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Planning Commission Board Meeting City Council Chambers, 2660 Civic Center Drive Minutes - Wednesday, June 03, 2009 1. Call to Order Chair Doherty called to order the Planning Commission meeting at 5:30 p.m. and reviewed the role and purpose of the Planning Commission. 2. Roll Call & Introductions City Planner Thomas Paschke called the Roll. Members Present: Commissioners Joe Wozniak, John Gisselquist, Daniel Boerigter, Andre Best; and Chair Jim Doherty; with Commissioner Glenn Cook arriving at 5:55 p.m. and Commissioner Thomas Gottfried arriving at 6:33 p.m. Members Absent: None. Staff present: City Planner Thomas Paschke; Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd; Economic Development Associate Jamie Radel; with City Engineer Debra Bloom present during a portion of the Public Hearings. Chair Doherty also noted that City Councilmembers Dan Roe, Tammy Pust, and Jeff Johnson were present for the presentation, along with City Manager Bill Malinen. 3. Informational Presentation about form-based zoning Ms. Radel introduced Dr. Carissa Schively-Slotterback, Ph.D., a professor with the University of MN’s Humphrey Institute, who provided a definition of and presentation on innovative zoning techniques, including form-based code and hybrid codes. Dr. Schively-Slotterback defined form-based zoning as a method of regulating development to achieve a specific urban form as determined by a specific community and reflected in the form- based code through regulation of new development and redevelopment. Form-based codes focus on the physical form of the built environment; with less emphasis on use and density; and more focus on private development within the public realm and streetscape; with the goal of producing a specific type of “place” by emphasizing design and aesthetic guidelines. Characteristics of typical and prescriptive zoning approaches, focusing on land use types and districts, and highly- detailed and restrictive performance standards for signage, parking, landscaping, etc. and reliance on PUDs for development that is ‘outside of the box” was compared to form-based zoning or a hybrid code. Dr. Schively-Slotterback provide a critique of typical zoning: regulatory focusing on what you can’t do, segregation of uses and densities and long lists of prohibited and conditional uses that produced “cookie cutter” design, (i.e., setbacks, maximum heights, and lot coverage) with little guidance on form and design of structures and space, focusing on buildings/sites rather than places. Dr. Schively-Slotterback noted that this typical zoning technique tended to be more auto-oriented, failing to address the public realm (i.e., streetscape), health/safety impacts (i.e., walkability and connectivity), and a lack character/community identity. Commissioner Boerigter questioned how form-based code applications would be less auto- orientated than traditional codes if the City’s rezoning was consistent with the newly-adopted Comprehensive Plan and specification for pathways and walking connections. Commissioner Boerigter opined that form-based code seemed to try to justify different uses and design; and questioned how critiques supporting form-based versus traditional planning differ; whether by the process or the code itself. Chair Doherty opined that, if Roseville was 95% built-out, how would form-based planning apply to existing codes, or identify places in Roseville where form-based zoning codes might specifically apply for redevelopment. Dr. Schively-Slotterback provided examples (i.e., Madison, WI) of building design better related to the street, adding visual interest to street-facing facades and for non-motorized traffic; inability to consistently apply form-based planning to existing buildings unless they were considering significant redevelopment; and how specific nodes or redevelopment areas in Roseville would benefit most from form-based planning by providing pedestrian connections to traditional areas.