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HomeMy WebLinkAboutProcess Process 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.