Planning Commission Minutes 08-04-2015 Special MeetingMINUTES
SPECIAL MEETING - MONTICELLO PLANNING COMMISSION
Tuesday, August 4th, 2015 - 4:30 p.m.
Academy Room, Monticello Community Center
Present: Brad Fyle, John Falenschek, Marc Simpson
Absent: Sam Murdoff, Linda Buchmann, Council Liaison Charlotte Gabler
Staff: Angela Schumann
1. Call to Order
Brad Fyle called the meeting to order at 4:30 p.m.
2. Consideration of a request for Amendment to the Monticello Zoning Ordinance
Chapter 3, Section 4(F) - Single and Two - Family Residential, Chapter 4, Section 11 -
Building Materials, Chapter 5, Section 2(C) - Standards for Residential Uses and
Chapter 8, Section 4 - Definitions, for ordinance regulating minimum residential
standards in the R -2 District, Planning Case Number: 2015 -023
Angela Schumann summarized that the purpose of the workshop is to present information
in response to comments related to proposed unit size standards which led the Planning
Commission to table action on amending the zoning code in the R -2 (Single and Two -
Family Residential) District during their July meeting.
Schumann shared excerpts from the 2008 Comprehensive Plan and the 2010 -2011
Zoning Rewrite Steering Committee minutes to point out that these documents provide
policy guidance which is to be specified through zoning regulations. She noted that the
steering committee had identified increasing the minimum square footage among unit
types as a priority in support of the Comp Plan's "move -up housing" goal. Schumann
explained that the Comp Plan goals reflect policy decisions which are subject to
amendment per Planning Commission's discretion.
Schumann noted that staff had revised the proposed graduated scale for square footage
requirements in the R -2 District to distinguish finishable area within each housing type.
She indicated that single - family dwelling units are proposed to require a minimum of
1,800 square feet of finishable area. Duplexes, townhomes and multiple- family dwelling
units are proposed to require a minimum of 1,400 square feet of finishable area.
Schumann indicated that staff had also proposed adding a standard which would require a
minimum finished square footage matching the foundation size of 1,050 square feet and
adding a building materials standard which would require a 15% faced treatment for
consistency with the R -1 (Residence) District. Schumann pointed out that the proposed
standards would apply to both new developments as well as infill developments in
existing older neighborhoods.
Schumann presented examples of existing R -2 properties to examine the proposed
standards more tangibly within the community.
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3. Adjournment
MARC SIMPSON MOVED TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 5:40 P.M. JOHN
FALENSCHEK SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 3 -0.
Recorder: Kerry Burri _3
Approved: Septembep4, 2015
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