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Home My WebLink About1121 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 1970/09/2144. Original ORDINANCE NO. 1121 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ST., LOUIS PARK ORDINANCE CODE RELATING TO PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLATS FOR THE SUBDIVISION OF LANDS IN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK, AMENDING SECTION 6:307, ENTITLED " MINIMUM SUBDIVISION DESIGN STANDARDS" PARAGRAPHS L AND P. THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. Section 6:307 L of the St. Louis Park Ordinance Code entitled "Minimum Subdivision Design Standards" is amended to read: (L) Easements (1) Provided for Utilities Easements at least 12 feet wide, centered on rear and other lot lines, shall be provided for utilities where necessary and shall be granted to the City by appropriate language in the owner's certificate. They shall have continuity of alignment from block to block, and at deflection points easements for pole -line anchors shall be provided where necessary. Easements shall be provided along property lines from utility easements on rear lot lines to rights-of-way so as to provide for a street light interval not to exceed 500 feet. (2) Provided for Drainage. Easements shall be dedicated for property over and along each side of the center line of any creek, water course, drainage channel or pond whether or not shown on the Comprehensive Plan, to a width sufficient for the purpose of widening, deepening, sloping, improving or protecting the bed, bank, and flood plain for drainage, parkway and other uses; and to provide for storm water runoff and the installation and maintenance of storm sewers, and they shall be granted to the City by appropriate language in the owner's certificate. Section 2. Section 6:307 (P) of the St. Louis Park Ordinance Code entitled "Minimum Subdivision Design Standards" is amended to read: (P) Lots. (1) Location. All lots shall abut by their full frontage on a publicly dedicated street or a street that has received legal status as such. (2) Size. The lot dimensions in subdivisions designed for single - family detached dwelling use shall not be less than the minimum dimensions required to secure the minimum lot area specified in the Zoning Ordinance of the City of St. Louis Park. (3) Butt Lots. Butt lots shall be platted at least five feet wider than the average width of interior lots in the block. (4) Side Lot Lines. Side lines of lots shall be substantially at right angles to the street line. • • • (5) Water Courses. Lots abutting upon a water course, drainage way, channel or stream shall have an additional depth or width, as required, to assure building sites that are not subject to flooding. No part of any lot shall be platted within the F-1 Flood Plain District, unless said flood plain area shall be left nearly as possible in its natural state and no clearing, filling, grading, or other changes in the natural contours shall be done except that required or authorized under the subdivision contract or by special permit. (6) Natural Features. In the subdividing of any land, due regard shall be shown for all natural features, such as tree growth, water courses, historic spots or similar conditions, which if preserved will add attractiveness and stability to the proposed development. (7) Lot Remnants. All remnants of lots below minimum size left over after subdividing of a larger tract must be added to adjacent lots, rather than allowed to remain as unusable parcels. Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect fifteen days after its publication. Attest: /(n City Clerk Adopted by the Cit Council September 21, • 70. istration: Approved as to form and legality: rT, r '• � •+iw "•.ln5irr� City Arr(orney r • , ORDINANCE Om 1121 'atitled8 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ST. LOUIS PARK ORDINANCE CODE RELATING TO PRELIMTN®RY AND FINAL PLATS FOR THE SUBDIVISION OF LANDS IN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK, AMUDilia' = ` SECTION 6:307, ENTITLED "MINIMUM SUBDIVISION DESIGN STANDARDS" PARAGRAPHS L AND.P • `T . '1 .7� • t i1 fictive Date nu 4 9/21/70. 7 9/24/70 10/9/70 i.�de Reference r 6601 W. 78th St. SUN NEWSPAPERS AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION ST. LOUISPARKSUN State of Minnesota t County of Hennepin SS. Bloomington, Minnesota W JOHN BERTRAM, being duly sworn, on oath says he is and during all tames here stated has been the vice president and printer of the newspaper known as The St Louis Park Sun and has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows (1) Said newspaper is printed in the English language in newspaper format and in column and sheet form equivalent in printed space to at least 900 square inches. (2) Said newspaper is a weekly and is distributed at least once each week (3) Said newspaper has 50% of its news columns devoted to news of local interest to the community which it purports to serve and does not wholly duplicate any other publication and is not made up entirely of patents, plate matter and advertisements (4) Said newspaper is circulated m and near the municipality which it purports to serve, has at least S00 copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers. has an average of at least 75% of its total circulation currently paid or no more than three months in arrears and has entry as second-class matter in its local post -office. (5) Said newspaper purports to serve the City of St Louis Park in the County of Hennepin and it has its known office of ^ue in the City of Bloomington in said county, established and open during its regular business urs for the gathering of news, sale of advertisements and sale of subscriptions and main- ained by the managing officer or persons in its employ and subject to his direction and con- trol during all such regular business hours and devoted exclusively during such regular business hours to the business of the newspaper and business related thereto. (8) Said news- paper files a copy of each issue immediately with the State Historical Society. (7) Said news- paper has complied with all the foregoing conditions for at least two years preceding the day or dates of publication mentioned below. (8) Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota prior to January 1, 1988 and each January 1 thereafter an affidavit In the form prescribed by the Secretary of State and signed by the publisher of said newspaper and sworn to before a notary public stating that the newspaper is a legal newspaper He further states on oath that the printed Ordinance 310. 1121 hereto attached as a part hereof was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed and publlshed therein m the English language, once each week, for On successive weeks, that it was first so published on thur. the it 2ti1 day of and was thereafter printed and published on every Sept. 19 70 to and including the day of 19 and that the following is a printed copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z. both inclusive, and is 'hereby acknowledged as being the size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of said notice, to wit: abcdefghi jklmnopgrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Subscribed and sworn to before me this 214th day of (Notarial Seal) ALICE J NELSON Notary Public, Hennepin County, 26,973 My Commission Expires Sept. 19 70 (Official Publication) ORDINANCE NO 1121 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ST LOUIS PARE ORDINANCE CODE RELAT- ING TO PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLATS FOR THE SUBDIVISION OF LANDS IN THE CITY OF ST LOUIS PARK, AMENDING SECTION 6 387, ENTITLED "MINIMUM SUBDIVISION DESIGN STAND- ARDS" PARAGRAPHS L AND P THE CITY OF ST LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN Section 1 Section 6 307 L of the St Louis Park Ordinance Code entitled "Minimum Subdivision Design Standards" is amended to read (L) Easements - (1) Provided for Ut9ldes Easements at least 12 feet wide, centered on rear and other lot lines, shall be provided for utili- ties where necessary and shall be granted to the City by appropriate language in the owner's certificate They shall have con- tinuity of alignment from block to block, and at deflection points easements for pole -line anchors shall be provided where necessary Easements shall be provided along property fines from • utility ease- ments on rear lot hoes to nghtsaf-way so as to provide for a street light interval not to exceed 500 feet (2) Provided for Drainage Easements shall be dedicated far property over and alworgg each side of the center line orally creek, water course, drainage channel or pond whether or not shown on the Com- prehensive Plan, to a width sufficient for the purpose of widening, deepening, slop- ing, improving or protecting the bed, hart, and flood plain for drainage, park- way and other uses, and to provide for storm water runoff and the installation and maintenance of storm sewers, and they shall be granted to the City by appropnate language in the owner's cer- tificate Section 2 Section 6 307 (P) of the St louts Park Ordinance Code %ntitied "Minimum Subdivision Design Standards" is amended to read (P) Lots (1) Location All lots shall abut by their full frontage on a publicly dedicated street or a street that has received legal status as such (2) Size The lot dimensions in subdivi- sions designed for single family detached dwe9,ng use shall not be less than the minimum dimensions required to secure the minimum lot area specified in the Zoning Ordinance of the City of St Lotus Park (3) Bun Lots Butt lots shall be platted at least five feet wider than the average width of intenor lots in the block (4) Side Lot Lines Side tines of lots shall be substantially at right angles to the street line (5) Water Cnurses Lots abutting upon a water corse, drainage way, channel or strum shall have an additional depth or width, as required, to assure building sites that are not subject to flooding No part of any lot shall be platted within the, F-1 Flood Plain Distnct, unless said flood plain area shall be left nearly as possible in its natural state and no clearning, fill- ing, grading, or other changes an the natural contours shall be done except that required or authorized under the subdivision contract or by special penult (6) Natural Features In the subdividing of any land. due regard shall be shown - for all natural features, such as tree growth, water courses, histono spots or similar conditions, which if preserved will add attractiveness and stabibty to , the proposed development (7) Lot Remnants All remnants of lots below minimum size left over after, sub- dividing d a larger tract must be added to adjacent lots, rather than allowed to remain as unusable parcels Section 3 This ordinance shall take effect fifteen days after its publication. i Adopted by the City Cantil September 21, s/FRANK,l HOWARD Attest Mayor s/EARL E HANSON City Clerk , Approved as to form and legahty s/WAYNE G POPHAM City Attorney Reviewed for administration rz u 1 2 1 I File No. Affidavit of Publication ST. 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