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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br /> Agenda Date: 5/23/2016 <br /> Agenda Item: 15.a <br />Department Approval City Manager Approval <br /> <br />Item Description: Request to amend City Code Section 1004.09C (Improvement Area) to <br />allow greater development of building footprints and paved surfaces on <br />parcels in the LDR-2 zoning district <br />(PF16-010) <br />AI <br />PPLICATION NFORMATION <br />Applicant: Golden Valley Land Company <br />Open House Meeting: N/A <br />Application Submission: received and considered complete on April 1, 2016 <br />City Action Deadline: May 31, 2016, per Minn. Stat. §15.99 <br />PCA <br />LANNING OMMISSION CTION <br />The public hearing for this application was held by the Planning <br />Commission on May 4, 2016, and voted 5 2 to recommend approval <br />of the requested zoning text amendment. <br />SPTA <br /> <br />UMMARY OF THE ROPOSED EXT MENDMENT <br />1 <br />The applicant requests an increase in the allowance of building footprint and pavement area in <br />2 <br />the LDR-2 district from 30% of the parcel area to 50%. In reviewing the application, Planning <br />3 <br />Division staff found that the current 30% restriction was incorporated into the zoning code in <br />4 <br />1998 as part of Ordinance 1214, which was a collection of amendments intended to prevent <br />5 <br />6 <br />complicated moderate garage expansion plans, but it has not generally been a parameter that is <br />7 <br />most limiting for especially large garages. The 30% limit was carried over into the updated <br />8 <br />zoning code in 2010, despite the smaller minimum lot size the updated zoning code allowed in <br />9 <br />the LDR-2 district. An unintended effect of carrying-over the 30% limit was to constrain building <br />10 <br />footprints and paved surfaces for single-family detached homes on LDR-2 lots to far lower levels <br />11 <br />than single-family detached homes in LDR-1 and MDR districts. The following table illustrates <br />12 <br />the imbalance of the 2010 zoning revisions on the development potential for LDR-2 parcels. <br />13 <br />Hard Surface Allowance by Zoning District <br />Lot Area Hard Surface Hard Surface <br />District <br />Minimum Limit Maximum <br />LDR-1 11,000 sq. ft. 30% 3,300 sq. ft. <br />LDR-2 6,000 sq. ft. 30% 1,800 sq. ft. <br />MDR 4,800 sq. ft. 65% 3,120 sq. ft. <br />15.a PF16-010_RCA_20160523 <br />Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br />