Ord 198 Adopt Sec 4.18 Minimum Requirements for Single Fam Residential DistrictsCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 198
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 401
The City Council of the City of Mendota Heights, Minnesota,
ordains as follows:
Section 1. ordinance No. 401 entitled "The Zoning ordinance
of Mendota Heights, Relating to a Comprehensive Amendment and
Rezoning of the City, Amending Zoning ordinance No. 32, as Amended"
is hereby amended in the following respects:
A. A new Section 4.18 shall be added to Section 4 of
said ordinance and shall provide in its entirety as follows:
114.18 Minimum Requirements for Single Family Residential
Districts.
4.18(1) All single family dwellings, with the exception
of earth-sheltered homes, shall have a minimum of one
thousand (1,000) square feet of useable floor area- above
grade.
4.18(2) All single family dwellings shall be a minimum
of 'twenty-two (.22) feet in width and the length shall not
exceed *three (3) times the width.
4.18(.3) All single family dwellings shall have a basement
or cellar under at least 'fifty percent (.500) of the first
floor level.
4.18(.4) A private two-car garage with a minimum floor
area of four hundred 'forty (440) square feet shall be
required to be built concurrent with the principal structure.
4.18(5) All driveways, required off street parking spaces,
and other areas intended to be utilized primarily for
parking purposes shall be surfaced with concrete or bitu-
minous surfaces.
4.18(6) All waste material, debris, refuse, garbage,
fuel including woodpiles of one cord or larger (four
feet by four feet by eight feet), or materials not
currently in use for construction shall be stored in-
doors, or totally screened from the eye-level view from
public streets and adjacent properties.
4.18(7) With the exception of earth-sheltered homes
or two-story homes, all residential structures shall
have a pitched roof of at least three in twelve.
4.18(8) All curb cuts for driveways in connection with
single family dwellings shall conform in all respects
with the specifications set forth on City of Mendota
Heights Driveway Detail Sheet M-2.
4.18(9) All single family dwellings shall meet the
requirements of the Uniform Building Code and/or M.S.
Chapter 327.1'
B. Section 18.1(3)d shall be amended to read in its entirety
as follows:
"18.1(3)d. Sufacing - Subject to the provisions of
Section 4.18(5) of this ordinance, all of the area
intended to be utilized for parking space and driveways,
shall be surfaced with a material to control dust and
drainage and subject to the approval of the City Council
except for parking areas of less than three (3) vehicles."
C. Section 18.1(4)a shall be amended to read in its entirety
as follows:
"18.1(4)a. All Residential Dwellings - At least two (2)
parking spaces per dwelling unit."
Section 2. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its publication according to law.
Enacted and ordained into an ordinance this
January 1983.
ATTEST:
K thleen M. Swanson
City Clerk
18th day of
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
By
Robert G. Lockwood
Mayor
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