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Agenda Number ____ <br /> <br />CITY OF HUGO COMMUNITY <br />DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br /> <br />TO: Bryan Bear, City Administrator <br /> <br />FROM: Rachel Juba, Community Development Director <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Ordinance Review Committee: Authorization for Zoning Ordinance <br />Text Amendments. <br /> <br />DATE: July 29, 2021, for the City Council Meeting of August 2, 2021 <br /> <br /> <br />1. BACKGROUND: <br /> <br />The Ordinance Review Committee (ORC) has reviewed several ordinance text amendments since <br />2004. Over the next year the ORC will be reviewing and making recommendation on zoning <br />ordinance text amendments. Some of these include the Shoreland Overlay District regulations, <br />Adequate Public Facilities ordinance, and Zoning District regulations. Staff will be preparing a work <br />plan for the ORC on these revisions. There are also areas of the zoning code that have inconsistencies <br />or minor revisions that should be fixed. <br /> <br />2. OVERVIEW OF ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENTS: <br /> <br />Some of the inconsistencies are related to what uses are allowed in each zoning district and the <br />performance standard for the use. Most uses have performance standards that are required in order to <br />conduct the use. The inconsistencies in the Shoreland Overlay District is related to meeting the DNR <br />rules for development in the Shoreland Overlay District. There are other minor revisions to certain <br />sections that staff will present to the ORC. <br /> <br />The ORC with will on each section separately and make recommendations to the Planning <br />Commission. <br /> <br />3. RECOMMENDATION: <br />Staff recommends the City Council authorize zoning ordinance text amendment to be reviewed by <br />the ORC. <br />All ordinance text amendments require public hearings. At the right time staff will recommend the <br />City Council authorize notice of a public hearing on the text amendments.