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i , J e e . CITY OF ARDEN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: November 2, 2000 TO: Mayor and City Council Jennifer Chaput, City PlannerCf- FROM: SUBJECT: Planning Case #00-38, City of Arden Hills Amending Section IV (A) of Ordinance #291, Zoning Map (Rezoning Properties to Neighborhood Business) Reauest The City of Arden Hills requests that Section IV (A) of the Zoning Ordinance #291, Zoning Map, be amended to include the Neighborhood Business District (Exhibit A, Proposed Zoning Map dated November 27,2000). Backl!round On September 27, 1999 (Planning Case #99-04), the language for a new zoning district (Exhibit B), the Neighborhood Business District, was adopted by the City Council and inserted into the City's Zoning Ordinance. Although the new district and language were adopted, the properties under discussion for this district were nol rezoned. Therefore, at this time, there are no properties in the City in the Neighborhood Business District. The language for this district was adopted according to Comprehensive Plan and future planning discussions as well as the identification of properties that didn't necessarily fit into the current zoning districts. In Planning Case #99-04 (Exhibit C), the Planning Commission identified and discussed seven sites within the community that should be considered for inclusion into the Neighborhood Business district, as identified on the chart in Exhibit D. Photographs and location maps are also attached to this Exhibit in Exhibits E through I. Review Section VIII, D of the City's Zoning Ordinance outlines the procedural requirements for zoning ordinance amendments and rezonings. Rezoning properties require that the proposed rezoning be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan states the following regarding Neighborhood Business: "Neighborhood Business designates small, isolated areas for neighborhood commercial land uses when they are compatible with surrounding residential uses. Commercial uses that are high traffic generators, noise generators or otherwise not compatible with residential neighborhoods, are inappropriate. Typically Neighborhood Business areas will be located on intersections or nodes that are on the edge of residential areas, are not desirable sites for housing or have traditionally been occupied with neighborhood services."