2010-15BILL NO. 2010-15
AMENDMENT TO SECTION APPENDIX 1
OF THE ORDINANCE CODE OF THE
CITY OF RICHFIELD
(Lyndale Commons Planned Unit Development Plan and Rezoning)
THE CITY OF RICHFIELD DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. Findings of Fact. The City Council hereby makes the following findings
of fact:
A: The .City's zoning ordinance establishes zoning classifications for
individual property. The properties located at 6401 Lyndale
Avenue, 515 64th Street West and 521 64th Street West are zoned
C-2 (general commercial) and R (single family residential) [the
"subject area"].
B. Michael Development has submitted an application to the City for a
planned unit development plan [the "PUD plan"] in the subject
area. The PUD plan proposes to construct 90 residential units and
119 parking stalls.
C. The City has reviewed the zoning ordinance and determined that it
would be appropriate to rezone the subject area as PMR (planned
multi-family residential) and approve the PUD plan to establish the
regulations governing the PMR district.
D. The Planning Commission has conducted a public hearing
concerning the PUD plan and amending the zoning ordinance in
the subject area. The Planning Commission recommended
approval of the PUD plan and zoning ordinance amendment on
July 26, 2010 following a public hearing. The City Council held a
first reading of the rezoning on August 9, 2010 and second reading
and consideration of the PUD plan on September 14, 2010.
E. The City's zoning ordinance provides criteria for approving a PUD
plan and rezoning of property to a planned unit development. The
City Council finds that the PUD plan and rezoning of property in
the subject area meets the criteria in the following ways:
1) The proposed development conforms with the goals and
objectives of the City's Comprehensive Development Plan
and any applicable redevelopment plans:
a) The City's Comprehensive Plan designates these
properties as part of a larger mixed use district
encompassing the 66th Street and Lyndale
Avenue Area.
b) The Comprehensive Plan describes the intent in
this area "is to continue the expansion of the city
center area by incorporating residential housing at
50+ units per acre..."
c) The PUD plan and rezoning are also consistent
with the following Comprehensive Plan Houisng
Policy: "Encourage the creation of `move-up'
housing through new construction and home
remodeling."
d) The PUD plan and rezoning are consistent with
the Comprehensive Plan goal to, "Ensure
sufficient diversity in the housing stock to provide
fora .range of household sizes, income levels and
needs."
2) The proposed development is designed in such a manner as
to form a desirable and unified environment within its own
boundaries: The building is designed to provide on-site
amenities like greenspace and parking to the residents. The
proposal also connects the site to the neighborhood through
sidewalk connections.
3) The development is in substantial conformity with the
. purpose and intent of the original MR-3 zoning district, and
departures from the original district regulations are justified by
the design of the development. Setbacks have been reduced
to provide for a more interesting building design, the
incorporation of a large plaza area to be visible from Lyndale
Avenue and to maximize tree preservation and usable green
space.
4) The development will not create an excessive burden on
parks, schools, streets, or other public facilities and utilities
which serve or are proposed to serve the development: Right
turns onto 64t" Street from the development will be prohibited
to minimize traffic in the adjacent neighborhood and utilities
will be upgraded to accommodate the new building.
Greenspace, including a tot lot, will be provided for use by the
residents. The development also se#s aside an area for an
enhanced transit facility to serve the neighborhood as a
whole.
5) The development will not have undue adverse impacts on
neighboring properties: Traffic in the neighborhood will be
minimized by prohibiting right turns out of the development.
This movement is not currently prohibited from the
commercial development. The site has been designed to
locate the building closer to Lyndale Avenue and farther from
the single-family properties to the east. The parking lot will
be screened with a privacy fence and landscaping.
6) The terms and conditions proposed to maintain the integrity
of the plan are sufficient to protect the public interests: A final
development plan, which establishes the terms and
conditions of the development, is required before construction
can commence.
Section 2. Appendix 1 of the zoning ordinance code of the City of Richfield
entitled "Richfield Zoning Code: Boundaries of Zoning Districts" is hereby amended:
A. Section 3, Paragraph (26) is amended to read as follows:
(26) M-5 (E of Lyndale between 64th and 65th) Lots 3 through 5 and
Lots 418 through 20, Block 6, Lyndale Oaks Addition except for the
Northwesterly 25 feet of Lot 18; and Lot 2, Block 2, J.N. Hauser's Second
Addition. (Amended, Bill No. 2010-15).
B. Section 8, new paragraph (6) is added to read as follows:
(6) M-5 (Southeast corner of Lyndale Avenue and 64t" Street
West) Lots 10 through 17 and the Northwesterly 25 feet of Lot 18
Block 6, Lyndale Oaks Addition, together with that part of the
vacated alley that accrued to said Lots by reason of the vacation
thereof. (Added, Bill No. 2010-15).
Section 3. This amendment constitutes a rezoning of the following property:
R to PMR: 515 64th Street West
C-2 to PMR: 6401 Lyndale Avenue South and 521 64th Street
West
Section 4. This ordinance shall become effective under the following terms:
A) Upon notification by applicant Michael Development that the project will
proceed, this Ordinance shall be published and become effective in
accordance with Section 3.09 of the Richfield City Charter; or
B) Upon notification by applicant Michael Development that the project will not
proceed, this Ordinance will not be published nor become effective. Zoning of
all properties will remain consistent with the existing zoning on the date of
passage of this Ordinance; or
C) This Ordinance shall expire nine months from passage, on June 14, 2011,
should neither the above A or B take place.
Passed by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota this 14th day of
September, 2010.
Debbie Goettel, -Mayor
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Nancy Gibbs, ity Clerk