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<br />3301 Silver Lake Road, St. Anthony, Minnesota 55418-1699 <br />Office: (612) 782-3301 • Fax: (612) 782-3302 • www.savmn.com <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />TO: Mayor Faust and St. Anthony City Council <br /> Mark Casey, City Manager <br /> <br />FROM: Stephen Grittman, City Planner <br /> <br />DATE: June 24, 2019 <br /> <br />RE: St. Anthony Village – Joint Workshop – July 16, 2019 <br /> Sidewalks/Walkways and Patios <br /> <br />NAC FILE: 323.01 <br /> <br /> <br />Over the past several months, City staff have encountered a variety of proposals that <br />have raised questions as to how the current ordinance provisions apply (or don’t apply) <br />to specific land use proposals. One of these (Sidewalks and Patios) resulted in a <br />complex application due to gaps in definitions, among other issues. <br />The Planning Commission initially discussed this issue at a Commission workshop <br />meeting in May. Staff is now bringing this forward for consideration the City Council. <br />The discussion below is intended to frame the issues, and provide an outline for <br />recommended alternatives based on Commission discussion and staff experience. If <br />ordinance changes are desired, the next step would be for the City Council to call for a <br />Planning Commission public hearing to consider formal ordinance amendments. <br /> <br />Sidewalks, Walkways, and Patios. <br />As the Planning Commission has observed, and as discussed as part of a <br />Council application issue recently, this item is rooted in lack of definition in the <br />current Zoning Ordinance related to private property improvements that can be <br />confused with other improvements that are both defined and regulated. <br />Specifically, the zoning ordinance defines “Patios” as: