01-25-21 CC WS Agenda Packet
CITY OF SHOREWOOD 5755 COUNTRY CLUB ROAD
CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION COUNCIL CHAMBERS
MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021 6:00 P.M.
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present at a meeting, and pursuant to MN Statute §13D.02, the Shorewood City Council
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AGENDA
1. CONVENE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
A. Roll Call
Mayor Labadie _____
Council Member Siakel _____
Council Member Johnson _____
Council Member Callies _____
B. Review Agenda
ATTACHMENTS
2. SETTING CODE AMENDMENT PRIORITIES City Administrator Memo
3. ADJOURN
City of Shorewood Council Meeting Item
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Title/Subject: Code updates
Meeting Date: January 25, 2021
MEETING
Prepared By: Greg Lerud, City Administrator; Marie Darling, Director
TYPE
WORK
of Planning
SESSION
Reviewed By: Tim Keane, City Attorney
Attachments:
Background: The city has been engaged in an ongoing effort for the past few years to
improve and amend the city code, as the table below shows:
Year Affected Section Add or Amend Name of Section
2017 506 Add Sexual Predator
1301.02 Amend Fees
Comp
1300 Amendment Master Fee Schedule
1201.02 Amend Zoning Definitions
1201.03 Subd. 2 Amend Accessory Uses
1201.03 Subd. 14 Amend Regulations Applicable to Shoreline Properties
610.02 Amend Stopping, Standing and Parking
1201.02 Amend/Add Zoning Definitions
1201.03 Subd. 12 Amend Home Occupations
1004 Amend Rental Housing Regulations
1201.05 Amend Administration Variances and Appeals
2018 1301.03 Amend Fees (Land Use)
1201.04 Amend Administration Amendments and Conditional Use Permits
1201.04 Amend Administration Variances and Appeals
1201.25 Amend Procedures for Processing PUDs
1202.03 Amend Procedures for filing and review of Plats
1202.09 Amend Subdivision Variances and Appeals
104.03 Amend Administrative Enforcement of Code Regulations
901 Amend Rights of Way Regulations
1301.02 Amend Utility Fees
401 Amend Liquor Regulations
1301.02 Amend Commercial Utility Fees
1201.02 Add Zoning Definitions
1201.22 Amend C-1 District Permitted Uses
Mission Statement: The City of Shorewood is committed to providing residents quality public
services, a healthy environment, a variety of attractive amenities, a sustainable tax base, and
sound financial management through effective, efficient, and visionary leadership. Page 1
302.06 Amend Tobacco Sales
2019 1001.02 Amend Building Code
401.18 Amend Liquor Sales
902 Amend Park Regulations
1201.03 Subd. 2 Amend Accessory Uses
901 Amend Right-of-way
903.04 Amend Water Service Connections
904.08 Amend Building Sewers and Connections
1201.04 Amend Conditional Use Permits
1201.19 Amend R-C District
1201.22 Amend Required Improvements
1300 Add Zoning and Land Use Fees
2020 571 Amend Sale of Tobacco
1201.02 Amend/Add Definitions
1201.03 Subd. 2.c. Amend Property development
1201.03 Subd. 2.f. Amend Fence Regulations
1201.03 Subd. 2.g. Amend Required screening and landscaping
1201.03 Subd. 2.i. Amend Glare
1201.03 Subd. 2.u. Amend Impervious surface coverage
1201.03 Subd. 2.v. Add lighting regulations
1201.03 Subd. 3 Amend Yard Requirements
1201.03 Subd. 4.c. Amend Height
1201.03 Subd. 5 Amend Parking
1201.03 Subd. 7 Amend Building construction requirements
1201.03 Subd. 11 Amend Signs
1201.03 Subd. 12 Amend Home Occupations
1201.03 Subd. 20 Amend Elderly Housing
1201.03 Subd. 21 Amend Telecommunication towers and facilities
1201.03 Subd. 23 Amend Renewable energy
1201.04 Subd. 1 Amend Administration, Amendments and CUPs - Procedures
1201.04 Subd. 3 Amend Conditional Use Permits
1201.05 Subd. 3 Amend Variances
1201.07 Amend Zoning Permits
1201.10 Amend R-1A
1201.11 Amend R-1B
1201.14 Amend R-2A
1201.19 Amend R-C
1201.22 Amend C-1
1201.23 Amend C-2
1201.24 Amend L-R
1201.25 Amend PUD
Even with this large number of updates, parts of the code continue to need to be evaluated.
Staff had planned to make this a council retreat issue so there could be extended discussion
and direction, but since the retreat is postponed due to COVID 19, we recommend this work
session as a good time to request direction on what parts of the code the council would like staff
to focus. Below are some code sections/topics that are grouped in three broad categories:
I. Additional Rules and Procedures Needed:
1. Amend enforcement and appeals sections throughout City Code.
2. Add stormwater management regulations and potentially amend related impervious surface
coverage regulations. Spurred by comprehensive plan changes.
3. Add construction management plan requirements in the building permit regulations, clarify
what is required to be submitted for a building permit, amend and update to match practice.
Also, Move Certificates of Occupancy section from zoning ordinance to building regulations. The
regulations for construction management plans should match language in comprehensive plan.
4. Add a PUD Amendment Process. Add means to amend the ordinance. Should single lot
amendments follow variance procedures instead of text amendment procedures?
5. Expand Site Plan Review Process for multiple family and commercial properties. Currently we
have some language in code, but without any administrative rules or procedures.
6. Add administrative information on Escrow Agreements which are currently used when the
exterior improvements for homes are not finished at the time the homes aren’t finished. Code
should be amended to match practice.
II. Regulations Needing Structural Overhaul:
1. Subdivision Regulations (application processes need to be updated, need policy guidance on
what constitutes a premature subdivision, amend to add more detail on storm water
management, more code language on utilities, amend regulations for park dedication to match
state statute and raise the standard fee, etc.)
2. Telecom Regulations in zoning and public rights-of-way regulations (rooftop mounts, small cell
in right-of-way, policies). May want to add a policy for right-of-way installations.
3. Tree preservation policy and regulations (Chapter 1103 of City Code). Match current practice,
update, and modernize. Consolidate policy into code language?
III. Amendments for Specific Topics:
1. Sign Regulations (content-neutral signage regulations, political signage, and noncommercial
speech)
2. Nonconforming Uses, Structures and Lots (update and clarify language)
3. Exterior Storage, is outdoor storage is overly generous provided there is a fence around it?
4. Fences (Does the council support the ability to apply for varying designs or styles by conditional
use permit?)
5. Food trucks (zoning ordinance and review new fire code requirements
6. Wetland Regulations, should City be enforcing wetland rules, or should this be MCWD enforcing
WCA rules? Also, clarification on structures and improvements permitted in buffer setback.
7. Shoreland regulations: Time to revisit boathouse prohibitions, patios near the shore? Need to
clarify language titled development regulations and nonconformities, reduce duplication with
other sections, etc.
8. Small housekeeping edits (as they accumulate).
Obviously, these (or additional items) cannot be done at one time and must be prioritized.
Some of these items also involve larger policy discussion, such as wetland regulations before a
determination can be made before developing code provisions, which some are more quickly
completed – such as fencing or political signage.
Staff requests direction on what council members see as priority items, with either a specific
order of completion, or providing overall direction on prioritizing and staff can come back with a
tentative timeline for the next year or so.
Next Steps and Timeline: Staff will take council direction and develop a plan for working on
code amendments.