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5/24/2024 H KGi Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance Revisions City of Arden Hills • Attend project kick off meeting and leading the tour of the City • Gather background materials • Review and comment on draft summary materials • Assist with web updates if City website is hosting project page Phase 2: Diagnose the Current Ordinances and Frame Approach The purpose of phase two is to understand the issues with the existing codes, to reach general consensus on priorities for the update process, and to frame the approach for areas where significant change is anticipated. While Staff and the consultant team will lead the identification of issues, it is also important at this phase of the project to gather input from elected and appointed officials, stakeholders, and the general public. The findings from phase one and the code diagnosis will be used to identify a proposed outline that includes a description of the intent and contents of each section. TASKS Complete a detailed evaluation of the current zoning and subdivision ordinances for deviations from best practices and trends based on our experience working with and updating zoning and subdivision regulations. This evaluation will include: o Evaluation of the current code structure, including whether there are too few or too many groupings. Completing tabular analysis of all districts, uses, and dimensional standards. Analyzing uses as well as site/lot and building dimensional standards to identify inconsistencies, gaps, organizational issues, and ease -of -use improvements. As part of this analysis, we will explore the potential for modernizing, synchronizing, streamlining, and simplifying uses across all districts to improve consistency and understanding of which uses are allowed where. o Assessment of regulations to determine updates needed to align with current state and federal requirements and recent court decisions. o Conducting GIS analysis of the current Zoning Map to evaluate the effectiveness of the current map's application of zoning districts. This step will explore the extent of use of the City's existing districts, whether there are districts that are not mapped, and whether there are any inconsistencies between the 2040 Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Map. o Evaluating development procedures to identify inconsistencies between land use and subdivision requests and potential approaches to streamline the development review process • Prepare an outline for the updated regulations, explaining the purpose and scope of each section • Identify potential approaches to address areas of change identified in the diagnosis • Meet with Staff to discuss the draft outline and potential approaches �;7