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North St. Paul City planning commission advances draft zoning-definition updates and downtown manual revisions
Summary
Staff proposed edits to dwelling definitions and mixed‑use district language to align North St. Paul City code with state building code and the comprehensive plan; commissioners favored allowing limited multifamily in MU‑2 through a PUD and asked staff to prepare ordinance language and a public hearing.
Ken Roberts, a member of city planning staff, presented a package of proposed changes to the city's zoning code aimed at aligning local definitions of housing types with the Minnesota State Building Code and state statutes. Roberts said the packet adds clarifying phrases such as "occupied for living purposes" and language requiring separate building services for townhouses where state code calls for it.
"I just took the words right out of the state statute," Roberts said. He told commissioners the edits are intended for consistency and to reduce ambiguity in enforcement and permitting.
Commissioners discussed the practical differences among townhouses, twin…
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