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HomeMy WebLinkAbout643 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 1958/09/29Ord. Rev. 7-14-58 Amend. Council 7-21.58 With Committee Revisions 9-18-58 Amerr4. Council 9-22.-58 ORIGINAL SEP 29 1958 1 i ORDINANCE NO. - f� AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE EXTERIOR MATERIALS, DESIGN, APPEARANCE, CONSTRUCTION, HEIGHT AND SIZE OF ALL BUILDINGS The City of St. Louis Park through its duly constituted City Council does hereby deem and declare: 1. That this City is in a period of tremendously accelerated growth in comparison with other communities in this state and others in the nation and Sts Louis Park is faced with problems peculiar to its pro- spective growth and present status. 2. That in fifteen years its population has increased from approximately five thousand to over forty-one thousand people, and that it is now the fourth largest city in the State of Minnesota ranking behind only the first class cities of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth. 3. That the City of St. Louis Park is fortuitously situated for residen- tial, commercial, light and heavy industrial development, by reason of its proximity to the largest metropolitan center of the State and the northwest, by reason of its having access to four railroad lines and the enlarged highway and freeway system of highways of the State of Minnesota, by reason of the forward looking and enlightened attitude on the part of its businessmen and citizens toward development of busi- nesses, structures, homes, parks, and by reason of general living conditions in the City. 4. That during the aforementioned period of burgeoning growth, the City of Ste Louis Park by the tenacity, foresight and good judgment of its community leaders of all kinds and conditions° as well as its voters, has with good fortune maintained high standards of community atmos- phere in all fields° and has constructed its public buildings, parks, public services„ with consideration to appearance and beauty as well as utility. 5„ That the period of growth has not yet ended for this community and that the fine results of the past years will be endangered if the high standards of those who have gone before us shall be unneces8arily and unwisely relaxed, or if we now shall be less alert, or less aware to the challenge of making that attractive which also serves a useful purpose. 6. That construction of a thoughtful and careful nature heretofore com- pleted in the City represents a community as well as a personal asset, and that structures which appeal to the eye through good architectural design and functional planning can easily be depreciated in values both material and spiritual by allowing new construction or changes in existing structures which, with regard to materials, design, appear= ance, construction, height and size, are greatly at variance with or similar to the structures already in the neighborhood. 7 That the preservation and protection of all of the values of life as affected by building construction through the exercise of the police power granted to the City of Sts Louis Park by the State of Minnesota for the general welfare of the City and its people are duties incumbent upon this Council in greater measure now than ever before in order that through our vigilance we may deliver to those who follow, a com- munity attractive to live and work in, with good public services 2, 1 • • properly planned. having all areas free from blight of foreseeable kinds. and with a minimum of unacceptabte construction, stow therefore The City of St. Louis Park does ordain: Section Permit Require& The Building Inspector of the City shall issue a moving or building permit for any structure for which moving or building permit is required by other ordi- nances in accordance with the requirements of this ordinance. Scctiong. Application for Permit. The application for building permit required in Section 1 hereof. in addi- tion to other information required by ordinance. shall include exterior elevations of the proposed structure which will adequately and accurately indicate the height. size, design and the appearance of all elevations of the proposed building facing a public street and a description of the conatructiona and materials proposed to be used therein. Grade of the lot in relation to the street, the location of the build- ing on the lot. location and surfacing of the proposed parking facilities, and access by the users to the public sidewalks, streets and alleys shall be shown. All of such information shall be supplied in sufficient detail to indicate and shall indicate that the exterior architectural design thereof together with the functional plan of the proposed structure. when erected. will not be so at variance with. nor so similar to, either the exterior architectural design and functional plan of the structures already constructed or in the course of construction in the immediate neighbcirhood. nor so at variance with the character of the applicable district as established by the Zoning Ordinance of the City of St, Louis Park. as to cause a substantial depreciation in the property values of said neighborhood within said 3, applicable district. Section 3. Administrative Instructions,. Subdivision A. The City Council hereby deems And declares th; t a substantial depreciation of values in the neighborhood where constructed and in the City at large occurs upon the construction, moving, alteration of, or repairs to structures described in this section. The Building Inspector, therefore, ex- cept in accordance with Section 4 of this ordinance, shall not issue a building permit for any structure for which a building permit is required if the proposed structure shall have a front or aide abutting a public street which contains exterior facing materials which are not of a permanent nature or have a tendency to de- teriorate rapidly, or which for any reason are or quickly become unsightly in appearance. Subdivision B. The following are examples of such materials: Concrete 411 masonry units, common clay brick, sand lime brick, concrete brick, unfinished structural clay tile, sheet metal, either corrugated or plain, and exposed unfinished concretes Such materials however, may be used in a special arrangement or com- bination with other materials of a permanent nature with good architectural design and appeal U in compliance with Subdivision A of this section. Section 4. Preliminary Approval in Certain Cases. In the event an owner, intending to apply for a building permit, desires to use any of the materials excluded under Section 3 of this ordinance as exterior finish materials, such owner may present°to the Building Inspector a request for preliminary approval for the use of such materials prior to the preparation of final drawings and application required by other ordinances and by Section 2 hereof, Such request for preliminary approval shall include such sketches and other information as may be necessary to indicate accurately the use to be made of such materials • 4. and the appearance of the exterior of such structure when completed. If such request for preliminary approval of materials is granted by the Building Inspector, the sketch and other information shall be properly marked for identification and by him filed in his office and such data shall become a part of the building permit application when filed. Upon the filing of the application for building permit,together with the additional information required .by this ordi- nance and by other ordinances of the City, showing compliance therewith and agreeable to such approved sketch without substantial change therefrom, the Build- ing Inspector is hereby authorized to issue a building permit therefor. Section 5o Procedure if Preliminary Request For Approval or Permit Denied by Building Inspector, In any instance where the Building Inspector denies a permit or a request for preliminary approval hereunder, the applicant may submit a request based upon the plans and other papers on file in the office of the Building Inspector for grant- ing of said request or application to the City Council, without payment off addi- tional filing fees of any kind. Section 60 This ordinance shall be deemed supplementary to the Zoning Ordinance and the Building Code of the City and shall be enforced in harmony and in conjunction with each. Section 7. Separability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. Section 8e This ordinance shall take effect forty-five (45) days after its publication. 5. • Atte at: Adopted by the City Council _,,-44 1958. Reviewed for = dm's• istration: City Manager • 1 Prepared by: #11°544A, Approved as to form and legality: 16/11754 v Assistant City Att rney City Attorney 6. • AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION St. Louis Park Dispatch 5407 Excelsior Blvd. St. Louis' Park, Minnesota State of Minnesota County of .Hennepin SS. JOHN E TILTON, being duly sworn, on oath says that he now Is and during all the time herein - stated has been JOHN E TILTON, the publisher and printer of the newspaper known as The St Louis Park Dispatch, and has full knowledge of the facts ,herein stated That for more than one year Immediately prior to the publication therein of the printed 744- Otzkilacatota--reatiVASIttitto-6144140, i i,dismo a St* MAN- hereto attached, said newspaper was minted and published In the English language from Its known office of publication within the County of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, on Thursday of each week in column and sheet form equivalent in space to 450 running Inches of single column two inches wide, has been issued from a known office established in said place of publication equipped with skilled workmen and the necessary material for preparing and printing the same THE ST LOUIS PARK DISPATCH has nod In its makeup not less than twenty-five percent of its news columns devoted to local news of interest to said community it purports to serve, the press work of which has been done in its said known place of publication, has contained general news, comments and miscellany, has not duplicated any other publication, has not been entire- ly made up of patents, plate matter and advertisements, has been circulated at and near its said place of publication to the extent of 240 copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers, has been entered as second class mail matter in local post office of its said place of publication, that there `as been on file in the office of the County Auditor of said county the affidavit of a person hay - 'g first hand knowledge of the facts constituting its dqualitfiicationn as a newspaper for publication • al notices, and that its publishers o eac�i sile�ias�ee ifl'ild ivy �t �t Afsibl c9P3t ylet�u9btpliutl orfs of its said qualification. Copy That the printed x$_a_� hereto attached as a part hereof was cut from the columns of said newspaper, was published therein in the English language once a week for first so published on the 1234 day of thereafter on of each week to and including the j0=- 0,0 L0,o0 (Official `Pnbllcatlen) ORDINANCE he. 9s'1l s • AN. O DIMNCE REGULATING THE .ENTER1O DESIGN, APPEARANCE, CONSTRUCTION, H. SIZE OF ALL BUILDINGS • 'r The Gl,ty„pj• St. Louis Ear. ,through its duly con, does heftily deem. and declare., 0. 1. miet liflts+in a uerledof tvnietjdous y .ecigliiPalti tom with, other bommunitles in, this sta ftal.igtt StvELopis Park is faced With pro cjVCRth and present status. - ed, 86arp to population has increase It successive weeks, that it was , 194. and day of , 19____, and that the following Is a copy of the lower case , alphabet which is acknowledged to have been the size and kind of type used in the publica- tion of said 0041140.4e* ijklmndpgrstu4141 deef:hyz Subscribed and sworn to before me 10-1-56--2M Publisher afttetbsset , 190 CORINNE E. WILLIAMS" Notofy Pubhc, Hennepin County, Minh My Commission Expues June 10, 1984. 2 Tat t1j r1.- t7 to o e 'forty-one thousand peopl "he fourth latigesit city in the State of Minn only the first' rcieSsoc tlea of Minneapolis, St Pa that ilia, City of ¢t,, Louis Park is fortuitously riot: comtneticial, light and heavy industrial de q4t lits proximity to the largest metropolitan ce. ti n_ nrhwest, by reason of its having access entl,'ybe'enlarged highway and freeway system State of Minnesota, by reason of the forward 1.. el attitude on the part of its businessmen an - '1opment of businesses, structures, homes, p • 3eneral living conditions in the Clty 4 That during the aforementioned period of' bu CP- of St Louts Park by the tenacity, foresigh cf its ,community leaders of all kinds and con 'o'-'rs, has with good fortune maintained hlg enmity atmosphere !n all fields, and has c. b�l]dtnga, parks, public services, with conside .nd b*auty as well as utility 3 T t the period of growth has not yet ended ro that the fine results of the past years will hrch standards of those who have gone befor F,rl1y and' unwisely relaxed, or if we now shall erre tei the challenge of making that attract moral , purpose ,, 6 1'hat construction of a thoughtful and earef -it rctnoleted in the City represents a community asset, and that structures which appeal to tl •- architectural design and functional planning rreclated In values both material end spirit, construction or changes In existing structur to materials, design, appearance, construction, greatly -at variance with or similar to the stru neighborh$od. 7 That the preservation and protection of all , as affected. _bL_bullding construction through police power, granted to the City of St Louts Minnesota for tbs. general welfare of the Cit. duties Incumbent upon this Council in greate ever before in order that through our vlgilan, those who follow, a community attractive to 11 good public services properly, planned, having blight of foreseeable kinds, and with a mini_ construction, now therefore The Clty of St Louis Park does ordain • Section 1 Permit Required The Building Inspector of the City shall issue a permit for any structure for which moving or build! by other ordinances in accordance with the requireme. Section 2 Application for Permit The application for building permit required in addition to other information required by ordinance, elevations of the proposed structure which will adegt indicate the height, 51ze, design and the appearance the proposed building facing a ptdblie street and a d structlon and materials proposed to be used therein relation to the street, the location of the building on surfacing of the proposed parking facilities, and ac the public sidewalks, streets and alleys shall be shown tion shall be supplied in sufficient detail to indica. that the exterior architectural design thereof togethe Plan of the proposed structure, when' erected, will n with, nor so similar to, either the exterior architectu tlonal plan of the structures already constructed or 1 struction in the immediate neighborhood, nor so character of the applicable district as established by of the Clty of St Louis Park, as to cause a substanti property values of said neighborhood within said appl Section 1 Administrative Instructions Subdivision A The City Council hereby deems substantial depreciation of values In the neighborh... and in the City at large occurs upon the constructs of, or repairs to structures described in this section therefore, except in accordance with Section 4 of th issue a building permit for any structure for which apquired if the proposed structure shall have a iron public street which contalpsA exterior facing material permanent nature or have e,•$saliency to deteriorate 'any reason are or quickly become unsightly in appea __Subdivision B The following are examples of suc masonry units, common clay brick, sand lime brick, finished structural clay tile, sheet metal, either cor. exposed unfinished concrete Such materials however special al rangement or ,combination with other mate nature with good architectural design and appeal if Subdivision A of this section Section 4 Preliminary Approval In Certain Cases In the event an owner intending to apply for a bt to use any of the materials e'cluded under Section 3 ex'erior finish matetlals such owner may present to t, a request for preliminary approtal for the use of au the p•eparation of final (bawings and application r dlnances and by Section 2 hereof Such request for shag Include st,ch sketches and other information an indicate accurately the use to he made of such in teria of the e:rerlot of such sttuctute when completed If such request for nrelimtnaty apptotal of ntatert Ruilflhtc lnsorctof the sketch and other information al ed for identification and by him fl]rci in his office become e nart of the building permit eoolicatlnn e fill++? of the anol'c tier for building pe!tnit, togetlie, infor-rnatIon leottlred by this ordinance and b*• otha* o ehnp)inr compliance ,heremlth and agreeable to such e C'lt s,thstan`iel chan-e the,efrom, the Building Inns tho•i7ed to 1.sue a bundling permit therefor Section 5 P*cCedure if Preliminary Request For sealed by B',ildink Ince^_tor In any Instance rhe the Building Ipapreto* den ouest for preliminary apptotal hereunder, the appl. reauest based upon the plans and other papers' on the Building Inspector for granting of said request City Co''ncil without payment of additional filing fee Section 6 This o•-Iinence shall be drome- supnlem Ordinance and the Building Corse of the Clty and harmony and In conlunction with each ceche)! 7 Separability if anv section sub -section •enterce clause of phi Is for lecron 1•eld to he t•nconstltut_onal such dee the validi1,v c' the rem .intnm portions of this otdlpa. er,t.on 8 This otdlnarce shall take effect fatty -ft pu hl Ica tion Adopted by the Gitx Counrtl Sapt "2 , 1°58 Altrel JOSgFii JUS'IAA, City Gletk HgrtBER C Mayor (Oct 23, 1916)—D -+gee 1 1 F IIT—O-1-0 for • arrier Salesmen Apply now RE openings on these papers; Louis Pork Dispatch nepin County Review e Harriet Courier ia-Morningside Courier en Valley Suburban Press advantages—) per week delivery — delivery in neighborhood — excellent route -all WE 87608 ur name, address`, phone number, nth -dote and year of birth. culation Department Js Suburban Newspapers r F s e e C 1 ', d ,1 '7-. ORDINANCE NO. 643 Entitled° AN ORDINANCE REGULATING EXTERIOR MATERIALS, DESIGN, APPEARANCE, CON- STRUCTION, HEIGHT & SIZE OF ALL BUILDINGS Introduced by Date First Reading -Dade 7-14-58 Waived yes Second Reading -Date 9-29-58 Vote: Waived yes Aye 5 Nay 1 Published Date &e4 ?,�. /7:5 Effective Date_____40Y, ,2, /95`e0"-- •