7.8. SR 08-20-2001City
MEMORANDUM
Item # ~' 8.
TO:
FROM:
Mayor and City Council
Michele McPherso irector
of Planning
DATE:
August 20, 2001
SUBJECT:
Case No. OA 01-08
Request by the City of Elk River to Amend Business Park
Building Design and Material Standards
Attachments
· Ordinance Amendment
Analysis
Staff and the Planning Commission have been working with the industrial developers,
specifically Brookstone Inc., on revising the Business Park building material standards in
order to include pre-cast concrete tip-up panels as an acceptable building material.
After several months of research, discussion, and negotiation, we have prepared an
ordinance that addresses both the developer's concern regarding affordability and market
and the City's interest in having well designed and visually appealing buildings in the
Business Parks. The ordinance meeting these objectives is attached.
The Economic Development Authority reviewed an earlier version of the ordinance.
Recommendation
Staff and the Planning Commission recommend that the City Council adopt the attached
ordinance.
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ORDINANCE 01 -
CITY OF ELK RIVER
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ELK RIVER AMENDING
SECTION 900.16 OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES,
BP - BUSINESS PARK DISTRICT
The City Council of the City of Elk River does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1. Section 900.16(G) titled, Architectural Standards, of the City of Elk River
Code of Ordinances shall be amended read as follows:
G. Exterior Building Finishes
i. It is the intent of the City of Elk River to
promote & encourage high standards of creative
architectural design in the Business Park District.
ii. In the Business Park zoning district, the
following are acceptable building materials and
finishes:
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Brick
Natural or cut stone
Integrally colored split face (rock face),
burnished, or glazed concrete masonry unit
(excluding plain or painted)
Integrally colored and exposed aggregate pre-cast
concrete panels (excluding single-T or double-T
panels, plain, uncolored, or raked finish) or
specially designed, cast in place concrete.
Glass, architectural metal, fiberglass and
aluminum provided such panels are factory
fabricated and finished with a durable non-fade
surface and their fasteners are of a corrosion
resistant design.
Stucco, E.I.F.S., and other cementitious coating.
Wood, provided the surfaces are finished for
exterior use or wood of proven exterior
durability is used, such as cedar, redwood,
and/or cypress.
Other materials determined as acceptable by the
Planning Department.
iii. Major exterior surfaces, that are adjacent to any
public street, public trail/path, or adjacent
residentially zoned properties, shall be of one of the
acceptable materials and shall be combined with at
least thirty percent (30%) of one or more acceptable
materials, or with 40% punched openings, with or
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without glass (or as much as allowed by the Uniform
Building Code, which ever is less), neither of which
are to be concentrated in any one location, unless to
accentuate a design feature. Major exterior surfaces
that are visible from but not adjacent to any public
street, public trail/path, or adjacent residentially
zoned properties shall be considered transition walls
and may have less than the thirty percent (30%)
combination or less than forty percent (40%) punched
openings, but either shall not be reduced to zero
percent (0%). Such walls shall be screened from view
with additional landscaping. The requirement to have
at least thirty percent (30%) of one or more
acceptable materials shall not apply to the loading
dock wall.
iv. Major exterior surfaces, that are adjacent to any
public street, public trail/path, or adjacent
residentially zoned properties, shall not exceed 160'-
0" in length without a minimum four (4) foot depth
change (recesses, protrusions, or a combination
thereof), with at least two (2) feet of such change to
be in the entire height of the facade.
v. Alternatively, exterior wall surfaces are to be
designed with architectural interest through multiple
design techniques such as, but not limited to,
architectural forms, reveals, textures, cornice
detailing, changes in surface planes, color, punched
openings and/or changes in parapet elevations. The
use of design techniques alone or less percentage of
additional acceptable materials noted in C above shall
require site plan review and approval by the City of
Elk River Planning Commission.
vi. The building shall be designed as to prevent the
appearance of straight, unbroken lines in their
horizontal and vertical surfaces.
vii. Main entrances shall be emphasized with a
complimentary material, which is different from the
primary building material.
viii. Garage doors shall have a color that matches or
coordinates with the building's primary body color.
ix. The building shall be designed to screen
equipment located on the roof of the building.
Alternatively, such equipment shall be located in such
a manner so that it cannot be seen from the adjacent
public street, public path/trail, or adjacent
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residentially zoned property at the same elevation of
the first floor of the building.
Section 2. That this ordinance shall take effect upon publication as provided by law.
Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Elk River this
,2001.
day of
Attest:
Stephanie Klinzing
Mayor
Sandra A. Peine
City Clerk
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