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Home My WebLink About2220-02 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 2002/03/18ORDINANCE NO. 2220-02 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ST. LOUIS PARK ORDINANCE CODE RELATING TO ZONING BY AMENDING SECTIONS 36-142, 36-193(d)(5), 36-194(d)(10), 36-361(c)(1)d AND TABLE 36-115A IN SECTION 36-115 THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN Findings Sec. 1 The City Council has considered the advice and recommendation of the Planning Commission (Case No. 01-61-ZA) Sec. 2. The St. Louis Park Ordinance Code, Sections 36-142, 36-193(d)(5), 36- 194(d)(10), 36-361(c)(1)d, and Table 36-115A in Section 36-115 are hereby amended to read as follows. Section 36-142 Land Use Descriptions Post Office Customer Service The retail/customer service portion of the post office function that includes customer drop off of packages and mail, sale to the public of stamps. money orders insurance, envelopes and packaging materials, and other mail services, and post off ice boxes Charactenstics include hours similar to offices and Saturday mornings, high volumes of automobile traffic and some truck traffic. Mail sorting for mail route delivery and distiibution are not part of this land use. Section 36-115 Table 36-115A Amendments as follows Zoning Districts R-1 R-2 R-3 R-4 R -C C-1 C-2 0 1-P 1-G M -X Commercial Uses Post Office Customer NN N N N CUP CUP A N N PUD Service Industrial Uses Parcel delivery NN N N N N NN P P N service/post office (5) Post Office Customer Service Ordinance No. 2220-02 -2- a. The use shall only be permitted when it can be demonstrated that the operation will not have a significant adverse effect on the existing level of service and safety of adjacent streets and intersections. 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. c. The use, including access, parking and any proposed drive through component, shall be designed so it does not impede traffic or impair vehicular and pedestnan traffic movement, or exacerbate the potential for pedestnan or vehicular conflicts. d. Outdoor mailboxes intended for in -vehicle service shall be located to allow in -vehicle mail drop-off by the vehicle's dnver. Each mail drop-off location shall allow for the on-site stacking of 6 vehicles or more. e. A bufferyard D shall be provided along the lot line between the drive through facilities and stacking areas and adjacent streets and properties, but shall not interfere with visibility at the intersection of the exit dnve and adjacent street as required by Section 36-76. f. Drive through and stacking areas shall not be within 100 feet of any lot in an "R" use distnct unless the entire facility and stacking areas are separated from the lot in an "R" use district by a building wall or bufferyard F Add subsection 36-194 (d)(10) (C2 General Commercial conditional use) (10) Post Office Customer Service a. The use shall only be permitted when it can be demonstrated that the operation will not have a significant adverse effect on the existing level of service and safety of adjacent streets and intersections. b. Access shall be to a roadway identified in the Comprehensive Plan as a collector or artenal or shall be otherwise located so that access can be provided without generating significant traffic on local residential streets. c The use, including access, parking and any proposed drive through component, shall be designed so it does not impede traffic or impair vehicular and pedestrian traffic movement, or exacerbate the potential for pedestnan or vehicular conflicts d. Outdoor mailboxes intended for in -vehicle service shall be located to allow in -vehicle mail drop-off by the vehicle's dnver. Each mail drop-off location shall allow for the on-site stacking of 6 vehicles or more. e. A bufferyard D shall be provided along the lot line between the dnve through facilities and stacking areas and adjacent streets and properties, but shall not interfere with visibility at the intersection of the exit drive and adjacent street as required by Section 36-76 Ordinance No. 2220-02 -3- f. Drive through and stacking areas shall not be within 100 feet of any lot in an "R" use district unless the entire facility and stacking areas are separated from the lot in an "R" use distnct by a building wall or bufferyard F Section 36-361 (c)(1)d Add the following Parking Requirements: 22 Post Office Customer Service One parking space for each 25 square feet of customer floor area for the first 600 square feet plus one parking space for each 180 square feet of customer floor area in excess of 600 square feet. In a multi -tenant building where the customer floor area exceeds 600 square feet a lesser requirement may be considered if it can be demonstrated that a lesser requirement will meet the parking needs of all uses In no event shall the number of parking spaces be reduced to fewer than 24 Sec 3. The contents of Planning Case File 01-61-ZA ate heieby entered into and madc part of the public heanng'record and the record of decision for this case Sec 4 This Ordinance shall take effect fifteen days after its publication Reviewed for Administration City Manager Attest: Adopted by the City Council March 18, 2002 May A proved as to Form and Execution: City Attorney • STATE OF MINNESOTA) SS newspapers AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION COUNTY OF HENNEPIN) Gene Carr, being duly sworn on an oath states or affirms, that he is the publisher of the news- paper known as Sun -Sailor , and has full knowledge of the facts stat- ed below: (A) The newspaper has complied with all of the requirements constituting qualification as a qualified newspaper, as provided by Minn. Stat. §331A.02, §331A 07, and other applicable laws, as amended. (B) The printed public notice that is attached was published in the newspaper once each week, for one March successive weeks; it was first published on Wednesday, the 27 day of , 2002, and was thereafter printed and published on every Wednesday to and including Wednesday, the day of , 2002, and printed below is a copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, which is hereby acknowledged as being die size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of the notice. abcdefghilklmnopgrstuvwxyz BY Subscribed and sworn • or affirmed b -'fore me on this day of I / ` 002 President and Publisher Nota MERIDEL M HEDBLOM NOTARY PUBLIC MINNESOTA MY COMMISSION EXPIRES 1.31 2005 RATE INFORMATION (1) Lowest classified rate paid by commercial users for comparable space (2) Maximum rate allowed by law (3) Rate actually charged $ 2 85 per line $ 6 20 Der line $ 1.40 per line City of St Louis Park (Official Publication) SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 2220-02 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ST. LOUIS PARK ORDINANCE CODE RELATING TO ZONING BY AMENDING SECTIONS 36-142, 36- 193(d)(5),36.194(d)(10),36-361(c)(1)d AND TABLE 36-115A IN SECTION 36.115 POST OFFICE CUSTOMER SERVICE This ordinance states that Post Office Customer Service will be added to the Ordinance Code as a new land use along with a detrition, standards and parking require- ments The use is permitted by conditional use permit m the Cl, Neighborhood Commercial and C2, General Com- mercial Districts, by PUD in the MX, Mixed -Use Distnct, and as accessory in the 0, Office Distnct This ordinance shall take effect 15 days after publication Adopted by the City Council March 18, 2002 Jeffrey W Jacobs /s/ Mayor A copy of the full text of this ordinance is available for in spection with the City Clerk (March 27, 2002)A3/Ord 2220-02