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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date:, 2023 Item No.: Department Approval City Manager Approval Item Description: Discuss phase II Zoning Code amendments regarding shoreland and sustainability regulations 1 B ACKGROUND 2 The legislative history surrounding the second phase of amendments to the Zoning Code is as follows: 3 November 8, 2021: City Council adopted an ordinance approving phase one amendments to 4 the Zoning Code to ensure compliance with the City’s 2040 Comprehensive Plan. The 5 Planning Commission held numerous meetings in 2021 reviewing these amendments and 6 forwarded a recommendation to the City Council. 7 September 1, 2021: Planning Commission held a preliminary discussion to prioritize the 8 second phase of updates to the Zoning Code. At that time, consensus was built around two 9 related topics: 1) shoreland and 2) sustainability. 10 January 31, 2022: Planning Commission held a joint meeting with the City Council to 11 determine if Commission and Council interests were aligned regarding the second phase of 12 updates to the Zoning Code. That discussion revealed consensus to focus on updating the 13 City’s Shoreland Ordinance to comply with the DNR’s current model ordinance and to pursue 14 other Zoning Code amendments surrounding sustainability. 15 February 28, 2022: City Council authorized additional budget to ensure phase two topics could 16 be fully examined. 17 June 1, 2022: The Planning Commission held a discussion on the phase two updates, including 18 reviewing the DNR’s model ordinance and potential modifications to the model ordinance to 19 accommodate the implementation of such rules in Roseville. A preliminary discussion was 20 also held regarding other sustainability topics, including requirements and incentives. 21 July 6, 2022: The Planning Commission held a discussion on the phase two updates, including 22 recommendations for certain requirements surrounding EV ready/charging, minimum tree 23 requirements for multi-family development, and native landscaping. A discussion was also 24 had about solar and whether screening requirements should be imposed, but a determination 25 was made to leave the City’s existing solar rules in place and not implement a screening 26 requirement. A broader, more conceptual discussion occurred regarding incentives to promote 27 more sustainable building practices. The incentives discussion was in response to existing 28 barriers whereby State law limits the City’s ability to impose more restrictive building 29 standards than the Building Code, so development that is more sustainable would have to be 30 incentivized. 31 September 7, 2022: The Planning Commission reviewed the latest draft of the Shoreland 32 Ordinance, final drafts of the langauge related to sustainability requirements (EV 33 ready/charging and landscaping), and began discussion on sustainability incentives. It was 34 determined incentives could best be offered through a worksheet and point system that offers Page 1 of 3