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Discussion <br /> <br />At the City Council Work Session on January 13, 2014, staff reviewed this data with the <br />Council. Based on the comments provided by the Council, staff has drafted Ordinance 2014-003, <br />which would revise the minimum unit size standards for multi-family dwelling units <br /> <br />The amendment to the multi-family design standards would decrease the required square footage <br />for efficiency apartment units and increase the required square footage for two-bedroom and <br />three-bedroom units, as well as the additional floor area required for each additional bedroom. <br />the requirements used by other cities and what is currently being constructed by the private <br />market. The table below outlines the existing minimum unit size standards and the proposed <br /> <br />revisions. <br /> <br />Proposed Revisions to Minimum Unit Size Standards <br /> <br />One- Two- Three-Additional <br />Efficiency Unit Bedroom Unit Bedroom Unit Bedroom Unit Bedroom <br /> Minimum (SF) Minimum (SF) Minimum (SF) Minimum (SF) Minimum (SF) <br />Existing <br />Standards 600 700 800 900 100 <br />Proposed <br />Standards 550 700 950 1,200 150 <br /> <br /> <br />Ordinance Number 14-003 would amend Section 1325.045, Subd. 1 of the Zoning Code to read <br />as follows: <br /> <br />Minimum Unit Size. Efficiency units shall be a minimum of five hundred and fifty (550) <br />square feet; one-bedroom units shall be a minimum of seven hundred (700) square feet; <br />two-bedroom units shall be a minimum of nine hundred and fifty (950) square feet; and <br />three-bedroom units shall be a minimum of twelve hundred (1,200) square feet. For each <br />additional bedroom, an additional one hundred and fifty (150) square feet is required. <br />Garages, breezeways, common hallways, balconies, and porch floor spaces shall not be <br />credited in determining the required floor area of units. <br /> <br /> <br />Findings of Fact <br /> <br /> <br />Cities have broad discretion when reviewing and adopting zoning regulations; however, as a tool <br />n <br />the two documents when reviewing zoning code amendments. <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br />City of Arden Hills <br />Planning Commission Meeting for March 5, 2014 <br />P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2014\PC 14-009 - Zoning Code Amendment - Multi-family Design <br />Standards\Memos_Reports_14-009 <br /> <br />35 <br />Page of <br />
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