HomeMy WebLinkAbout2571-19 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 2019/09/16Ordinance No. 2571-19
An ordinance regarding size limits for retail and service uses in the C-1
Neighborhood Commercial zoning district
The City of St. Louis Park does ordain:
Section 1. Chapter 36 of the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby amended by adding
underscored text and deleting the strikethrough text. Section breaks are represented by ***.
Sec 36-193. C-1 neighborhood commercial district.
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(c) Uses permitted with conditions. A structure or land in a C-1 district may be used for one
or more of the following uses.
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(11) Service. The maximum floor area shall be 2,500 7,500 square feet.
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(25) Retail. The conditions for retail are that the maximum floor area shall be 7,500 square
feet and shall not is that these cannot exceed intensity classification 4 for all other
measures.
(26) Large item retail. The conditions for large item retail are that the maximum floor area
shall be 7,500 square feet and shall not is that these cannot exceed intensity
classification 4.
(d) Uses permitted by conditional use permit. No structure or land in a C-1 district shall be
used for the following uses except by conditional use permit.
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(2) Exceeding classification 4. All of those uses which are permitted or permitted with
conditions, which exceed an intensity classification 4, shall be conditional uses. The
conditions are as follows:
a. 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.
b. Buildings shall be located a minimum of 25 feet from any parcel that is zone d
residential and used or subdivided for residential or has an occupied institutional
building including but not limited to a school, religious institution or community
center.
c. The use is in conformance with the comprehensive plan including any provisions
of the redevelopment chapter and the plan by neighborhood policies for the
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neighborhood in which it is located, and conditions of approval may be added as
a means of satisfying this requirement.
d. The cumulative gross floor area used for retail, large item retail, and service uses
shall not exceed 10,000 square feet.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect fifteen days after its publication.
Reviewed for administration: Adopted by the City Council Sept. 16, 2019
Thomas K. Harmening, city manager Jake Spano, mayor
Attest: Approved as to form and execution:
Melissa Kennedy, city clerk Soren Mattick, city attorney
First Reading September 3, 2019
Second Reading September 16, 2019
Date of Publication September 26, 2019
Date Ordinance takes effect October 11, 2019
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