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a second land use designation applied to open space areas in the City. Park <br />park preserve, all of which are located on the Arden Hills Army Training Site. <br /> <br />Currently there are no districts designated for parks or open space areas in the Zoning Code. Park <br />facilities are integrated into residential or business zoning districts. Minnesota State law requires <br />that local zoning codes be consistent with adopted comprehensive plans. Establishing a Parks <br />and Open Space District and a Conservation District would help the City meet this requirement. <br />Further, the new districts will assist in the implementation of the Comprehensive Plan by <br />solidifying the P <br /> <br />Staff has prepared Ordinance 2013-010 for a Conservation District and Ordinance 2013-011 for <br /> <br />a Parks and Open Space District. The Planning Commission reviewed Planning Case 13-004at <br />the October 9, 2013, meeting and recommended approval of both Ordinances. Staff reviewed <br />Ordinance 2013-010 and Ordinance 2013-011 with the City Council at the Work Session on <br />November 18, 2013. The City Council directed staff to include the Ordinances on the Consent <br />Calendar for the next City Council meeting. <br /> <br /> <br />Summary of Proposed Ordinance Amendments and Additions <br /> <br />The Parks and Open Space District would be applied to City and County Parks. This district <br />could also be appropriate for City owned parcels that are being used as public open space or that <br />corresponds with the Park Preserve District in the Comprehensive Plan and would only be <br />applied to the Arden Hills Army Training Site (AHATS). It should be noted that Planning Case <br />13-004 only includes text amendments to the Zoning Code. No rezoning of any property is <br />proposed at this time. <br /> <br />If adopted, Ordinance 2013-010 and Ordinance 2013-011 would amend or add regulations to two <br />chapters of the Zoning Code: <br /> <br /> <br />A.1305.04 Definitions (new definition) <br /> <br />B.1320 District Provisions (new regulations) <br /> <br />A general discussion on the changes to each chapter is outlined in the sections below. The <br />ordinances are included in Attachments A and B. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________________ <br />City of Arden Hills <br />City Council Meeting for November 25, 2013 <br />P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2013\PC 13-004 - Zoning Code Amendment - Parks and Open Space and Park <br />Preserve District (Pending)\CC Packet_(11-25-13)_13-004 <br /> <br /> <br />Page 2 of 6 <br />