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Little Canada Planning Commission <br />Table of Contents and Residential Districts <br />Page 3 <br />3824 Huntington Avenue St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 <br /> 952.451.4818 bill@weberplanning.com <br /> Residential Zoning Districts: We still have the R-1, -2 and -3 Districts as low-, medium- <br />and high-density housing. The R-M District, Mobile Home Communities, has been <br />renamed R-4, Manufactured Housing District. The Residential-Business District, R-B, has <br />been included here. <br /> References to other Development Requirements: There are references to Section 914 <br />and 915, the specific and the general development requirements. These two sections will <br />reduce the content in each District section and minimize duplication. <br /> Changes to the Dimensional Requirements: Except for the R-1, Single-Family <br />Building, District, most of the dimensional requirements for setbacks and lot are have been <br />reduced slightly. The minimum lot sizes in the R-2 district are proposed to be reduced for <br />detached and two-unit buildings. In the R-3 district, the minimum lot size for attached <br />housing other than apartment buildings is also proposed to be reduced. This is consistent <br />with the true observation I heard from the Planning Commission in December that the <br />market desires larger buildings on smaller lots. <br />Please refer to the following table for a summary comparison of allowable residential <br />densities. <br /> Notable Addition to R-1 District: Two-family residential buildings would be allowed <br />as a Permitted Use in the R-1 district but only on corner lots, that is, on parcels abutting a <br />four-legged intersection. <br /> Changes Highlighted: Dimensional requirements used in the currently adopted zoning <br />code that are proposed to be changed are shown in Italic type next to the proposed <br />dimension, like this: 20 15 <br /> <br />Current and Proposed Lot Area per Unit (and units per acre) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Current Proposed Current Proposed Current Proposed <br />Detached house 11,000 11,000 10,000 7,000 <br /> Units per Acre (approximate)4 4 4.4 4.4 <br />Two-Family building 6,000 7,500 5,500 <br /> Units per Acre (approximate)7.25 5.8 8.0 <br />Attached dwellings other than a central <br />corridor apartment building (2- to 8-unit <br />building; townhouses) <br />4,000 4,000 4,000 3,500 <br /> Units per Acre (approximate)11.0 11.0 11.0 12.5 <br />Apartment building <br /> Efficiency unit 1,500 1,500 29 <br /> One-bedroom unit 1,500 1,500 29 <br /> Two-bedroom unit 2,000 2,000 22 <br /> Three bedrooom unit 2,500 2,500 17 <br />Seniors' apartment building 1,200 <br /> Units per Acre (approximate)36