HomeMy WebLinkAbout20100719 - VIII-B-3Memo
To: Mayor Hicks and City Council Members
From: Justin Fortney, Associate Planner
Date: July 19, 2010
Subject: 2nd Reading (Tabled) - Corridor Fencing Regulations
REQUEST
The City Council is asked to remove from the table and finish the 2 nd reading to consider
amending Hastings City Code Chapter 154 - subdivisions. The Council may vote to either
approve or deny the amendment.
RECOMMENDATION
At a July 13 Planning Committee meeting committee members (Alongi, Slavik, and Balsanek)
discussed potential changes to the Subdivision Ordinance relating to review of fence uniformity
in new subdivisions, which was directed to them at the July 6 th City Council Meeting. The
Committee generally agreed that further action on the ordinance amendment should cease, and
drafted instead as a policy.
HISTORY
A recent fence variance highlighted how fences along corridors could be viewed by visitors to
the city. The Planning Commission believes that a great variety of fence types, heights, or
locations could give a negative aesthetic impression of the City. The Planning Commission
recommended that fences along the main entrances to the city be more consistent.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT
The proposed ordinance amendment would allow the City to review properties along main
corridors entering the City and determine what type of screening would be most appropriate for
the situation. Possibilities would include fencing or dense landscaping. The method chosen
would have to be consistent throughout the subdivision along the corridor. Arterial roads defined
by ordinance definition and or the Comprehensive Plan include highways 61 and 55 along with
county roads 42, 46, and 316.
During large street redevelopment projects that require the removal of existing screening, the
Cities policy will be to encourage the replacement of screening in a consistent manor.
ATTACHMENTS
• Ordinance Amendment
• Pictures
ORDINANCE NO. , THIRD SERIES
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HASTINGS, MINNESOTA AMENDING
HASTINGS CITY CODE CHAPTER 154 - SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Hastings as follows:
Chapter 154 of the Hastings City Code is hereby amended as follows (Additions to the ordinance
are underlined and subsequent section numbers/ letters will be renumbered):
§ 154.06 Required Improvements.
H. Screening. Lots will be reviewed to determine if landscaping or fencing will be required
along the rear and side yards abutting an arterial street. If either is required, they must be
of uniform style and appearance throughout the subdivision.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and
approval and publication, as required by law and/or charter.
ADOPTED by the Hastings City Council on this 19 day of July, 2010.
Paul J. Hicks, Mayor
ATTEST:
Melanie Mesko Lee, City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above is a true and correct copy of an ordinance presented to and
adopted by the City of Hastings, County of Dakota, Minnesota, on the 19 day of July 2010, as
disclosed by the records of the City of Hastings on file and of record in the office.
Melanie Mesko Lee, City Clerk
( SEAL)
This instrument drafted by:
City of Hastings (JJF)
101 4th St. East
Hastings, MN 55033
CR 42/ Nininger Road
Highway 55
CR 46/ 47/ Vermillion Road
Highway 61/ Vermillion Street
316/ Redwing Blvd (1,2,3)