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<br />RCA Exhibit A <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR PLANNING COMMISSION ACTIONAgenda Date: 5/4/2016 <br /> <br />PHAgenda Item: 6d <br />UBLIC EARING <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 /> <br /> <br /> <br />AI <br />PPLICATION NFORMATION <br /> <br />Applicant: Golden Valley Land Company <br />Open House Meeting: N/A <br />Application Submission: received and considered <br />complete on April 1, 2016 <br />City Action Deadline: May 31, 2016, per Minn. Stat. <br />§15.99 <br /> <br />LCDD-M <br />EVEL OF ITY ISCRETION IN ECISIONAKING <br /> <br />legislative <br />Action taken on a proposed zoning change is <br />in nature; the City has broad discretion in making land <br />use decisions based on advancing the health, safety, and <br />general welfare of the community. <br /> <br />ZAA <br />ONING MENDMENT NALYSIS <br />1 <br />In the Low- and Medium-Density residential zoning districts, building footprints and paved <br />2 <br />surfaces are limited to 30% of the overall area of parcels used for development of single-family <br />3 <br />detached homes. The purpose of such a limit is to manage storm water runoff that is generated by <br />4 <br /> in <br />5 <br />1959, buildings and paved surfaces on R--1 district) have <br />6 <br />been limited to 30% of the parcel area, but such improvements were allowed on up to 40% of R- <br />7 <br />2 parcels (equivalent to the current LDR-2 district). When the zoning code was updated in 2010, <br />8 <br />however, that differentiation was inadvertently lost, and LDR-2 parcels were restricted to the <br />9 <br />same 30% limit as LDR-1 parcels, even though LDR-2 parcels were assigned smaller minimum <br />10 <br />parcel sizes. The following table illustrates the effect of the 2010 zoning revisions on the <br />11 <br />development potential for LDR-2 parcels. <br />12 <br />Hard Surface Allowance by Zoning District and Date <br /> <br /> <br />Lot Area Hard Surface Hard Surface <br />District (year) <br /> <br />MinimumLimitMaximum <br /> <br />R-1 (1959) 11,000 sq. ft. 30% 3,300 sq. ft. <br />R-2 (1959) 11,000 sq. ft. 40% 4,400 sq. ft. <br />LDR-1 (2010) 11,000 sq. ft. 30% 3,300 sq. ft. <br />LDR-2 (2010) 6,000 sq. ft. 30% 1,800 sq. ft. <br />MDR (2010) 4,800 sq. ft. 65% 3,120 sq. ft. <br />In 1959, parcels in the R-1 district were subject to 11,000 square-foot minimum area <br />13 <br />requirements and, with a 30% allowance of building footprints and paved surfaces, permitted at <br />14 <br />least 3,300 square feet of building and pavement area (depending on the actual parcel size). In <br />15 <br />PF16-010_RPCA_20160504 <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />Page 1 of8 <br /> <br />