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<br />Memo <br /> <br />VII-l <br /> <br />To: <br /> <br />Mayor Werner and City Council <br /> <br />From: <br /> <br />Cecily Schrader, Planning Intern <br /> <br />Date: <br /> <br />October 3, 2005 <br /> <br />Subject: <br /> <br />Public Hearing: Chapter 10 Ordinance Amendment #2005-54, <br />Landscape Standards, Chapter 10, Section 10.29. <br /> <br />REQUEST <br /> <br />The City Council is asked to hold a public hearing and second reading to adopt the <br />attached amendment to the Hastings City Code, Chapter 10.29, Landscape Standards. <br />This addition to the Zoning Ordinance will establish landscape standards for new <br />commercial, industrial, multiple residential and institutional developments. <br /> <br />At present, landscape requirements for new development are determined on a case by <br />case basis. The Planning Department would like to establish landscape standards to <br />provide developers with clear guidelines about the City's landscape requirements at the <br />outset of the development process and to streamline site plan review. The standards <br />were developed in consultation with the Parks Department and are comparable with <br />landscape standards in neighboring communities. <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION <br /> <br />The Planning Commission unanimous~ recommended adoption of Chapter 10.29, <br />Landscape Standards, at its August 22" meeting. No one from the public spoke for or <br />against the ordinance during the public hearing. <br /> <br />ATTACHMENTS <br />. Section 10.29, Landscape Standards <br />