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Summary of the Draft Zoning Code <br />23 August 2021 <br />Page 5 <br /> <br />3824 Huntington Avenue St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 <br />612-616-7768 bill@weberplanning.com <br />3 district, the minimum lot size for attached housing other than apartment buildings is <br />also proposed to be reduced. <br />Please refer to the table on the next page for a summary comparison of allowable housing <br />densities. <br />Notable Addition to R-1 District <br />Two-family residential buildings is being considered as a Permitted Use in the R-1 <br />district but only on corner lots, that is, on parcels abutting a four-legged intersection. <br />Changes Highlighted <br />Dimensional requirements used in the currently adopted zoning code that are proposed to <br />be changed are shown in Italic type next to the proposed dimension, like this: 20 15 <br /> <br />Summary Comparison of Allowable Housing Densities <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />5 – COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS <br />Districts to be Deleted <br />• B-2, Auto-Oriented Business District. This district exists in the text of the code but <br />not on the map. <br />• B-4, Comprehensive Business District. There is only one location zoned B-4, <br />Comprehensive Business District; it is along Rice Street south of County Road C. <br />These changes leave only the B-3, General Business District plus one district to be added. <br />District to Be Added <br />It is proposed that the City create a new district, Corridor Mixed, and apply it along <br />Rice Street and portions of Little Canada Road west of the freeway. That district would <br />allow a variety of retail and service businesses, vertically mixed commercial and <br />residential buildings, and residential buildings with more than 8 units apiece. The <br />intention is to allow more market flexibility in the pattern of land uses while improving <br />Current Proposed Current Proposed Current Proposed Proposed <br />Detached house 10 / 11,000 10,000 10,000 7,000 <br /> Units per Acre 4 4 4.4 4.4 <br />Two-Family building 6,750 7,500 5,500 <br /> Units per Acre 7 5.8 8.0 <br />Attached dwellings other <br />than a central corridor <br />apartment building (3- to 8- <br />unit building; townhouses) <br />4,000 4,000 4,000 3,500 <br /> Units per Acre 11.0 11.0 11.0 12.5 <br />Apartment building 1,500 1,500 870 <br /> Units per Acre 29 29 50 <br />Seniors' apartment building 1,200 870 <br /> Units per Acre 36 50 <br />R-1 R-2 R-3 Corridor Mixed