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HomeMy WebLinkAbout[05j] Ordinance 502.43 R-5 Supportive Care District [NEW] ORDINANCE 4 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5, ORDINANCE 502, THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE. IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ST JOSEPH MINNESOTA: Adding, Section 502.43 R-5 Supportive Care District to read as follows: Section 502.43: R-5 SUPPORTIVE CARE DISTRICT Subd. 1: Intent. The Supportive Care District is intended to provide continuing housing from independent to full care and for high quality mixed use development, including medium and high density residential, such as patio homes, townhomes, senior and or other multi-family housing, offices, retail, and dining. Subd. 2: Permitted Uses. a) Patio homes, twin home or two family dwellings. b) Townhomes. Each unit must have a separate entrance to front and rear yards. Units may be clustered but no more than six (6) units connected in a cluster. C) Senior multiple-family dwelling structures. b) Parks and playgrounds. d) Hospitals, extended care centers, nursing homes, group care centers or assisted living centers. Subd. 3: Permitted Accessory Uses. a) Any combination of the following provided all accessory uses combined do not exceed 25% of the aggregate square footage of the principal structure: barber and beauty shops;places of worship, book stores, gift shops, banks, insurance offices, bakeries, candy, ice cream, coffee, and delicatessen shops, grocer, convenient and drug stores, laundry drop off and self-service laundry, indoor health clubs and recreation facilities, and state licensed day care facility. b) Private garages, parking spaces for passenger cars, trucks, recreational vehicles and equipment. The total floor area of private garages shall not exceed 300 square feet per unit and shall not be higher than fifteen feet and the exterior covering must be the same or similar to the roof and side wall materials on the principal structure. Developments with three (3) or less units shall abide by the R-1 accessory building provisions, including but not limited to the maximum lot coverage requirements. C) Home occupations per Section 502.16. d) Storage buildings for storage of domestic equipment used in the maintenance of the property and non-commercial recreational equipment used primarily at the property. 1. Location: No accessory building, other than a garage, shall be located within any yard other than the rear yard. 2. Height: Accessory buildings shall not exceed fifteen feet (15') in height. 3. Exterior: All accessory buildings shall be the same or similar to the roof and side wall materials on the principal structure. 4. Number of Buildings: No lot shall have more than one (1) detached storage building. 5. Size: All detached accessory buildings shall have a floor area not to exceed 300 square feet. e) Swimming pools and tennis courts, provided that the maximum lot coverage requirement is not exceeded. All swimming pools must be fenced around the perimeter. The fence must meet the requirements of Section 502.12 Subd. 2 of this Ordinance. f) Residential communal facilities such as laundry, recreation buildings, and residential leasing office. g) Fences in compliance with Ordinance 506-Fence Ordinannce. Subd. 4: Lot Area Requirements for Patio Homes, Townhomes and Twin Homes. Land Use Minimum Lot Minimum Lot Minimum Lot Area Width Depth a) Detached Patio Home 6,000 SF 60' 100' b) Townhome 12,000 SF 75' 120' C) Two Family and Attached Patio Home 10,000 SF 75' 125' d) The minimum lot area per townhouse, group or row house unit shall be four thousand square feet (4,000 sq. ft.) h) The net housing density within the district is six (6) units per acre of net buildable area of the subdivision. Net buildable area shall be the total area less public street right-of-way, wetlands, drainage ways, water bodies and slopes greater than twelve (12)percent. d) Total building coverage shall not occupy more than 35% of the lot. Impervious surfaces shall not exceed 50% of the lot area. Impervious surfaces shall include all structures, parking spaces, patios, and driveways. Subd. 6: Lot Area Requirements for Multiple-Family Structures, excluding patio homes, townhomes and twin homes. a) Minimum lot area shall be 12,000 square feet. b) For the basis of computing the number of permitted units within a multiple residence the following shall apply: 1. Efficiency unit for each 2,000 square feet of lot area; and 2. One 1 bedroom unit for each 3,000 square feet of lot area; and 3. One 2 bedroom unit for each 3,500 square feet of lot area; and 4. One 3 bedroom unit for each 4,000 square feet of lot area; 5. For each additional bedroom (over 3)per unit, an additional 500 square feet of lot area. C) Total building coverage shall not occupy more than 35% of the lot. Impervious surfaces shall not exceed 50% of the lot area. Impervious surfaces shall include all structures, parking spaces, patios, and driveways. d) Each lot shall have a minimum width of 150 feet at the building setback line. e) Each lot shall have a minimum width of 80 feet at the public right-of-way. Subd. 6: Setback Requirements. Except for setbacks along the common property for attached dwellings, all other setbacks shall be met. Land Use Front Yard Interior Side Street Side Rear setback Yard setback Yard setback Yard setback a) Patio Home 30' 10' 20' 20' b) Townhouse, group or row houses 30' 10' 25' 20' C) Two-Family 30' 10' 30' 20' e) All other uses 35' 20' 30' 40' f) In the event that a multi-family structure greater than six (6) units and/or thirty-five (35) feet high and/or commercial use abuts a lower density residential use, all principal structures shall be setback 50 feet from the property line and all detached structures shall be setback 30 feet from the property line. Subd. 7: Height Requirements. a) Patio Home, Two-Family Home, Twin Home, Townhome: 2 stories, 35 feet b) Detached Accessory Storage Buildings and Garages: 15 feet C) All other uses: 3 stories, 40 feet Subd. 8: Exterior Requirements. All exterior wall finishes on any building shall include at least one material from each of the following groups: a) Face brick, natural stone, wood textured precast concrete panels, textured concrete block, stucco. b) Pre-finished decorative panels made of metal, vinyl, steel or wood. Subd. 9: Yard Cover. Every yard on a premise on which a dwelling stands shall be provided with lawn or combined lawn cover of vegetation, gardens, hedges, shrubbery, and related decorative materials and such yards shall be maintained consistent with prevailing community standards. Motor vehicles may not be left parked or unattended on or within a yard. Grass shall be maintained so not to exceed a height of 6 inches. Subd. 10: Building Requirements. a) Provisions for shelter in the event of severe weather for each dwelling unit shall be demonstrated either in the form of the construction of a free-standing severe weather structure, a reinforced concrete safe room within each dwelling unit and/or basement/crawl space sufficient to house four (4) adults per dwelling unit. b) Each patio home shall have a two-car garage. The garage space shall not be eliminated by enclosing the garage with a stationary wall.