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From YouTube: August 11, 2016 Zoning & Planning
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Minneapolis Zoning & Planning Committee Meeting
A
B
Regularly
scheduled
meeting
of
our
zoning
and
planning
committee
Emily's
defender,
I
chair,
the
committee
today
is
August
eleventh
2016.
We
have
a
quorum,
including
council
members,
Reich
Goodman,
Andrew,
Johnson
and
Council
President
Johnson.
We
have
four
items
on
our
agenda
today.
I
think
I'll
pull
item
three,
because
we
have
some
questions
for
staff.
So
I'll
start
with
the
rest
of
the
consent.
B
Items
item
number
one
is
a
street
vacation
for
part,
a
seventh
Avenue
North,
an
application
of
my
metro
transit
item
number
two
is
approving
an
application
for
a
rezoning
at
the
property
at
3333
41st
street
east
and
to
allow
for
an
industrial
and
residential
use
on
that
property.
So
it's
adding
the
aisle
odd
overlay.
District
item.
Number
four
is
referring
to
staff
an
ordinance
about
the
regulation
of
intentional
communities.
So
I
will
see
if
anyone
has
any.
B
Or
wants
to
pull
items
one
two
or
four
seeing
none
I
will
move
items,
1,
2,
&
4
from
the
consent
agenda,
all
those
in
favor,
please
say:
aye
aye
any
opposed
those
carry.
So
then
we'll
move
to
item
number
three,
which
is
the
zoning
definition
of
half
stories.
The
small
change
to
our
ordinance
and
customers
just
had
a
couple
of
questions
about
the
technical
details
of
this.
C
C
So,
as
you
may
remember,
in
August
of
2014,
the
City
Council
adapted
some
revisions
to
the
one
to
four
unit
residential
buildings
in
the
zoning
code,
which,
as
a
part
of
that
amended
the
definition
of
what
is
considered
a
half
storey
that
essentially
removed
part
of
the
definition
that
required
that
half
stories
be
located
on
buildings
on
uses
or
in
districts.
With
a
two
and
a
half
storey
maximum
height
limit.
C
We
allowed
these
to
happen
on
some
properties
that
were
more
than
two
and
a
half
stories,
thinking
that
those
impacts
would
be
reduced
than
two
adjoining
properties,
but
what
we
encountered
in
some
projects
were
sort
of
bulkier
like
three
and
a
half
storey
four
and
a
half
storey
homes
that
really
did
not
integrate
well
with
the
neighboring
properties
and
with
the
predominant
architectural
style
in
the
neighborhoods
in
which
these
projects
were
happening
and
that
really
half
storey
constructions
are
generally
found
on
two
and
a
half
storey
buildings
in
Minneapolis,
not
so
much
on
three
and
a
half
storey
buildings,
and
so
it
was
creating
an
incentive
for
people
to
design
and
build
half
storey
constructions
on
buildings
that
were
not
congruent
with
the
character
of
Minneapolis
housing.
C
So
these
are
a
couple
examples
and
you
can
see
that
the
unconference
is
pretty
obvious
there.
So
the
text
amendment
itself
is
really
just
adding
language
back
into
that
definition.
That
requires
a
half
stories
be
located
on
uses
that
have
a
two
and
a
half
storey
height
limit
or
in
districts
that
have
a
two
and
a
half
storey
height
limit,
they're,
not
prohibited.
You
can
still
build
a
half
storey
construction,
but
they're
treated
like
a
full
story,
so
they
would
still
be
subject
than
to
any
setback
requirements
they're
in.
A
God
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
that
explanation.
You
probably
didn't
know
we
were
going
to
ask
about
it.
There
are
a
lot
of
questions
and
the
neighborhood's
about
this
and
I
think
people
think
we're
letting
more
of
this
bad
stuff
happen
and
what
we're
doing
is
trying
to
stop
it.
So
I
appreciate
the
chair
just
even
though
we
had
time
anyway.
Just
to
give
that
explanation.
It
makes
a
lot
of
sense.
Sure.
C
B
I,
thank
you
for
that
customer
Goodman,
oh
I,
think
all
of
the
projects
that
are
these
examples
are,
in
my
ward.
There
been
a
number
of
them,
and,
and
so
we
were
able
to
work
with
staff
to
identify
this
the
sort
of
unintended
consequence
of
this
change
that
had
come
through
the
one
in
for
updates.
That
happened.
B
You
know
a
couple
of
years
ago,
so
so
I
mean
I,
think
as
council
mareike
and
I
and
I
father's
kind
of
dig
into
the
weeds
of
the
Comprehensive
Plan
Update
and
look
at
ways
we
can
support
this
kind
of
infill
development.
I
think
we
want
to
make
sure
that
it's
designed
well
that
it's
lasting
that
it's
going
to
be
something
we
want
to
have
around
for
the
next
50
years,
as
we
kind
of
do
the
next
phase
of
development
in
our
neighborhood.
So
I
really
appreciate
this
simple
change.