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2)What, if anything should be changed in the current regulating plan. What 76 should be removed? What should be added? 77 78 Development Review Process 79 80 Under current City Code, a large portion of development projects, including Twin Lakes, only 81 need to receive administrative approval (zoning and engineering review, building permit) prior to 82 being allowed to begin construction. Under the current code, the City Council would only be 83 involved in the approval process on a limited basis. Instances include approval of a plat, 84 conditional and interim uses, zoning and comprehenseive plan amendments, and too a lesser 85 degree, variances. 86 87 As previously mentioned, there is no distinction between development in Twin Lakes and the 88 rest of the City. If a proposal is a permitted use and meets all of the zoning regulations, the 89 development can expect to receive administrative approval (after review) and proceed to 90 construction. Prior to the 2010 revisions of the City Code, a development in Twin Lakes was 91 considered a Planned Unit Development (PUD) and needed to go through a City Council site 92 plan review process. It seems to staff that the PUD process, as it was applied to Twin Lakes, was 93 used not so much to provide the flexibility that a typical PUD allows for in uses and design, but 94 was used instead to follow the PUD approval process so that the City Council had the final 95 approval of the development. 96 97 Members of the City Council have indicated a desire to perhaps require PUDs for any 98 development in Twin Lakes. It is staff’s belief that the use of a PUD is not so much of the issue, 99 but rather, the need to have site plan approval by the City Council.The City Council should 100 have a full discussion on whether a site plan review and approval process should be required for 101 development in Twin Lakes. 102 103 Staff feels that for a full service city like Roseville, there should be an efficient approval process 104 when the zoning code is being met. A City Council site plan review process can certainly be 105 instituted for Twin Lakes developments. However, some words of caution. A site plan review 106 process is typically confirmiation that a particular development is meeting the standards of the 107 code. Any deviation from the code, will need to be processed as a variance, a separate land use 108 decision process. Therefore, if a development meets the codes, there is not much, if any, 109 distcretion on the City Council’s part to deny or require modifications to higher quality design 110 elements. This lack of discretion could very well lead to frustration by the City Council and the 111 public when development is considered. 112 113 Some questions the City Council should consider include: 114 115 1)Should development in the Twin Lakes be required to be a Planned Unit Devleopment 116 (PUD) and go through an approval process by the City Council? If so, what flexibility 117 should development properties have from deviating from Twin Lakes design standards 118 and/or uses? 119 120 2)Instead of a PUD process, should development in Twin Lakes go through a site plan 121 approval process by the City Council, with the the understanding that if the project meets 122 City Code, the process will be more informational than regulatory? 123 124 Page 3 of 4