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_________________________________________________________________________________________ <br />City of Arden Hills <br />Planning Commission Meeting for September 6, 2017 <br />P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2017\PC 17-020 - Zoning Code Amendment - Higher Education Land <br />Uses\Memos_Reports_17-020 <br />Page 1 of 13 <br />DATE: September 6, 2017 PC Agenda Item 4.B <br /> <br />TO: Planning Commission Chair Thompson and Commissioners <br /> <br />FROM: Matthew Bachler, Senior Planner <br />Eric Zweber, WSB & Associates <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Planning Case #17-020 – Public Hearing Required <br />Request: Zoning Code Amendment – Higher Education Land Uses <br /> <br /> <br />Requested Action <br /> <br />Review the draft Commercial, Industrial, and Higher Education Study report and recommend <br />adoption. <br /> <br />Review and recommend Zoning Ordinance amendments regarding “Schools, higher education”. <br /> <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />On October 10, 2016, the City Council adopted An Interim Ordinance Temporarily Prohibiting <br />Land Use Applications and Reviews for Higher Education Uses in Residential, Business, <br />Industrial and Other Zones (moratorium). The moratorium can last up to one year to prepare a <br />study to determine the impacts and benefits from higher education land uses and provide <br />recommendations for possible Zoning Code and/or Comprehensive Plan amendments regarding <br />higher education uses. The City Council initiated the required study (Attachment A) and <br />directed the Planning Commission and the Economic Development Commission to provide <br />feedback and analysis throughout the process. The study was initially comprised of five <br />components: <br />• Background gathering and analysis of the existing Campus Master Plans for the <br />University of Northwestern and Bethel University. <br />• The regulation of Higher Education Uses within other communities. <br />• Analysis of the Commercial and Employment Uses currently allowed in the various <br />Commercial and Industrial Zones. <br />• Analysis of the Employment and Economic Activity that results from the allowed <br />Commercial and Employment Uses. <br /> MEMORANDUM <br />