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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—January 10, 2011 7 7.A. Amend Sections 1305.04 and 1320 in the Zoning Code (continued) Councilmember Holmes stated Subd. 94 on page 11 had been removed. She asked if this definition appeared somewhere else in the document. City Planner Beekman stated the definition for land reclamation had been replaced with the definition for mineral extraction and grading and excavating definitions. Councilmember Holden stated Subd. 92, on page 11, the definition for institutional housing had been removed. She asked if this was defined elsewhere in the document. City Planner Beekman stated institutional housing had previously included student housing, assisted living, nursing homes, and hospitals. These categories have now been separately defined. Councilmember Holden asked why Subd. 161, Research, on page 19 had been removed. City Planner Beekman stated a new definition for Research and Development Facility had been created. Councilmember Holmes asked if Subd. 168, Schools, Special Education, on page 21, could be changed to schools, Special Purpose Education. Mayor Grant stated he would recommend changing this to Schools, Specialized Education. City Planner Beekman stated this change would need to be approved throughout the City's Zoning Codes and regulations. Councilmember Holmes asked if Subd. 204, on page 26, would be in conformance with State Statutes. City Planner Beekman stated the definition for a variance had been modified when the City did the flood plain ordinance and FEMA had required this specific language as part of that update. This does need to be kept in the code. It may be appropriate after this legislative session to adopt a separate variance definition and change Subd. 204 to pertain to the Flood Plain Regulations only. Councilmember Holden clarified the ordinance no longer references "drive in" and"restaurants" separately but rather uses "business" instead. Councilmember Holden, moving on to Section 1320, asked for clarification regarding page 21, Subd. 3. E. City Planner Beekman stated this section references those situations where there may be a business complex, on one or more parcels of land, where more than one drive-up window is being requested. These businesses may be in the same building or in different buildings but the buildings are architecturally similar or part of the same business complex. The City would define what is considered architecturally similar if this request was under review.