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Assessment and information Gathering
1. Compile a list of modifications required to bring zoning ordinance into conformance with
Comprehensive Plan; identify, from a Planning Commission perspective, other areas of the zoning
ordinance requiring revision or update; analyze the development review process to identify
deficiencies from a City perspective
involvement: Planning Commission
Timing: This task has been largely accomplished, but may need to be more definitively memorialized.
2. Engage representatives from various segments of the development community in a forum aimed at
gaining their insights into the city's development review process and zoning requirements
Involvement: Planning Commission, development community representatives (retail, office, industrial,
multi-family residential, single family residential, and institutional)
Timing: Zoning Ordinance Update Committee (ZOUC) meeting on May 13, 2009
3. Invite other City commissions to ZOUC meeting(s) to identify directions for zoning revisions consistent
with their goals and the City's regulatory needs, and to review other directions under consideration by
each commission
Involvement: Planning Commission, other commissions
Timing: Beginning with ZOUC meeting on June 10, 2009, and continuing through August 2009
4. Conduct a community meeting to share the process of updating the zoning ordinance with the Edina
community, to solicit input regarding anticipated changes or areas of potential change, and seek local
insights into City development review process and zoning requirements
Involvement: Planning Commission, general public (residents, business owners, property owners)
Timing: September 2009
5, Conduct a workshop with City Council to review input gathered from Stage 1, and to solicit further
input regarding the City's development review process and zoning requirements
Involvement: Planning Commission, City Council
Formulation of Potential Revisions
6. Develop draft revisions required to align the zoning ordinance with the Comprehensive Plan
Involvement: Planning Commission
Timing: Complete by Oct. 14, 2009
7. Develop draft revisions or recommend alternatives to the zoning ordinances focusing on performance
standards; form subcommittees to develop recommendations for revisions or additions for areas of the
ordinance where direct input from other commissions provides a greater degree of specificity or insight
for the proposed revision
Involvement: Planning Commission, other commissions
Timing: Complete by Nov. 11, 2009
8. Frame a development review process that addresses deficiencies identified during the first stage of the
zoning ordinance update
Involvement: Planning Commission
Timing: Complete by Jan. 13, 2010
9. Formulate draft recommendations for changes to the zoning ordinance and development review
process
Involvement: Planning Commission
Timing: Complete by Feb. 9, 2010
10. Conduct a workshop with City Council to review input offered during Stage 2 and draft
recommendations for changes to the zoning ordinance and development review process
Involvement: Planning Commission, City Council
Timing: Late February 2010
Evaluation of Potential Revisions
11, Conduct a community meeting to share draft recommendations for changes to the zoning ordinance
with the Edina community and the development review process
Involvement: Planning Commission, general public (residents, business owners, property owners)
Timing: Late March 2010
12. Invite development community representatives to a forum to review the draft recommendations of
changes to the zoning ordinance and the development review process
Involvement: Planning Commission, development community representatives (retail, office, industrial,
multi-family residential, single family residential, and institutional)
Timing: ZOUC meeting on April 13, 2010
13. Conduct a workshop(s)with other City commissions to review the draft recommendations for changes
to the zoning ordinance and the development review process
Involvement: Planning Commission, other commissions
Timing: ZOUC meeting on May 12, 2010
14, Prepare recommendations for changes to the zoning ordinance and development review process
based on input from community, development community representatives, City Council, and other city
commissions
Involvement: Planning Commission
Timing: ZOUC meeting on June 9, 2010
15. Conduct a workshop with City Council to informally evaluate the potential revisions to the development
review process and zoning ordinances
Involvement: Planning Commission, City Council
Timing: Late June 2010
Confirmation
16. Distribute recommendations for changes to the zoning ordinances and the development review
process to other city commissions; request a formal review and recommendation by each reviewing
commission
Involvement: Planning Commission, other commissions
Timing: July and August 2010
17. Develop final recommendations for changes to the zoning ordinances and the development review
process based on the formal review by other city commissions
Involvement: Planning Commission
Timing: ZOUC meeting on Sept. 8, 2010
18, Conduct regulatory hearings at the Planning Commission and City Council to adopt the recommended
changes to the zoning ordinances and development review process
Involvement: Planning Commission, City Council
Timing: Early November 2010
Assumptions and Notes
The timeline indicated should be considered an approximate schedule, and is subject to change to
accommodate additional input, information gathering, and exploration of potential revisions. The schedule
will be updated as final dates are identified.
As the process for updating the City's zoning ordinance proceeds, the ZOUC may determine that further
input is required to fully understand the issues and potential directions for change, and that additional
opportunities for gaining input and sharing directions for potential changes will be required. The process
will be updated as the need for additional meetings, workshops, or other input or review opportunities are
identified.