2009-06BILL NO. 2009-6
AMENDMENT TO RICHFIELD CITY CODE
SUBSECTION 537.07 RELATED TO
BULK AND DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS IN
MIXED USE DISTRICTS
THE CITY OF RICHFIELD DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1 Subsection 537.07, Subdivision 1 of the Richfield City Code is amended to
read as follows:
Table 2. Mixed Use Bulk and Dimensional Standards
Standard MU-R MU-C MU-N
Building Stories 2 min No 2 min 12 2 min 8 max
max max
Building Coverage 50% 75% 30% 50% A25% 50%
min max min max min max
Sites 2 acres Sites 2 acres or
or less less
30% 75% 25% 50%
min max min max
Maximum Impervious Surface 85% of gross 80% of gross 75% of gross
Covera a parcel area parcel area parcel area
Usable Open Space 5% of gross 5% of gross 10% of gross
Requirement parcel area arcel area parcel area
Street Level Active Use 60% minimum 50% minimum No minimum
Buildin Fronta e2
.Residential Setbacks 3
(standard setbacks)
Front -build to line 10' 20' 10' min 20' 15' min 25'
min max max max
Side 5' min 5' min 5' min
Rear 5' min 5' min 5' min
(zero lot line setbacks)
Front -build to line 10' 20' 10' min 20' 15' min
min max max 25'
Side 0' min 0' min 0' min max
Rear 0' min 0' min 0' min
Commercial and Mixed Use
Set -backs~3 (standard
setbacks) 0' min 15' 0' min 15' 5' min 15'
Front (build to line) max max max
5' min 5' min 5' min
Side 5' min 5' min 5' min
Rear
(zero lot line setbacks) 0' min 15' 0' min, 15' S' min
Front -build to line max max 15'
0' min 0' min 0' min max
Side 0' min 0' min 0' min
Rear
Front yard setback for upper 20' 20' min 20' min
stories after the 3`d story min
Set backs and landscape area 5' min 5' min 5' min 5' min
(front yard parking)
Set backs and landscape area 15' 15' min 15' min
to I-494 min
' Parking structures shall not be included in calculation of building stories.
Single story portions of structures may be allowed provided they are attached to a principal structure that is two or more stories
in height and that the footprint of the single story portion of the structure is no more than 40% of the total structure's footprint.
2 For buildings with multiple street frontages the Street Level Active Use Building Frontage requirement shall apply to the
primary street and other pedestrian oriented streets as determined by the Director. In cases where active use pedestrian-
oriented building frontage along secondary streets is not supportive of the purposes and intent of the mixed use districts
(Subsection 537.01. Subd. 2) the Director may waive or reduce the reauired minimum percentage of Street Level Active Use
Building Frontage on those secondary streets.
~3 Standard setbacks apply to all uses except zero lot line developments. The front setback is a build-to line designed to locate
buildings in close proximity to the public street. -Zero lot line setbacks allow buildings to be placed on an interior property line if
that structure and the adjacent structure are designed with that placement in mind and a compatible relationship of uses results,
including consideration of circulation drives, open space, easements, utility parking areas and glazed facades.
Sec. 2 Subsection 537.09, Subdivision 1 of the Richfield City Code is amended to
read as follows:
Table 3. Minimum Parking Standards for Mixed Use Districts
Land Use Type Off Street Parking Ratio
MU-R and
MU-C ~-E MU-N
Commercial Retail * 4 ~ 3
Commercial Services * 3 ~ 2
Office * 3.~3 ~ 2
Civic * 3 ~ 2
Hotel or motel (per room) 1 -f 1
Residential Townhouse ** 1.5 ~ 1:5
Residential Multi-family * * 1.5 ~5 1.5
Other Uses As determined by the Zoning Administrator
* Per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.
** Per dwelling unit.
Sec. 3 This Ordinance is effective in accordance with Section 3.09 of the Richfield
City Charter.
Passed by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota this 24th day of
March 2009.
Deb ie oettel, Mayor
ATTEST:
Nancy Gibb ,City Clerk
City of Richfield
(Official Publication)
BILL N0.2009-6
AMENDMENT TO RICHFIELD CITY CODE
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SUBSECTION 537.07 RELATED TO BULK AND DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS IN MIXED USE DISTRICTS
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Standard MU-R MU-C MU-N
Building Storiesl 2 min No max 2 min 12 max 2 min 8 max
Building Coverage 50 % min 75 % max 30% min 50 % max 92~% min 50 % max
Sites 2 ac res or less Sites 2 ac res or less
30°° min 75% max 25 % min 50°° max
Maximum Impervious Surface Coverage 85 % of gross SO % of gross 75 % of gross
parcel area parcel area parcel area
Usable Open Space Requirement 5% of gross 5% of gross 10 % of gross
parcel area parcel area parcel area
Street Level Active Use Building Frontage? 60% minimum 50% minimum No minimum
Residential Setbacks (standard setbacks)
Front-build to line 10' min 20' max 10' min 20' max 15' min 25' max
Side 5' min 5' min 5' min
Rear 5' min 5' min 5' min
(zero lot line setbacks)
Front -build to line
Side 1 O' min
' 20' max 10' min
' 20' max 15' min 25' max
0
min 0
min 0' min
Rear 0' min 0' min 0' min
Commercial and Mixed Use Setbacks~3
(standard setbacks)
Front (build to tine) _ 0' min 15' max 0' min 15' max 5' min 15' max
Side 5' min 5' min 5' min
Rear 5' min 5' min 5' min
(zero lot line setbacks)
Front -build to line 0' min0' 15' max 0' min 15' max 5' min 15' max
Side min 0' min 0' min
Rear 0' min 0' min 0' min
Front yard setback for upper stories after 20' min 20' min 20' min
the 3rd story
Set backs and landscape area (front yard 5' min 5' min 5' min 5' min
parking)
Set backs and landscape area to I-494 15' min 15' min 15' min
1 Parking structures shall not be included in calculation of building stories.
Single story portions of structures may be allowed provided they are attached to a principal structure that is two or
more stories m height and that the footprint of the single story portion of the structure is no more than 40 % of the total
structure's footprint.
Table 3. Minimum Parking Standards for Mixed Use Districts
Land Use Type Off Street Parking Ratio
MU-R and MU-C MU-G MU-N
Commercial Retail * 4 6 3
Commercial Services * 3 8 2
Office * 3.b3 S 2
Civic * 3 2 2
Hotel or motel (per room) 1 ~ 1
Residential Townhouse ** 1.5 4-6 1.5
Residential Multi-family ** 1.5 ~b 1.5
Other Uses As determined by the Zoning Administrator
rer i,uuu square feet of gross floor area.
** Per dwelling unit.
Sec. 3 This Ordinance is effective in accordance with Section 3.09 of the Richfield City Charter.
Passed by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota this 24th day of March 2009.
ATTEST:
Nancy Gibbs, City Clerk
Debbie Goettel, Mayor
2009) d2-bill 2009-6
~ Standard setbacks apply to all uses except zero lot line developments. The front setback is a build-to line designed
to locate buildings in close proximity to the public street. Zero lot line setbacks allow buildings to be placed on an inte-
rior property line if that structure and the adjacent structure are designed with that placement in mind and a compatible
relationship of uses results, including consideration of circulation drives, open space, easements, utility parking areas
and glazed facades.
Sec. 2 Subsection 537.09, Subdivision 1 of the Richfield City Code is amended to read as follows: