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CITY OF CENTERVILLE <br />RES. #24-0XX <br />Resolution Voicing Opposition to Proposed Legislation Preempting Local Zoning <br />Control <br />Whereas, the Minnesota State Legislature has several active bills proposed which would <br />preempt city zoning code in an effort to solve the stateÓs housing crisis, including <br />HF4009, SF3964, and SF3980; and <br /> <br />Whereas, the city of Centerville acknowledges the need for a variety of housing units, <br />spanning the gamut from single family homes, to deeply affordable multifamily units, <br />and is committed to working with developers to efficiently build these projects; and <br /> <br />Whereas, our current city zoning allows multi-family units in many large tracts of open <br />land as well as existing neighborhoods; and <br /> <br />Whereas, while well intended, these bills and others which seek to solve the housing <br />crisis by allowing the construction of duplex, triplex and larger multiplexes in traditional, <br />single-family neighborhoods will have unintended, negative consequences, incentivizing <br />the razing of existing, affordable single-family homes in order to build a duplex with two <br />homes, each more expensive than the one they replaced; and <br /> <br />Whereas, there are myriad other concerns with this type of legislation, such as sewer, <br />water and stormwater system capacity, public school capacities, disruption of traffic <br />patterns, impacts on home values, pedestrian safety impacts from on-street parking and <br />many more; and <br /> <br />Whereas, each city in the Metro Area has worked diligently, with public input and <br />guidance from the Metropolitan Council, to establish community-specific and regionally <br />accountable, affordable housing goals; and <br /> <br />Whereas, we, as city governments, are ready to implement those plans, meet those goals, <br />and solve our housing crisis alongside our state partners, who can support citiesÓ efforts <br />by incentivizing the acceleration or expansion of those plans to meet our immediate need. <br /> <br />Now Therefore, be it Resolved, that the city of Centerville opposes HF4009, SF3964, <br />SF3980 and other legislation which preempts the long history of successful local zoning <br />control. <br /> <br />th <br />PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council this 13 day of March, 2024. <br /> <br /> ________________________ <br /> D. Love, Mayor <br />Attest ____________________________ <br /> Teresa Bender, City Clerk <br /> <br />