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CITY OF SHAKOPEE
Memorandum
CASELOG NO.: NA
TO: Mayor and City Council
Mark McNeill, City Administrator
FROM: R. Michael Leek, Community Development Director
SUBJECT: Draft Comprehensive Plan Update (the Update)
MEETING DATE: March 11, 2003
REVIEW PERIOD: NA
ACTION REQUESTED:
The Council is asked to either 1) authorize staff and Northwest Associated Consultants (NAC) to
schedule open house(s) to get public input on the draft as presented, or 2) provide staff and NAC
with direction by consensus as to changes that should be made in the Update before holding open
house(s).
DISCUSSION:
In 2002 I asked Council for authorization to work with NAC to prepare an update to the 1999
Comprehensive Plan that was adopted finally in 2002. In late spring and summer of 2002 an initial
round of open houses was held, as well as a number of interviews held, and the comments received
were summarized and presented to the Council for its information.
The next step has been to prepare an Update document that can be circulated for review and
comment. If Council authorizes its distribution for comment, the next steps in the process would be
roughly as follows;
. Hold open houses;
. Make any changes to Update suggested by the comment from the open houses;
. Schedule and hold public hearing on the Update before the Planning Commission;
. Schedule review and adoption of the Update by the City Council;
. Submit Update to the Metropolitan Council for review;
. Implement Update.
Following adoption and implementation ofthe Update, there are still updates to more technical
chapters (e.g. transportation, water, surface water drainage) that will need to be made. In 2003
staff anticipates completing a revised Transportation Plan.
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The Update provides very specific recommendations for land use in the so-called "Historic
Commercial Districts," as well as a portion of Jackson Township. Many ofthese recommendations
will require a high level of commitment and future investment oftime and resources by the City to
implement. Because Shakopee is a community that has a substantial area for new, "green field"
development, redevelopment of areas like the Riverfront/First Avenue District will require long-
term, active involvement by the City beyond the Comprehensive Plan. I recognize the budgetary
limitations that Shakopee, like other cities, is facing in the near-term, but the Council should
discuss its desire and willingness to implement such a plan going forward.
R. Michael Leek
Community Development Director
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City of Shakopee
Comprehensive
Plan Update
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March 7, 2003
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City of Shakopee
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Administration and implementation of the Comprehensive Plan and related supportive
ordinances are equally as important as the development of the plan itself. In essence,
unless the plan and related development tools are constantly referred to and utilized in
combination to guide long range community decision-making, the efforts spent in their
development become futile and wasted. In this section of the Comprehensive Plan, a
summary of strategies for plan implementation is offered.
ENVIRONMENT
The Comprehensive Plan emphasizes the need for proper environmental protections
and performance standards mandating future development be respectful of existing
natural environment within the City. In response to these objectives, the City will
implement the following strategies:
1. Re-evaluate and amend the City's development regulations pertaining to the
following items:
a. Establish zoning standards that outline the conditions for the creation of
greenway corridors.
b. Enhance regulations for site lighting to avoid glare or light spillage to
adjoining properties, rights-of-way, or skyward.
c. Re-evaluate and amend the City's landscape and tree preservation
requirements to address issues related to tree preservation, provisions of
native vegetation, control of invasive or exotic plant species. Outline
standards for subdivision landscaping, buffer yards, screening, and
streetscaping.
d. Enforce development performance standards for storm water management
consistent with the recommendations of the Shakopee Storm Water
Management Plan.
e. Provide for vegetative buffers along lakes, wetlands, ponds, creeks, and
drainageways.
f. Limit or prohibit new development within the 100 year floodplain of the
Minnesota River. Establish a greenway corridor long the Minnesota River
to protect this natural area as a community and regional amenity.
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g. Utilize the Land Cover of Northern Scott County: A Natural Resource of
the City of Shakopee. Jackson and Louisville Townships.
h. Identify special natural areas for permanent protection, either by private or
public action.
I. Identify opportunities for restoration of degraded streams and wetlands.
J. Determine appropriate locations for greenway corridors.
k. Determine opportunities for protecting storm water infiltration areas or
using alternative storm water management practices.
I. Complete the following studies to supplement the City's Natural Resource
and Environmental Protection Plan.:
(a) National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Permit (2003)
(b) Well Head Protection Plan (2005)
(c) Water Supply Plan (Future)
m. Identify potential park and open spaces that must be preserved (either
through acquisition or conservation easements) in all of the MUSA
expansion areas.
n. Require new subdivision development applications to include information
on existing environmental conditions including wetland delineation, tree
cover, natural vegetation, slope areas, hydric soils or other predominant
natural features, to allow an accurate evaluation of the subdivision design
related to existing conditions.
GROWTH MANAGEMENT
The Comprehensive Plan outlines a managed growth philosophy intended to control the
pace of growth within the limits of the City's service capacity. The following strategies
are offered to implement the City's growth management objectives:
1. Evaluate new development with regard to environmental impact, development
quality, consistency with the Comprehensive Plan, and fiscal impact.
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2. Aggressively pursue economic development within the City's designated
commercial and industrial are~s. Utilize available economic development.
programs to keep Shakopee competitive.
3. Utilize controlled annexation to avoid premature extension of utilities and urban
land use into the County's urban expansion areas.
4. Require new development to pay for its infrastructure costs except for projects
identified in the Shakopee Five Year Capital Improvement Plan.
5. Maintain a Five Year Capital Improvement Plan that identifies needed public
capital improvements, assigns costs and schedules implementation based on
project priority and funding availability.
6. Pursue intergovernmental cooperation for sharing public services and facilities, to
avoid duplication and economize on City investments.
7. Pursue available county, state and federal grants and aids as appropriate to
facilitate community improvements and programs.
8. Annually review the City's development fees (i.e., development application, utility
connections, park dedication, storm water fees) to insure that they are sufficient
to cover the costs associated with development review and implementation.
9. Continue to work with Jackson Township through orderly annexation to bring all
of the West End/Jackson Township District into the City of Shakopee.
ORDINANCES/REGULATIONS/STUDIES
As a means of implementing the stated land use and redevelopment goals for
Shakopee, the City will pursue and implement, as deemed necessary, the following
changes to City ordinances:
1. Zoning Ordinance
a. Establish greenway performance standards.
b. Enforce environmental protections related to wetland, shoreland and
floodplain protections. Establish vegetative buffers along rivers, creeks,
wetlands, and water courses.
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c. Re-examine the City's landscape requirements to address:
(1 ) Screening between incompatible land uses.
(2) Creation of buffer yards along major arterial or collector streets.
(3) Minimum tree planting standards for subdivisions.
(4) Commercial streetscape standards.
(5) Establish landscape islands for large parking lots.
d. Periodically examine City parking standards to determine if they
adequately address land use needs.
(1 ) Consider proof of parking standards to reduce impervious surface.
(2) Evaluate current parking standards to determine if they adequately
represent the parking demand of current land uses.
(3) Establish provision for shared parking and driveway access.
(4) Establish parking lot landscape standards.
e. Enhance lighting standards to avoid glare or light spillage to adjoining
properties or skyward. Establish standards for cut off lights. Establish
streets cape light standards for First Avenue and Marschall Road.
f. Enhance regulations for outdoor storage and sales lots pertaining to
location, appearance, screening, surfacing, and drainage.
g. Establish standards for trash enclosures related to location, appearance,
and building materials.
h. Establish site access requirements that comply with Scott County
guidelines.
I. Examine the low density residential zoning district:
(1 ) Diversify the single family zoning districts to add a greater variety
of lot sizes.
(2) Examine performance standards that encourage reinvestment
through modernization and in place expansion of existing older
housing units. Items that may be changed include lot size,
setbacks, permitted encroachments, and building height.
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(3) Establish development regulations that reflect the City's vision of a
"neighborhood." 'Such regulations should include provisions
related to lot size, open space, pedestrian connections, etc.
(4) Establish interim use provisions for manufactured home parks.
J. Examine the City's medium and high density residential zoning districts:
(1 ) Diversify the medium and high density zoning districts by density.
(2) Establish performance standards for architectural design, site
amenities, green space, setbacks, guest parking, landscaping, and
buffering.
(3) Provide for mixed residential use neighborhoods through planned
unit developments.
(4) Consider the allowance of greater densities and building heights
upon redevelopment sites (possibly a special zoning district).
(5) Establish development performance standards focusing on long
range maintenance, appearance, and condition of medium and
high density residential areas. Specific attention will be given to
the following:
(a) The City will require medium and high density structures to
have high quality, low maintenance, durable exterior wall
treatments to Ensure long term attractive housing units.
(b) To avoid straight line building fronts on townhomes, the City
will develop requirements for staggering townhome units in
buildings containing six or more units.
(c) Homeowners associations will be required within all medium
and high density residential developments as a means of
ensuring site maintenance. The City will require
homeowners associations to be established with sufficient
rules and financial standards to insure long term
maintenance of the development and enforcement of its
bylaws.
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(d) The City will require, through development performance
standards, the site planning review process, high quality
design, and amenities within the medium and high density
residential areas including, but not limited to, open space,
recreational facilities, sidewalks, trails, guest parking,
garages, and landscaping.
6. Within the medium and high density residential districts, the City
will strive to provide a mix of housing units within the same
neighborhood, ranging from single family to high density residential
in an integrated neighborhood design.
k. Examine commerciallindustrial zoning districts.
(1 ) Diversify the commercial/industrial zoning districts (office park
district, neighborhood commercial).
(2) Define the neighborhood commercial zoning and related
performance standards.
(3) Examine industrial performance standards and consider necessary
amendments that may promote in-place expansion.
(4) Establish reasonable architectural performance standards for the
Downtown and general commercial areas. The Downtown
standards should reflect the historical architecture that the City
wishes to preserve.
(5) Examine architectural standards for industrial buildings.
(6) Establish buffer requirements for commercial/industrial uses that
abut residential neighborhoods.
(7) Restrict and limit outdoor storage or display of materials.
(8) Lighting to be shielded and turned off when businesses are closed
to lessen the impact of light pollution on the adjacent
neighborhoods.
(9) Within commercial zoned redevelopment districts, all existing
single family uses to remain as conforming uses.
I. Integrate the following requirements into the Office Park Business Campus
District provisions:
(1 ) A site master plan shall be required to be formulated for the long-
term phased development of the business campus. The master
plan shall ensure that all subsequent development will be properly
integrated into sites and reflective of both site design and
architectural features that are approved by the City.
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(2) Building and site design must be integrated with the natural features
of the site, providing adequate protections to existing wetlands,
woodlands and Dean's Lake.
(3) Parks, recreational amenities, and open spaces shall be provided in
the business campus environment.
(4) Vehicular pedestrian and bicycle traffic must be accommodated.
(5) All buildings shall be professionally designed in a form or image
compatible with a theme approved by the City of Shakopee.
(6) Exterior materials shall be face brick, precast concrete, aggregate
stone, or other masonry materials of equal quality. Metal and
bonded block or fiberglass buildings will not be permitted.
Architectural use of metals will be permitted provided it does not
exceed 15 percent of the exterior building facade.
(7) All buildings shall be served with underground electrical, water, and
telephone distribution facilities.
(8) Transformers, faults and other similar switching transmission
devices shall be screened from public view. Rooftop and ground
mounted mechanical equipment shall be screened from ground
level views.
(9) Lighting and landscaping plans for the development in the park
shall be approved by the City prior to the issuance of building
permit. Lighting should be limited to the hours of operation and
security lighting only to reduce impact on adjacent residential
neighborhoods.
(10) City ordinances for parking and signage shall be strictly adhered to.
(11 ) Appropriate landscape screening and buffer yards will be required
where the business campus adjoins residential areas.
(12) Business campus land uses will include limited retail uses that
provide complementary or compatible uses with the business
campus setting.
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m. Update zoning map to be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan 2020
Land use Plan.
2. Subdivision Ordinance.
a. Examine the need for City's tree preservation standards.
b. Require a resource inventory as part of the subdivision submission
information.
c. Require a subdivision phasing plan for all plats that illustrate the
subdivision's compliance with the City's growth management objectives.
d. Update the City's Trail Plan to identify ultimate park and trails systems
costs. Examine the City's park land fee schedule against future park and
trail needs and corresponding costs.
e. Establish a requirement for sidewalks along public streets.
f. Establish street access requirements that comply with Scott County
guidelines.
g. Require pedestrian walkways that connect to the Shakopee trail system.
(This should allow pedestrians to safely move from outside the
neighborhood commercial center, through drive aisles and parking areas
to store fronts rather than blending pedestrian traffic with vehicle traffic.)
h. Implement storm water management techniques to address drainage and
to control water pollution from the site.
I. Define the City's criteria used to determine premature subdivisions.
3. Sign Ordinance
a. Examine Sign Ordinance and make revisions reflective of the City's
expectations for its commercial and industrial areas.
4. Community Corridor/Gateway Design Study.
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The major intersections along Highway 169, entrances to the community over river
crossings (Old Highway 101 and Bloomington Ferry Bridge) and multiple interchange
locations with major State and County Highways provide highly visible areas where
attention can be given to attractive and high amenity buildings, grounds, and entrance
monuments. These are areas where architectural and landscape/streetscape design
guidelines should be developed.
To accomplish this objective, a community survey/gateway design study could be
undertaken which includes the following performance criteria:
1. The City will initiate a Community Corridor and Gateway Design/Landscape
Study of the major transportation corridors and entry points into the City. The
focus of the study will be to examine the visual character of primary corridors and
gateways in the City and plan for their future development consistent with the
City's urban design objectives, existing transportation plan, and commitment to
excellence. The study will also identify opportunities and make design
recommendations that promote the community's identity and maintain a positive
aesthetic image along key community corridors and entry points which will
distinguish Shakopee from other communities in all seasons.
2. The architectural features of building design (windows, entryways, rooflines etc.,)
should be oriented toward the gateway and buildings designed to relate to each
other and to other sites within the area.
3. The most significant aspect of the project should be the building design and
grounds.
4. Coordinated landscape design utilizing plant materials that are native to the
Shakopee area, lighting schemes and streetscapes should be developed which
relate well to the gateway. Similar themes should be utilized at each gateway
location to establish continuity and community recognition areas.
5. Water features such as a water fountains, series of ponds and landscaped areas
should be located to maximize visual impression of the gateway and to relate to
the environmental and natural amenities that give Shakopee its unique sense of
place.
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COMMUNITY SERVICES
To maintain the delivery of quality services to Shakopee residents, the City will
implement the following strategies:
1. Require that all development and/or redevelopment that occurs in the community
is in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan and utility planning. The
Comprehensive Plan, Transportation Plan, utility plans and related ordinances
should be periodically reviewed and amended as necessary to reflect changing
community needs and priorities.
2. Insure that public installed utilities are coordinated with private utilities to be
located in a single trench and within a timeframe that reasonably accommodates
developer's construction schedule.
3. Continue to monitor the EIS scooping document in regard to river bridge crossing
alternatives.
4. Lobby the Minnesota Department of Transportation for the construction of a
Highway 169/County Road 69 interchange.
5. Pursue ongoing City staff and advisory committees training and education in
order to maintain the delivery of high quality services to Shakopee residents.
6. Continue to allocate administrative and improvement costs to those generating
the demand or utilizing the service.
7. Maintain a strong level of confidence in the City's advisory committees, member
selection, committee continuing education, and open lines of communication
between the communities and City Council.
8. Pursue cooperative intergovernmental arrangements for sharing facilities and
services to avoid duplication and provide for the cost effective delivery of
services.
9. Remain proactive in the pursuits and utilization of new technologies that may
contribute to more effective City operation and delivery of community services.
10. Maintain high standards for proactive communication with City residents and
businesses on City issues and services through direct contact, open meetings,
television, newsletters, news releases, and the internet.
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11. Utilize periodic community-wide surveys to obtain citizen feedback on community
development and other local issues.
RESIDENTIAL MAINTENANCE
The enhancement of the City's existing housing stock is a primary goal of the City. In
working towards this goal, the following efforts will be undertaken:
1. The City will continue to participate rehabilitation and redevelopment programs
with the Scott County HRA as a means of renovating existing housing stock.
2. The City will consider organizing a housing remodeling fair with local banks,
vendors, and contractors that disseminates information on housing repairs,
remodeling, and alterations in an effort to promote private reinvestment in the
City's housing stock.
3. Unless a specific redevelopment plan is created, existing non-conforming single
family dwellings in commercial areas of the City be designated as legal non-
conforming uses.
4. The City will provide and maintain high quality public infrastructure and services
as a means of protecting housing values.
5. Sponsor annual community clean up days to encourage yard and home
maintenance.
COMMERCIAL MAINTENANCE/REDEVELOPMENT
The business retention and expansion of Shakopee's commercial and industrial land
uses is seen as a priority in maintaining a strong tax base. In fulfilling this objective, the
following efforts will be implemented:
1. Investigate changes to the development regulations that will allow for in-place
expansion of the City's commercial and industrial land uses.
2. Pursue the acquisition, assembly and redevelopment of small marginal
commercial sites in an effort to attract larger contemporary retailers or service
providers.
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3. Promote housing growth that will diversify the City's housing stock and provide
affordable housing opportunities in an effort to expand the local labor force and
increase market support for community businesses.
4. Support the use of tax increment financing or tax abatement for community
economic developmenUredevelopment efforts.
5. Examine City ordinances pertaining to site and building maintenance and
effective enforcement options.
DOWNTOWN
The following strategies focus on the changing role of the Shakopee Downtown and to
make suggestions to work toward its functional revitalization.
1. Work with the established commercial core businesses to help satisfy their
operational and growth needs. This effort reinforces the City's confidence in the
established business community and helps solidify the existing Downtown anchor
businesses.
2. Encourage local businesses to consider ways to avoid directly competing with
larger regional retailers:
a. Emphasizing customer services.
b. Changing inventory levels.
c. Carrying higher quality product lines than discounters.
d. Offer product servicing and repair.
3. Promote the accumulative attraction of the Downtown and business interchange
among the businesses:
a. Establish common store hours that accommodate the commuter
population of Shakopee.
b. Encourage joint advertising of Downtown businesses.
c. Establish a Downtown directory of businesses.
d. Promote the City's vision of Shakopee through special events in the
Downtown area and Huber Park.
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e. Participate in private redevelopment efforts to rehabilitate buildings under
a common Downtown historical theme.
4. Define the commercial core and establish an aggressive program that promotes
redevelopment and renovation in the commercial core area.
5. Investigate Scott County's HRA "land banking" program as a means of
acquisition and assembly of redevelopment sites.
6. Promote private/public partnerships to encourage expansion, redevelopment,
and renovation of existing businesses in the commercial core.
7. Continue the application of the 1999 Shakopee Downtown Design Guidelines as
the standard for architectural design for all new development, redevelopment,
and renovation with the commercial core.
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