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1/12/2023 <br />4 <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 Hemp and Marijuana Regulation – 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; and/or <br />related pressure to replace underused commercial and industrial areas with multi-family residential <br />0-2 years+ <br />Transportation <br />Topics <br />Bicycle/Scooter rentals, and other commercial uses of the public right of way 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 <br />For more information contact: <br />Stephen Grittman <br />City Planner <br />NAC <br />651.726.7293 <br />planner@savmn.com <br />Questions?