Marine on St. Croix Zoning Code - Public Draft

Thank you for taking the time to review the draft zoning code. The following provides an overview to the document and navigation of this site:

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This online draft will be available for public comment until January 21, 2024. If you would prefer to provide your comments directly to Staff, you may contact Assistant Clerk Suzanne Lindgren Dammann at asstclerk@cityofmarine.org or 651-433-3636. A public hearing for the zoning code update is scheduled for January 30, 2024 at 7:30pm. The public is welcome to attend the meeting and provide comment at that time as well.

The process to update the zoning code has been several years in the making. The City went through a process to update the zoning code in 2021, and a public hearing for the updated code was held in November 2021. At that time, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) notified the City that additional updates were needed to the sections of the code pertaining to land within the St. Croix Riverway District. The full update of the zoning code was put on hold while the City and its consultant planners from HKGi worked to address the DNR’s concerns.

The updates to the St. Croix Riverway District have now been addressed, and it is time to resume the adoption process for the revised Code. With the exception of the changes to the Riverway District, the text of the revised Code is substantially similar to the draft that was brought before the public in 2021. For ease of use, the code has been reorganized and reformatted and additional graphics and tables have been incorporated. Minor changes to language are also proposed in the following areas:

• Definitions have been updated to match new terminology
• Wireless facility language adopted Oct 14, 2021 and May 2022 has been incorporated
• Signage has been revised to remove content-based regulations in accordance with Supreme Court ruling
• Review procedures were clarified for land use applications (Interim use permits, variances, site plans)

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