2. Memo Draft Section 153.500 Administration and Procedures
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City of Scandia
Zoning & Development Code Update
04.08.2021
TO: Mayor, City Council, and Planning Commission
CC: Ken Cammilleri, City Administrator
Evan Monson, Consulting City Planner
Chris Nelson, City Attorney
FROM: Jennifer Haskamp, AICP, SHC
Julia Paulsen Mullin, SHC
RE: Working Draft Section 153.500 Administration and Procedures
Attached please find the working draft of new Section 153.500 Administration and Procedures of the UDC.
As stated in the Annotated Outline we reviewed in February this Section is intended to:
“…consolidate, synthesize and simplify the information contained in Chapter 1 of the current Scandia
Development Code. The contents of the current Development Code are cumbersome and repetitive making
it difficult to understand. This section is intentionally placed sequentially after the Zoning District, Use
Standards and Development Standards sections to reduce repetition and confusion. The purpose of this
section is to be accurate, clear and concise to improve the land use review process.”
Once we began drafting, we determined that Sections from Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 of the current
Development Code should also be incorporated into this new Section. As such, the attached draft
incorporates the administrative and review procedures regarding subdivision, platting, and land disturbance
sections.
The intent, policy and language contained within the new draft Section remain fairly consistent with the
language contained in your current Development Code but has been completely reorganized and restructured.
Some policy related modifications were made, and we would like to discuss the areas of modification with
you at the upcoming work session. To assist you in your review, we provide the following summary of the
policy or process related recommended modifications for your reference:
• Current code allows for Concept or Sketch Plan review of only Conditional Use Permits. We
propose modification of this language to allow for any Land Use Application to request a concept
plan review.
• We have clarified/modified the Site Plan review process to indicate that a Separate Site Plan
application is not required as part of the land use application process (i.e. CUP, IUP, Variance, etc.)
Instead, it references the requirement of a Site Plan, but allows it to be incorporated as part of the
land use application package.
• We propose modification to the Final Plat submission requirements for consistency with State
Statutes. Currently a set of “final” plans are required in addition to the Final Plat. We have modified
the language to state that the Preliminary Plat plan set must be updated to match the
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recommendations and conditions of the Preliminary Plat approval and must be consistent with the
Final Plat. This will avoid confusion about what is “final”. The construction drawings can then be
prepared from the approved Preliminary Plat plan set.
Please note that the attached Section is a working draft, and therefore will continue to be
updated/modified/edited for accuracy throughout this process. Please note that once other sections of the
code update are completed, we will cross reference with this Section and make adjustments, including
revisions/deletions/additions as needed.