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RESOLUTION NO. 8242
RESOLUTION APPROVING SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF AN AMENDMENT TO
APPENDIX B 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 amendment is cumbersome, and the
expense of publication of the complete text is not justified.
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. 1995-7
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND RENUMBERING SECTIONS 505,510,515,
525, 530, 540, AND 545 OF APPENDIX B TO THE RICHFIELD CITY CODE;
RECODIFYING AND REVISING THE ZONING REGULATIONS FOR ALL ZONING
DISTRICTS IN THE CITY; REPEALING OLD SECTIONS 505,510,515,525,530,540,
AND 545 OF APPENDIX B TO THE RICHFIELD CITY CODE
(SUMMARY PUBLICATION)
The above referenced actions have been taken pursuant to the authority of
Minnesota Statutes, section 462.357. This summary of the amendment is published
pursuant to section 3.12 of the Richfield City Charter. .
The purpose of the amendment is as follows:
1. to assist in the implementation of the City's Comprehensive Plan;
2. to foster a harmonious and workable relationship among land uses; to
promote the stability of existing land uses which conform to the
Comprehensive Plan, and to protect them from inharmonious influences and
harmful intrusions;
4. to promote the City's great interest in protecting and preserving the quality of
its neighborhoods and commercial districts, as well as the quality of urban
life;
5. to insure that public and private lands ultimately are used for the purposes
which are most appropriate and most beneficial from the standpoint of the city
as a whole;
6. to foster the provision of adequate light, air, space, bulk, and density;
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7. to promote a safe and effective traffic circulation system;
8. to protect and enhance real property values; and
9. to safeguard and enhance the physical appearance of the City.
The Ordinance applies to land within the corporate boundaries of the City. The
amendment describes and establishes various districts in which specified areas of land
uses are permitted. The various districts are as follows:
R Single Family Residential District
R-1 Low Density Single Family Residential District
MR-1 Two-Family Residential District
MR-2 Multiple-Family Residential District
MR-3 High Density Multi-Family Residential District
C-1 Neighborhood Business District
C-2 General Commercial District
C-3 High Density Commercial District
I Industrial District
PUD Planned Unit Development District
The Amendment establishes procedures for the amendment of the land use
regulation, the rezoning of property, the granting of variances and conditional
use permits and sets off-street parking requirements.
The amendment also directs the City Clerk to delete references throughout the
Richfield Ordinance Code to the sections of Appendix B hereby repealed; and to
substitute, as appropriate, references to the amended sections.
The amendments will be effective 30 days following the date of this publication,
except that those provisions of the current ordinance of the City which deal with
the MR district shall not be repealed until further action of the City Council.
Copies of the amendment are available for public inspection in the Department of
Community Development during normal business hours.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota this 24t
April, 1995.
ATTEST:
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Thomas P. Ferber, City Clerk