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PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
WORK SESSION
5:00 P.M. TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2001
CITY HALL CONFERENCE ROOM
590 N.E. 40T" AVENUE
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Roll Call
Minutes from the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting of January 9, 2001.
New Business: None.
Staff Reports.
A. Continue review of proposed Zoning Ordinance.
5. Adjourn.
THE CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY IN EMPLOYMENT OR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
JANUARY 3, 2001
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
TIM JOHNSON, CITY PLANNER
ZONING ORDINANCE
As you know, the City of Columbia Heights has been involved in an extensive process to update
the City Zoning Ordinance. The Planning Commission met twice in November and December of
2000 to review a draft zoning document. Just so you are aware, the Planning Commission last
reviewed Section 6 on December 5, 2000 and stopped at 9.612 (Off-street Parking and Loading).
Also for your update, Community Development staff have been meeting regularly to stay ahead
of the Planning Commission to fine tune the zoning document and address potential problem
areas that we continually deal with. We as staff have almost completed Section 6, and we are
planning to get through at least Section 8 by the time the Planning Commission meets on January
9, 2001.
I anticipate that the Planning Commission will need another work session beyond January 9,
2001, in order to finish an appropriate reviewal of the Draft Zoning Ordinance. We will need to
decide when an additional review can be done. When the Planning Commission completes its
review of this draft document, staff recommends that a Public Forum be held to allow for citizen
participation and comments related to this document before it is passed onto the City Council for
approval. However, I am hopeful that we can adopt this ordinance in a timely fashion, in order to
to appropriately address future development.