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67 City Code Section 906.07(Property Maintenance): Requires every sink, lavatory, water closet 68 or other plumbing fixture to be properly connected to either a public water system or an 69 approved private water system. This same section requires kitchen sinks and lavatories to be 70 supplied with hot or tempered and cold running water in compliance with the Plumbing Code. 71 While the Units have cabinetry, a sink, and eletrical plug-ins for small appliances, City staff 72 does not consider this to be a legal kitchen given there is no connection to municipal water or 73 sewer. 74 The following additional information may be relevant for the Council’s discussion and decision: 75 One other Sacred Settlement exists in the metro, within the City of St. Paul at Mosaic 76 Community Church, 540 Wheelock Parkway East. St. Paul has adopted an interim ordinance, 77 directing the City’s Planning Commission to underake a zoning study to determine “whether 78 non-conventional residential housing product options can and should be incorporated in the 79 Zoning Code as a permitted residential occupany type”. While the study is undertaken, the 80 City is permitting the Sacred Settlementas a recreational camping area licensed by the MN 81 Department of Health. If the Council is interested in evaluating permananet use of these types 82 of Units, the City could benefit from the results of this study. 83 The November 2021 Phase One updates to the Zoning Code introduced a housing type called 84 “Dwellings, Courtyard Cottage”. The intent of this housing type was to allow dwellings units, 85 such as tiny homes, whereby smaller, one-family detached dwellings are arranged around a 86 courtyard (or shared open space) and accessed from shared driveways. While City staff is 87 unsure of the construction methods of the Units, buildings of a similar type could be designed 88 in a way to accommodate this housing type if they were constructed on a foundation, met the 89 Building Code, and had a connection to City sewer and water. Given the underlying zoning 90 of the parcel the Units currently exist on is zoned LDR, Low Density Residential, this option 91 could be a means for this use to comply with the Zoning Code. 92 Pastor Christ and Congregation President Michael Stetzler provided additional information 93 they requested be considered in conjunction with the appeal (Attachment F). These materials 94 make reference to Roseville’s Police Department’s involvement. The Police Department, 95 through its Housing Navigatorposition, did work with Prince of Peace to find a safe location 96 to park the individual’s bus while trying to secure more permenant housing. As any regulations 97 regarding the use of micro-unitsor tiny homes are beyond her position and duties, when the 98 topic was brought up the HousingNavigator informed the church they should contact the 99 Community Development Department to discuss the matter. Community Development was 100 never contacted. 101 If Council agrees with the staff determination that the Units are not permissible, the following options 102 may be consideredif the Council is interested in exploring a solution other than full compliance with 103 current code requirements: 104 Stay enforcement action for a specified period of time so as not to displace the two families 105 living in the Unitsand to allow for timefor the two familes to relocate to permanent housing. 106 Under this option, it would need to be recognized the Units are not legal dwelling units but 107 RV’s, as claimed by Settled. City staff is not qualified to determine what a legal RV is, Page 3 of 5 RS160\\1\\859178.v1