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STAFF REPORT <br /> ® DATE: January 21, 1997 <br /> TO: Planning Commission Members <br /> FROM: Kim Moore-Sykes, Management Assistant <br /> ITEM: Proposed Amendment to Chapter 16, Section 1635.05 of the St. <br /> Anthony 1993 Code of Ordinances <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> In an attempt to facilitate the redevelopment of commercial areas in St. Anthony, the.City <br /> proposes to amend Chapter 16, Section 1635.05 of the St. Anthony 1993 Code of Ordinances. <br /> This change is being proposed to allow for the unique circumstances created by current <br /> redevelopment strategies and efforts being utilized in commercial areas. <br /> The current setback requirements of the Zoning Ordinance seem to be creating an impediment to <br /> these redevelopment efforts, causing the request of several variances to be. granted. It is the <br /> intent of the City to allow for the orderly and logical redevelopment of its commercial areas, <br /> while at the same time allowing redevelopment to occur in a controlled manner. <br /> • The following is being proposed as Subdivision 8. <br /> Subd. 8. Shopping Centers. The minimum yards set forth in this Section 1635.05 <br /> will not apply to any lot line of a lot in a shopping center if(i)the lot lines adjoins <br /> either another lot within the shopping center or a driveway or parking area within <br /> the shopping center, and(ii)the Council has approved a site plan for a building to <br /> be constructed on the lot with a different setback from such lot line. In such <br /> cases,the setback approved by the Council shall apply so long as the building <br /> exists on the lot. <br /> For purposes of this subdivision, a "shopping center" is defined as any group of <br /> four or more retail or service establishments on one or more contiguous tracts of <br /> land in single ownership, or in multiple ownership but subject to a reciprocal <br /> easement agreement governing common access and parking. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: <br /> Staff recommends the approval of the proposed amendment to Chapter 16, Section 1635.05 of <br /> the St. Anthony 1993 Code of Ordinances by adding Subdivision 8 and Section 2, Subdivision <br /> 27. <br /> • <br />