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Minneapolis Planning Department 350 South Fifth Street, Room 210 Minneapolis, MN 55415-1385 (612) 673-2597 Phone (612) 673-2728 Fax (612) 673-2157 TDD MEMORANDUM DATE: November 12,2002 TO: Gary Schiff, Zoning and Planning Committee Chair Zoning and Planning Committee Members FROM: Kimberly Tollefson, City Planner 612.673.2998 RE: Accessory Dwelling (AD) Overlay District Planning Department Revisions and Alternative: The Planning Department recommends approval of the Accessory Dwelling Overlay as attached in the Planning Department's Alternative. At this time, Planning recommends that no additional overlay boundaries be established. Planning staff recommends a trial study with a twelve to eighteen month status report to the Planning Commission and the Zoning and Planning Committee. The update would include established criteria to assess the success of the AD Overlay District. The assessment of this amendment's success may determine if and where other neighborhoods in the city should be mapped with the overlay and may suggest amended policies to the text. Based on discussions at the Planning Commission and Zoning and Planning Committee level, staff has revised the text of the overlay. The difference between the Planning Commission Recommendation and the Planning Department Alternative are as follows: 1. Section 551.1050. Minimum Zoned Area. The addition of this provision suggests that consensus must be built within an area before the addition of overlay zoning is sought. The provision avoids a piecemeal approach to the review and recommendation of zoning requests. A two-acre minimum zoned area is recommended. 2. Section 551.1060(1). Conditional uses. The Planning Department Alternative requires that the principal residential structure be allowed in the primary district. For example, a multiple-family dwelling in an R2B District would not be eligible to add an accessory dwelling. 3. Section 551.1060(2). Conditional Uses.