zoning code to decrease the required minimum lot area per dwelling unit from 80% <br /> of the normal requirement to 70%. - <br /> 2. The City will with the assistance of the private sector provide the opportunity for <br /> infilling existing mobile home parks. - <br /> 3. The City will continue to cooperate with the private sector in the conversion of existing <br /> rental properties to condominiums to encourage the developers to maintain cost ranges <br /> within the scope of modest cost housing. <br /> HOUSING MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION <br /> New Brighton continues not to appear to have a substantial problem in terms of housing <br /> conditions. In 1987, a study of New Brighton's housing stock by the Ramsey County <br /> Assessor's office indicated 74 units were at or.near the substandard level with regard to <br /> exterior conditions, unit size, number of baths, and the year constructed. This represents <br /> • less than I% of the New Brighton housing stock. Of the 74 units identified, 9 of these have <br /> already been demolished for new construction or rehabed. Over half of the identified units <br /> are located in Neighborhood VII, the oldest residential area in New Brighton. Other units <br />