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Other possible incentives within the zoning code include: <br />• Reducing or reimbursing fees associated with planning and zoning fees, building permit <br />fees, sewer and water availability charges, parkland dedication fees in exchange for <br />additional density, affordable units, additional greenspace, or sustainable building <br />"enhancements." <br />• Addressing potential site constraints such as reducing required setbacks and/or minimum <br />lot sizes, reducing parking requirements, and/or reducing right-of-way widths. <br />As the city works with a consultant to address updates and improvements to the zoning code is a <br />potentially opportune moment to implement these low/no-cost approaches to increasing the ability <br />for more families to live in Arden Hills. <br />Creating a regulatory situation that is clearly amenable to developers' needs and understands the <br />complicated tension of developing more housing anywhere, addresses then issues associated with <br />perception. Perception issues may include the "ease" of which a person can build additional places <br />to live, whether as an individual homeowner expanding options for their own property or as a <br />developer looking for a place to build at a greater scale. Scale and perception of impact on existing <br />neighborhoods can also be addressed by these changes, allowing for more units that continue to <br />be sensitive and complementary to the existing character of development, while adding net tax <br />capacity to the city. <br />Budget Impact <br />N/A <br />Attachments <br />Attachment A: Presentation <br />Page 6 of 6 <br />