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Attachment A EJ7,2014CCM XTRACT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE ULYITYOUNCIL EETING 14. Business Items - Presentations/Discussions a. Request for Approval of a Zoning Text Amendment to Section 1004.05.A One and Two-Family Design Standards of the Roseville Zoning Ordinance Community Development Director Paul Bilotta summarized information detailed in the RCA dated July 7, 2014; with staff seeking City Council direction. When this discussion originated several years ago, Councilmember Willmus advised that he was firmly entrenched in the camp to leave things alone and let people do what they wanted on their private lots; and noted subsequent discussion in how to mitigate garages and aesthetic features of porches. By reference, Councilmember Willmus used a home on South Owasso Boulevard, recently featured in the Parade of Homes, built on a legal, but narrow lot, and turned sideways to avoid placement of the garage in the front of the home, per current code. However, in practice for narrow lots, Councilmember Willmus noted that this left little distance between the garage door and side property line and didn’t work; providing concern for him and how to develop code to accommodate such situations. Mr. Bilotta noted that this was the purpose of the Administrative Waiver process, and was also applicable for unique lots throughout the community, including those lake lots tending to be narrow and deep and not oriented to the street as much as to the shoreline. Mayor Roe noted that the Administrative Waiver process was part of current code. In observing those images provided in the RCA (Attachment E) for compliant and non-compliant homes, Councilmember McGehee opined that she found all of the homes very nice, providing a lot of variety, and essentially allowing people to do what they wanted on their own lots; and further opined that she found none of those images depicting any serious need for abatement. Councilmember Etten reviewed one situation of a friend in Roseville who during construction of their new home in the Josephine Woods development, were required to shift the front of their home to the back and walk around it to access their front door due to these current code restrictions, creating great frustration for them. At the request of Councilmember Etten on how to make the process more workable in that type of situation, Mr. Bilotta reviewed the Administrative Waiver process and hardship criteria required. Mr. Bilotta clarified that this was not simply at staff's discretion to remain consistent, and did add another hurdle to seek a variance and another body to weigh in to make those discretionary choices. Councilmember Etten opined that changes were needed to ensure developers felt welcome in the community with ordinances working to promote that effort rather than an ordinance that achieved the opposite of that intent. Councilmember Willmus questioned the real intent of the ordinance in the first place, whether it was to get away from infill neighborhoods with garages out in front, or whether the same result was created by positioning the garages behind the front property line; and questioned whether there was a balance or a hybrid version to provide some difference between home facades.