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5.9 PCSR 10-24-1995 () -\ ITEM 5.9. City of0 MEMORANDUM 11i River TO: Planning Commission FROM: Steve Ach, City Planner DATE: October 24, 1995 SUBJECT: Ordinance Amendment by the City of Elk River, Public Hearing Case No. OA 95-14 Issue The City of Elk River is requesting an ordinance amendment to establish a new commercial zoning district entitled community commercial. Background The concept of a neighborhood or community commercial zoning district was discussed as part of the 1988 Comprehensive Plan and, most recently, by the Steering Committee during their update of the existing Comprehensive Plan. 411 The primary focus behind the community commercial zoning district would be to allow convenience type retail activities along with personal service establishments and office uses an opportunity to locate in areas in close proximity to residential neighborhoods and/or areas of employment to provide that immediate service to those surrounding areas. The standards of the community commercial should be designed to ensure compatibility between the community commercial uses and the surrounding residential neighborhoods. Uses As mentioned above, the uses found within the community commercial zoning district should provide a variety of convenience type shopping and uses that will be compatible as permitted or reviewed as conditional uses. The uses will primarily consist of convenience type retail opportunities along with personal service shops such as dry cleaning, flower shops, bakeries, barber/hair care operations, and the like. 13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 • Elk River, MN 55330 • (612) 441-7420 • Fax: (612) 441-7425 Ordinance Amendment Page 2 October 24, 1995 4110Standards The C4 community commercial zoning district will most likely be located adjacent to or in close proximity to the developing areas of the community. In other words, this district would most likely not be occurring in the downtown area, rather, it would lie outside of the downtown core next to residential areas. By locating this zoning district adjacent to some of the newer developing areas of the community, an adequate lot size, along with setback requirements typical of a more suburban scale can be accomplished. For example, rather than the ten foot parking setback that is typically found in our commercial districts, it may be more appropriate to increase this setback to provide for additional landscaping and buffering given this districts proximity to residential neighborhoods. Besides the increased setback requirements, it may also be appropriate to provide a slightly larger minimum lot size which again is in relative proportion to the increased setbacks to still maintain adequate building space and meet setback requirements. Another standard that may be important in this particular zoning district would be building height. Certainly if this district is located in close proximity to residential neighborhoods, the architecture and building height will be very important. Signage • Another sensitive concern, which typically arises with commercial development when it is close to residential areas, is the amount of signage allowed on a particular building. This concern of signage not only includes the amount of wall signs, but the appearance, height, and overall square footage allowed for freestanding signs. To address all of the above mentioned concerns, staff has prepared the attached ordinance amendment for the Planning Commission to consider. Please review this ordinance and provide staff with any comments you may have regarding its content. pc:oa95-14 1111 C4 - Community Commercial • STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: The purpose of the C4-Community Commercial district is to provide land use opportunities to attract convenience retail stores, office, and personal service establishments. It is intended that this district primarily serves surrounding residential neighborhoods and businesses within the immediate area. In order for development to occur within this district, public sanitary sewer, storm sewer, and municipal water must be available and hooked up in order to occupy the particular business . A. Permitted Uses 1. Convenience retail sales of goods and services 2 . Personal service establishments 3 . Dry cleaning and laundry establishments 4 . Personal service and repair establishments such as barber and beauty shops, shoe repair, etc. 5 . Printing shops and publishing shops B. Accessory Uses 1. Uses customarily incidental to the permitted or conditional uses allowed in this district 2 . Off-street parking areas 3 . Signs as regulated in the Elk River zoning ordinance C. Conditional Uses 1 . Motor vehicle specialty service stations 2 . Car wash facilities 3 . Daycare centers 4 . Educational/institutional uses 5 . Off-sale liquor stores 6 . Class 1 and Class 2 restaurants • 7. Financial institution 8 . Mortuaries, funeral homes 111 Standards A. Minimum Lot Size - One and one-half (11/2) acres. B. Building Setbacks (minimum) 1. Front Yard - Twenty Five (25) feet 2 . Side Yard - Twenty (20) feet when adjacent to commercial or industrial districts. When adjacent to a residential district, the minimum setback is thirty- five (35) feet. 3 . Rear Yard - Twenty (20) feet C. Parking Lot Setbacks (minimum) 1. Front Yard - Twenty-five (25) feet 2 . Side Yard - Twenty (20) feet 3 . Rear Yard - Twenty (20) feet • 4 . When a C4 zoning district is located adjacent to any residentially zoned property, the side yard and rear yard parking and driveway setbacks shall be a minimum of twenty-five (25) feet D. Architectural Standards 1 . Major exterior surfaces of all walls shall be face brick, stone, glass, stucco, architecturally treated concrete, or decorative block, or an approved equivalent material as approved by the Zoning Administrator. E. Signage 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 900 .22 (Sign Ordinance) the following requirements shall be met : a. General Guidelines 1. All signs within a community commercial development must consist of materials and a design which compliments the architectural • elements of the principal building and character of the project. III 2 . All freestanding signs shall have a minimum ten (10) foot setback from all property lines. 3 . Prior to installing any signs, a sign permit must be obtained from the City of Elk River Planning Department. b. Freestanding Sign 1. All freestanding signage shall consist of a monument style sign and have a maximum height of fifteen (15) feet and a maximum area of one-hundred-twenty (120) square feet. c. Wall Signs (Freestanding Sites) 1. Wall signage for each freestanding building must consist of individual letters and shall not have more than one (1) wall sign for each principal building. 410 2 . The gross surface area of a wall sign for freestanding buildings shall not exceed ten (10) percent of the area of a building wall, including doors and windows, to which the sign is to be affixed. d. Wall Signs (Multi-Tenant Building) 1. Fascia signs for individual retail tenants shall be for store identity only. 2 . Capital letters shall be no larger than 36" high, lower case letters shall be no larger than 24' high. Signs may be located on the building in a symmetrical manner, but in no case shall they extend closer than 2' 0" from the projected lease line. • elements of the principal building and character of the project. Aft IIP 2 . All freestanding signs shall have a minimum ten (10) foot setback from all property lines. 3 . Prior to installing any signs, a sign permit must be obtained from the City of Elk River Planning Department. b. Freestanding Sign 1. All freestanding signage shall consist of a monument style sign and have a maximum height of fifteen (15) feet and a maximum area of one-hundred-twenty (120) square feet. c. Wall Signs (Freestanding Sites) 1 . Wall signage for each freestanding building must consist of individual letters and shall not have more than one (1) wall sign for each principal building. 111 2 . The gross surface area of a wall sign for freestanding buildings shall not exceed ten (10) percent of the area of a building wall, including doors and windows, to which the sign is to be affixed. d. Wall Signs (Multi-Tenant Building) 1. Fascia signs for individual retail tenants shall be for store identity only. 2 . Capital letters shall be no larger than 36" high, lower case letters shall be no larger than 24' high. Signs may be located on the building in a symmetrical manner, but in no case shall they extend closer than 2' 0" from the projected lease line. pc:c4ordamd -- - , 444 \LCL opolitan Council r irtST-CLASS MAIL ��'• 44 Mears Park Centre U POSTAGE , v , ,` 44 230 East Fifth Street PAID , 't St.Paul,MN 55101-1634 St.Paul,MN i i 612291-6359,TIM)291-0904 Permrt No.7029 V . s Ni'} 4.:-'14,V,. .-,Vr= ,.., CITY OF ELK RIVER X 5159 r• PO BOX 490 ME1559B . ,....L [---- ELK RIVER MN 55330-0490 ...... 'k REGIONAL BLUEPRINT .vrtmirmliugsmiRecycled paper:Contains at least 50%post-consumer waste July 1995 III UPDATE BRIEFINGS region to consider. Any of the options— Where will we be living? or a combination--could be the basis for If trends continue, expect... Welcome to Update! This is the first of guiding the location of future several issues to be published this year development. • Twice as many people in western half by the Metropolitan Council on three of the region (compared with the development options for future growth of A new summary brochure, Choosing an 0 the Twin Cities area. The Council is Urban Development Option for the Twin eastern half.) considering the options so it can add a Cities �(ea: 1995-2020, describes each s� • MO VEIOpr) 8r .ewQ .„.uburb development plan to its Regional option." The brochure helps guide T � < �l' �, „ : x 4,1 .. Blueprint, the document containing the decision-making by local officials, R g - is communityleaders and the • Lower,densit)i IargefiotS -, Council's goals and policies for the general k a� region's future. The next Update will public in planning the region's future. a= M e p `�� ' • Urban area will keep expanding; . describe criteria to evaluate the three A1- '. V. _ outward. , _} options. The options emerge from policy choices . ? „7i already made in the Council's Regional '' • Twice asmany mllestof congested ; Blueprint. t freeways. G - ,. iii HOW WILL REGION LOOK The Spread Development option would, IN 25 YEARS? • About 28 percent more travel. as the name suggests, lead to a new ring of development around the region. .T.aginc ad:+ing 50 000 people to the • Most older people (age 70 and up) in A ae i id option, Concentrated Twin Cities area.* Tiey would make up Development, would limit where growth single-family homes. the second-biggest county in Minnesota could be located. A third, Channeled in population--more than twice the sizeDevelopment, would locate some of the of Dakota County.The region is forecast new growth at high-activity centers of I THREE VERY DIFFERENT to grow nearly 30 percent in the next 25 development along highways and transit OPTIONS FOR REGIONAL years. Where will they all live? Or, where routes' resulting in some growth in the GROWTH should they all live? rural area. . i.. The three development options are The Twin Cities area will grow to 3.1 Why should the region look at these conceptual and do not define impact on million people by the year 2020, up from options? Metropolitan Council staff specific communities. The illustrations today's population of 2.4 million, forecasts for the region add more people on the back page, exaggerated, will be according to Metropolitan Council and households during the next quarter further defined later. forecasts.The forecast increase exceeds century than originally thought.Also,the 0 the region's growth during the past 25 region needs a regional\development Once an option is selected, the region's years, when it grew by 575,000. plan. The plan will provide a,-framework growth pattern will slowly shift over time. for investment decisions about the By the year 2020, land use changes will Households are even more important region's transit and sewer services. The be evident. than population for planning purposes. option selected will give- local The seven-county region will grow by an governments and the private sector a Spread Development estimated 330,000 households,*up from context for future growth\ and 940,000 today. That's a sizable development decisions. This option is more market-driven than ircrcase--m:re households than both me otners. it iTie GIS the iegion.5 demand Minneapolis and St. Paul have today. The brochure also summarizes new for housing and job locations wherever forecasts and recent trends that off&a demand occurs.The Metropolitan Urban Jobs are forecast to grow by 310,000*in glimpse of the future. In addition, likely Service Area (MUSA) would expand as the next 25 years, up from 1.4 million costs of the region's sewer and transit needed to accommodate development. today. That's well below the pace of job services are identified. The MUSA is the already-developed growth in the previous 25 years, when urban area, plus land planned for future 41) the region added 620,000 jobs. urban growth. II 20 YEARS FROM NOW-- The forecast growth raises two This option is the closest to what's fundamental planning questions.Where What will we be like? P will households and jobs locate? (This E happening today. Growth would likelycontinue in a new concentric ring around assumes a continuation of trends and • Average of 2 children per family. the already developed part of the region. current public action.) The second question is:Where should they locate? • Average household size of 2.5 people. Rural land near the region's urbanizing I• More raciallydiverse. edge would be seen as land "on hold" The Council has developed three for the next phase of urban expansion. development options for growth for the Development density (the number of • More older people. housing units per acre) would be low. *Preliminary estimates. � � f REGIONAL BLUEPRINT Concentrated Development For more information, or for a copy of The shaded area is the current bui-p the brochure, call the Data Center at area. The lines roughly encircling it This option requires all future urban 291-8140 (or 291-0904 TTY). represent the current Metropolitan Urban growth to locate within the MUSA, Service Area (MUSA), and its possible leading to higher density over time. III GRAPHICS NOTE future expansions. There would be no MUSA expansion before the year 2020-and no new public The black inner boundary line is the The circles are cities in the rural area. infrastructure in the rural area seven-county metro area. The outer line They are likely to grow by 2020, Development would fill in at available contains the counties adjacent to the depending on which development option sites, or at redeveloped sites cleared of seven metro counties. is pursued. their old uses. Development focus is on the central cities and older suburbs, at the same °; time filling in newer suburbs.This option Spread Development requires a deliberate regional effort to shape the location of new urban development and to preserve agricultural 7;1 land cutsids tha MUSA. c c Je Cl u' �.....r� 0 i Channeled Development 0 c M This option locates some urban growth o c 1 alonghighways and transit routes '...4'1:!?:17P-R, - o USAx especially at the high-activity centers of o I ( - development friendly to buses, bikes c 5 x e and pedestrians. _. ,� i• • k III The MUSA line would project into parts c, "•o of the rural area to allow for growth along these corridors. However, the r c ° d remainder of the MUSA would not ( c o expand. Corridors would stretch from the if L....4 downtowns to outlying suburbs, or from suburb to suburb. Revitalization efforts would focus on the corridors, making / the option a strong strategy to renew the Concentrated Development core and suburbs. r G III NEXT STEPS o 07) e c There are several ways the public can be o o o 0 involved in the planning. This summer o e`' and fall the Council will hold publi e° ' oc inw ° meetings, publish newsletters, and meet with officials from local communities and ' U other interested groups. People with ° $.4 e online computers can access �, information and comment via the Twin 4 '- Cities Computer Network, or call the o Metro Information Hotline,229-3780.The ° 0 public also can attend Council o committee meetings where the growth °c options will be discussed. • The Council plans to select a growth option near the end of 1995. To date, five more community meetings Channeled Development are planned (most of the sites are yet to be determined): e • Aug. 2, on development (residential, e o c 1 commercial, industrial) and relationship _ ' to schools and libraries in Bloomington, o Eden Prairie, Chanhassen, Chaska, G I . Shakopee, Savage and Burnsville. 6:30 c e , '-41i) © - p.m. in Shakopee City Hall. 0 III • Sept. 8, on redevelopment and c reinvestment of large-scale sites in St. Louis Park, Golden Valley and -- ,,,pi downtown Minneapolis. "�'4- • Sept. 13, on development in northernc C I--- counties of Anoka, Chisago and Isanti. • Sept. 22. on redevelopment and i 0 ° reinvestment of Snelling Transit Garage, 0 c if around downtown St. Paul and Twin ._.+ Cities Arsenal in Arden Hills. • Oct. 9, on community and employment centers and community identity in Woodbury, Cottage Grove, Apple Valley, Rosemount and Eagan. BRC FINANCIAL SYSTEM 9/15/95 15:07:33 Exp ^ 8uideiine with Dotal '. FOR THE PERIOD(S) JAN 01^ 1995 THROUGH AU[ IIIACT MTD POSTEl 1995 ADOPTED ENCUMBERED AND IN PROCES� SOURCE-JE-ID VENDOR/CUSTOMER/EXPLANATION REF/REC/CHK INVOICE AMOUNT ------------ ------ ------------------------ ------ --------------- 101 orm_kni GENERAL FUND � 4115 PLANNING COMMISSION PERSONAL SERVICES 101 REGULAR PAY 1 ,500,00 0.00 33^9{ p-081195-843 PAYROLL INTERFACE 950811 � - ��� 33,9( 102 OVER TIME PAY 0.00 0^00 8,4E 1 081195-843 PAYROLL INTERFACE 950811 8^4E 103 PART TIME PAY 0^00 0.00 O^OC 121 PERA 0.00 0.00 1 ^89 1 081195-843 PAYROLL INTERFACE 950811 1 .89 122 FICA 0,00 0.00 2.51 1 '-O81195-843 PAYROLL INTERFACE 950811 2^51 OliHEALT & LIFE INS. ,00 0^00 2,78 H 0.0081195-843 PAYROLL INTERFACE 950811 2^78 135 MEDICARE 0.00 0.00 0,59 1' 081195- 043 PAYROLL INTERFACE 950811 0^59 TOTAL: PERSONAL SERVICES 1 '500.O0 0^00 50. 15 OTHER CHARGES & SERVICES 321 TELEPHONE 0.00 0^00 0.00 322 POSTAGE 100.00 0.00 26^80 D-080795-838 015200 FRIDEN NEOPOST 030389 3^85 M-082895-84O 022225 POSTMASTER 030482 22^95 331 TRAVEL^CONFERENCE & SCHOOLS 4,050^00 0.00 921 ^60 0-082895-841 010982 ARROWWOOD-A RADISSON RES 030527 681 .60 D-O82895-841 ^09108 1995 MN STATE PLAN COW 030668 240^00 361 INSURANCE 500.00 0.00 0^00 TOTAL: OTHER CHARGE8 & SERVICES 4,650,00 0.00 948^40 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 433 DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS 300~00 0.00 0,00 TOTAL: CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 300,00 0^00 0,00 TO7A1 : PLANNING COMMISSION 6,450.00 0,00 998,55 All ' AIl2/ / /" ' ------- 6� 66^812^T � T0^ T2T °�� 0 00^002 00^0 0 80~00E 00^0 �~ �� --------- 96 Tl^�8T 6 �*g9V^� |w' " m--- 000~00g 00^0 H03 NV1,1— .OIlV8lSIS |8 ^ -- V N NO3 NVlJ—SwISOO7 ---------- ti0T —V1^69T t/L^6TZ°V ccl� --� V N W03 NVld—]SVlSSOd N3 NVld 'lNIVN JIO[y] lIVN i i i i ---------- gi73 gq^gi73 '--- 0 00^0 00^0 9t 3t_ ---- Vt, 83^tr28 32..^299 V T0T—ONOA^ T—V8]J/8—]O03 i i i i---------- 666 —08^l 08^2_ V ' T0T —311O3 411 ~ iiii --------~— 666 —98^0g 98^0g V TOT—ONOPT-4V8]J/8—]003 iiii ---------- 666 —9E122 92^22 V T0T—(DNlA° T -]003 -------- 666 —6q^V3 6g^V3 0 00^0 00^0 . � � V TOT—ONO. ° T-083J/8—]003 / / � /---------- 666 —T3^gTq IJ~2Ig |1— V T0T—ONOJ4T—V8]J48—]1103 ' 3 0T °99V^ T 060EE ' — — — _----- --_--_----_—___--------- 1I3 6 J ^O^6 NOIld183S3O v / -----_-------- --- --_~_-_-_-�__' -~_----------- v — l�J B]NV1Vb3 SS33QHk NI ON\y ` ONIWIVA38 1131SOJ l3V ���� ., ~-� n � �66T T2 ' ! g 30V ^ 0A-8�3��lS ` ( 89AI8 N-[] AO ALM / -