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Amending Legislative Code § 67.303(c)(2), pertaining to building regulations in the Shepard Davern residential redevelopment overlay district, by reducing the minimum site size development requirement to one acre, for the purpose of making the residential site size requirement consistent with the site size requirement for the Shepard Davern commercial overlay district under Leg. Code § 67.302(e)(1)(b).
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Statement of Legislative Intent. Pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 462.357, Subd.2(b), the Council of the City of Saint Paul desires to amend a zoning ordinance for the purpose of encouraging residential development opportunities in the Shepard Davern residential overlay district. Accordingly, the Council, following the procedure for adopting ordinances under section 6.05 of the City Charter, hereby initiates the following amendment to the zoning code and refers the same to the planning commission in order that the commission may study, report, and prepare a recommendation regarding the proposed amendment to the Council in conformance with Minn. Stat. § 462.357, Subd.4.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL DOES ORDAIN:
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That Leg. Code § 67.303(c), entitled "building regulations," is hereby amended to read as follows:
(c) Building regulations. The following building regulations shall pertain to the SDR Shepard Davern residential redevelopment overlay district.
(1) Building heights shall be limited to six (6) stories but not exceed sixty-five (65) feet outside the river corridor zone.
(2) Minimum site size shall be two one (2) (1) acres.
(3) The total number of rooms (not including kitchen, dining and sanitary facilities) shall not be more than the area of the parcel in square feet, divided by five hundred twenty five (525).
(4) The maximum percent of a lot occupied by main building shall be forty-five (45) percent.
(5) All buildings shall have at least one (1) prominent pedestrian en...
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