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City of Northfield MN
File #: 25-464    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Information/Discussion Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 8/18/2025 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 8/21/2025 Final action:
Title: "Can Your Zoning Hack It?" - An Exercise to Review Your Zoning Code and It's Intended Outcomes.
Attachments: 1. 1 - "Can your zoning hack it?" - An Exercise from the National Planning Conf. - Denver 2025

PC Meeting Date:                     August 21, 2025

 

To:                                          Members of the Planning Commission

 

From:                                          Jake Reilly, Community Development Director

Mikayla Schmidt, City Planner

 

Title

“Can Your Zoning Hack It?” - An Exercise to Review Your Zoning Code and It’s Intended Outcomes.

 

Body

Action Requested:                     

The Planning Commission is asked to participate in an exercise to review how to “test” our zoning code and review its intended outcomes.

 

Summary Report:

Please see the attached PDF outlining two examples of how the cities of Pomona and Greenville have used this exercise to test their zoning code. Staff will plan to lead the commission through the “code hack exercise” with Northfield’s code.

 

Alternative Options:

NA

 

Financial Impacts:                     

NA

 

Tentative Timelines:                     

NA