HomeMy WebLinkAbout95-2037 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 1995/08/21ORDINANCE NO. 95-2037
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE SECTION 14:5-3.2 LAND USE
DESCRIPTIONS, 14-5-5.3 "C-2" COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, 14.6-7.2
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) APPLICATION, 14:6-7.4 PUD
MODIFICATIONS, AND 14:6-7.5 PUD SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
AND PROCEDURE TO AMEND THE SHOPPING CENTER DESCRIPTION,
PROHIBIT SHOPPING CENTERS OVER 200,000 SQUARE FEET AS A USE
PERMITTED WITH CONDITIONS IN THE "C-2" DISTRICT, ALLOW
SHOPPING CENTERS OVER 200,000 SQUARE FEET AS A USE
PERMITTED BY PUD WITH CONDITIONS IN THE "C-2" DISTRICT,
ALLOW ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PUD PROJECTS,
REFERENCE THE "C-2" SHOPPING CENTER CONDITIONS IN THE PUD
ORDINANCE, AND INCLUDE REIMBURSEMENT FOR CITY COSTS IN
THE PUD ORDINANCE
Sec. 1. The City Council has considered the advice and recommendation of the
Planning Commission (Case No. 95-31-ZA)
Sec. 2. The St. Louis Park Ordinance Code, is hereby amended to read as follows:
14:5-3.2 DESCRIPTIONS
D. COMMERCIAL USES.
29. SHOPPING CENTER - A group of commercial uses planned, developed,
and/or managed as a unit which has common parking facilities and contains a
minimum of 50,000 square feet of total floor area. _Shopping centers may
include more than one building and more than one contiguous property.
Theaters and restaurants with liquor which locate within shopping centers
will be considered separate principal uses for establishing parking
requirements.
SECTION 14:5-5.3 "C-2" COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
C. USES PERMITTED WITH CONDITIONS
19. SHOPPING CENTER
Conditions:
a. The shopping center development shall not exceed 200,000 square feet
of gross floor area.
b. Access shall be to a roadway identified in the Comprehensive Plan as a
collector or arterial or shall be otherwise located so that access can be
provided without generating significant traffic on local residential
streets.
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c. A Bufferyard "F" shall be provided along all lot lines abutting property
in an "R" Use District.
d. All buildings and structures shall be set back a minimum of 25 feet
from any abutting property in an "R" Use District.
E. USES PERMI'1'1'ED BY PUD
3. SHOPPING CENTERS over 200,000 square feet of gross floor area provided
that the following conditions are met:
a. The shopping center must conform with all of the conditions for
shopping centers less than 200,000 square feet of gross floor area
(Section 14:5-5.3 C 19 b -d).
b. The shopping center must comply with the Plan By Neighborhood
policies of the Comprehensive Plan for the neighborhood in which it is
located and conditions of approval may be added as a means of
satisfying this requirement.
c. New in -vehicle sales or service shall only be permitted when it can be
demonstrated that their operation will not have a significant adverse
effect on the internal circulation of the PUD and the level of service of
nearby street and intersections and must comply with the following
conditions:
1. Drive through facilities and stacking areas shall not be located
adjacent to any "R" Use District.
ij 2. A Bufferyard "D" shall be provided between drive through
facilities and stacking areas and adjacent streets and properties.
,,, 3. Stacking shall be - provided for a minimum of 6 cars per
customer service point.
iv 4. Stacking shall be prohibited on public streets, in fire lanes, and
in areas that interfere with on-site vehicular and pedestrian
circulation.
d. Outdoor sales/display, other than temporary outdoor sales in
conformance with Section 14:4-12.2 E, shall only be permitted when it
can be demonstrated that such use can be aesthetically integrated into
the PUD site design and must comply with the conditions set forth in
Section 14:5-5.3 C 15 and the following additional conditions:
1. The size of the outdoor sales/display area(s) may be no greater
than 30% of the ground floor building area of the associated
principal use(s) and may be further restricted as deemed
appropriate to the scale of the PUD and associated indoor
use(s).
if 2. A masonry wall shall be required around the entire outdoor
sales/display area and shall utilize the same exterior materials
as the principal building; landscaping may also be required to
supplement the appearance of the wall and diminish views of
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the area from surrounding properties.
i�� 3. No outdoor sales/display items other than plant materials may
extend above the height of the wall.
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Stt 4. Any temporary or permanent buildings associated with the
outdoor sales/display area must be architecturally integrated
with the principal building(s) and approved as part of the PUD.
e. All stores that provide shopping carts must include interior and
exterior cart storage areas; areas within parking lots for the temporary
storage of shopping carts must be separated from parking spaces by
curbed, landscaped islands and shall not include metal "cart corrals".
Other outdoor shopping cart storage areas must be screened utilizing
architectural screening of the same exterior materials as the principal
building.
f. Shopping centers constructed after adoption of this ordinance shall
reserve at least 10% of required parking spaces as landscaped open
space for a minimum of two years after issuance of the Certificate of
Occupancy. At any time during the first two years or thereafter, such
proof of parking open space shall be converted to parking if the Zoning
Administrator finds that such parking is necessary based upon
evidence of overflow parking on public streets, on neighboring off-site
properties, in fire lanes, or in other on-site areas that are not striped
for parking. After two years, the proof of parking 'open space may be
converted to parking if deemed necessary by the property owner(s) or
tenant(s). This requirement may be waived by the City Council if open
space in excess of minimum requirements is provided in other areas of
the site.
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Cumulative parking requirements may be reduced up to 30% of
required spaces at the sole discretion of the City Council if one or more
of the following are provided:
'/. 1. proof of parking areas in excess of minimum required to be set �n
aside as open space; _ _
j 2. agreement to construct parking ramps or other means of :za
satisfying parking requirements when and if warranted as
determined by the City Zoning Administrator based upon
evidence of overflow parking on public streets, on neighboring
off-site properties, in fire lanes, or in other on-site areas that
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are not striped for parking,
• iia 3. joint parking/shared parking arrangements between uses;
n 4. off-site employee parking, employee car/van pooling, and/or
provision of employee transit passes.
Cf 5. superior transit, pedestrian, and/or bicycle access and bicycle
parking.
h. All trash handling and loading areas must be interior or utilize
architectural screening consisting of the same exterior facing materials
as the principal building.
Truck circulation and loading areas constructed after adoption of this
ordinance must be separated from streets and properties adjoining the
PUD by a bufferyard F; single use buildings over 10,000 square feet and
multiple use buildings over 15,000 square feet that are constructed
after adoption of this ordinance must utilize a landscaped bufferyard
that is a minimum of 40 feet in width in order to satisfy this
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requirement; such bufferyard must include a minimum five feet tall
berm along its entire length, a double row of evergreen trees that are
each a minimum of 8 feet tall at planting and spaced no more than 25
feet apart, and deciduous trees interspersed with the evergreen
plantings.
Buildings constructed after adoption of this ordinance must utilize at
least 60% brick, marble, granite or other natural stone on each building
face and no more than 10% Class III materials on any building face that
is visible from public areas within the PUD or from off-site.
k. Shopping centers constructed after adoption of this ordinance must
visually integrate all buildings by utilizing some of the same exterior
materials and architectural elements such as roof pitch and window
treatments.
1. Buildings constructed after adoption of this ordinance and additions to
existing buildings may not exceed the unbroken building wall length to
height ratio of 3:1; if the 3:1 ratio is used, each building wall deviation
must be a minimum depth of 2 feet; if a 2:1 building wall length to
height ratio is used, the depth of each building wall deviation may be
reduced to 1 foot.
m. Buildings constructed after adoption of this ordinance and additions to
existing buildings must utilize parapet walls to completely screen
rooftop equipment from ground level view and must paint rooftop
equipment to match the color of the roof in order to minimize the
visual impact as viewed from other buildings.
n. Shopping centers constructed after adoption of this ordinance must
include sidewalks along all public street right of ways as deemed
appropriate and on-site pedestrian connections that are separated from
parking areas by curbed, landscaped islands which have a minimum
width of 20 feet inclusive of sidewalk.
o. Shopping centers constructed after adoption of this ordinance must
provide either outdoor or indoor public plaza(s). Public plazas must
have a minimum size of 10% of the total ground floor building area of
the shopping center (including outdoor sales building area) and shall
contain landscaping, walkways, benches, and a feature element such as
a fountain or clock tower. Interior mall "food courts" are not included
in public plaza areas. Outdoor public plazas shall be designed to break
up large areas of parking and shall be accessible via landscaped
pedestrian islands described in condition n above.
p. A development agreement is required as part of the Final PUD
approval and shall address at a minimum: approved site and building
design criteria, approved sign locations and design criteria,
construction phasing, bonding or other fmancial surety for
construction of on- and off-site improvements generated by the
development, and maintenance.
The shopping center shall comply with all other applicable Code
provisions unless specifically modified by the conditions listed above or
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by approval of a Final PUD Plan and development agreement.
r. Alternative means of satisfying the above conditions may be approved
as part of the Final PUD Plan at the sole discretion of the City Council.
14:6-7 PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) PROCESS
SECTION 14:6-7.2 APPLICATION
F. PUD projects shall be subject to the imposition of additional requirements as part of
the PUD approval when, in the opinion of the City Council, such additional
requirements are necessary to protect the general welfare, public safety,
neighborhood character and/or to achieve the objectives contained in Section 14:1-1.2
of this ordinance.
SECTION 14:6-7.4 MODIFICATIONS
C. Any modification approved as part of a PUD shall not exceed the maximum
modification allowed as shown on Table 6-7.A except as specifically approved for
shopping centers over 200,000 square feet according to the conditions in Section 14:5-
5.3 E 3:
SECTION 14:6-7.5 SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURE
H. Fees and Reimbursement for City Costs
The fee for a Planned Unit Development shall be the same as the fee charged for a
zoning change and plat approval. Section 14:8-5.0 Reimbursement for City Costs
shall also be applied to Planned Unit Development applications.
Sec. 3. The contents of Planning Case File 95-31-ZA are hereby entered into and
made part of the public hearing record and the record of decision for this case.
Sec.4. This Ordinance shall take effect fifteen days after its publication.
Adopted by the City Council August 21, 1995
Reviewed for administration:
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Approved as to form and execution:
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(Official Publication)
ORDINANCE NO. 2037-85
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CPPV CODE
SECTION 14:53.2 LAND USE DESCRIPTIONS,
14-5-5.3 "C-2" COMMERCIAL DISTRICT,
14.6-7.2 PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT
(PUD) APPLICATION, 146.7.4 PUD
MODIFICATIONS, AND 14.•6-7.5 PUD SUBMISSION
REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURE
TO AMEND THE
SHOPPING CENTER DESCRIPTION,
PROHIBIT SHOPPING CENTERS OVER
200,000 SQUARE FEET AS A USE PERMITTED
WITH CONDITIONS IN THE "C-2" DISTRICT,
ALLOW SHOPPING CENTERS OVER
200,000 SQUARE FEET AS A USE PERMITTED
BY PUD WITH CONDITIONS IN THE
"C-2" DISTRICT, ALLOW ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENTS FOR PUD PROJECTS,
REFERENCE THE "C-2" SHOPPING CENTER
CONDITIONS IN THE PUD ORDINANCE,
AND INCLUDE REIMBURSEMENT FOR
CITY COSTS IN THE PUD ORDINANCE
This ordinance amends the land use descriptions, the
C-2 Commercial District and the Planned Unit
Development (PUD) process sections of the City Zoning
Ordinance as summarized below
Section 14 5-3 2(D)(29) DESCRIPTIONS
Amend land use description of a shopping center to
expand the definition to include multiple buildings and
multiple parcels
Section 14 5-5 3(CX19) COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
Add Condition a under 19 Shopping Center which
hmite the size of a shopping center permitted with con-
ditions to 200,000 square feet
Section 14 5-5 3(E) USES PERMITTED BY PUD
Add 3 SHOPPING CENTERS over 200,000 square
feet of gross floor area with conditions "a -r" fisted in
the Ordinance
Section 14 6-7 2 PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT
PROCESS -APPLICATION
Add Condition F which allows the City Council to
impose additional requirements •
Section 14 6.7 4 MODIFICATIONS
Amend Condition C to clarify how modifications are
allowed by PUD
Section 14 6-7 5 SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND
PROCEDURE
Amend Condition H to allow reimbursement of City
costs related to PUD apphcations "
Adopted by the City Council August 21, 1995 -
/s/ LYLE W. HANKS
Mayor
A copy of the full text of this ordinance is available for
inspection with the City Clerk.
(Aug 30, 1995) -SLP