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DATE: December 8, 2010 TO: Planning Commission FROM: Meagan Beekman, City Planner g Y SUBJECT: Planning Case #10 -011 Public Hearing Zoning Code Amendment City of Arden Hills Requested Action Background 7 HILLS MEMORANDUM City of Arden Hills Planning Conlnrission Meeting, for December 8, 2010 Page 1 of 4 PC Agenda Item 3.B Discuss and consider approval of Planning Case 10 -011 to amend Sections 1305 and 1320 of the Zoning Code to reconcile the recently adopted TCAAP zoning regulations with the regulations that pertain to the rest of the City. Specifically, Staff is proposing to update the City's Land Use Chart, Planned Unit Development Process, and Definitions sections of the Zoning Code to align with the TCAAP regulations. In June 2010, the City approved additions to the Zoning Code that pertained to that portion of the Twin Cities' Army Ammunition Plant TCAAP) that is anticipated to be sold for redevelopment. The purpose of the Zoning Code additions was to lay out a process by which a future developer would work with the City to obtain approval for a master plan, and each subsequent future phase of development on the property. The new regulations included a detailed Planned Unit Development (PUD) process that was based on an updated version of the City's existing PUD Overlay District process. The City also rezoned the property to two new zoning districts, Mixed Residential and Mixed Business, which correspond with the future land use designations in the City's Comprehensive Plan. As part of the rezoning, Staff developed an updated land use chart that pertained only to the TCAAP property zoning districts and was not incorporated into the City's other districts. Because not all of the land uses identified in the new land use chart had definitions in the existing Zoning Code, several new definitions were added. Other land use classifications that