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ORDINANCE NO. XXXX
BEING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1490, CITY CODE OF
2005 RELATING TO THE R-3, MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT,
AND THE R-4, MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
The City of Columbia Heights does ordain:
Chapter 9, Article I, Section 9.103 of the Columbia Heights City Code, is proposed to
include the following additions and deletions.
§ 9.103 DEFINITIONS.
For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context
clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY, CORRECTIONAL. A licensed public or
private facility, which, for gain or otherwise, regularly provides one or more
dependents with 24-hour-a-day substitute for the care, food, lodging, training,
supervision, rehabilitation, and treatment they need, but which for any reason
cannot be furnished in the department’s own home. The term includes facilities that
are licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health, foster homes, residential
treatment facilities, maternity shelters, group homes, schools for challenged
children, and home for battered children or spouses. Such term shall also include
any facility eligible for licensure by the Minnesota Department of Corrections.
Chapter 9, Article I, Section 9.107 (C)(37) of the Columbia Heights City Code, is
proposed to include the following additions and deletions.
(37) Residential care facility, correctional.
(a) The use shall be located at least ¼ mile (1,320 feet) from all existing
residential care facilities and correctional residential care facilities, regardless of the
measured from property line to property line
licensing status of such facilities .
The use shall only be located in the R-3. Multiple Family Residential
(b)
District and the R-4, Multiple Family Residential District.
(c)
(b) The use shall not be located in a two-family or multiple-family dwelling
unless it occupies the entire structure.
(d)
(c)The facility shall be located on a parcel meeting the minimum lot size for
single-family dwelling plus and area of 300 square feet for each resident over six. The
maximum number of residents may be specified as a condition of the conditional use
permit in order to meet this requirement.
(e)
(d)On-site services shall be for residents of the facility only.
(f)
(e)The building and any exterior fenced areas shall meet the setback
requirements of the zoning district in which the use is located.
(g)
(f)To the extent practical, all new construction or additions to existing
buildings shall be compatible with the scale and character of the surroundings, and
exterior building materials shall be compatible with other buildings in the neighborhood.
(h)
(g)An appropriate transition area between the use and adjacent property shall
be provided by landscaping, screening and other site improvements consistent with the
character if the neighborhood.
(i)
(h)The facility shall meet all applicable housing, building and fire codes and
be licensed as required by the State of Minnesota.
(j)
(i)If the size, location, licensing or purpose of the facility changes, a new or
amended conditional use permit may be required.
Chapter 9, Article I, Section 9.109 (G)(3) of the Columbia Heights City Code, is
proposed to include the following additions and deletions.
§ 9.109 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
(G) R-3, Limited Multiple Family Residential District.
(3) Conditional uses. Except as specifically limited herein, the following uses
may be allowed in the R-3, Limited Multiple Family Residential District, subject to the
regulations set forth for conditional uses in § 9.104, Administration and Enforcement,
and the regulations for specific uses set forth in § 9.107, Specific Development
Standards:
(a)Religious facility/place of worship.
(b)Convent or monastery, when accessory to a religious facility.
(c)School, public or private, K-12.
(d)Government office.
(e)Government protective service facility.
(f)Off-street parking for an adjacent conforming commercial or
industrial use, provided the lots are under common ownership, is
not separated by a public right of way and front on the same public
right-of-way.
(g)State licensed residential care facility serving 7 to 16 persons.
State licensed residential care facility, correctional.
(h)
(i)
(h)Licensed day care facility serving more than 12 persons.
(j)
(i)Congregate living facilities, including rooming houses, group
living quarters, nursing homes, senior housing, assisted living
facilities, transitional housing and emergency housing.
(k)
(j)Bed and breakfast home, when accessory to a single-family
dwelling.
(l)
(k)Community Center.
(m)
(l)Recreational facility, indoor.
(n)
(m)Recreational facility, outdoor.
(o)
(n)Day care center, adult or child.
Chapter 9, Article I, Section 9.109 (H)(3) of the Columbia Heights City Code, is
proposed to include the following additions and deletions.
(H) R-4, Multiple Family Residential District.
(3) Conditional uses. Except as specifically limited herein, the following uses
may be allowed in the R-4, Multiple Family Residential District, subject to the
regulations set forth for conditional uses in § 9.104, Administration and Enforcement,
and the regulations for specific uses set forth in § 9.107, Specific Development
Standards:
(a)Religious facility/place of worship.
(b)Convent or monastery, when accessory to a religious facility.
(c)School, public or private, K-12.
(d)School, vocational or business.
(e)Licensed day care facility serving more than 12 persons.
(f)Government office.
(g)Government protective service facility.
(i)Off-street parking for an adjacent conforming commercial or
industrial use, provided the lots are under common ownership, is
not separated by a public right-of-way and front on the same public
right-of-way.
(h)State licensed residential care facility serving more than six
persons.
State licensed residential care facility, correctional.
(i)
((j)
i)Congregate living facilities, including rooming houses, group
living quarters, nursing homes, senior housing, assisted living
facilities, transitional housing and emergency housing.
(k)
(j)Bed and breakfast home, when accessory to a single-family
dwelling.
(l)
(k)Community Center.
(m)
(l)Recreational facility, indoor.
(n)
(m)Recreational facility, outdoor.
(o)
(n)Day care center, adult or child.
(p)
(o)Manufactured home park.
Section 2:
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after 30 days after its
passage.
First Reading: __________, 2005
Second Reading: __________, 2005
Date of Passage:
Offered by:
Seconded by:
Roll Call:
_______
Mayor Gary L. Peterson
Attest:
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Patricia Muscovitz, Deputy City Clerk