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• Prohibits minimum parking requirements for any development. <br />• Require an administrative review approval process for residential developments with no <br />more than one public meeting (not hearing). <br />• Ensure development complies with city infrastructure, health, safety, and general welfare <br />standards. <br />During the House hearing, Rep. Andrew Myers (R-Tonka Bay) and Rep. Wayne Johnson (R- <br />Cottage Grove) proposed amendments to scale back parts of HF 1987. Their amendments <br />aimed to: <br />• Exempt cities with populations under 10,000. <br />• Remove the required administrative approval process. <br />• Extend compliance deadlines for small cities. <br />• Eliminate prescriptive mandates on lot sizes and setbacks. <br />However, the committee did not adopt any of the amendments. <br />More Homes, Right Places Act <br />HF 2140 (Rep. Larry Kraft, DFL-St. Louis Park) / SF 2231 (Sen. Liz Boldon, DFL-Rochester) <br />The bills were heard by the House Housing Finance and Policy Committee hearing and <br />the Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention Committee on March 12. <br />A "delete everything" amendment, which replaces the original bill language with new <br />language, was adopted by the committee, changing several components of the bill. Key <br />components of the bill include: <br />• Urban municipalities (cities of the second, third, and fourth class within 1 mile of a city <br />with more than 150,000 residents) must: <br />• Upzone 75% of residential areas to allow townhomes, duplexes, triplexes by right, or any <br />combination of development to permit an average density of one unit per 1,500 square <br />feet. <br />• Nonurban municipalities (cities over 10,000 residents that don't qualify as urban <br />municipalities or first-class cities) must: <br />• Upzone 50% of residential areas to allow townhomes, duplexes, triplexes by right, or any <br />combination of development to permit an average density of one unit per 4,000 square <br />feet. <br />• First-, second-, and third-class cities must create "commercial corridor districts" along <br />municipal state -aid streets, allowing higher density development per acre. <br />• The bill would also: <br />• Limit setbacks, floor area ratio, lot coverage, and minimum square footage rules in mixed - <br />use housing zones. <br />• Prohibit minimum unit sizes, construction material requirements, and local design <br />standards beyond state building codes. <br />• Eliminate minimum parking requirements for all developments. <br />• Limit usage of planned unit developments and conditional use permits. <br />56 <br />