05-06-2024 Council Work Session Packet

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CITY OF LINO LAKES ORDINANCE NO. 05-24 ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE CHAPTER 1007 RELATED TO BUILDING TYPE AND CONSTRUCTION The City Council of Lino Lakes ordains: Section 1. Findings of Fact. The City Council finds that the zoning ordinance text amendment protects the public health, safety, comfort, convenience and general welfare of the residents of the community. Section 2. Amendment. The Lino Lakes City Code Chapter 1007 is hereby amended as follows: • City Code Section 1007.043(2): (c) Multiple-Family Dwelling Construction Standards. All multiple-family dwellings shall comply with the following requirements: 1. The exterior walls of multiple-family dwelling structures shall include a variation in building materials which are to be distributed throughout the building walls and coordinated into the architectural design of the structure to create an architecturally balanced appearance. 2. A minimum of At least 33% of all each building exterior walls of a structure shall have an exterior finish be composed of brick, natural stone, or artificial stone. 3. For the purposes of this section, the area of the building each exterior wall shall not include area devoted to windows, entrance doors, garage doors, or roof areas. 4. Each building elevations exterior wall shall be articulated to add visual interest. Large blank exterior walls shall be prohibited. Variation in elevations exterior walls can be accomplished with projections or recesses, material changes, or other methods of building articulation. • City Code Section 1007.043(2): (d) Commercial, industrial, and institutional. All buildings constructed on land within commercial, industrial, public and semi-public zoning districts, and all institutional buildings (such as public, education, and religious buildings) in residential and rural zoning districts shall conform with the following: 36