03-28 Bill No. 2023-03BILL NO. _____
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE RICHFIELD ZONING CODE REGULATIONS
TO ELIMINATE THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE REQUIREMENT
FOR A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
THE CITY OF RICHFIELD DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1 Subsection 542.03 of the Richfield Zoning Code related to the scope of Planned
Unit Developments (PUD’s) is amended to read as follows:
Subdivision 1. [Table of PUD Districts.] Planned District regulations are applied in
conjunction with a Guiding District, as described in the following table. The Planned
District provisions may modify any portion of the regulations of the Guiding District or
other regulations of the code. The provisions may apply additional requirements or allow
exceptions to general regulations:
PUD District Abbreviation Guiding Districts
Planned Residential PR R and R-1
Planned Two Family Residential PMR-1 MR-1
Planned Multifamily Residential PMR MR-2 and MR-3
Planned Service Office PSO PSO
Planned Neighborhood Commercial PC-1 C-1
Planned General Commercial PC-2 C-2
Planned Mixed Use PMU MU-N, MU-C, and MU-R
Planned Industrial PI I
Subd. 2. Minimum area. A PUD district shall contain not less than one (1) acre (43,560
square feet) in lot area. With respect to planned unit developments only, lot area may
include (at the discretion of the Director), areas of the right-of-way that are improved and
integral to the design of the project.
Subd. 3. PMR-1 density limitation. In the PMR-1 District, the density of two-family
dwellings shall not exceed ten (10) dwelling units per acre.
Subd. 4. Mixed or multiple land uses. Both residential and nonresidential land uses may
be included in a single PUD District provided that:
a)The uses are those that are authorized in one (1) of the eight (8) types of PUD
Districts;
b)The land use that is not normally allowed in the Guiding District shall not
occupy more than 25 percent of the gross floor area in the PUD; and
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c)Not withstanding the foregoing, an adult establishment as defined and
regulated in Section 1196 of the City Code is not permitted in any PUD District
other than a PC-2, PMU, or PMI District
Section 2 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 28th day of March, 2023.
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Mary B. Supple, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Dustin Leslie, City Clerk