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1kRiver MEMORANDUM
TO: Planning Commissionio
FROM: Michele McPherso�?'Director of Planning
DATE: April 5, 2000
SUBJECT: Review Revised Zoning District Outline
As the Commissioners are aware, the City is recodifying the entire City Code in
2000. A large portion of the City Code includes the zoning ordinance. At this
time, staff feels that any major changes, including reorganization, should occur to
the zoning ordinance.
Attached please find a draft zoning district outline for your review and discussion.
The proposed district outline would include all of the performance requirements
in one section for each zoning district. Currently, setbacks are located in one
part of the code, parking requirements in another, permitted, accessory and
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conditional uses in another, landscaping standards in another and signs in yet
another. It is staff's intent to provide as much information regarding each zoning
district in one section to make dissemination of this information to residents,
business owners and developers easier.
Please provide direction or observations regarding the proposed zoning district
outline.
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ZONING DISTRICT OUTLINE
1. Purpose (needs reworking)
2. Uses:
A. Permitted
1 . Home Occupation
B. Accessory
1 . Design Standards
2. Outdoor Display/Sales
3. Outdoor Storage
C. Conditional
1 . Design/Performance Standards
2. Outdoor Display/Sales
3. Outdoor Storage
D. Agricultural Animals
3. Dimensional Requirements (Reference Shoreline)
A. Lot Area
B. Lot Width
C. Building Setbacks
1. Residential Septic Setbacks
D. Building Height
1 . Residential
a. House Width
b. Garage Size
E. Lot Coverage vs. Building Coverage
4. Building Design Standards
A. Multi Family & Townhouse
B. Commercial
C. Industrial
D. Business Park
5. Parking/Loading
A. Parking Setbacks
B. Driveways
C. Design Standards
1. Stall size
a. Required
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b. Handicapped
2. Driveway widths
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3. Parallel parking standard
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5. Surfacing
6. Curbing
D. Uses
E. Handicapped (shared off site?)
F. Lighting
1. Wall pole standards
6. Landscaping/Screening
A. General Standards
1. Submittal requirements
B. Parking/Loading Screening
1. Tree requirements
7. Performance Standards
A. Signs (general guidelines)
1. Wall
2. Freestanding
8. Residential Districts
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B. R1 a
C. R1 b
1. Change line
2. Discuss with B&Z 1 acre unsewered lot area
3. Nonsewered lake
D. R1 c
E. Rid
F. R1 e
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DATE: April 11, 2000
SUBJECT: Discuss Combining Single Family Zoning Districts
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As part of the re-codification process, staff is critically reviewing the zoning code
and has observed there may be opportunities to combine, and therefore reduce
the number of zoning districts that must be administered by staff, the Planning
Commission and the City Council. Staff has elected to begin with the single
family zoning districts, specifically, districts R1b through R1e. Attached please
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find a table comparing the requirements of the single family zoning districts.
As can be noted on the attached chart, the district requirements are very similar
in terms of lot area, lot width, and setback requirements. It may be appropriate to
combine districts R1 c through R1 d and continue to utilize R1 b. The R1 b district
is primarily adjacent to the Elk River between Highway 10 and the railroad tracks.
This district, I believe, was specifically designed to address individual septic
systems on individual lots. In addition to the closeness of the requirements for
the various single family zoning districts, the trend in recent years has been to
approve planned unit developments to allow mixed single family and attached
housing types in the same development. These individual districts may become
less and less necessary as developers proceed with planned unit developments,
as opposed to individual neighborhoods.
At a future meeting, staff will discuss with the Commission, zoning districts for
duplexes, townhomes and apartments. Again, there is an opportunity for
combination of districts and specifically, the clarification of our standards for each
of those districts.
Please review the attached information and provide direction to staff regarding
this issue.
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Single Family Zoning District Requirements Comparison
District R1 a R1 b R1 c R1 d R1 e
Requirements
Permitted Uses Single family Single family Single family Single family Single family
dwellings dwellings dwellings dwellings dwellings
Licensed day-care Licensed day-care Licensed day-care Licensed day-care Licensed day-care
Model homes Model homes Model homes Model homes Model homes
Agricultural uses Parks Parks Parks Parks
Parks Permitted home Permitted home Permitted home Permitted home
Permitted home occupations occupations occupations occupations
occupations
Lot Area 2 1/2 acres 1 acre non- 10 acres non- 10 acres non- 10 acres non-
sewered sewered sewered sewered
12,000 sq. ft. 11,000 sq. ft. 14,000 sq. ft 12,000 sq. ft.
Lot Width 160 feet 160 feet non- 300 feet non- 300 feet non- 300 feet non-
sewered sewered sewered sewered
80 x 130, 100 feet 80 x 130, 100 feet 90 x 140, 110 feet 80 x 135, 100 if
if corner lot if corner lot if corner lot corner lot
Setbacks 35 feet front 35 feet front 30 feet front 35 feet front 30 feet front
20 feet side 10 feet side 10 feet side 10 feet side 10 feet side
20 feet garage 5 feet garage 5 feet garage 5 feet garage 5 feet garage
30 feet rear 25 feet rear 20 feet rear 30 feet rear 30 feet rear
Lot Coverage 25 percent 25 percent 25 percent 25 percent 25 percent
Building Height 3 floors or 40 feet 3 floors or 40 feet 3 floors or 40 feet 3 floors or 40 feet 3 floors or 40 feet
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TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Michele McPhersorYDirector of Planning
DATE: April 11, 2000
SUBJECT: Video Tape League of Minnesota Cities "Tuesday Night Council
Meeting"
We have received from the League of Minnesota Cities a 26-minute video of a
mock council meeting from the fictitious city of Mosquito Heights. This is a
training video prepared by the League of Minnesota Cities and addresses the
required procedures for dealing with land use disputes and the documentation of
those land use issues. Along with the video tape are a number of handouts
including a series of questions that can be discussed or reviewed half-way
IPthrough the video. While our workshop meetings are rather full, it is possible for
the Commissioners to borrow the video and to review the information provided by
the League.
Please let me know if you are interested in viewing this video tape on an
individual basis, or if you wish to have staff add it to the workshop subjects for
discussion.
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