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A WSB ,fAsso,.ws. Me Infrastructures Engineering . Planning ■ Construction 701 Xenia Avenue South Suite 300 Minneapolis, MN 55416 Tel: 763 - 541 -4800 Fax: 763 - 541 -1700 CITY OF SAINT ANTHONY VILLAGE MEMORANDUM To: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members Mark Casey, City Manager From: Kelsey Johnson, AICP, City Planner Date: December 2, 2013 WSB Project No. 02170 -000 Request: Nonconforming Lots OVERVIEW On October 29, 2013 Staff met with the City Council to discuss potential modifications to the City Code pertaining to "nonconforming lots ". The Code currently addresses "nonconforming uses" and "nonconforming buildings or structures ", but does not address lots. Staff suggested some language that could be incorporated into the Code that would allow residents and property owners opportunities to improve, rebuild, or remodel their buildings on lots that do not meet the minimum dimensional standards of the applicable zoning. Having reviewed the nonconforming lots further and the general development patterns within the City, staff has prepared the following language as an alternative to the previously proposed language. Staff is seeking feedback on the proposed language as presented. The double underlined text shows the additions and the stfikethretigh text shows the deletions. §152.008 DEFINITIONS. comply with the lot size requirements for any permitted use in the district in which it is local d SudLlQt is considered buildable without a variance NONCONFORMING USES, AND STRUCTURES. AND LOTS § 152.225 INTENT FOR NONCONFORMINGi USES AND STAUCIURES It is the intent of this subchapter to permit nonconforming uses and structures, as defined in § 152.003, to continue until they are removed, but it not the intent of this subchapter to encourage their survival, or to permit them to be enlarged, expanded, or extended.