01-29-07 Item 7D, 2006 Community Development Dept in Review

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. 40 planning cases . Resolution of approximately 325 code enforcement-related complaints The following is a report detailing the department's activities from 2006 and anticipated projects/activities for 2007. Planning and Zoning In 2006, the City processed forty planning cases that incorporated forty-five different land use requests. In comparison, there were twenty-three cases in 2005 and nineteen in 2004. The last year with forty or more planning cases was in 2000 with forty-six. The following chart displays the number of planning requests by type and their outcome: Type Approved Denied Pending Withdrawn Total Conditional Use Permit 4 1 5 Final Plat 1 2 3 Minor Subdivision 4 1 5 Ordinance Amendment 4 4 Preliminary Plat 3 3 pun (Master & Final) 1 2 3 Site Plan Review 8 8 Site Plan Review/PUD Amendment 3 3 Vacation 1 1 Variance 4 3 1 2 10 Total 33 4 5 3 45 Of the forty planning cases in 2006, five will continue into 2007. Conditional Use Permits In 2006, the City approved four conditional use petmits (CUPs). One application was withdrawn prior to being reviewed by the Planning Commission. Two of the conditional use permits were for modifying the exterior of a building in the Gateway Business (GB) District. The subject building in both cases had been operating under a prior conditional use permit. The City approved its first home based message therapy business conditional use permit under the regulations adopted in 2005, and the remaining CUP was for a special/higher educational use in the B-4 Zone. City of Arden Hills City Council Meeting January 29, 2007 IIMetro-inet.uslardenhills\Planning\Community Developmen!\Council Agenda ItemslColnmunity Development Year in Review memo to council 1- 24-07.doc Page 2 of I 0