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.. e e e CITY OF ARDEN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: January 5, 2001 TO: Mayor and City Council Jennifer Chaput, City Planne4J Planning Case #00-41, City of Arden Hills, Zoning Ordinance Amendment Section 5 (E), Land Use Chart and (H) #3, Special Requirements for the Neighborhood Business District FROM: SUBJECT: Request The City of Arden Hills requests that Section 5 (E) and (H) #3 of the Zoning Ordinance #291 be amended to allow dwelling units in conjunction with a business in the Neighborhood Business District, with certain restrictions. Bac\Q!round On September 27, 1999 (planning Case #99-04), the language for a new zoning district, the neighborhood business district, was adopted by the City Council and inserted into the City's Zoning Ordinance. While reviewing the proposed rezoning for seven groups of properties for this district at the November 1,2000 Planning Commission meeting (Planning Case #00-38), the Planning Commission recognized that the neighborhood business district language did not permit any types of dwelling units. At this time, the Planning Commission directed staff to propose an ordinance amendment, addressing this issue. Review The Zoning Ordinance lists a number of different dwelling types that are permitted in various districts of the City. Typically, muhiple family or two-family dwelling units are the more appropriate dwelling type to mix with a business in a district such as this. Since this is a business district, some restrictions should be placed on permitting dwelling units as a sole use on a property. For instance, dwelling units should be mixed with a business use to ensure that the use continues to meet the intent of the district and the City's Comprehensive Plan. Currently, the neighborhood business district does not permit any types of dwelling units. All of the dwelling unit types and their corresponding district regulations are shown in the "Dwelling" section of the Land Use Chart, Section 5 (E), below. Staff proposes that "Multiple Family" and "Two- Family" dwellings be allowed in the neighborhood business district through a special use permit. By making this use a special use in the district, an additional restriction can be placed on it to ensure that dwelling units can not be the sole use on the property, as proposed in Section 5 (H) #3. By adding in certain dwelling units as permitted uses in this district, other language Section 5 (H) needs to be addressed. This is specific to where the text references certain requirements when "adjacent to residential uses". This could have negative implications to a development if the language is not