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City of Edina • 4801 W. 50th St. • Edina, MN 55424
Contact: Jordan Gilgenbach, Communications Coordinator
Phone 952-826-0396 • jgilgenbach@EdinaMN.gov • www.EdinaMN.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Planning Commission Seeks Resident Feedback on Zoning Issues
Edina, Minn., Jan. 9, 2013 – The Edina Planning Commission and City staff are looking for resident input on
www.SpeakUpEdina.org and at two public meetings to address zoning and residential redevelopment issues
affecting the City.
“Single-family home massing, or large ‘McMansions’ replacing smaller homes has become a controversial issue in
the City,” said Cary Teague, Edina’s Community Development Director. “The City of Edina has attempted to
address this issue in the past by making changes to zoning regulations; however, the issue has been raised again.
What we want now is to hear what problems and issues residents are experiencing with new home
construction and what they think might be good solutions.”
The Planning Commission established a working group to identify residential zoning issues and suggest possible
changes to current zoning codes and policies. To accomplish this, the working group is soliciting public feedback
online at www.SpeakUpEdina.org/discussions/residential-redevelopment/.
In addition, two public meetings will be held to gather additional resident input: 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Jan. 26
and 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, both at the Edina Senior Center, 5280 Grandview Square. Residents are
welcome to attend one or both meetings to provide comments and suggestions. The format will be similar for
both meetings.
“When we are considering changes to the existing code, we want to make sure we fully understand the issues at
hand,” said Michael Platteter, Planning Commissioner and member of the working group. “We know there are
issues from the feedback to date. In 2012, for example, the issues were escalated because of the high number of
new homes being built. We want to get feedback directly from residents on what they have seen as far as issues
and what they think are good solutions.” According to the Building Inspections division, 101 new home permit
applications were accepted in 2012.
The working group has found that most issues fall under two themes – construction project impact and new
home sizes, heights and setbacks.
“These are issues we have seen brought up over and over,” Teague said. “By soliciting feedback, we hope we
can find solutions and maybe uncover problems we didn’t even know existed.”
Online feedback will be taken until Feb 15. Findings from the public meetings and online discussion will be
presented to the Planning Commission at a meeting in February. The Planning Commission will then make a
recommendation and determine the next steps with the City Council at its March 5joint work session
For more information, call the City’s Planning Division at 952-826-0369.
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