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CITY ISSUE FACT SHEET <br />Protecting Cities’ Zoning and <br />Land Use Authority (Continued) <br />FOR MORE <br />INFORMATION: <br />Daniel Lightfoot <br />LMC Intergovernmental <br />Relations Representative <br />(651) 281-1295 <br />dlightfoot@lmc.org <br />lmc.org <br />• State framework around zoning and land <br />use must allow for locally led reforms. <br />• Cities that have put in years of work to <br />address zoning at the local level should not <br />have to replace their locally led efforts with <br />a state mandated framework. <br />• The state must provide tools and resources <br />for cities to make progress toward housing <br />targets based on real numbers and should <br />not penalize cities for market forces <br />outside their control. <br />• Framework should hold the developer <br />community accountable to actually build <br />units that are affordable. <br />• Projects for additional density must <br />consider infrastructure capacity and <br />provide cities with the ability to finance <br />the infrastructure necessary to support new <br />residential development without relying on <br />the property tax base. <br />OUR ASKS/SOLUTIONS: <br />WHAT’S IN THE BILL (CONTINUED): <br />• Prohibits off-street parking from being required close to <br />major transit stops and limits off-street parking minimum <br />requirements to 1 spot per unit in other areas. <br />• Allows multi-family dwellings to be constructed in any <br />zoning district that allows commercial activity as tall as the <br />tallest commercial or residential structure within ¼ mile <br />radius of the parcel up to 150 feet in height or the local <br />height restriction, whichever is higher. <br />• Broadly prohibits design standards for residential <br />development and eliminates minimum square footage and <br />floor area ratio requirements.