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Agenda Number V 3 CITY OF HUGO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Memorandum TO: Hugo Planning Commission FROM: Rachel Leitz, Community Development Assistant SUBJECT: Temporary Family Health Care Dwellings DATE: August 10, 2016 for the City Council meeting of August 15, 2016 1. PLANNING COMMISSION UPDATE: The Planning Commission is holding a public hearing and considering the opt -out ordinance at its meeting on August 11, 2016. Staff will provide the Council with an update prior to the City Council meeting. 2. BACKGROUND: On May 12, 2016, Governor Dayton signed, into law, a bill creating a process for landowners to place a temporary residential dwelling on their property to serve as a family health care dwelling. Community desire to provide transitional housing for those with mental or physical impairments and the increased need for short term care for aging family members served as the catalysts behind the legislature taking on this initiative. The resulting legislation sets forth a short term care alternative for a "mentally or physically impaired person", by allowing them to stay in a "temporary dwelling" on a relative's or caregiver's property. This affects all properties with existing residences in the City. Per the statute Cities can opt out with adoption of an ordinance or resolution. On July 14, 2016 the Planning Commission discussed the temporary family health care dwelling ordinance. The Planning Commission agreed that these structures, if allowed in all zoning districts, would change the character of most neighborhoods. They believed the 15 day review period was too short to ensure these structures were reviewed adequately. They stated that a health care issue will generally not be resolved in a 6-12 month period, which is the expiration of a permit. The Planning Commission believed that the City can accommodate residents on a case by case basis and accomplish the intent of this law through ordinances the City already has performance standards for. The Planning Commission recommended opting out of the temporary family health care dwelling ordinance with a request that the Planning Commission review the current ordinances that are similar to the intent of the temporary family healthcare dwelling ordinance and make revisions, if necessary.