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city of its, NEW I)MGHTON the city that works for you DATE: April 2, 2015 Community Assets & Development Department MEMORANDUM TO: Manager Lotter Mayor Members of the Council FROM: Janice Gundlach, Asst. Director of Community Assets & Development/Planning Director SUBJECT: Follow -Up — March 24th Urban Farming Work Session Discussion Based on the discussion that occurred at the March 24th work session, staff offers the following additional information: • The draft ordinance has been revised to reflect the Council's direction on minimum coop setbacks (see Section 6 -203, paragraph 5). This has been drafted in a manner than enforces the most restrictive of four different setbacks. It should be noted the City Attorney was unavailable to review this prior to posting the packet. As such, minor word changes may be necessary but the overall impact of these standards will not be changed. • Staff did not revise any section of the ordinance that pertains to a maximum coop size. The minimum coop size of 3 SF per fowl remains (Section 6 -202). • The chart in Section 6 -201 regarding the number of fowl allowed is unchanged. • To address concerns that a 25' setback from residences could effectively ban coops, staff prepared some examples illustrating that even in downtown New Brighton, where lots are significantly less than the minimum 10,000 SF, space still remains for a coop. It should be emphasized that staff's understanding from the work session discussion was the 25' setback would be from residences and not all structures (such as detached garages and sheds). • Council should discuss whether they want to allow a "grace period" for residents to come into compliance with the ordinance and if so, what the appropriate amount of time is. This provision hasn't been discussed but is included in Section 3 of the proposed ordinance. Staff also understands that several concerns have been voiced regarding whether the proposed standards are either too restrictive or not restrictive enough. In an effort to move toward a conclusion on this topic, and /or to provide perspective, staff offers the following information: