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�� <br />EN HILLS <br />MEMORANDUM <br />DATE: June 25, 2012 <br />TO: _ Honorable Mayor & City Councilmembers _ <br />Patrick Klaers, City Administrator <br />FROM: Meagan Beekman, City Planner <br />SUBJECT: Planning Case # 12-011 <br />Applicant: City of Arden Hills <br />Request: Zoning Code Amendment and/or Development Moratorium <br />Requested Action <br />Consider Moratorium on Multi-Family Housing and/or Planning Case 12-011 for a Zoning Code <br />Amendment to Remove Multi-Family Housing from the B-2 District <br />Back�round <br />At the March 19, 2012, joint work session the City Council and the Planning Commission <br />discussed several possible zoning code amendments as part of the Planning Commission's 2012 <br />work plan. At that meeting, Staff was directed to proceed with a review of the B-2 District <br />design standards and possible revisions that would ensure that the Zoning Code was adequately <br />regulating development in line with the Guiding Plan for the B-2 Distr�ict. It was discussed at the <br />meeting that several developments have occurred, or been proposed, since October of 2008, <br />when the Guiding Plan, and subsequent Zoning Code Amendments for the B-2 District, were put <br />into place. The direction given to Staff was to review land use applications since 2008, and the <br />Zoning Code, to ensure that the design standards reflect the City's vision for the B-2 District. <br />Staff has begun this work and anticipates proposed Zoning Code amendments in the coming <br />months. <br />The City Council has also moved forward with Phase I of developing an implementation plan for <br />the public improvements proposed in the Guiding Plan for the B-2 District. These <br />improvements will include streetscaping to create a more pedestrian and bicycle friendly <br />environment, as well as traffic management solutions that will improve the traffic flow and <br />function of County Road E. The City has contracted with engineering firm Bolton & Menk to <br />City ofArden Hills <br />City Council Meeting for June 25, 2012 <br />P: IPlanninglPlanning Cases12012112-011 - Zoning Code Amendment - Multi family housing (PC Denied)106-25-12 - Zoning Code Amendment <br />or Moratorium - CC Memo.doc page 1 Of 4 <br />