1982-05•
ORDINANCE N0. 19£31-30 - Renumbered 1982-5
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ORDINANCE CODE OF THE CITY OF
RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA, AS FOLLOWS: AMENDING SECTION 3.27,
SUBD. 3 BY .PROVIDING NEW DEFINITIONS FOR "ARTERIAL STREETS",
"COLLECTOR STREETS", "FLOOR AREA RATIO", "LOT COVERAGE",
"LOT WIDTH", "OUTDOOR OPEN SPACE", AND "REQUIRED YARD" AND
MAKING OTHER CHANGES; AMENDING SECTION 3.28, SUBDIVISION 1,
BY PROVIDING FOR NEW ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS R-1, T+IR-l, MR-2,
AND MR-3; AMENDING SECTION 3.29 BY ADDING A NEW SUBD. 15
WITH PROVISIONS CONCERNING WALLS, FENCES, P~dD HEDGES;
AMENDING SECTION 3.30 BY REPLACING THE EXISTING PROVISIONS
WITH NEW PROVISIONS FOR THE RESIDENCE (R) DISTRICT; ADDING A
NEW SECTION 3.30A WITH PROVISIONS FOR THE NEW -RESIDENCE _
DISTRICT (R-1) ~-_ _ _ -_ :.- ADDING A NEW SECTION 3 .31A WITH
PROVISIONS FOR THE NEW MULTIPLE RESIDENCE (MR-l, MR-2, AND
MR-3) DISTRICTS; AMENDING SECTION 3.32, SUBDS. 1{1) AND 4,
SECTION 3.33, SUBDS. 1(1) AND 3(a), SECTION 3.34A, SUBD.
'2{5), SECTION 3.36, AND SECTION 3.38A BY ADDING REFERENCES
TO THE NEW ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS AND MAKING OTHER CHANGES;
AMENDING SECTION 3.39 BY DELETING SUBD. 2(1)(e) CONCERNING
REGULATION OF WALLS, .FENCES, AND HEDGES, BY DELETING SUBD. 4
THEREOF CONCERNING USE OF EXISTING LOTS, AND BY MAKING OTHER
CHANGES; AMENDING SECTION 3.57, SUBDIVISION 1, BY PROVIDING
THAT THE MINIMUM LOT AREA AND MINIMUM LOT WIDTH STANDARDS OF
THAT SUBDIVISION SHALL BE SUPERSEDED WHEN OTHER SUCH STAN-
DARDS ARE SPECIFIED FOR PARTICULAR LOTS ELSEWHERE IN THE
CODE.
CITY OF RICHFIELD DOES ORDAIN:
I. Section 3.27, Subdivision 3, of The Ordinance Code of the
City of Richfield, Minnesota, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Subd. 3. Definitions. The following terms. have the mean-
ings ascribed to them in this section:
(1) "Apartment" means a room or suite of rooms which
is designed for, intended for or 'occupied by one family and
equipped with cooking facilities. '
~2} "Arterial Streets" means the following streets and
~~ roadways in the City: The Crosstown (Highway No. 62); I-35W;
I-494; Minnesota Trunk Highway No. 77; 66th Street between
Xerxes Avenue and Highway No. 77; 76th Street between Nicollet
and Xerxes Avenues; Penn Avenue; Lvndale Avenue; Nicollet Ave-
nue; Portland Avenue; and Xerxes Avenue between 62nd and 66th
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f~3 (3) "Automobile camp" means land or premises used
or intended for occupancy by trailers or movable dwellings,
rooms,' or sleeping quarters of any kind, including trailer
coach parks.
f3~ (4) "Automobile court" means a group of two or
more detached or semi-detached buildings containing guest
rooms or apartments which group is designed, intended or
used primarily for the accomodation.of automobile travelers;
including groups of buildings designated as auto cabins,
motor lodges, motels and sirnilar designations.,
f43 5) "Automobile Wrecking" - See Junk Yards.
f53 {6) '!Block" means that property abutting on one
side of a street and lying between the nearest intersecting
or intercepting streets or projected streets and another
street, railroad right-of-way or unsubdivided acreage.
f6~ (7) "Building, Accessory" means a s~be~dixate-btt}ldixg,
tl~e-t~9e-e€-Hkiek-~e-}tee}dental-te-that-e€'-a-t~ai~-b~ildiag-ex
the-9a~e-let- detached building used for any permitted
accessory use.
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~~3 (8) "Building Main" means a building in which is
conducted the principal use of the lot upon which it is
situated.
"Collector Streets" means the following streets and
roadways in the City: 69th Street between Xerxes and Penn
Avenues;_b5th Street between Nicollet Avenue and Rae Drive:
Rae Drive between 65th and 66th Streets; 70th Street between
Lyndale Avenue and Dia onal Boulevard; 73rd Street between
Lyndale Avenue and Diagonal Boulevard; Diagonal Boulevard;
76th Street between Highway No. 77 and Nicollet Avenue; 12th
Avenue between 66th Street and I-494; Cedar Avenue; Bloomin ton
Avenue between 62nd and 66th Streets; 66th Street between HiQh-
w~No. 77 and Standish Avenue; and Standish Avenue.
{8j (10) "Court" means an open, unoccupied space
bounded on two or more sides by the exterior walls of a
building or buildings on the same lot.
{93 (11) "Dwelling" means a building or portion there-
of used exclusively for residence occupancy, including
one-family, two-family and multiple dwellings but not in-
cluding hotels, or lodging or boarding houses.
{1A~ 12) "Dwelling, One-Family" means a building used
exclusively for occupancy by one family.
{}13 (13) "Dwelling, Two-Family" means a building used
exclusively for occupancy by two families living indepen-
dently of each other. -.
{183 14 "Dwelling, Multiple" means a building or
portion thereof used for occupancy by three or more families
living independently of each other.~'~
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f~3~ 15) "Dwelling Unit" means a dwelling or portion
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of a dwelling or of an apartment hotel used by one family
for cooking, living and sleeping.
f~4~ (16) "Family" means one or more persons occupying
a premises and living as a single, non-profit housekeeping
unit, as distinguished from a group occupying a hotel, club,
fraternity, or sorority house. The term "family" does not
include a group of individuals, exceeding three in number,
not related by blood, marriage, or ado tion.
(17) "Floor Area Ratio" means the sum total of the gross
floor area of all floors of the structures on the site divided
by the gross site area. Gross floor area shall include halls,
lobbies, stairways, elevator shafts, enclosed porches and
balconies and below grade floor areas used for habitation.
Not included as ross floor areas are o en terraces, atios,
atriums or balconies, car orts, ara es, breezeways, tool
sheds, special purpose areas for common use of occu ants,
such as recreation room social hall, staff space for therativ
or examination in in-care housing, and basement space not
used for living accomodations. Gross site area includes the
site plus one half of abutting streets and alleys.
f15~ (18} "Garage, Private" means an accessory building
for only the storage of self-propelled vehicles.
f16~ (19) "Garages, Public" means any premises except
those herein defined as a private o-~-ete~age garage, used
for the storage or eae~ care of self-propelled vehicles or
where any such vehicles are equipped for .operation or repair
~- or kept for remuneration, hire or sale.'
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{1~3 20) "Height of Building" means the vertical
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distance from the average elevation of the lot alon the
front buildin line the-a~ae~age-le~re~-ef-tke-h~gheet-axd
leWest-genet-e€-tkat-pest}sue-of-tke-let-ee~e~ed-by-tl~e
ba}ldieg to the highest point of the roof for flat roofs;
to the deck line of mansard roofs; and to the mean height
between the eaves and ridge for gable, hip, and gambrel
roofs.
{~83 (21) "Home Occupation" means any activity con-
ducted within a dwelling or building or upon the parcel of
land containing the dwelling, which is incidental to the use
of the dwelling for dwelling purposes and does not change
the character thereof.
{}9~ 22) "Hotel" means any building or portion thereof
where lodging is offered to transient guests for compensa-
tion and in which there are more than five sleeping rooms
with no cooking facilities in an individual room or apart-
ment.
{~e-} 23) "Junk Yard" means land or building used for
. the storage or keeping of junk, including scrap metals, or
for the dismantling or wrecking of automobiles or other
vehicles or machinery other than the storage of materials
which is incidental or accessory to any business or indus-
trial use on the same lot.
{213 (24) "Lot, Corner" means a lot situated at the
• intersection of two or more streets, or bounded on two or
more adjacent sides by street lines..
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(25) "Lot Coverage" means the total ground area covered
by structures.
f~2~ (26) "Lot, Interior" means a lot other than a
corner lot.
f~3~ (27) "Lot, Key" means the first lot to the rear of
a corner lot, the front line of which is a continuation of
the side line of the corner lot, exclusive of the width of
any alley, and fronting on the street which intersects or
intercepts the street on which the corner lot fronts.
(28) "Lot Width" means the distance between the two side
propertylines measured along the front property line.
f~43 (29) "Non-Conforming Use" means a use lawfully in
existence on the effective date of this code that does not
conform in use, height, location, or size, or any one or
more of these, with the regulations of the district in which
it is located, except that such a use is not non-conforming
if it would be authorized under special use permit where
located.
(30) "Outdoor Open Space" means open space which is
roved and located so as to provide outdoor living area
for residents. This shall include lawns and other landscaped
areas, walkways, paved terraces and sitting areas, and outdoor
recreation areas. Outdoor open space areas shall be at least
20 feet wide and shall not include driveways, parking areas
or front or sideyard setback areas.
f~53 31) "Story" means that portion of a building
included between the surface of any floor and the surface of
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the next floor above it, or if there is no floor above it,
then the space between the floor and the ceiling next above
it.
f36~ {32) "Story, Half" means that portion of a build-
ing under a gable, hip or gambrel roof the wall plates of
which, on at least two opposite exterior walls, are not more
than two feet above the floor of such story.
f3~3 (33) "Structure" means any main or accessorv building
axytk}~~ constructed or erected, the use of which requires
location on the ground or attachment to something having
location on the ground.
f383 (34) "Structural alterations" means any change in
the supporting members of a building such as bearing walls,
columns, beams or girders.
f39~ {35) "Use" means the purpose for which land or
premises or a building thereon is designed, arranged or
intended or for which it is or may be occupied or main-
tained.
f383 36) "Use, Accessory" means a use incidental and
accessory to the principal use of a lot or building located
on the same lot as the accessory use.
f31~ (37) "Yard" means any open space e~.ke~-~kax-a-eatt~t-ex
tke-game-let-witk-a-baildi~g- on the same lot with a buildi
which open space is unoccupied and unobstructed. ~'~em-tke
g~euxd-t~pHa~d--e~eept-as-etl~e~Hiee-g~a~ided-ix-6ee~iex-3-39-e~'
• tkis-ekapte~- In measuring a required yard, the line of a
building means a line parallel-te-eke-xea~e9t-let-lixe-d~awx
through the point of~a building e~-'tie-peixt-e€-a-dHell}erg
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g~a~p above grade and nearest to s~tek the lot line, e~elasi~re
ef'-tke-~espeet}~e-a~e~i}~eetxal-f'eat~t~es-eet~~e~a~ed-~~
6eetie~-3-39-e~-~h.~s-8kagte~-as-met-te-be-ee~s~de~ed-}~
x~eas~~~~g-yard-d}x~exsieas-e~-as-be}erg-ge~~}~ted-te-e~~exd
~x~e-a~~-~'wee.t--s}de--e~-~ea~-yard;-~espee~i~e~y-
ae~.-the-~eas~t~ex~e~t-sl~a~~-be-~a#e~-~'~ex~-the-lime-e€-the-bai?-d-
~r~g-te-tke-xea~ee~-lei-lixe- except that non-accessory building
cornices, canopies or eaves may extend into the required yard
not more than two feet six inches.
f33~ (38) "Yard, Front" means a yard extending across
the front of the lot between the inner side yard lines and
lying between the front Line of the lot and the nearest
line of the building. Ground level landings or uncovered
porches may extend into the required front yard no more
than six feet.
X333 (39) "Yard, Rear" means a yard extending across
the full width of the lot and lying between the rear line
of the lot and the nearest line of the building.
{40) "Yard, Required" means the minimum setback herein-
after imposed by this chapter.
f343 41) "Yard, Side" means a yard between the side
line of the lot and the nearest line of the building and
extending from the front line of the lot to the rear yard.
Ground level landings or uncovered porches may extend into
required sideyard no more than three feet, but in no event
shall be closer than four feet to the side lot line.
f353 (42) The term "recreational vehicles and equip-
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ment" means travel trailers, including those which telescope
or fold down, chassis mounted campers, house cars, motor
homes, tent trailers, slip-in campers, converted buses and
converted vans:
1. Travel trailers, chassis mounted campers, house cars,
motor homes, tent trailers, slip-in campers, converted
buses, converted vans and units that are designed and
used for human living quarters and meeting the
following qualifications:
a. Are not used as the residence of the owner or
occupant,
b. Are used for temporary living quarters by the
owner or occupant while engaged in recreational or
vacation activities,
c. Are self-propelled or towed on the public streets
or highways incidental to such recreational or
vacation activities.
2. Slip-in campers are mounted into a pick-up truck in the
pick-up box, either by bolting through the floor of the
• pick-up box or by firmly clamping to the side of the
pick-up box.
The term includes snowmobiles and snowmobile trailers, boats
and boat trailers, and all terrain vehicles and all terrain
vehicle trailers. The term does not include-mobile homes or
house trailers as defined in Minnesota Statutes, Section
168.011, Subdivision 8.
f36-~ (43) The term "established driveway" means a
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permanent concrete, asphalt or other surfaced area of a lot
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designed to provide ingress and egress for motor vehicles
from the street to a garage or other off-street parking area
authorized herein. The term does not include any non-con-
tiguous area exclusively set aside or used for the parking
and storage of recreational vehicles and equipment, or
parking lots.
II. Section 3.28, Subdivision 1, of The Ordinance Code of the
City of Richfield, Minnesota, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Subdivision 1. Establishment of Districts. For the pur-
poses of this chapter, the city shall be divided into the
`~~`'~, following use districts
R Residence District
MR Multiple Residence
R-1
MR-1
MR-2
MR-3
C-1
C-2
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PR
PMR
PC-1
Residence District
Two Family Residential District
Multiple Family Residential District
High Density Multiple Residential District
Neighborhood Business District
General Commercial District
Industrial District _.
Planned Residential District
Planned Multi-Family Residential
Planned Neighborhood Commercial
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PC-2 Planned General Commercial
PI Planned Industrial
The symbols opposite the names describing each use district.
above may be used in place of the name of the use district
in succeeding provisions of this chapter.
III. Section 3.29 of The Ordinance Code of the City of Richfield,
Minnesota, is hereby amended by adding the following new
Subdivision 15, providing as follows:
Subd. 15. Walls, Fences, and Hedges. A wall, fence or
hedge may occupy part of a required yard except as follows:
(1} The term hedges as used in this subdivision shall
not include trees.
(2) No wall, fence or hedge more than four feet in
height shall be constructed or permitted forward of the
front line of the building extended to the side lot lines.
3) No wall, fence or hedge more than six feet in
height shall be constructed or permitted elsewhere on the
lot, except that in General Commercial ("C-2") and Indus-
trial ("I") districts the maximum height shall be eight
feet.
(4) All walls, fences, and hedges abutting on the
public right-of-way shall be set back three feet from the
public right-of-way except that walls, fences, and hedges
abutting on any non-collector or non-arterial street right-
of-way may be exempted from this setback provision when in
~ the opinion of the city manager such exemption shall not
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conflict with any existing city sidewalk poiic-,-_,
any sidewalk snow storage problems, and in the ca~_
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collector or arterial street, the city manager ma~;~ 1.
grant exemption from this setback provision when t~_
exists at least three feet for snow storage.
(5) On any corner lot nothing shall be erec~.°~a
laced. planted or allowed to crow in such a ~<<a~i~.~~
obstruct vision between the height of two and one-~_~.
above and ten feet above the intersection of the ce_}..~_
lines of the intersecting streets in the area bcu~~u~_
street curb lines abutting said corner lot and a lip
nectinq points on the abutting curb lines fifty fe-
the intersection of the extensions of the cur's lines
(6) Barbed wire and electric fences are nro~-~~._
(7) All posts on any fence located on or ne,=~r
line shall be on the inside of the fence unless t._~
designed as an integral part of the fence.
(8) All fences, walls, and hedges legally eVisr~~
the effective date of this amendment shall be alloy;;=~:__
continue to exist and to be repaired and maintained.
IV. Section 3.30 of The Ordinance Code of the City of Ri:':_
Minnesota, is hereby amended to read as follows:
3.30. RESIDENCE DISTRICT {R). The "R" district i~-
to preserve the single family residential character--
Richfield neighborhoods insuring that new or reo'_ac_~
development will be compatible with the detached si.~_
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family dwellings of the neighborhood, reserving neighborhood
densities.
Subd. 1. Principal Uses:
(a) Single family dwellin s;
(b) Elementary, middle, junior high and senior high
schools;
~ (c} Publicly owned and operated recreation and ark
facilities;
(d) Churches, synagogues, laces of worshi convents,
parsonages, provided that such convent or arson-
age shall house no more than six unrelated indivi-
duals.
Subd. 2. Accessory Uses:
(a) Private garages;
(b) Greenhouses and garden houses;
(c) Storage buildings;
(d) Private swimmin pools subject to the requirements
found in Section 3.16 of this code.
(e) Minor public utility facilities;
(f) Family and rou family day care homes licensed by
the appropriate governmental authorities for ten or
fewer children;
(g) Foster family or rou homes licensed by the
appropriate governmental authorities caring
' for six or fewer children or mentally retarded
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or physically handicapped persons.
(h) Home occupations;
~i} Private driveways and sidewalks.
Subd. 3. Uses by Special Use Permit:
a) Daycare centers for more than 10 persons licensed
by the appropriate governmental authorities;
(b) Foster family or group homes licensed by the
appropriate governmental authorities Garin for
more than six children or mentally retarded or
physically handicapped persons.
c} Private recreational facilities;
d) Major public utilities;
e) Two family dwellings, subject to the followin
additional requirements:
(1) Lot(s) shall abut on arterial or collector streets;
(2) Two off-street parking spaces, one of which
must be enclosed, shall be provided for each
'~ dwelling unit;
(3) Only one access shall be allowed.
(f) Freestanding or ground-based antenna structures,
and roof-mounted antenna higher than ten feet from
the highest point of the roof.
Subd. 4. Requirements for Lot-Area, Width and Coverage.
~a) Minimum lot area;
Single family dwellings: '6,750 square feet.
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Two family dwellings: 9,000 square feet.
Other uses: 43,560 square feet.
b) Minimum lot width:
Single family Dwellings: 50 feet.
Two family dwellings: 60 feet.
Other uses: 150 feet.
(c) For residential uses, maximum lot coverage shall
be 25%, far other uses, 50%. No accessory build-
ing may occupy more than 30% of the area of any
rear yard.
Subd. 5. Minimum Building Setbacks.
sideyard
Use Front Rear Streetside Interior
(a) Single
family 30' 25' - 15' S'
(b) Two
family 30' 25' 15' 10'
(c) Accessory 30' 2' 15' 2'
(d) "Other
uses 30' 25' 15' 25'
(e) Additional sideyard setback requirement: On a
corner lot adjacent to a key lot, the sideyard on
the street side of such corner lat shall have a
width at least equal to the front yard of such ke
lot.
(f) Additional requirements for accessory buildings:
(1) An accessory building shall not be closer
than five feet to .the main building;
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(2) In the case of an interior lot abuttin one
street, no accessory building shall encroach
upon the half of the lot abutting the street,
nor be situated forward of the front buildin
line;
(3) In the case of an interior lot abutting upon
two streets, no accessory buildings shall
encroach upon the one-fourth of the lot abut-
ting each street;
(4) In the case of a corner lot, no accessory
building shall be located forward of the
building front line or its extension; nor
nearer the side street than the street side
building line or its extension where the
adjoining lot is a key lot;
(5) In the case of a corner-lot abutting more
than two streets, no accessory buildin shall
encroach upon any one-fourth of the lot
abutting any street;
(6) Every foundation, floor., wall, ceilin and
roof shall be reasonably watertight, weather-
tight, rodent proof and shall be kept in good
repair, including external appearance;
(7) Every window, exterior door, and basement
hatchway shall be reasonably watertight,
• weather tight and rodent proof and shall be
kept in sound working condition and good
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repair. '
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(g) Additional requirements for other allowed uses:
No building shall be located within 50 feet of any
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lot line of a residential district. The required
setbacks shall be increased by one foot for each
foot of building height in excess of 42 feet.
Subd. 6. Maximum heights. One and two family dwellin s
shall not exceed 25 feet; accessory buildings shall not
exceed 15 feet. All other buildings shall not exceed 42
feet, except that public and semi-public buildings, schools,
churches shall not exceed 75 feet.
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V. The following new Section 3.30A is hereby added to The Ordinance
Code of the City of Richfield, Minnesota, after Section 3.30
thereof, and it shall read as follows:
3.30A. RESIDENCE DISTRICT (R-1) The "R-Ik•
district is intended to preserve the residential character
of selected areas by insuring that new or replacement
housing will conform to the established character of the
neighborhood and by preserving the existing low density
large lot development of these neighborhoods.
Subdivision 1. Principal Use: Single family dwellings.
Subd. 2. Accessory Uses. Any accessory use permitted in an
"R" district, and private schools that are under the
supervision of and on the premises of the principal use set
forth~in Subd. 1', (b) and (d) of this section.
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Subd. 3. Uses by Special Use Permit:
(a) Private recreational facilities.
(b) Freestanding or ground based antenna structures
and roof mounted antennae higher than 10 feet from
the highest point of the roof.
c) Daycare facilities for more than 10 children.
(d) Foster family or group homes licensed by the
appropriate governmental authorities caring
for more than six children or mentally retarded
or physically handicapped persons.
Subd. 4. Requirements for Lot Area, Width and Coverage:
(a) Minimum lot area shall be 10,000 square feet for a
single family dwelling;
(b) Minimum lot width shall be 75 feet:
(c) Maximum lot coverage shall be 25%. No accessory
building may occupy more than 30% of .the area of
any rear yard.
Subd. 5. Minimum Building Setbacks:
Front Rear
Sideyard
Streetside Interior
(a) Single
family 30' 25' 15' 10'
(b) Accessory 30' 2' ~ 15' 2'
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(c} Additional sideyard setback requirement: On a
corner lot adjacent to a key lot, the sideyard on
the street side of such corner lot shall have a
width at least equal to the required front yard of
such key lot.
(d) Additional requirements for accessory buildings:
(1) An accessory building shall not be closer
than five feet to the main building.
(2) In the case of an interior lot abutting one
street, no accessory building shall encroach
upon the half of the lot abutting the street,
nor be situated forward of the front building
line.
(3) In the case of an interior lot abutting upon
two streets, no accessory buildings shall
encroach upon the one-fourth of the lot
abutting each street.
(4) In the case of a corner lot, no accessory
building shall be located forward of the
building front line or its extension. If a
corner lot adjoins a key lot, accessory
buildings shall be set back a..distance equal
to the front yard setback of the key lot.
(5) In the case of a corner lot abutting more
than two streets, no accessory building shall
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encroach upon any one-fourth of the lot
abutting any street.
(6) Every foundation, floor, wall, ceiling and
roof .shall be reasonably watertight, weather-
tight, rodent proof and shall be kept in good
repair, including external appearance.
(7) Every window, .exterior door and basement
hatchway shall be reasonably waterti ht,
weathertight and rodent proof and shall be
kept in sound working condition and ood
repair.
Subd. 6. Maximum Height. Single family dwellin s shall not
exceed 35 feet in height; accessory buildin s thereto shall
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not exceed 15 feet in height.
VI. The following new Section 3.31A is hereby added to The
Ordinance Code of the City of Richfield, Minnesota, after
Section 3.31 thereof, and it shall read as follows:
3.31A. MULTIPLE RESIDENCE (MR-l, MR-2, AND MR-3) DISTRICTS.
The multiple residence districts are hereby established and
shall be designated "MR-1", "MR-2", and "MR-3", respectively.
The purpose is to allow the establishment and maintenance of
a variety of residential densities without regard to the
ownership of individual dwelling units.
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Subd. 1. Principal Uses:
(a) District MR-l: Residences containin two dwellin
units and any use permitted in the "R" district;
{b} District MR-2: develo ments containin not less
than three nor more than seventeen dwelling units
and any use permitted in an "MR-1" district;
(c) District MR-3: Multi-residential rojects devel-
oped under the Planned Unit Development Ordinance,
Section 3.34A of the Cha ter.
Subd. 2. Accessory Uses:
(a) Parking areas and gara es;
(b) Greenhouses and garden houses;
(c) Storage buildings;
(d) Recreational facilities, courts, swimmin ools,
play areas, tot lots, benches and icnic areas;
(e) Paved driveways and walkways or bicycle paths;
(f) Minor public utility facilities.
Provided that all of the foregoing are intended for the use
and enjoyment of the residents and their nests.
Subd. 3. Uses by Special Use Permit. Any use ermitted by
special use permit in an "R" or ~~R_l~~ district subject to
any requirements for lot area,fsetbacks or hei ht in such
districts.
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Subd. 4. Requirements for Lot Area, Lot Dimensions, and Lot
Coverage.
(a) Required Lot Area: The minimum lot area in an
"MR-1" district shall be 9,000 square feet and the
minimum lot area in an "MR-2" district shall be
10,000 square feet in all events. In an "MR-2"
district the total .area shall not be less than
2,500 square feet per dwelling unit times the
total number of such units; adiusted as follows:
(i) For each parking stall under the multiple
residence structure or underground, subtract
500 square feet per dwelling unit from the
minimum lot area; the total number of such
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reductions shall not exceed the number of
dwelling units.
ii) For each bedroom in excess of two in anv one
dwelling unit, add 500 sctuare feet to the
minimum lot area per dwelling unit.
(b} Required Lot Dimensions: The minimum lot width in
an "MR-1" district shall be 60 feet for residen-
tial uses. The minimum lot width in an "MR-2"
district shall be 75 feet for residential uses.
All other uses in either the "MR-1" or "MR-2"
district shall have a. minimum lot width of 150
feet.
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(c) Maximum Lot Coverage:
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District Max. Lot Coverage
MR-1 25%
MR-2 30%
For other uses, the maximum lot coverage shall be
50%.
(d) Outdoor Open Space:
District Sq. Ft./Dwelling Unit
MR-1 600
MR-2 300
Increased by 100 square feet for each bedroom in
excess of two rer dwelling unit.
Subd. 5. Minimum Building Setbacks, All Buildings:
(a) MR-1 District:
Sideyards
Front Rear Streetside Interior
30' 25' 15' 10'
(b) MR-2 District:
S
Front Rear Streetside
30' 25' There shall
vided equal
building or
is greater.
ideyards
Interior
be sideyards pro-
to the height of
20 feet whichever
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(c) MR-3 District:
sideyards
Front Rear Streetside _ Interior
35' 35' There shall be sideyards pro-
, vided equal to the height of
• building or 35 feet whichever
is greater.
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(d) Additional sideyard setback requirement: On a
corner lot adjacent to a key lot, the sideyard on
the street side of such corner lot shall have a
width at least equal to the front yard of such key
lot.
(e) Additional requirements for accessory buildin s:
(1) An accessory building shall not be closer
than five feet to the main building.
(2} In the case of an interior lot abutting one
street, no accessory building shall encroach
upon the half of the lot abutting the street,
nor be situated forward of the front buildin
line.
(3) In the case of an interior lot abutting u on
two streets, no accessory buildings shall
encroach upon the one-fourth of the lot abut-
ting each street.
(4) In the case of a corner lot, no accessory
building shall be located forward of the
building front line or its extension; nor
nearer the side street than the street side
building line or its extension where the
adjoining lot is a key lot.
5) In the case of a corner lot abutting more
than two streets, no accessory building shall
• encroach upon any one-fourth of the lot
i ~ abutting any street:-
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6) An accessory building located within the rear
yard shall have a minimum five foot interior
sideyard setback, and may have a zero rear
setback.
f) Additional reQUirements for other allowed uses:
No building shall be located within 50 feet of any
lot line of a residential district. The required
setbacks shall be increased by one foot for each
foot of building height in excess of 42 feet.
Subd. 6. Maximum Heights, Residential Buildings:
MR-1 District: 25 feet.
MR-2 District: 42 feet.
s~
MR-3 District: 50 feet.
Accessory buildings shall not exceed 15 feet. All
other buildings shall not exceed 42 feet, exce t that
public and semi-public buildings, schools and churches
shall not exceed 75 feet.
Subd. 7. Minimum Floor Areas, Net Square Feet:
Efficiency dwelling unit: 500 square feet.
One-bedroom dwellin unit: 650 square feet.-
Two-becroom dwelling unit: 800 square feet.
Dwelling units containing more than two-bedrooms shall
have 150 additional square feet for each bedroom in
excess of two.
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Subd. 8. Minimum Parking Provided:
MR-1 District:
There shall be provided on the site at least two
parking spaces, one of which shall be enclosed, for
each dwelling unit, and only one access shall be
allowed to the property from any public street.
MR-2 District:
There shall be provided on the site the followin
parking spaces•
Twelve dwelling units or less: two arkin s aces
per dwelling unit.
Thirteen dwelling units or more: one and one-half
parking spaces per
dwelling unit.
Subd. 9. Minimum Building Separation: There shall be a
minimum separation between the rinci le buildin s of a
multi-building project equal to the hei ht of the taller of
the two adiacent structures.
City of Richfield, Minnesota, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Subdivision 1. Permitted Uses. In the neighborhood busi-
ness district, unless otherwise specified in this chapter,
the following uses are permitted:
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VII. Section 3.32, Subdivision l(1), of The Ordinance Code of the
(1) any use permitted in an "R", diet~ie~-e~-ax "MR",
"R-1" "MR-1", "MR-2", or an "MR-3" district,
upon compliance with the procedural requirements for
each such district provided that no one family or two
family dwelling shall be constructed in this distric
without the procurement of a special use permit in
accordance with the provisions of Section 3.41 of this
chapter.
VIII. Section 3.32, Subdivision 4, of The Ordinance Code of the
City of Richfield, Minnesota, is hereby amended to read
~- as follows:
Subd. 4. Lot Area and Yard Requirements. The follow-
ing minimum requirements apply to all buildings here-
~'
after, erected or structurally altered in a "C-1" dis-
trio, subject to modifications and exceptions provided
in Section 3.39 of this chapter.
(1) -All single family dwellings shall conform to
the requirements of an "R" district as
set forth in Section 3.30 of this chapter and
all multiple family dwellings shall conform to
the requirements set forth in Section 3.31 of
this chapter.
(2) Front Yard: Each building shall have a front yard
of not less than 40 feet, and shall have a greater
front yard where required under the provisions of
Section 3.39, Subdivision 2, Paragraph (2). If
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the building lot abuts upon more than one street
the area between the building and each of such
streets shall be regarded as front yard.
(3) Side Yard: No side yards shall be required except
as follows:
(a) On a corner lot adjacent to a key lot in a
residential district there shall be a side-
yard adjacent to the street of a width equal
to not less than one-half the depth required
for front yards on the lots to the rear of
such corner lots.
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(b) Along that side of every lot in a commer-
cial district bordering upon property in
the "R" or "R-l~~ district, there
shall be a sideyard of not less than 15
feet.
(4) Rear Yard: There shall be a rear yard in
every lot in a "C-1" district equal to 20% of
the depth of the lot to a maximum required
depth of 25 feet for such lot, provided that
such rear yard may be reduced one foot for
each one foot of front yard provided in
excess of the minimum requirements for front
yard set forth i.n this code for ~a "C-1" dis-
trict and provided that said rear yard must
be at least ten feet. No rear yard bordering
upon an "R" or ' _ ,~ district shall be used
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for storage, loading, .unloading or similar
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activities.
IX. Section 3.33, Subdivision 1(1), of The Ordinance Cade of the
City of Richfield, Minnesota, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Subdivision 1. Permitted Uses. In a General Commercial
district, unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the
following uses are permitted:
(1) Any use permitted in an "R", dis~~~e~-ems-are "MR",
"R=-1" "MR-1" , "MR-2", or an "MR-3" district upon com-
pliance with the procedural requirements for such district
provided that no one-family, two-family or multiple-family
dwelling shall be constructed in this district without first
obtaining a special use permit therefor in accordance with
provisions of Section 3.41.
X. Section 3.33, Subdivision 3(a}, of The Ordinance Code of the
City of Richfield, Minnesota, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Subd. 3. Regulations Relating to Gasoline Service Stations,
Public Garages and Car Sales Lots. A special use permit for
a gasoline service station, a public garage or a car sales
• lot shall not be granted unless the council finds that the
C proposed use will be in substantial compliance with the
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following standards:
(a) The use site will not abut a lot which is in an "R"
or ~~R_l~r district. For the purposes of this
paragraph, a lot which merely adjoins the use site
at one corner will not be deemed to abut the site.
XI. Section 3.34A, Subdivision 2(S), of The Ordinance Code of the
City of Richfield, Minnesota, is hereby amended to read
as follows:
(5) Type of Planned Unit Developments; Allowed Uses.
(a} There shall be five types of planned unit
development districts, viz:
Planned Single Family Residential (PR)
Planned Multiple Residential (PMR)
Planned Neighborhood Commercial (PC-1)
Planned General Commercial (PC-2)
Planned Industrial (PI)
-(b) Uses allowed in a PUD district shall be as
follows:
Uses allowed in a an "R" or ~~R=1"
district shall be allowed in a PR district.
Uses allowed in a an "MR", "MR-1", "MR-2", or
"MR-3" district shall be allowed in a PMR
district.
Uses allowed in a "C-1" district shall be
allowed in a PC-1 district.
Uses allowed in a "C-2" district-shall be
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allowed in a PC-2 district.
Uses allowed in an "I" district shall be
allowed in a PI district.
(c) Uses other than the permitted uses, as listed
above, are allowed in a PUD district provided
the use is one which is authorized in one of
the five types of PUD districts, and provided
further that such additional use cannot occupy
more than 33 percent of the-gross floor area of
the PUD district.
XII. Section 3.36 of The Ordinance Code of the City of Richfield,
Minnesota, is hereby amended to read as follows:
3.36. SPECIAL PROVISIONS - OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, BILLBOARDS
REAL ESTATE AND OTHER SIGNS.
Subdivision 1. Outdoor Advertising Signs, R, e~ MR,R-l .,
MR-l, MR-2, or MR-3 Districts or Portions of Planned
Unit Development District Designated for Residential Uses.
No outdoor advertising signs, billboards, or real estate signs
shall be erected in a an "R" , e~ "MR" , ~~R-l~~ "MR-1" , "MR-2" ,
or "MR-3" district or in any portion of a planned unit develop-
ment district designated for residential uses, except as
follows:
(1) A sign not to exceed two square feet displaying
. the name of the owner, occupant or. lessee and the nature of
a Home~Occupation, if any.
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(2) Non-illuminated or nonreflecting signs, not
~ exceeding ten square feet in area pertaining only to the
sale, rental or lease of the premises which displayed; or
bulletin boards of schools, churches, and other public
institutions permitted in such districts.
(3) Signs advertising the sale of a subdivision when
located thereon, provided that the sign., location, and
length of time that such signs shall remain have first been
approved by the ,council.
(4) Direction and information signs of a public or
quasi-public nature, including signs serving as directional
signs to properties not situated adjacent to the street next
to which the signs are located, upon first securing approval
by the council.
Subd. 2. Outdoor Advertising Signs, C or I Districts.
Outdoor advertising signs, billboards, real estate signs and
the like shall be permitted in any "C" or "I" district
provided the following conditions are met:
(1)
relating
(2)
equal to
district
city str
required
Such signs meet the requirements of this city
to signs as set forth in Part V of this chapter.
Any such sign must be set back from the street
at least as far as the required front yard from the
in which it is located, provided that on a major
eet or federal'or state highway such signs may be
to be set back such additignal distance as may be
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required to insure proper vision and safety to the traffic
~; on such streets and highways.
(3) No such sign shall be permitted which faces on the
front or side lot line of any lot in a an "R", 6~ "MR", "R-1" ,
"MR-1", "MR-2", or "MR-3" district used for residential
purposes or portions of planned unit development districts
designed for residential uses within 100 feet of such lot or
within 200 feet of any public parkway, public square or
entrance to any public park or public or parochial school,
library, church, or similar instituion.
Subd. 3. Compliance with Part V of this Cha ter. All
advertising signs erected or used within the city shall be
subject to the provisions of Part V of this chapter.
XIII. Section 3.38A of The Ordinance Code of the City of Richfield,
Minnesota, is hereby amended to read as follows:
3.38A. RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT: PARKING AND
STORAGE.
Subdivision 1. Declaration of Purpose. The standards
established for recreational vehicles and equipment in this
section are designed to regulate their storage and commer-
cial use and to protect the health, safety and general
welfare of the community. The standards are established to
promote the safe use, storage and parking of recreational
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vehicles and equipment and to eliminate those conditions or
misuses which are unsafe and cause deterioration of property
and property values.
Subd. 2. Permitted Uses. Recreational vehicles and equipment
may be parked or stored in an "R" , e~ "MR" , "R-1" "MR-1" , " MR-2"
or "MR-3" district9 or in portions of planned unit development
districts designated for residential uses in accordance with
this Section and other provisions of the City Code as follows:
(a) On any rear or side yard of a lot except the side
yard of a corner lot adjacent to the street.
(b) Not closer than three feet to any building or
structure, including fences.
(c) In an established driveway of a lot but not closer
than three feet to any building or structure not beyond the
lot line and not closer than twelve feet to the curb line of
the street abutting an established driveway.
(d) A recreational vehicle may be stored on a lot
without regard to the location on the lot for the sole and
express purpose of loading and unloading for a period not in
excess of 48 hours.
(e) Unmounted slide-in pick-up campers must be stored
no higher than 20 inches above the ground and must be
securely supported at least at .four corners by-solid support
blocks.
Subd. 3. Prohibited Uses. A recreational vehicle may not
be stored, parked, or utilized in an "R", e~ "MR","R-1" "MR-1",
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"MR-2" or "MR-3" districts or in portions of planned unit develop-
~' ment districts designated for residential uses as follows:
(a) Recreational vehicles and equipment shall not be
used as a permanent residence.
(b) A recreational vehicle which is in a state of
externally visible disrepair or partial construction must be
stored or parked in a rear or side yard but not closer than
three feet to any building or structure and for not more
than one year.
XIV. Section 3.39 of The Ordinance Code of the City of Richfield,
Minnesota, is hereby amended to read as follows:
3.39. EXCEPTIONS AND MODIFICATIONS. The provisions of this
~Y• x
~=~? code as applied to axe-aid-a~~ commercial and industrial
districts e~eep~-e~ke~w}se-g~e~aided are subject to the following
exceptions and modifications:
Subdivision 1. Height.
(1) In any district, public and semi-public buildings,
schools and churches, hospitals and other institutions per-
mitted in the district may be erected to a height not
exceeding 75 feet. The front, rear and side yards shall be
increased one foot for each one foot by which the building
exceeds the height limit hereinbefore established for such
district.
(2) Upon acquiring of a special permit as .provided in
Section 3.41 of this chapter, any building may be erected to
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a height exceeding that hereinbefore specified for the
respective district; but the total floor area of the build-
ing shall not exceed that possible for a building in the
district erected within the height limit specified in this
chapter or a total of 75 feet, whichever is the lower.
(3} Subject to any other provisions of law, towers,
gables, spires, penthouses, scenery lofts, cupolas, water
tanks, similar structures and necessary mechanical appurte-
nances may be built and used to a greater height than the
limit established for the district in which the building is
located, with the following qualifications:
(a) No such exception shall cover at any level
more than fifteen percent in area of the lot nor have
an area at the base greater than 1,600 square feet.
(b) No tower, gable, spire, or similar structure
.shall be used for sleeping or eating quarters or for
any commercial purpose except one incidental to the
permitted uses of the main building.
(c) No building or structure in any district
shall ever exceed a maximum height of 150 feet, except
that the height limitations of this code shall not
apply to chimneys, church spires, flag poles, monuments
and radio towers.
(4) When the average slope of a lot ~s. greater than
one foot rise or fall in seven feet of distance from the
• established street elevation at the property line, one story
in addition to the number permitted in the district in which
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the lot is situated shall be permitted on the downhill side
~` of any building if the height of the building is not
increased above the limit specified for the district.
5ubd. 2. Yards.
(1) For the purpose of computing front yard dimen-
sions, measurements shall be taken from the nearest point of
the front wall of the building to the street line, subject
to the following qualifications:
(a) Cornices, canopies or eaves may extend into
the required front yard a distance of not exceeding two
feet, six inches.
(b) Fire escapes may extend into the required
front yard a distance not exceeding four feet, six
inches.
(c) A landing place or uncovered porch may extend
the required front yard to a distance not exceeding six
feet, if the landing place or porch has its floor no
higher than the entrance floor of the building. An
open railing no higher than three feet may be placed
around such place.
(d) The above enumerated architectural features
may also extend into any side or rear yard to the same
extent, except that no porch, terrace, or outside
stairway shall project more than three feet into any
sideyard and then~in the case of an outside stairway,
only if it is unroofed and unenclosed above and below
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the steps. In no case shall a porch, stair landing or
other architectural feature extend closer than four
feet to the side property line.
fej--A-Wall;-€eeee-ems-kedge-x~ay-eeet~gy-past-of-tke
~eq~i~ed-yard;-e~eegt-tkat-~~-}-xe-Hall,--€eeee-ems-kedge
~e~e-tkaz~-fex~-€'eet-ire-keigkt-shall-ke-eesst~~eted-e~-
ge~x~itted-betweex-tke-f~e~t-lime-s€-tke-let-aid-tke-fxer~t
lixe-ef-tke-kaildi~g-e~ter~~.ed-te-tke-s~de-let-1}yes--f~3
tee-Wall--fe~ee-ems-kedge-~e~e-tka~-sip-feet-i~-keigkt
shall-be-ee~st~t~eted-e~-ge~~itted-ee-axy-~ea~-~a~d-ems
sideya~d--axd-f3a-roe-wall,--fe~ee-ems-kedge-x~e~e-tkax-zea~
Feet-ire-keigkt-shall-be-ee~st~xeted-e~-pe~x~itted-e~-tke
s~deya~d-e~-tke-side-a~~ttiag-~ge~-a-street-e~-ee~xe~
let-wkiek-abet-t~per~-a-fey-let---All-Bests-ex-any-€ee.ee
~eeated-e~-e~-r~ea~-tke-let-lire-shall-be-erg-tke-inside
el'-tke-fer~ee-t~aless-tkey-aye-designed-as-ae-ixteg~al-gait
ef-tke-fe~ee---eke-te~~-ukedgesu-as-used-}~-tkis-pa~a-
g~agk-shall-r~et-i~elade-tees---Ail-walls,--1'exees-axd
kedges-abt~ttir~g-ex-tke-p~blie-~igkt-ef-way-shall-be-set
bae3~-tk~ee-feet--f~e~-tke-paklie-~igkt-ef-way-e~eept
tkat-walls--€er~ees-axd-kedges-a~attir~g-ex-gt~~lie-~igkt-
e€-way-wkiek-is-ee~tigaer~s-te-r~er~-eelleete~-a~-~e~-
a~te~ial-~eadways-as-designated-by-tke-adepted-ee~p~eker~-
si~ae-plae-may-~e-e~ex~pted-€~ez~-tkis-set-~ae~-p~e~isiex
wkex--ie-~.ke-epixiex-ef-tke-eity-~axage~-st~ek-e~e~gtiex
will-xet-eex€lief-witk-aey-exist.ixg-ei~.~r-s}dewal~-peliey
xe~-e~eate-axy-petextial-sxew-9te~age-~~eble~---Ba~~ed
41
Wl~e-ae.d-eleet~ie-€epees-aye-g~ekibi€ed---pewees-shall
be-set-bae#-tk~ee-€ee€-€~e~-paw#ixg-areas---8r~-any
ee~~e~-le€-xe~k}xg-shall-be-epee€ed--plaeed--glace€ed-e~
a€leWed-€e-grew-i~-seek-a-~ar~xe~-as-te-ebs~~t~e€-~isiex
~e~Heex-the-keigk€-e€'-€We-aid-ewe-hal€-€ee€-abe~e-axd
~e~-€ee€-aba~*e-€ke-i~~e~see€ie~-e€-the-eex€e~-limes-e€
the-i~€e~see~iag-s~~ee~s-ix-€he-area-beaded-by-€.ke-stxee~
e~~b-lees-ab~~~i~g-said-ee~xer-le€-aid-a-lixe-ee~::~ee$;:~g
geix~s-ems-the-ab~€~ie.g-et~~b-lies-€i€~.y-€ee€-€~ex~-~~ie
i~€e~see~iex-a€-€he-e~€e~sieas-e€-€he-et~~b-lies---All
€exees--Walls-aid-kedges-legally-e~is~i~g-e~-€he-a€€ee~i~e
da€e-e€-~~iis-a~eadx~e~€-s~iall-be-allewed-€e-eex€ix~e-ze
e~is~-aid-€e-be-~epai~ed-aid-~aix~ai~ed-
(2} In any yes}dee.~ial commercial or industrial dis-
trice where 25% or more of the lots in any block located in
the same district, exclusive of the frontage along the side
of a corner lot, have been heretofore improved with build-
ings of a character permitted in the district, the required
front yard depth for the district shall be disregarded in
the block and instead the front yard required on each lot in
the block shall be of a depth not less than the average
depth of the front yards on the Iots on which are located
such existing buildings, te-a-~a~ti~t~rx-e€-€i€t~r-€ee€---the-same
axle-shall-apply-ire-any-e~ke~-dist~ie~ provided that f~~ the
minimum front yard otherwise established by this chapter shall
be maintained in any commercial or industrial district facing
upon an "R" or "R-.1" district. axd-~~~-€ke-€i€~y-€eet
42
x~a~it~t~~-ska~~-xe~.-be-agplieable-i~-aey-eex~e~eial-e~-}~d~s~.~~a~
dist~iet. A "block" as used in this paragraph, is the area,
regardless of size or shape, which faces a street and lies
between the nearest two cross-streets.
(3) On a corner lot adjacent to a key lot, the side-
yard on the street side of such corner lot shall have a
width at least equal to the front yard of such key lot,
provided that this regulation shall not reduce the buildable
width of the lot to less than 30 feet.
{43--~~-ease-a-dwell}~g-is-leeated-e~-a-~e~.-se-~~iat-}ts
~'~e~~.-aid-~ea~-€aees-axy-s}de=let-~}tee--tl~e-dwe~li~Q-shall-be
r~et-less-~.hax-~5-feet-f'~e~-tke-let-~~~e.
{53 (4) A church, library, museum, school or other
memorial, institutional, or public building shall have a
minimum side yard of 25 feet on each side adjoining a dwelling
or vacant land in an "R" or "R-1':~ district.
{6~ (5) In determining the depth of rear yard for any
building where the rear yard opens into an alley, one-half
the width of the alley, but not exceeding ten feet, may be
considered as a portion of the rear yard subject to the
following qualifications:
(a) The depth of any rear yard shall be reduced
to less than ten feet by the application of this excep-
tion. _ .
(b) If the door on any building or improvement,
except a fence, opens toward an alley, it shall not be
erected or established closer to the center of the
alley than a distance of 20 feet.
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f~3 ~ In commercial and industrial districts front
and rear yard areas may be used for parking, provided that
side yards are maintained adjacent to such use.
Subd. 3. Accessory Buildings. The following requirements
apply to all accessory buildings as defined in Section 3.27
of this chapter.
(1) In case an accessory building is attached to the
main building, it shall be made structurally a part of the
main building and shall comply in all respects with the
requirements of this chapter applicable to the main build-
ing. An accessory building, unless attached to and made a
part of the main building, shall not be closer than five
feet to the main building, except as otherwise provided in
this section.
(2) A detached accessory building not over one story
and not exceeding twelve feet in height may occupy not to
exceed thirty percent of the area of any rear yard.
f33--Betaehed-aeeesse~y-b~}~d}cgs-}~-~esideetial-d}s~~iete
shall-eee€e~~-te-the-€ellex}ng-addi~}anal-~egxi~e~e~ts-as-fie
them-leeatie~s-apex-the-lets _
fa3 l~-tke-ease-e€-a~-}~te~}e~-let-ab~~~}eg-~pe~-exe
street--ee-detached-aeeesee~y-balldlxg-Shall-be-e~eeted-ate
al~e~ed-ee-as-te-eee~eaeh-apex-the-€~ea~-kal€-e€-the-lst-
f4~ (3) In the case of an interior lot abutting upon
two or more streets, no detached accessory shall be erected
or altered so as to encroach upon,the one-fourth of the lot
44
nearest either street or in any case nearer to the estab-
lished building line on either street frontage.
f53 ~ In the case of a corner lot abutting upon two
streets, no accessory building shall be erected or structur-
ally altered so as to encroach upon tre front half of the
lot nor so that the building will be nearer to the lot line
along the street side of the lot than a distance equal to
the width of sideyard on the streetside of the lot; but on a
corner lot adjacent to a key lot, no detached accessory
building shall be located nearer to the street line of the
street upon which the key lot faces than a distance equal to
the depth of front yard required on the key lot. A garage
with doors opening toward the street shall not be closer
than 20 feet to the lot line.
f6~ (5) In the case of a corner lot abutting on more
than two streets, no detached accessory building shall be
erected or altered so as to be nearer to the lot line along
the street side of the lot than a distance equal to the
width of the side yard on the street side of the lot or
nearer to any street line of the lot than a distance equal
to one-fourth the depth of the lot.
f~3 (6) No detached accessory building shall be
within five feet of the side line of the front half of any
adjacent lot except as hereinbefore specifically permitted.
f8~ ~ No garage with doors facing upon the street
shall be within 20 feet of the lot line.
f~~ (8) The foregoing rules shall not require:
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(a) Any detached accessory building to be more
~'~._' than 75 feet from any street line bounding the lot.
(b) The street side of any. detached accessory
building to be nearer to the lot line opposite the
street line than 20 feet.
(c) A private garage to be separated from the
front and side lines of the lot where the slope of the
front half of the Iot is greater than one foot rise or
fall in a .distance of seven feet from the established
street elevation at the property line or where the
elevation of the lot at the street line is five feet or
more above or below the established elevation.
Sxbd--4---Hse-ef'-E~istieg-bets---~r~-axy-diet~iet-xl~e~e-dxel?ixg
~:y_ awe-pe~~i~ted--a-9i~ le-€ax~}1 dxellix
g y- g-stay-be-leeated-ex-.ax~*
het-e~-glat-e€-ef'f'ieial-~eee~d-as-e€-Betebe~-~--=954--i~~espee-
~i~re-ef'-i~.g-area-e~-xidtk~-p~e~ided--~iexe~e~--that-tee-het-shall
be-deemed-to-be-less-t~.a~-SA-€eet-ride-~~-axy-ease.
Subd. 5 4. Conversion of Single Family Dwellings Prohibited.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, a one-
family dwelling structure located in an "MR", "C-1" or "C-2"
or "I" districts shall not be converted into or used as a two-
family or multiple dwelling unless the owner thereof has first
obtained a special permit in accordance with the procedures
outlined in Section 3.41 of this chapter.
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XV. Section 3.57, Subdivision 1, of The Ordinance Code of the
City of Richfield, Minnesota, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Subdivision 1. Minimum Lot Area. The minimum area and minimum
width of any lots in a plats or subdivisions shall be 8,000
square feet- and the the standard width of such a lots
shall be at least 75 feet- except when any other standard
for minimum lot area or minimum lot width is s ecified for
such a lot elsewhere in this code, in which case such other
standard shall a ly. Where corner lots rear upon lots
facing the side street, the corner lots shall have extra
width sufficient to permit the establishment of front building
lines on both the front and side of the lots adjoining the
streets. Extra width shall be provided on all corner lots
irrespective of whether they. rear upon lots facing the side
streets.
f
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Passed by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota,
~'
(Official Publication)
ORDINANCE NO. 1981-30, RENUMBERED 1982-5
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ORDINANCE CODE OF THE CITY OF
RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA, AS FOLLOWS: AMENDINGSE,CTION 3.2T
SUBD. 3 BY PROVIDING NEW DEFINITIONS FOR "ARTERIAL
STREETS", "COLLECTOR STREETS", "FLOOR AREA RATIO", "LOT
COVERAGE", "LOT WIDTH", "OUTDOOR OPEN SPACE", AND
"REQUIRED YARD" AND MAKING OTHER CHANGES; AMENDING
SECTION 3.28, SUBDIVISION 1, BY PROVIDING FOR•NEW ZONING
S ~ ~ CLASSIFICATIONS R-1, MR-1, MR-2, AND MR-3; AMEN1~ING 3EC ION
3.29 BY ADDING A NEW SUBD. 15 WITH PROVISION$~~GQIKC
E~N G
.
WALLS, FENCES, AND HEDGES; AMENDING,S
~ REPLACING THE EXISTING PROVISIONS WIT NS
SPAPE FOR THE RESIDENCE (R) DISTRICT; ADDING A NEW S>!j IQ1v3.3OA
. WITH PROVISIONS FOR THE NEW RESIDENCE BIS $-1).
ADDINGANEWSECTION3.31AWITHPROVISEONJ;F'QNEW
MULTIPLE RESIDENCE (MR-1, MR-2, AND MR-3) D151'RICTS;
AMENDING SECTION 3.32, SUBDS. 1(1) AND 4, SECTION 9.39, SUBDS.
IT OF PUBLICS CTION
1(1)AND
)
BYADDINGREFERENCESTOTHENEWZONNG
38A
CLASSIFICATIONS AND MAKING OTHER CHANGE5;AMENDING
SECTION 3.39 BY DELETING SUB. 2(1) (e) CONCERNING REGULATION
' OF WALLS, FENCES, AND HEDGES, BY DELETING SUBD. 4 THEREOF
CONCERNING USE OF EXISTING LOTS, AND BY MAKING OTHER
E ~~ CHANGES; AMENDING SECTION 3.57, SUBDIVISION I, BY PROVIDING
THAT THE MINIMUM LOT AREA AND MINIMUM LO'!! WIDTH
STANDARDS OF THATSUBDIVISION SHALL BE SUPERSEDED WHEN
OTHER SUCH STANDARDS ARE SPECJFIED. FOR PARTICULAR LOTS
- ELSEWHERE IN THE CODE.
The following is a summary of Ordinance No. 1982-5: '
I. Section 3.27, Subdivision 3, of the city ordinance code is ~tnended to
include new or amended definitions of the following words: Art ial streets;
building, accessory; collector streets; family; floor are: garages,
public; height of building; lot coverage: lot width; ou pen space:
structure; yard: yard, front: yard, required: and yard, sideK*~
Ii. Section 3.28, Subdivision 1, of the city ordinance ctitle'fs amended
establishing the following new zoning district designations:~t-1 Residence
District, MR-1 Two FamilyResidential District, MR-2 Multiple Family
Residential District, and MR-3 High Density Multiple Residential District.
III. Section 3.29, of the city ordinance code is amended by adding a new
Subdivision 15 which provides for clarified and expanded requirements for
walls fences, and hedges. .,.,,,,,.,„..,: ,
EV.-The existing Section 3.30 of the city ordinance code has ed and
replaced by tie following new regulations for the R distrtet "}~ "cr, ss
A: Permitted uses in this district shall be single family 41~tfJ~s:
accessory buildings: ,home occupations; schools, chutptt~;,9,pd
on oath says he is and during public recreational facilities.
e newspaper know as The Rig B. Permitted accessory uses are listed. ,
.aid newspaper is printed in t C. Uses by special use permit include certain day care centers.
foster and group homes, private recreational facilitieg- o family
livalent in printed space to a .
.dwellings, certain antenna structures, and major public tes:
t at least once every week. l D. Minimum lot area required for single family dwXi swill be
terest to the communit whiC
Y 6.750 square Feet; minimum lo[ area for two family dwel s shall be
9,000 square feet; and the minimum lot area for other uses shall be
and is not made up entire 43.560 square feet. The minimum lot width for single fafri tvellings
irculated in and near them shall be 50 feet: For two family dwellings the minimum lo>a th shall
elivered to a in subscribes
P Y g be 60 feet; and for other uses 150 feet. Maximu B lot c ge for
residential usesshall be 25% and accessor buildin s slfa ~ ~altlowed ,
~,0 m(Ire than three months In to occupy up l0 30% of their required rear yard.
.
~
Said newspaper purports to ; E. Minimum building setbacks:
`'
'
d
vn office of issue in the Cit
J Sideyar
Use Front $ear 'Streetside Interior
usiness hours for the gatherin (a) SEngie family 30' zs' t5' ,,ti,;.;s'..
~ by the managing officer of (b) Two family 30• zs' 1s' ;~t, ,,v lei'
' '"
'
'
control durin all such re
g g I5
2
(c) Accessory 30
2
(d) Other uses. 30' 25' 15' > ~."2S:
ss hours and at which Said F. The maximum height for one or two family uses ;25`feeY:
tediately with the State HiStn. 15 feet for accessory uses; and 42 feet for other u k,that
public and semi-public buildings can be cons[ructed'y ~S,feet
,..
~
~ti0n prices to any person, G
he newspaper and making tl '>^
,
high.
V. A new section is added which includes the requirenl~e1~4~-,`for the
tg conditions for at least one y Residence District (R-ll. The requirements for the R-1 district;, ,
A. Principal Use. In this district shall be single family- 1
,vspaper has filed with the Sec'. dweuings.
ereafter and affidavit in the f B. Accessory Uses are defined as being the sartjer~,.a •R
er of said newspaper and savor: Residence district.
C. Uses by special use permit include private
-
• hies, certain antenna structures, and certain day cal
family foster care facilities. ^'~+~ .. ra:'q L~?!"~
D. Minimum lobarea required in this district shall be 10,000 square
feet: minimum lot width in this district shall be 75 feet: and '
Ordinance maximumiot coverage in this district shall be 25%.
hinted E. Minimum Building Setbacks:
cut from the columns of sa siaeyara
Front Rear Streetside Interior
(a) Single tamily ~ 30' ES' ~~. :-,15'rs^-"~; ~..,, 1t:+i
'
15'
(b)Accessory 30' E'~ "
F. Maximum height for single family uses shall be 35 feet and 15
language, once each week feet [or accessory uses.
Vt. A new Section 3.31A is included establishing requirements for the MR-1.
MR-•L. and MR-3, Multiple Residence Districts. The requirements for the
MR-l. MR-'L, and MR-3. Multiple Residence Districts are asfollows:
A. Permitted uses in the MR-1 District shall be single and two
-t
17 family residential uses.. Permitted uses in the MR-2 District shall
i
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h
MR
Di
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l
the
day Of_ mu
p
e
am
y
n t
e
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t
include uses permitte
developments containing 3-17 dwelling units. Permitted uses in the
MR-3 District shall include multiple residence projects developed
under the PUD ordinance found in Section 3.34A.
B. Accessory uses in the MR-l. MR-2, and MR-3 Districts are
Iblished on every listed.
C. [Jses by special use permit in the MR-1, MR-2, and MR-3
Districts shall be any use permitted by special use permit in the R or
R-1 District.
D. The required lot area in the MR-I District shall be 9.000 square
feet, and in the MR-L District shall be [he number of units times 2,500
19 and tha ~ square feet or 10,000 square feet whichever is greatest, and in the
3th inclusive, and is hereby act MR-3 District it shall be as required by Section 3.34A.
to ~
ublication of said notice The minimum lot width requirement in the MR-1 District shall be
p
, 60 feet for residential uses and 150 feeLfor other uses. Minimum lot'
redefghijkimnopgrstuvwxyz width iri the MR-2 District shall be 75 feet for residential uses and 150
feet for •other uses. Minimum lo[ width requirement in the MR-3
}~ .District shall be as required by Section 3.34A.
(
/
l The maximum lot coverage in the MR-1 Dis[ric[ shall be 25'7,, in
1
f the MR-2 District it shall be 301 .and in the MR-3 District it shall be
v as required in Section 3.34A.
D. The required outdoor open space in the MR-1 District shall be'
600 square feet per dwelling unit, in the MR-2 District it shall be 300
square feet per dwelling unit and in the MR-3 District it shall be as
required by Section 3.34A.
is 17 da
of E. Minimum building setbacks:
y
_
(a) MR-1 District:
Sideyards
Front Rear ,Streetside Interior
30' 25' 15' 10'
(b) MR-2 District:
~ ~. ~ Sideyards '
`J Front Rear Streetside Interior
lei r~ 30'. 25' There shall be sideyards provided equal
to the height of building or 20 feet
whicheveris greater:
95 (c) MR-3 District:
~_..
- ~ - Sideyards
Front Rear Streetside Interior
-~ - -' ~ -"- "-"- 35' 35' There shall be sideyards provided equal
fn fho hoiehf of hnil+iine nr RS fuu}