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City Cou�n��l St�dy SessiQn �- 01/2310G DRAFT Minates - Page 8 Counci�member Pust sugg�sted stafi include �he varzous types of uses in single-�amily zoning districts as part of t�e community vis�oning pxocess (i.e., student, group, and other housing ereating traffie congesiion). Ci�y Attorney Anderson concurred with the d�chotomy raised by City Manager Beets, in looking at the zoning cod� and obv2ous intent o� the state s��te regarding unare�ated �eople — up to six adu�ts in one unit; and dete�mine where the tensions exzsted b�tween Czty Code and S�a�e S�a�ut�; and the primacy of State Statuie. Ci�y Attomey Anderson suggested defining "dwel�ing un�ts;" if staff stays overnigh� in a group hozne, and thez�e �s a lock�d daor betwe�n the units, or a separate kitchen facili�y and door, that is defined as two units. N�. Anderson noted that, when a new buyer became involved, it looked like a duplex, and thus the zoning quagmire bet�ween wha� the unit is sold as and what i�s use was. C�ty Attorney Anderson noted that, th� perception is that if it's used ihat way now, i� ean b� used �hat way forever; and even with a dec�aration signed by an operator for a residen�ial faci�ity permitted by Minnesota Statute under Sec�ion 462.357, Subd. ba �$, the uncer�ainty of the manner in which the business or us� is being cc�nducted und�r City Code becomes an is5ue. Fua�her diseussion �nc�uded the sales proeess %r s�ng�e- family homes; stapulations and state regula�ions for group homes; and �the desi�e �or disbursement o� group homes throughout a comrnun�ty �o provide a better li�estyie £or graup home occupants. Rep. Gareilzng suggested that, rather than ehanging the ordinanee and/or statute, perhaps better education of the public was pxe�erabie via �he ci�y newslettex or 1oca1 newspaper, advzsing them of ihezr right to comp�ain abaut a g�oup home in their neighborhood if it wasn't m�eting ordinance requiremen�s. Rep. Garei�ing also suggested better educaiion o� eode enforcement personnel o� czty and state la�v, examples of the federal Fair Hausing Act; applicable