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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — APRIL 17, 2023 5 Community Development Director Jagoe said the last time a full ordinance review was done was in 1993. Since then there have been a number of amendments and some of that has led to inconsistencies in the ordinance language. A full ordinance review would allow for clean up and reformatting to make it more user friendly. She wondered if Council would be interested in hiring a consultant to work with the City to prepare a full ordinance review. Councilmember Fabel wondered if we had problems frequently enough to warrant analysis from a consultant. Community Development Director Jagoe felt that given some of the ordinances that the Council had identified and the time that it would take to work on just one of them, it could be a couple of years before they got through the list. She thought there were also other ordinance sections where language could be added and it could be done in a more timely manner if they utilized a consultant. That would also allow them to look at the formatting and flow of information. Councilmember Holden was surprised at how close our setbacks are to the other cities. She was in favor of reviewing and reorganizing the ordinances. She thought they should look at people putting ornamental grasses and other tall landscaping too close to the curb. Community Development Director Jagoe thought there were two different spots that talk about plantings in the right-of-way. They could add it to the list. Councilmember Fabel said there were some cities attempting to modify their ordinances to increase density, would a consultant be able to discuss that? Community Development Director Jagoe said they would have the consultant attend a work session with the Council and ask the consultant to put together a list of ordinances they've seen in other communities, and the Council could provide direction. Mayor Grant discussed setbacks and asked if staff had the bandwidth to make all of the changes. Community Development Director Jagoe said looking at the current list, they would have Council give direction of the order and staff would work on them one by one. Councilmember Rousseau asked if they were thinking about having a consultant and target the list or incorporate the list into the consultant's review. Community Development Director Jagoe said if there was one the Council wanted staff to start working on now they could do that, but it was hard to say where one ordinance discussion would lead into another. Or the direction could be to start looking at consultant research and bring that information back. Councilmember Rousseau wondered if fences were something the Planning Commission could work on. Community Development Director Jagoe thought they were just looking at adding definitions of what was temporary and permanent fencing and it could go right to the Planning Commission.