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That being said, there are occasions when it is appropriate for the Planning Commission and <br /> Staff to step back and evaluate the efficacy of our processes and ordinances. A number of <br /> suggestions for improvements to the Zoning Code have come up over the last several months, <br /> both from Commissioners, Councilmembers, and Staff. If planned out appropriately, it may be <br /> possible to prioritize these items and time them throughout the year to assure that the Planning <br /> Commission and Staff can give them proper review and evaluation. <br /> A number of these items are listed below. Please feel free to add in your own suggestions and <br /> ideas. A discussion of these items is necessary to prioritize and identify a list of three or four <br /> projects that can be recommended to the City Council as goals to accomplish in the coming year. <br /> The scale and amount of work that could potentially go into each of these items differs and <br /> should also be part of the discussion. <br /> 1. Major revision and recodification of the City's Shoreland Management Ordinance <br /> 2. Amending the City's Animal Ordinance to clarify the definitions of domesticated and <br /> farm animals as well as consideration of hens. <br /> 3. Design Standards for Zoning Districts beyond the B-2 District, to potentially encompass <br /> residential, industrial, and other business districts in the City <br /> 4. The issue of"natural lawns"and prairie grass <br /> 5. Major revision of the City's Subdivision Ordinance <br /> 6. The definition of Clear Vision Area and the concern over reduced visibility at • <br /> intersections from trees and other vegetation in the right of way. <br /> 8. <br /> 9. <br /> 10. <br /> Staff will take notes and produce a list that will be forwarded on to the City Council for <br /> consideration at their December 6, 2008, Council retreat. At this meeting the Council will <br /> discuss the priorities and goals for the upcoming year. Based on the outcome of their meeting <br /> Staff will finalize the priority projects and report back to the Planning Commission at the first <br /> meeting in January. <br /> City of Arden Hills <br /> Planning Commission Work Session for November S, 2008 <br /> IlMetro-inet.uslardenhillslPlanninglPlanning Commission Wew-Old Business120081110508-PC Worksession-2009 Goals and Project • <br /> Priorities.doc <br /> Page 2 of 2 <br />