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ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION — November 8, 2023 3 <br />10. Amendments to the Zoning Code regulations require a public hearing prior to action by <br />the City Council. <br />11. If the zoning amendments were approved, an Applicant would be required to apply for <br />administrative review and approval for a Solar Energy System within the R-1, R-2, and <br />R-3 Residential Districts and the NR-1, NR-2, and NR-3 Residential Districts. <br />12. The Planning Commission considered this land use application on October 4, 2023 and <br />tabled the application with direction for staff to revise the drafted ordinance language. <br />Senior Planner Fransen reviewed the options available to the Planning Commission for <br />Planning Case 23-018 for a Zoning Code Amendment to Chapter 13 of the Arden Hills City <br />Code to allow Solar Energy System as an Accessory Use in the R-1, R-2, and R-3 Residential <br />Districts and NR-1, NR-2, and NR-3 Residential Districts: <br />l . Recommend Approval <br />2. Recommend Approval with Amendments <br />3. Recommend Denial <br />4. Table <br />Chair Vijums opened the floor to Commissioner comments. <br />Commissioner Weber asked if the lack of screening within an application would require a <br />variance. <br />Senior Planner Fransen reported this would be based on the design of the solar array and if it <br />would be visible from the right of way or adjacent residential properties. <br />Chair Vijums commented on the screening language, stating he believes the language was <br />sufficient in that it accounted for those who are not choosing to install a solar energy system but <br />are affected by their visual presence. <br />Commissioner Weber commented that the statement "to the extent that doing so does not affect <br />the cost or efficacy of the system" could provide an out from screening. <br />Chair Vijums stated that options are given for different types of screening so an applicant could <br />select a cheaper method. While he understood the screening requirements would cost applicants <br />more money, in the end, the applicant would be saving money on their electrical bills. <br />Community Development Director Jagoe added that the language as drafted addresses the <br />design, placement, or location impact on the cost of a proposed solar energy system, not the cost <br />of screening that might be required for the proposed system to be in compliance with the code. <br />Commissioner Bjorklund thanked staff for their efforts on this Planning Case. He explained he <br />reviewed the proposed code amendments and he supported them fully. He recommended <br />Attachments F, G and H be referred to in the proposed code amendment. <br />Commissioner Mitchell questioned if corner lots would require additional screening. <br />
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