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AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO ZONING; ESTABLISHING
REGULATIONS FOR A NEW VETERANS PARK AREA OVERLAY
DISTRICT; AMENDING SUBSECTION 512.01 OF THE RICHFIELD CITY
CODE; AMENDING THE RICHFIELD CITY CODE BY CREATING NEW
SUBSECTION 541.25; AMENDING APPENDIX I TO THE RICHFIELD CITY
CODE BY REZONING CERTAIN PROPERTIES WITHIN THE AREA OF
PORTLAND AVENUE AND 66TH STREET TO BE SUBJECT TO
VETERANS PARK AREA OVERLAY DISTRICT REGULATIONS
THE CITY OF RICHFIELD DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. Subsection 512.01, Subdivision 1 of the Richfield City Code is amended to read as
follows:
512.01. Zoning districts. Subdivision 1. Establishment of districts. In order to
carry out the purposes and provisions of this code, the city is hereby divided into the
following zoning districts:
Residential Districts
Single Family Residential
R
Low Density Single Family Residential
R-1
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Two Family Residential
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MR-1
Multi -Family Residential
MR-2 :
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High Density Multi -Family Residential
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MR-3 :
Commercial Districts
Service Office
S-O
Neighborhood Business
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C-1
General Commercial
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C-2
Mixed -Use Districts
Mixed -Use Regional
MU-R
Mixed -Use Community
MU-C
Mixed -Use Neighborhood
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MU-N
Industrial Districts
Industrial
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Planned Unit Development Districts
Planned Residential
PR
Planned Two Family Residential
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PMR-1
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Planned Multi -Family Residential
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PMR
Planned Neighborhood Commercial
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PC-1
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Planned General Commercial
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PC-2
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Overlay Districts
Sec. 2. Section 541 of the Richfield City Code is amended by adding new subsections after
Subsection 541.23, the new subsections to read as follows:
541.25. Veterans Park Area (VPA) Overlay District.
Subdivision 1. Purpose and intent. The Veterans Park Area Overlay
District promotes both redevelopment of existing structures and new development
to provide a balanced mix of compatible uses in proximity to the Veterans
Memorial Park. Design regulations are provided to produce structures of
consistent character and of appropriate scale that transition from single family
residential to higher density mixed use and community commercial. The intent of
the Overlay District is to guide the design character of redevelopment and
revitalization in ways that are sensitive to the intent of the Comprehensive Plan
and its surrounding land uses, while adhering to the Portland & 66th Sub Area
Studv's auidance and Development Principles:
• Personal Connections: Support redevelopment protects that preserves
and enhances the ability of residents and users of Veterans Memorial Park
to make personal connections to the park.
• Park & Neighborhood Connectivity: Increase connectivity to Veterans
Memorial Park by incorporating vehicle, pedestrian, wheelchair/walker, and
bicycle connections between park destinations (e.g., the Memorial, lake, ice
arena, and swimming pool), neighborhoods, and redevelopment sites along
Portland Avenue and 66th Street.
• Diversify Housing Options: Use redevelopment sites to expand the mix of
housing in the area such as row/townhouse, affordable units, courtyard
apartments, courtyard cottages, and live -work units.
• Convenient Commercial: Encourage a mix of community and small
neighborhood commercial businesses in proximity to residential areas and
the park destinations as an important amenity for residents and park
visitors.
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• Sustainable Development: Use sustainable design practices and new
technology in developments that will help create a healthy, sustainable,
vibrant neiahborhood. and contribute to the nark environment.
• Building Transition: Require site design and building architectural
characteristics that provide appropriate transitions between single family
residential neighborhoods and higher intensity uses.
• Building Heights: Locate the tallest portions of buildings away from
adjacent low density residences. For sites adjacent to Veterans Memorial
Park, locate the tallest portions of buildings away from the park's open
areas.
• Building Massing: Locate and design buildings to preserve views to/from
the park's open areas and minimize potential shadowing of the park.
• Quantity of Parking: Minimize parking needs by leveraging the study
area's location along multimodal corridors to reduce the use of the
automobile while limiting neighborhood impacts.
Subd. 2. Creation of district and applicability. The Veterans Park Area
(VPA) Overlay District shall apply to properties designated within Appendix 1 of this
Code.
Subd. 3. Applicable regulations. All permitted, accessory, and conditional
uses allowed in the underlying Districts shall be allowed in the VPA Overlay District
with the followina additions. aualifications. and/or exceations.
The following abbreviations are used below:
Permitted use - P
Accessory use — A
Conditional use - C
a) MR-3 in the VPA Overlay District:
• Offices and clinics —A
• Restaurants Class I (servina alcohol) — A/C
• Restaurant Class II (traditional/cafeteria) —A
• Restaurant Class IV (take-out only) — A
• Retail services, general — A
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• Retail services, neighborhood — A
• Taproom/cocktail room — A/C
• Additions for accessory uses:
o All accessory uses shall be contained within the principal
residential building.
o All accessory uses shall have street frontage.
o All accessory uses shall be located on the ground floor and
shall not exceed 15,000 square feet.
b) C-2 in the VPA Overlay District:
• Assisted living facilities, nursing, or rest homes above ground floor
commercial — P
• Dwelling, multifamily above ground floor commercial — P
• Live -work units above ground floor commercial - P
Subd. 4. Bulk and dimensional standards. All bulk and dimensional
standards applicable in the underlying districts, as found in
Subsections 525.11 (MR-2), 527.11 (MR-3), and 534.11 (C-2) of this Code, shall
apply in the VPA Overlay District with the following additions, qualifications, and/or
exceptions:
a) MR-2 in the VPA Overlay District:
• Front yard setback: The minimum front yard setback shall be 10
feet and the maximum shall be 25 feet along.
• Parking shall be located in the rear and/or side yards of the
building.
b) MR-3 in the VPA Overlay District:
• Building height: The principal building heights shall be a minimum
of 20 feet and up to a maximum of 55 feet or 5 stories, whichever
is less.
o Building heights shall be measured from the building
footprint's average ground level elevation.
o Floors above the third floor shall be stepped back a
minimum of 15 feet when adjacent to public streets and
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public land. Step backs may be adjusted depending on
specific site conditions and building placements.
• Maximum building coverage: 40%
• Front yard setback: The minimum front yard setback shall be 15
feet and the maximum shall be 25 feet.
• Rear and side yard setbacks: When adjacent to Veterans Memorial
Park, the required rear and side yard setbacks shall prioritize
greenspace and landscaping as a transition/buffer to the Park.
c) C-2 in the VPA Overlay District:
• Front yard setback: The minimum front yard setback shall be 15
feet and the maximum shall be 25 feet.
• Rear and side vard setbacks: When adiacent to Veterans Memorial
Park, the required rear and side yard setbacks shall prioritize
greenspace and landscaping as a transition/buffer to the Park.
• Parking shall be located in the rear and/or side yards of the
building.
Subd. 5. Other performance standards. All additional performance
standards applicable in underlying districts shall apply in the VPA District with the
following additions, qualifications, and/or exceptions:
a) MR-2 in the VPA Overlay District:
• A minimum of one primary building entrance shall face Portland
Avenue or 66th Street depending on where the property is located.
• Properties directly adjacent to or across the street from Veterans
Park: New projects or projects involving the addition of more than
50% of the existing square footage of a building shall submit a Bird
Collision Reduction Plan addressing the impacts of the building's
glass, lighting, and site design on birds as part of their
development application.
b) MR-3 in the VPA Overlay District:
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• Residential development shall include a minimum of two types of
residential land uses that expand the variety of lifecycle housing
oations in the studv area.
• A lot larger than two (2) acres is allowed to include a second
building for all permitted, accessory, and conditional uses allowed
in the MR-3 District.
• The two buildings shall be grouped into a single polygon to assess
compliance with required setbacks.
• Existing trees shall be protected and preserved to the greatest
degree possible.
• Pedestrian facilities shall be placed along the site's perimeter to
provide walking connections between the public street and public
amenities such as Veterans Memorial Park.
• Stormwater shall be managed onsite by using best management
practices, such as raingardens, preen roofs, and bio-infiltration
swales to create aesthetically pleasing and useable public spaces
or underground systems.
• Sites north of 66t" Street shall plan internal traffic circulation to
accommodate the potential for a north -south road (an approximate
extension of Oakland Avenue) that would connect the sites to 66th
Street
• A shadow study shall be required as part of the development
review process to evaluate potential impacts of shadowing on
adjacent properties, measured by the sun's position at the time of
the summer solstice.
• A minimum of one primary building entrance is required on each
street facade and at least one building entrance every 75 feet of
each street facade.
• Properties directiv adiacent to or across the street from Veterans
Park: New projects or projects involving the addition of more than
50% of the existing square footage of a building shall submit a Bird
Collision Reduction Plan addressing the impacts of the building's
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glass, lighting, and site design on birds as part of their
development application.
c) C-2 in the VPA Overlay District:
• Existing trees shall be protected and preserved to the greatest
degree possible.
• Pedestrian facilities shall be placed along the site's perimeter to
provide walking connections between the public street and public
amenities such as. Veterans Memorial Park.
• Sites north of 66t" Street shall plan internal traffic circulation to
accommodate the potential for a north -south road (an approximate
extension of Oakland Avenue) that would connect the sites to 66th
Street.
• Stormwater shall be managed onsite by using best management
practices, such as raingardens, green roofs, and bio-infiltration
swales to create aesthetically pleasing and useable public spaces
or underground systems.
• Properties directly adjacent to or across the street from Veterans
Park: New projects or projects involving the addition of more than
50% of the existing square footage of a building shall submit a Bird
Collision Reduction Plan addressing the impacts of the building's
glass, lighting, and site design on birds as part of their
development application.
Sec. 3. Appendix 1 of the Richfield Zoning Code is amended by adding a new Section 22 to
read as follows:
Section 22. Veterans Park Area Overlay District (VPA)
(1) M-4,5,9. Properties zoned as C-2, MR-2, or MR-3 as described in
Sections 3, 13, or 14 of this Appendix, in that area lying between the
center lines of Highway 62 and 67th Street East and the center lines of
5th Avenue South and 11 th Avenue South.
(2) M-5 (NE corner, 11th Avenue and 66th). Lot 9, Block 2, Eliason Fourth
Addition.
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(3) M-5 SE corner, 11th Avenue and 66th . The West 1/2 of Lot 1 13lock_1_
pier bak's First Addition.
Sec. 9. This ordinance constitutes a rezoning of the following properties.
6501 Portland Ave S, 6505 Portland Ave S„ 6527 Portland Ave S, 500 66th
Street East, 6601 5th Ave S, 6600 Portland Ave S, 6601 Portland Ave S,
6613 Portland Ave S, 6617 Portland Ave S, 6621 Portland Ave S, 6625
Portland Ave S, 6629 Portland Ave S, 6633 Portland Ave S, 6637 Portland
Ave S, 6645 Portland Ave S, 6601 Oakland Ave S, 6609 Oakland Ave S,
6615 Oakland Ave S, 6600 Park Ave S, 6608 Park Ave S, 701 66th St E,
6611 Park Ave S, 6600 Columbus Ave S, 6610 Columbus Ave S, 6601
Columbus Ave S, 6609 Columbus Ave S, 6615 Columbus Ave S, 6600
Chicago Ave S, 811 66th St E, 6611 Chicago Ave S, 817 66th St E, 901 66th
St E, 6600 10" Ave S, 1001 66th St E, 1015 66th St E, 6601 11 th Ave S, 1100
66th St E
Sec. 10. This ordinance is effective in accordance with Section 3.09 of the Richfield
City Charter.
Maria Ran Go alez, Mayor
ATTEST;
Kari Sinning,"City C
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CITY OF RICHFIELD
SUMMARY PUBLICATION
SILL NIO, 2021-12
AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO ZONING;
ESTABLISHING
REGULATIONS FOR A NEW
VETERANS PARK AREA
OVERLAY DISTRICT;
AMENDING SUBSECTION
512.01 OF THE RICHFIELD
CITY CODE;
AMENDING THE RICHFIELD
CITY CODE BY CREATING.
NEW SUBSECTION1.25;
AMENDING APPENDIX I
TO THE RICHFIELD CITY
CODE BY REZONING
CERTAIN PROPERTIES
WITHIN THE AREA OF
PORTLAND AVENUE AND
66TH STREET TO BE
SUBJECT TO VETERANS
PARK AREA OVERLAY
DISTRICT REGULATION'S
This summary of the ordinance
is published pursuant to Section
3,12 of the Richfield City Charter.
This ordnance establishes ad-
drbirmal or modified zoning regula-
tions for properties !in the vicinity of
Veterans Memorial Park near the in-
tersection of Portland Avenue andl
bath Street. Regulations establish
design principles, allowable uses,
bulk and dimensional standards for
burlldingis, landscape and setback
requirements for sites, and addi-
tional application requirements.
This ordinance applies these
rules to the following properties;
6501 Portland Ave S, 6505 Pon -
land Ave' S, 6527 Portland Arne S,
500 66th Street Past, 6601 5th Ave
S, 6600 Portland Ave S, 6601 Port-
land Ave S, 6613 Portland Ave S,
6617 Portland Ave S, 6621 Portland
Ave S, 6625 Portland Ave S, 6629
Portland Ave S, 6633 Portland Ave
S, 6637 Portland Ave 'S', 6645 Part -
land Ave S, 6601 Oakland Ave S,
6609 Oakland Ave S, 6615 Oakland
Ave S, 6600 (Park Ave S, 6608 Park
Ave S, 701 66th St E, 6611 Park
Ave S, 6600 Columbus Ave S, 6610
Columbus Ave S, 6601 Columbus
Ave S„ 6609 Columbus Ave S, 6615
Columbus Ave S, 6600 Chicago
Ave S, 811 66th St E, 6611 Chicago
Ave S, 817 66th St E, 901 66th St
E, 6600 10th Ave S, 1001 66t1h St
E, 1015 66th St E, 6601 11 th Ave
1100 66th St E
Copies of the ordinance are
available for public inspection in
the City Clerk's office during nor-
mal business hours or upon re-
quest by calling, the Department of
Community Development at f612p
861.9760.
Adopted by the City Council of
the City of Richfield, Minnesota this
22nd day of June, 2021.
Marra Regan Gonzalez,
Mayor
ATTEST.
Kari Sinning,
City Clerk
Published in the
Sun Current
July 1, 2021
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Ad. ID 1149'007