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Summary of the Draft Zoning Code <br />23 August 2021 <br />Page 4 <br /> <br />3824 Huntington Avenue St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 <br />612-616-7768 bill@weberplanning.com <br />concentrate on other matters. This would be a major change from past practice of the <br />City. <br />Review Procedures <br />The procedures for reviewing applications were consolidated. <br />Districts Used without Changes <br />The floodplain, shoreland and public districts were incorporated without change, as were <br />the 2020 planned-unit district. The wetland district was made consistent with the 1991 <br />Minnesota Wetland Conservation Act. No changes were proposed for manufactured <br />housing, signs or adult businesses. <br />Tables of Contents <br />There is a table of contents at the top of each major section, and the page headers include <br />the titles of the sub-sections. <br />2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS <br />Addresses legal relationships, conflicts, transitional regulations and severability. <br />3 – ZONING DISTRICTS <br />This chapter establishes and official zoning map and establishes the 14 specific districts <br />by name. <br />4 – RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS <br />Tables of Allowed Land Uses <br />There is a table showing all of the allowed residential land uses in each of the five <br />residential zones and whether each is permitted, conditional or accessory. There is no <br />longer a list in each individual district. <br />Dimensional Tables <br />The dimensional requirements are presented in tables. <br />Residential Zoning Districts <br />The code still has the R-1, -2 and -3 Districts as low-, medium- and high-density <br />residential. The R-M District, Mobile Home Communities, has been renamed R-4, <br />Manufactured Home District. The Residential-Business District, R-B, has been renamed <br />R-C, Residential-Commerical. <br />References to other Development Requirements <br />There are references to Section 914 and 915, the specific and the general development <br />requirements. These two sections will reduce the content in each District section and <br />minimize duplication. <br />Changes to the Dimensional Requirements <br />Except for the R-1, Low-Density Residential District, most of the dimensional <br />requirements for setbacks and lot have been reduced slightly. The minimum lot sizes in <br />the R-2 district are proposed to be reduced for detached and two-unit buildings. In the R-