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1/7/2022 <br />3 <br />Opportunities and Pending Planning Applications <br />•Urban Grove Comprehensive Plan Amendment from High <br />Density to Low Density Residential on 11 acres, exclusive of <br />4-acre senior housing project. <br />•Bremer Bank/Old Bowling Alley PUD concept Final plat and <br />Final PUD approval are subject to completion of the <br />development agreement and engineering details. <br />•City Gas Station redevelopment/zoning – pending interest. <br />Emerging Issues <br />Land Use and <br />Zoning Topics <br />Single Family Residential – Property Use, Growth and Long-term site usage, Home Office pressure; <br />Housing maintenance code issues, esp. for single-family rental housing; Non-exclusive residential density <br />(e.g., Minneapolis elimination of single-family zoning); Residential Solar installations – visual impacts <br />Immediate <br />Blending of commercial and industrial enterprises (e.g. small scale: brewery taprooms, and similar <br />“maker” spaces that encourage both manufacturing and storefront retailing in the same space. <br />0-2 years <br />Future reconversion of overbuilt senior housing units following baby-boom generation.5-10+ years <br />General Tobacco Regulation Research – Options; Current state of regulations in other jurisdictions; Immediate <br />Conflicts between public engagement efforts and declining civil discourse.Ongoing <br />Expanding impacts of religious land use and assembly use – especially religious land uses in traditional <br />residential settings. <br />Ongoing <br />“Amazon Effect” – variable pressures on existing commercial spaces due to online e-commerce.0-2 years+ <br />Transportation <br />Topics <br />Bicycle/Scooter rentals 0-2 years <br />Autonomous and Electric vehicles – changes foreseen due to automobile storage and remote garage <br />storage; changes due to need for charging station <br />2-5 years <br />Car-sharing – long term impacts on possible reduction in overall automobiles-per-household in high car- <br />sharing areas. <br />2-5 years