14-10936r RESOLUTION NO. 10936
RESOLUTION APPROVING SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING APPENDIX B (ZONING) OF THE RICHFIELD CITY CODE
WHEREAS, the City has adopted the above referenced amendment to the
Richfield City Code; and
WHEREAS, the verbatim text of the amendments is cumbersome, and the
expense of publication of the complete text is not justified; and
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Richfield that the following summary is hereby approved for official publication:
SUMMARY PUBLICATION
BILL NO. 2014-4
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO ZONING; AMENDING SUBSECTIONS
507.07, SUBDIVISIONS 57 AND 62; SUBSECTION 509.15,
SUBDIVISION 2; SUBSECTION 509.21, SUBDIVISIONS 5 AND 15;
SUBSECTION 509.25, SUBDIVISION 7; SUBSECTIONS 512.05, 512.07,
AND 512.09; SUBSECTION 514.07, SUBDIVISION 2; SUBSECTION
529.11, SUBDIVISION 1; SUBSECTION 534.11, SUBDIVISION 1;
SUBSECTION 537.03, SUBDIVISION 1; SUBSECTION 542.03,
SUBDIVISION 2; SUBSECTION 544.05; SUBSECTION 549.21,
SUBDIVISION 4; SUBSECTION 549.23, SUBDIVISION 1; AND
APPENDIX I, SECTION 3, CLAUSE 91; ADDING NEW SUBSECTION
507.07, SUBDIVISION 53; AND SUBSECTION 514.15, SUBDIVISION 4;
AND REPEALING SUBSECTION 507.07, SUBDIVISIONS 26 AND 101.
CHANGES ARE RELATED TO OUTDATED TERMINOLOGY AND
REFERENCES, CLARIFICATION OF DEFINITIONS AND LANGUAGE
RELATED TO HOME OCCUPATIONS, SETBACKS, SCREENING AND
TEMPORARY BANNERS
This summary of the ordinance is published pursuant to Section
3.12 of the Richfield City Charter.
The ordinance makes the following changes to the City Code:
Allows the operation of home businesses from garages and accessory
structures provided all other requirements are met; Enhances and clarifies
screening requirements for mechanical equipment and utilities (these
revisions do not apply to single- or two-family homes); Removes obsolete
"dance or physical culture studios" terminology favor of "health club or
studio, spa"; Clarifies existing policy related to use of pervious pavers on
single- and two-family lots; Revises area calculation for Planned Unit
Developments to allow, under specific circumstances, inclusion of
adjacent right-of-way; Corrects terminology related to voltage limits for
home occupations; More precisely defines the way in which fence height
is measured; Adds languages to clarify that banner regulations apply to all
temporary signs; Corrects subsection references, symbology and
inconsistencies left over from previous Code amendments; Adds footnotes
where needed; Corrects an error related to the description of a particular
property in Appendix I; and Removes unused and unnecessary definitions.
Copies of the ordinance are available for public inspection in the
City Clerk's office during normal business hours or upon request by calling
the Department of Community Development at (612) 861-9760.
/s/
Nancy Gibbs, City Clerk
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota this 27th day of
May, 2014.
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Deb ie, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Nancy Gibbs, t Clerk