(A) The following requirements and minimum area standards shall be met. No improvements shall be placed on such lands unless the lands to be so used or improved shall meet the following minimum area and dimensional requirements. The following table shall be used to compute the minimum lot area exclusive of street right-of-ways, in square feet, and such computation shall be subject to the following: ponding area or similar unbuildable areas shall not comprise more than 10% of the total site area:
(1) Table of minimum area requirements and standards.
District | Zone 1 |
District | Zone 1 |
Minimum lot dimension for commercial uses: | |
Lot area (square feet) | 50,000 |
Lot width (feet) | 200 |
Minimum building setbacks | |
Along principal or minor arterial street (feet) | 50 |
Along community or neighborhood collector streets (feet) | 40 |
Along other streets (feet) | 30 |
Along side lot line (feet) | 20 |
Along rear lot line (feet) | 20 |
Minimum parking setbacks: | |
Along a public street (feet) | 20* |
Side or rear lot line (feet) | 5 |
Maximum building coverage: | |
Coverage of lot (percentage) | 20 |
Maximum building height: | |
Maximum number of stories | 2 |
Maximum height (feet) | 30** |
* This may be reduced to five feet where adjacent to the bulb portion of a cul-de-sac right-of way or easement line.
* * Unoccupied architectural details or features comprising less than 20% of the lineal elevation of any side may exceed the maximum height by 50%.
(2) Maximum impervious surface, see § 155.350.
(3) Screening, see § 155.348.
(4) Landscaping, see § 155.349.
(6) Building materials, see § 155.346
(7) Off-street loading areas, see § 155.354
(8) Building elevations along public streets. No more than 50% of the length of a building elevation which faces a public street can be used for garage or bay doors. A conditional use permit in accordance with § A20-3(A)(5) shall be required for any elevation containing garage bay doors which, in total, exceed this 50% standard.
(B) Additional area standards and requirements. The following requirements are in addition to those in division (A) of this section. Where there may be a conflict, those requirements under this paragraph shall prevail:
(1) Front setbacks prevailing. Where adjoining structures existing at the time of adoption of this chapter have a greater setback than that required by this chapter, the front setback of a new structure shall conform to the prevailing setback in the immediate vicinity. The building inspector shall determine the necessary front yard setback in such cases. In no case shall a building be required to be set back more than 50 feet under this provision.
(2) Side and rear setbacks, party walls. Buildings may be excluded from side and rear setback requirements if party walls are used and if the adjacent buildings are constructed as an integral structure; or ifthe adjacent lot is under common ownership and a "no-build" easement is established which ensures separation of free-standing buildings in accordance with the standards of the Minnesota State Building Code. This shall not permit structures closer to residential districts, however, than required under division (A) of this section.
(3) Side and rear parking setbacks. Parking lots and driveway aisles may be excluded from side and rear setbacks along common lot lines when they are constructed under a shared parking and access arrangement and suitable cross easements are recorded against the subject lots.
(‘81 Code, § A20-5) (Ord. No. 541, § 2, 7-23-92)