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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1330 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 1976/04/19ORIG TR, • APRIL 19, 1976 ORDINANCE NO. 133D AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO FENCES AMENDING THE ST. LOUIS PARK ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 730 BY AMENDING SECTION 6:045, REQUIRED YARDS AND OPEN SPACE THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN: Sec. 1. Ordinance No. 730, Section 6:045, is amended to read: Section 6:045 - Required Yards and Open Space Section 6:045.1. No yard or other open space shall be reduced in area or dimension so as to make such yard or other open space less than the minimum required by this ordinance, and if the existing yard or other open space as existing is less than the minimum required, it shall not be further reduced. No required yard or open space of any structure shall be included as a part of any yard or open space required for another structure. Section 6:045.2. The following shall not be encroachments on yard setback requirements: Subd. 1. Awnings, door hoods, chimneys, flues, belt courses, leaders, sills, pilasters, lintels, ornamental features, cornices, eaves, gutters and the like, provided they do not extend more than three (3) feet into a yard, provided such encroachment is no closer than four (4) feet from all lot lines. Yard lights, and the nameplate signs for one and two family dwellings in the R-1, R-2 and R-3 Districts. Floodlights or other sources of light illuminating authorized illuminated signs, or illuminating parking areas, loading areas, or yards for safety and security purposes, provided the direct source of light is not visible from the public riaht of way or adjacent residential property. In front yards, awnings and door hoods may encroach five (5) feet. Subd. 2. Terraces, steps, uncovered porches, stoops or similar structures which do not extend more than two and one-half (22) feet above the height of the ground floor level of the principal building and do not extend to a distance less than two (2) feet from any lot line. Flag poles, bird baths, and other ornamental features detached from the principal building. Railroad feeder tracks which provide access but from which loading or unloading are not conducted and railroad cars are not allowed to stand for any purpose. Subd. 3. In side or rear yards only: bays not to exceed a depth of two (2) feet nor to contain an area of more than twenty (20) square feet; fire escapes not to exceed a width of three (3) feet; off- street parking in the R-1, R-2 and R-3 Use Districts; railroad spurs and sidings for loading and unloading of railroad cars in I-1 and I-2 Districts. Subd. 4. Rear yard only: balconies, breezeways, detached outdoor picnic shelters and recreational equipment, except as regulated hereinafter. Subd. 5. The following encroachments in this subdivision may be permitted by special permit if there is a demonstrated need and no other practical alternative solution, provided that the encroachment meets the requirements of Section 6:190 and is approved by the Fire Chief and Director of Protective Inspection. Front and side yards in the R-4 District, when not abutting an R-1, R-2 or R-3 District; canopies no more than 12 feet wide which shall not extend more than one-half the distance into the required front or side yard. In the R -B, B, I-1 and I-3 Districts, canopies, skyways and similar structures to accommodate pedestrian movement may be permitted by special permit to extend to and over the street. No sign permitted under Section 6:170 shall form any part of any structure permitted to encroach into any yard area under this subdivision. • Subd. 6. Fences: Fences, walls and hedges are permitted in the yard setback area under the following conditions: a. A fence or wall not exceeding six (6) feet in height may be constructed in any side or rear yard setback area. b. A fence or wall not exceeding three and one-half (32) feet in height may be constructed in any front yard setback area. c. A fence, hedge or wall eight (8) feet in height may be constructed in any front, side or rear yard setback area when said yard abuts State Highway 100, State Highway 12, State Highway 7, or County Highway 18 and/or their adjacent frontage roads. d. A fence, hedge or wall eight (8) feet in height may be constructed in any side or rear yard in a Residence District when the side or rear yard of the residential property abuts property in a "B" or "I" District or a railroad right of way, school, church or other public building. e. No fence, hedge or wall, or visual obstruction of any kind shall be higher than thirty (30) inches or lower than five (5) feet above the centerline of the adjacent street when located within a triangle formed by two intersecting streets and extending eighty (80) feet from the intersecting street centerline. -2- • f. Any fence or wall in excess of six (6) feet in height shall be constructed of a nonmetallic material and shall be 90 percent opaque. It shall be a structure, shall require a building permit, and shall meet all Uniform Building Code requirements for such a structure. Section 6:045.3. No front yard or side yard shall be used for storage or display of merchandise in any District, nor required off-street parking in the R-4, 8, and I Use Districts. Sec. 2. This ordinance shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication. Adopted by the City Council April 19, 1976. Review r administration: `Kky_ er Approved as to form and legality: City t ey -3- SUN NMWSPAREIES AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATDON ST. -,JOUll'S PARK SUR! 6601 W. 78th St. State of Minnesota 1 County of Hennepin j SS. Bloomington, Minnesota J R RITCHAY, being duly sworn, on oath says he is and during all times here stated has been the vice president and printer of the newspaper known at The St Louis Park Sun and has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows (1) Said newspaper is printed in the Enghsh 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 in and near the municipality which it purports to serve, has at least 500 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, Golden Valley School District No 275 and Robbinsdale School District No 281 in the County of Hennepin and it has its known office of issue in the City of Bloomington in said county, established and open during its regular business hours for the gathering of news, sale of advertisements and sale of subscriptions and maintained by the managing officer of said newspaper or persons in its employ and subject to his direction and control during all such regular business hours and devoted exclusively during such regular business hours and at which said newspaper is printed (6) Said newspaper files a copy of each issue immediately with the State Historical Society (7) Said newspaper is made available at single or subscription prices to any person, corporation, partnership or other unincorporated association requesting the newspaper and making the applicable payment (8) Said newspaper has complied with all foregoing conditions for at least one year preceding the day or dates of publication mentioned below (9) Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota prior to January 1, 1966 and each January 1 thereafter an affidavit in the form prescribed by the Secretaiy of State and signed by the managing officer 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 printery C!'diABA(36 No. 1330 hereto attached as a part hereof was cut from the columns of said newspaper. and was printed and published therein in the English language. once each week, for OHIO successive weeks. that it was first so published and the 28 day of April 19 % and was thereafter printed and published on every 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 abcdefghijklmnopgrstuvwxyz Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28 day of A %,\A.Annovvvvvv\st MURIEL L QUIST P PI . Expire my 28, 1978 April 19 ?6 (Offldal Publication) APRIL 19, 1976 ORDINANCE NO. 1330 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO FENCES AMENDING THE ST. LOUIS PARK ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 730 BY AMENDING SECTION 6:045, REQUIRED YARDS AND OPEN SPACE THE CITY OF ST LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN Sec. 1. Ordinance No 730, Section 6 045 is amended to read Section 6:045 - Required Yards and Open Space Section 6 0451 No yard or other open space shall be reduced In area or dimension so as to make such yard dr other open space less than the minimum required by this ordinance, and if the exist- ing yard or other open space as wising Is less than the minimum required, it shall not be further reduced No required yard or open space of any structure shall be included as a part of any yard or open space required for another structure. Section 6 045 2 The following shall ' not be encroachments on yard setback requirements Subd 1 Awnings, door hoods, chimneys, flues, belt courses, ' i. leaders, sips, pilasters, lintels,. ornamental features, cornices,; eaves„ gutters and the like provided they do rot extent); M' more,than three (3) feet mto+Ii: yard; previded suds encroach,..- 1 ,ment is no closer than four .(11)-,-' feet .from all-,lpt. lilies Yard.' '-71ights, and thetrapieplate sig1 , -for„ one band two family, dwel-° ' Im art, bpd tt` is oodll$h a4**h „;; j�soiaces ,f�Ullg)it, ,i(Itmrini napng aufttdri • bt 111 s titr 'ktnraj; e o,, .--t*ildOkweak,;Ott+y 'Jbr% ..infety et r ty Turf3 gtgvided� p iiect,source of 1101, 19ot f) ,from the pub- , Iic4igtif of - way riedjocentre- sldential" property In front yards, awnings and door hoods may encroach five (5) feet Subd 2 Terraces, steps, unco- vered porches, stoops or simi- lar structures which do not ex- tend more than two and one- half (21/2) feet above the height of the ground floor level of the principal building and do 'not extend to a distance less than two (2) feet from any lot line Flag poles, bird baths, and other ornamental features,de- tached from the principal build- ing Railroad feeder tracks which provide access but from which loading or unloading are not conducted and railroad cars are not allowed to stand forany ;purpose Subd 3 In side or rear yards only bays not to exceed a depth of two (2) feet nor to con- ' tain an area of more than twenty (20) square' feet, fire i escapes not to exceed a width of three. (3) feet, off-street park- _ • ing in the Rsl, R-2 and R-3 Use Districts, railroad spurs and sidings for loading and unload- ing of railroad cars m I-1 acid I.2 pistricta. Subd' 4'Rear4yard only. balconies, breezeways, detached outdbor ' , mem csheltersand recreationaf equipwent, except as regulated hereinafter • Subd 5 , The following encrtiaci- meets in. this.updivision: may by emitted bx;special pesji3lt "(f {2era Is a demonstrated'ttced no ocher practical sa7thena- tive salutibri, provided that. the encroachment meets the re- gwrements of Section 6 180 and Is approved by the Fire Chief and Director of Protective In- spection Front and side yards in the R-4 District, when not abutting an R-1, R-2 or R-3 Dis- trict, canopies no more than 12 feet wide which shall not extend more than one-half the distance into the required front or side yard In the R -B, B, I-1 and 1-3 Districts, canopies, skyways and similar structures to as commodate pedestrian move- . ment may be permitted by spe- cial, permit to extend to and over the street No sign permit- ted under, Section 8 170 shall form any art of any structure ,permitted to encroach into any yard area under this subdivi- sion Subd 6. Fences Fences, walls and hedges are permitted in the yard setback area under the following conditions a A fence or walf not exceed- ing six (6) feet in height maybe constructed in any side or rear yard setback area b A fence or wall not exceed- ing three and one-half (31) feet in height may be constructed in any front yard setback area. c A fence, hedge or wall eight (8) feet in height may be constructed in any front, side or rear yard setback area when said yard abuts State Highway 100, State Highway 12, State Highway 7, or County Highway 18 and/or their adjacent fron- St. Louis Park, Minnesota A fence, hedge or wyp eight (8) feet in height may be constructed in any side or rear yard in a Residence Distnct when the side or rear yard of the residential property abuts property in a "B" or "I" Dis- trict or a railroad right of way, school, church or other public bwlding e No fence, hedge or wall, or visual obstruction of any kind shall be higher than thirty (30) mches or lower than five (5) feet above the centerlme of the adjacent street when located within a triangle formed by two intersecting streets and extend- ing eighty (80) feet from the in- tersecting street centerline f Any fence or wall in excess of six (6) feet in height shall be constructed of a nonmetallic material and shall be 90 per- cent opaque. It shall be a struc- ture, shall reqwre a building permit, and shall meet all Uni- form Building Code reqwre- ments for such a structure Section 6 045 3 No front yard or side yard shall be used for stor- age or display of merchandise in any District, nor required off- street parlung in the R-4, B, and I Use Districts Sec 2. This ordinance shall take ef- fect fifteen (15) days after its publica- tion Adopted by the City Council April 19, 1976 (s) JAMES R DAHL Mayor Attest (s) EARL E HANSON City Clerk Reviewed for administration (s) CHRIS CHERCHES City Manager Approved as to form and legality (s) WAYNE G POPHAM City Attorney (Apnl 28, 1976)—SLI-GV •