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INC COMMUNITY PLANNING DESIGN MARKET RESEARCH
MEMORANDUM
TO: Tom Melena
FROM: Scott Richards
DATE: May 23, 2000
RE: Oak Park Heights — Design Guidelines Adoption
FILE NO: 798.04 — 00.04
The Planning Commission, at their May 22, 2000 meeting, voted unanimously to
recommend approval of an ordinance amendment for design guidelines. The ordinance
amendment, to be added as Section 401.16 to the Zoning Ordinance, would provide the
allowance within the Code for the City to adopt specific design guideline regulations by
resolution. The City has already adopted design guidelines that apply to the commercial
and industrial zoning districts within the City. The Central Business District Design
Guidelines have been recommended by the Planning Commission and are to be
considered by the City Council for approval.
An ordinance has been drafted by the City Attorney and is attached. Please note that the
ordinance specifies that if the design guidelines are in conflict with the Zoning Ordinance,
the design guidelines provisions would prevail.
The Planning Commission wanted to assure that the two separate design guidelines
documents clearly specify where and when they should be applied within the City. The
scope section of the existing Design Guidelines specifies the zoning districts that apply
and what triggers design guideline review. It was suggested and recommended by the
Planning Commission that similar language be added to the Central Business District
Design Guidelines. The language to be added to Section 1, Purpose and Scope, of the
Central Business District Design Guidelines is as follows:
"The Central Business District Design Guidelines shall be enforced in all
areas designated and zoned as CBD, Central Business District on the Oak
Park Heights Zoning Map. Conformance with the CBD Design Guidelines
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shall be a condition of approval for any request for a building permit under
Chapter 301, the State Building Code section of the Oak Park Heights City
Code, or rezoning, conditional use permits, variances, or planned unit
development approval under Chapter 401, the Zoning Ordinance of the Oak
Park Heights City Code."
pc: Kris Danielson
Mark Vierling
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CITY OF OAK PARK HEIGHTS
WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 2000-401-
ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE
OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF OAK PARK HEIGHTS
TO INCORPORATE AND REQUIRE COMPLIANCE
WITH DESIGN GUIDELINES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OAK PARK HEIGHTS, WASHINGTON COUNTY,
MINNESOTA, DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. Amendment. That Chapter 401 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Oak
Park Heights is herewith amended to add a new provision 401.16 providing for design guidelines as
follows:
401.16. Design Guidelines. The City of Oak Park Heights does herewith include
and adopt design guidelines to coordinate themes for site design, architecture, parking lot
design, pedestrian/bike access, environment, utilities and signage for all commercial and
industrial properties in the city. The design guidelines shall be enforced for all new
construction and/or re- construction and remodeling where a building permit is required and
all areas designated for commercial and industrial use in the City of Oak Park Heights'
Comprehensive Plan including all of the businesses and industrial zoning districts and all the
commercial and industrial areas zoned PUD, Planned Unit Development, central business
district or other commercially zoned areas of the City of Oak Park Heights as are displayed
in the Oak Park Heights Zoning Ordinance and map.
The specific design guidelines shall be set forth within a manual available for
distribution at the office of the City Administrator for the City of Oak Park Heights, which
manual and provisions therefore may be amended by resolution of the City Council from
time to time.
In the application of this ordinance, should the provisions as contained within the
design guidelines be in conflict with other provisions set forth within the text of the zoning
code, the design guidelines shall apply.
Section 2. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage and publication according to law.
Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Oak Park Heights, Washington
County, Minnesota, on this day of , 2000.
CITY OF OAK PARK HEIGHTS