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PLANNING REPORT <br />DATE: October 13, 2009 <br />CASE: ZA2009-003 <br />SUBJECT: Zoning Code Amendment Impacting Chapter 7 — Pertaining to <br />Amendment Criteria for approved Planned Residential & Planned Unit <br />Developments <br />APPLICANT: City of New Brighton <br />REQUEST & BACKGROUND <br />The City is requesting a Zoning Code amendment that impacts Chapter 7 of the Zoning Code. <br />Specifically, the amendment would create standards that approved planned residential <br />development and planned unit developments would have to meet in order to be granted an <br />amendment. The amendment as drafted provides two possible means to be granted approval: 1) <br />administrative procedure or 2) Planning Commission & City Council procedure. This is also <br />termed either a minor or major amendment. <br />The City is currently in a situation where many planned developments exist with approvals <br />dating back to the early 1980's. Because these projects are nearly 30 years old many of them are <br />starting to need renovation and some of these renovations go beyond what was contemplated in <br />the original approvals. Thus, it became apparent that specific amendment criteria needed to be <br />created so as to meet the needs of the development by allowing improvements while also <br />preserving the city's interests from the time of original approval. This is important as most often <br />a give and take relationship exists between the developer and City in order to get planned <br />developments approved. For example, with Brighton Village the city relaxed setback standards <br />in exchange for enhanced landscaping and pedestrian access (sidewalks & decorative <br />crosswalks). <br />ATTACHMENTS <br />A — Proposed Ordinance <br />AMENDMENT ANALYSIS <br />The proposed amendment language is attached in ordinance form. Essentially, two new sections <br />are created with Section 7-110 and 7-260, which are at the end of the planned residential <br />development section and planned unit development section respectively. The language in these <br />two sections is nearly identical except that one refers to planned residential developments and the <br />other refers to planned unit developments. <br />The draft ordinance responds to the comments and discussions that occurred at commission work <br />sessions held in July and September. Specifically, the commission requested the following, <br />which have been incorporated into the attached draft ordinance: <br />Establishment of a minor and major procedure <br />• Detailed lists for the type of improvements for both the minor and major procedure <br />• For major amendments: <br />o Ensuring the PRD and PUD standards applying to the original approval apply to <br />any subsequent amendment. <br />o Confirmation of the public hearing process and notification parameters <br />