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Planning commission reviews zoning text amendments, proposes changes to use table and downtown overlay
Summary
Staff presented three amendment packages — definitions (including 'limited production'), edits to Table 3 (use table), and downtown overlay revisions aligning with the downtown design manual. Commissioners asked for clearer language on manufactured housing, EV charging, facade materials and repair/replacement standards and directed staff to return with draft ordinance text.
At its Jan. 8 meeting the North St. Paul City Planning Commission examined three staff‑proposed sets of zoning text amendments intended to clarify uses and update downtown design standards.
Ken Roberts, the staff presenter, told the commission the packet contains three discrete amendment packages: updates to definitions (including a proposed clarification of "limited production and processing"), edits to Table 3 (the use table) and a set of changes to the downtown overlay that borrow language from the downtown design manual. "The initiative aims to update selected portions of the city land use regulations," Roberts said, adding staff will bring…
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