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City of Farmington
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AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL I PLANNING COMMISSION WORKSHOP
October 17, 2007
6:00 P.M.
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE
a) MUSA Allocation (2,270.29 acres between 2000-2007)
b) Commercial and Industrial Market Study
c) Spruce Street Corridor Masterplan - Future Commercial East of Denmark Avenue?
d) Proposed Comprehensive Plan Action Steps
e) Comprehensive Plan Schedule
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4. ORDINANCE REVISIONS - (VERBAL)
a) Detached Garages and Storage Sheds
b) Drainage and Utility Easements
c) Recreational Vehicle Parking
d) Boulevard Tree
e) Zoning Code Definitions
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
Council workshops are conducted as an informal work session, all discussions shall be considered fact-finding, hypothetical and unofficial critical thinking exercises,
which do not reflect an official public position.
Council work session outcomes should not be construed by the attending public and/or reporting media as the articulation of a formal City policy position. Only
official Council action normally taken at a regularly scheduled Council meeting should be considered as aformal expression of the City's position on any given matter.
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Policies
The policies below were developed as broad goals and directives based on the issues
brought forth by the community at Visioning Sessions in early 2007. Staff also
researched the 2020 Comprehensive Plan and detennined that many of the trends and
policies in that plan are still applicable today and have been retained in the updated
policies and strategies. However, to carry out the policies in the 2030 plan versus the
2020 plan, implementation plans and measures will be taken on a monthly and yearly
basis to ensure that the policies and strategies are being accomplished.
Policy 1: Balanced Land Uses and Quality Controlled Growth
Farmington will guide the Comprehensive Plan to balance land uses that promotes long-
tenn economic stability and supports quality controlled growth. The City will preserve
the small town character of its existing neighborhoods and promote this character in its
new neighborhoods, while providing diverse choices in retail services to maintain a vital
community. It will also balance an adequate inventory of commercial and industrial
lands while also providing a variety of housing choices and styles that accommodate
residents of all income levels and in all stages of life.
Strategies to achieve the policy:
a) Provide for quality controlled growth in stages where major infrastructure
improvements are provided to developable areas.
Action Steps:
1. Manage and guide the direction of growth to accommodate the
projected total population of 32,000 by the year 2020, while
maintaining the small town character of Farmington.
2. Plan and stage development that accommodates the forecasts for local
growth through 2030 at appropriate densities (3-5 units plus per acre
overall in developing communities for areas outside the current staged
development as shown in local plans and target higher density in
locations with convenient access to transportation corridors and with
adequate sewer capacity).
3. Prioritize growth according to the staged growth plan.
4. Hold meetings with the MUSA Review Committee when land use and
MUSA revisions are proposed.
5. Review 2030 Comprehensive Plan for infrastructure improvement
requests to ensure that plan is in compliance with requests.
6. Guide quality growth on the existing vacant parcels within the current
boundaries of the City in a way that is compatible with the character
and density of surrounding neighborhood districts.
7. Concentrate and maintain the existing agricultural uses in the
southwestern and western sections of the City.
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8. Promote conservation subdivision design by requiring developers to
protect a parcel's natural features by conserving a certain percentage
of the development parcel for open space preservation. These open
space areas should be connected to the City's trail system.
b) Plan for balanced land uses by reviewing and updating the Comprehensive
Plan every 2 to 3 years dependent upon Metropolitan Council updates to its
population, housing, and employment forecasts.
Action steps:
1. Monitor Metropolitan Council/Sector Representative for updates to its
population, housing, and employment forecasts.
2. Participate in 2010 census by submitting Boundary & Annexation
Survey and attending Local Update of Census Addresses workshop.
3. Hold meetings with the MUSA Review Committee when proposed
land use and MUSA revisions are proposed.
4. Continue to submit CPA applications to the Metropolitan Council and
surrounding jurisdictions to ensure that these groups know where and
when Farmington is growing.
c) Plan for development that accommodates growth forecasts at appropriate
densities.
Action Steps:
I. Review zoning ordinance for density requirements of districts.
2. Maintain the following density levels for existing and new
neighborhoods:
. Low-Density - 1 to 3.5 units per acre
. Low/Medium - Density - 2.5 to 5.5 units per acre
. Medium-Density - 5.5 to 14.0 units per acre
. High-Density - 12+ units per acre.
d) Plan new neighborhoods and enhance existing viable neighborhoods to
maintain a small town character.
Action Steps:
I. Develop the following strategies for new traditional neighborhoods:
. Promote traffic calming in residential areas; reduce traffic speeds
on local streets to state standards.
. Establish neighborhood centers focused on a park, open space or a
public facility as community gathering places.
. Promote streets scaled for typical uses not worse case scenarios.
. Promote neighborhood commercial centers that are pedestrian in
character and whose uses meet everyday needs (drugstore,
bookstore, grocery, hardware, personal services, and cafes.)
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2. Develop the following strategies for all existing neighborhoods:
. Enhance the public center of the neighborhood, i.e. the park or
school.
. Preserve and promote old historic homes for their contribution to
neighborhood character.
. Promote historic rehabilitation.
. Promote infill housing of high quality design that is compatible
with the surrounding context and also preserves and contributes to
the existing neighborhood character.
. Maintain edges between the residential areas, connector streets,
and other uses through landscaping buffers and clear separation of
uses.
. Connect all neighborhoods to downtown by expanding the existing
bike and walking trail system through the Vermillion River
corridor and the environmentally sensitive areas. As a result, the
natural and built environments of the City will be woven together
to create an organized whole.
. Preserve existing mature shade trees and green spaces.
e) Accommodate 571 acres of additional residential for a total of 2.684
residential acres by the year 2030 and meet the population forecast of 32.000
residents estimated by the Metropolitan Council.
Action Steps:
1. Identify location of residential acres on 2030 Comprehensive Plan.
2. Monitor Metropolitan Council/Sector Representative for updates to its
population, housing, and employment forecasts.
3. Adopt ordinances designed to encourage lifecycle and affordable
housing (examples: increased multi-family zoning, reduced front and
interior setback requirements; cluster development ordinances).
f) Establish residential density levels at Livable Community standards and create
an additional 492 low-income housing units. Low and moderate-income
housing will be located throughout the City.
Action Steps:
1. Identify locations for development of low-income housing units and
ensure the disbursement ofthese units throughout the community.
2. Review zoning ordinance for density requirements of districts.
3. Provide education to the community concerning low-income housing
and the need to provide this type of housing.
g) Provide housing linkages to commercial and employment centers.
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Action Steps:
I. Identify trails and sidewalks in housing areas and link them to
commercial and employment centers.
2. Increase connectivity through the linkage of greenways.
3. Provide bike lanes on roadways that link to commercial and
employment centers where trails are not an option.
4. Identify opportunities to improve transportation connections and
address transportation issues such as commuting (park and rides,
express bus service), access management, safety and mobility when
planning new development.
h) Ensure an adequate inventory of commercial and industrial lands in order to
achieve a balanced land use inventory.
Action Steps:
a. Utilize and monitor 2007 Market Study.
b. Extend the commercial and industrial areas along the north side of
CSAH 50, west of Pilot Knob, in order to meet the demand for these
uses by 2030.
i) Encourage relationships with neighboring communities with fixed boundaries
and revisions to neighboring township's boundaries should be considered.
Action Steps:
a. Continue meetings with Empire Farmington Advisory Commission
(EFP AC) and Castle Rock/Farmington Planning Group.
b. Set meetings with the City of Lakeville on a quarterly basis to discuss
development, economic, and park issues.
Policy 2: Increase the Economic Vitality of the City
Farmington will strive for a balance of commerce, industry, and population. It also will
reserve commercial, office, and industrial land areas that are linked to housing areas in
close proximity in order to reduce the need for dependence upon the automobile. It wants
to strengthen the downtown commercial district and extend it to its natural northern edge,
the Vermillion River. In so doing, the City will connect and enhance the overall image of
downtown and the River, and increase their attraction to pedestrians, thereby promoting a
downtown commercial activity area.
Strategies to achieve the policy:
a) Encourage a mixture and diversity of industrial and commercial land uses that
will increase the tax base for the community.
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Action Steps:
1. Identify areas for industrial and commercial acres and ensure its
compliance with the 2007 Market Study.
2. Connect the downtown with the Spruce Street Corridor through the
designation of commercial uses along Spruce Street.
3. Visually connect the downtown to the Spruce Street Corridor through
the installation of light poles and other design features to lead people
to each area.
b) Identify the services needed to attract and retain commerce and industry.
Action Steps:'
1. Economic Development staff provides assistance to interested parties
and existing businesses through communication of current and future
Farmington ventures.
2. Economic Development staff provides website maps for available
spaces and acreages for new development and existing businesses.
c) Preserve sufficient space on arterial roads for neighborhood, community, and
regional commercial centers.
Action Steps:
I. Zone properties appropriately on arterial roadways to allow for these
types of commercial uses.
2. Promote high-quality architecture through the preparation of design
standards for commercial and industrial developments.
d) Maintain and expand the downtown commercial center to the north and
enhance its riverfront orientation.
Action Steps:
1. Determine boundary for downtown commercial center and future
expanSIOn areas.
2. Review residential properties for rezoning or opportunities.
3. Review opportunities for acquisition and combination of properties on
the fringe of the downtown district to provide locations for mixed use
development.
4. Provide parks and trails on north side of downtown commercial
district.
5. Identify trail and sidewalk locations throughout the downtown
commercial district to enhance pedestrian movement without the need
for vehicles.
6. Recognize and promote the following connections between the river
and the City:
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. Recreational Watel:fl'ont-provide for comfortable, pleasing
walkways and bike paths, overlooks, gazebos, foot bridges
benches,
. Historic Watel:fl'ont-recognize historic structures, events and
significant individuals connected with the river's and the
community's history.
. Environmental Watel:fl'ont-preserve the delicate balance between
the surrounding city environment and the protection ofthis habitat-
--its, trees, bird and animal sanctuaries, forest management, water
quality, bluffs and shoreline.
. Cultural/Community Connection-provide where appropriate public
art, and sculptures, and promote concerts, cultural events and
festivals that link the community with the water's attraction.
7. Create and expand view corridors, with overlooks, gazebos at the 3rd
Street and 4th Street intersections with the river corridor.
8. Allow and encourage businesses adjacent to the Vermillion River
corridor to open up their outdoor areas in order to capture views.
9. Provide for additional green space downtown: historic gardens; shade
trees and ample landscaping.
10. Heighten the image of the river as a natural connection to downtown
and a city amenity. Develop a cohesive theme that ties the river and
downtown together. Use this theme in the streetscape plan design
guidelines and in public improvements.
11. Enhance and protect the Vermillion River corridor by permitting only
a pedestrian and bike path directly along its shore. This river pathway
should be aesthetically pleasing and inviting, but also sensitive to the
quiet, ambling nature of the river's character. Make the path quietly
festive with low lights, public art, picnic tables, benches, and
appropriately designed signage that are all consistent with the
designated theme.
e) Preserve the downtown area by retaining its historic buildings and features,
require high design standards, provide for a diverse mix of community
oriented commercial and cultural activities, promote well-landscaped
developments, be pedestrian-friendly, promote the display of public art and
encourage community gatherings.
Action Steps:
1. Comply with Downtown Business Survey by sustaining Landmark
properties.
2. Comply with Heritage Preservation Ordinance.
3. Enhance the downtown experience by encouraging new housing and
by showcasing local arts and culture.
4. Expand the Depot Way Arts Park along new connections within the
downtown area,
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5. Identify trail and sidewalk locations throughout the downtown
commercial district to enhance pedestrian movement without the need
for vehicles.
6. Provide for the location of a City Arts and Cultural center downtown
that promotes and provides a place for art, entertainment and cultural
activities in downtown.
7. The downtown streetscape plan should artistically express a cultural or
historic theme that is integrated into Third and Oak Streets' design
standards and articulated through its building facades, signage, street
lighting, street furniture, landscaping, public art and other public
improvements.
8. Promote and support public art throughout downtown and along the
riverfront. Hold community contests and sponsor commissions.
9. Require public art as part of new downtown commercial
developments.
10. Provide location for farmer's market to promote local food production.
f) Identify industrial acres to promote the continued growth of industry in the
City. It is projected that a total of 513 acres will be needed by 2030 to
adequately provide for industrial based employment; therefore, 272.57 acres
of new industrial sites will be needed, the focus of these sites will be arranged
and concentrated along the intersection of County Road 50 and Pilot Knob
Road.
Action Steps:
I. Identify areas for industrial acres and ensure its compliance with the
2007 Market Study.
2. Zone properties to be in compliance with 2030 Comprehensive Plan.
3. Promote technology based industrial uses near the new Farmington
High School location on Flagstaff Avenue.
g) Accommodate a total of 657 acres of commercial land within the City,
requiring an additional 288.2 acres of commercial land by 2030.
Action Steps:
1. Identify areas for commercial acres and ensure its compliance with the
2007 Market Study.
2. Zone properties to be in compliance with 2030 Comprehensive Plan.
h) Develop neighborhood commercial centers in neighborhoods that reflect a
small town character.
Action Steps:
1. Meet with sub-group to determine what types of architectural
standards reflect a small town character.
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2. Design development standards to re-enforce the small town pedestrian-
oriented character through differentiated and articulated facade
treatments, signage controls, public space/gathering places, ample
landscaping, trees and outdoor seating features.
3. Zone neighborhood commercial centers as Neighborhood Business.
4. Permit only commercial uses that are neighborhood serving and meet
everyday needs, such as a drycleaners, beauty salon, coffee shop,
newspaper vendors, drugstore, video store, and personal services.
Policy 3: Connected Places
A connected community brings the City together through a local and regional-wide
system of pedestrian walkways, bike trails, public transit opportunities and functional
streets for vehicles. In a connected community, the transportation system is designed in
such a way that automobiles move throughout the community without any hindrance,
including the opportunity for emergency vehicles to bridge the railway at 195th Street.
Connectivity also provides a means of linking neighborhoods and places to one another,
as well as providing important connections to parks, open space, bike trails, transit and
other desirable amenities.
Strategies to achieve the policy:
a) Provide a transportation system that allows for the safe, accessible, and
efficient movement of all goods and people using the system.
Action Steps:
1. Classify local, collector, and arterial roadways to serve specific
functions.
2. Make local transportation, transit, pedestrian and bicycle investments
to build connections between workplaces, residences, retail, services
and entertainment activities and to support the transportation needs of
the planned build out ofthe community.
3. Comply with Section 504 and Title II of the Disabilities Act of 1990
(ADA) to provide accessible facilities for the disabled on all roads,
sidewalks, and trails.
b) Channel traffic to major collector and minor arterial streets, and discourage
traffic from passing through residential neighborhoods.
Action Steps:
1. Review proposed plats to ensure that the collectors and arterial streets
are utilized to discourage entrance through residential neighborhoods.
2. Use traffic calming techniques in neighborhoods to discourage cut-
through traffic.
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c) Provide an interconnected local transportation system through roadway
connections north/south and east/west that is integrated with the regional
system.
Action Steps:
I. Comply with Dakota County's East/West Corridor Study.
2. Meet with Dakota County's Plat Commission when proposed plats are
adjacent to County roadways to ensure adequate right-of-way for
interconnected roads to the local system.
3. Work with Dakota County to propose that Biscayne Avenue become a
County road by requiring that developers set aside enough right-of-
way for a 150 foot wide area.
d) Work with MNDOT and Dakota County to improve landscaping, screening,
lighting, safety, and maintenance of minor arterial and major collector streets.
Action Steps:
1. Prepare a corridor enhancement plan for TH 3 and meet with MNDOT
to determine the possibilities of implementation.
2. Prepare a corridor enhancement plan for CSAH 50 and CSAH 31 and
meet with Dakota County to determine the possibilities of
implementation.
e) Upgrade streets that are under the jurisdiction of the City when traffic and
financial conditions warrant,
Action Steps:
1. Review Farmington's Capital Improvement Program yearly to
determine future upgrades to local streets.
f) Investigate the linkage of Farmington to available, cost-effective regional
transit systems.
Actions Steps:
1. Identify and promote use of appropriate locations for future transfer
stations and park and ride lots ideally in areas of high density
residential projects and employment centers.
2. Promote public participation and cooperation in transit planning,
promotion, and delivery of future transit opportunities.
3. Work with the Metropolitan Council and other communities to
promote a public transportation system which is responsive to the
needs of all communities and equitable with respect to services
delivered and revenues collected.
g) Investigate funding opportunities for 20gth Street to connect to TH 3 and CR
66.
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Action Step:
I. Review Municipal State Aid requirements for CR 66 and determine if
funding may be utilized for construction of bridge/road.
2. Discuss opportunity of connectivity of CSAH 31 to CR 66 with
Dakota County to determine if County would identify this roadway as
county road.
3. Investigate both State and Federal funding opportunities for
cOlli1ection.
h) Expand the existing non-motorized off street trail system through dedication
by developers during platting and acquisition of missing links in the system.
Action Steps:
I. Acquire easements during the platting process.
2. Work with neighborhoods where linkages are needed to discuss
options for constructing trails.
i) Comply with the MN/DOT's access management guidelines and Dakota
County Access Spacing Guidelines specified in the Dakota County
Transportation Policy Plan.
Action Steps:
1. Work with MnDOT and Dakota County to ensure compliance with
spacing guidelines through their review process.
j) Promote traffic calming in residential areas and reduce traffic speeds on local
streets.
Action Steps:
I. Investigate traffic calming opportunities in residential areas.
2. Identify traffic calming techniques to incorporate into residential
neighborhoods.
k) Expand the local trails system to form a regional trails system through
interconnected greenway corridors.
Policy 4: Develop within the Existin2 Residential MUSA Allocated Areas
Farmington will continue to "grow into" existing granted residential MUSA areas. The
City currently has a surplus of approximately 879 residential lots that are open and
installed with existing utilities. This inventory is typically a 3-4 year draw down in the
trend of development in Farmington. The City understands the importance of slowing the
residential development and elevating the expediency of the commercial and industrial
land uses. Therefore, the City also will preserve and maintain its working farms along
the western and southwestern sections of the City. This policy will reinforce
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Farmington's small town character and these agricultural areas will act as a natural
boundary between Lakeville and Farmington. The City will continue to designate 2.223
acres as agricultural, which will protect farms and allows for very limited residential
development of one unit per 40 acres.
Strategies to achieve the policy:
a) Allow development to "grow into" the existing surplus of 879 lots.
Action Steps:
I. Review building permits for the surplus lots,
2. Wark with developers to streamline the building permit and
construction review process.
3. Continually assess the surplus to ensure draw down of the lots before
new developments are approved.
b) Allocate 571 residential MUSA acres on the eastern and south central portions
of the City to meet the Metropolitan Council's population forecasts by 2030.
Action Steps:
I. Assist land owners in rezoning of property to comply with 2030
Comprehensive Plan land uses.
2. Assist developers through the Development Review Process to finalize
plats and prepare developments for building permits.
3. Require compliance of densities in each residential category.
c) Maintain its working farms.
Actions Steps:
1. Encourage property owner participation In Green Acres and Ag
Preserve Programs.
2. Concentrate and maintain the existing agricultural Uses In the
southwestern and western sections of the City through zoning.
3. Promote agriculture through the education of school children and
residents.
4. Provide location for farmer's market to promote local food production
and sales.
5. Comply with the 1 unit per 40 acre density requirement in the
agricultural zone.
d) Maintain the existing agricultural land use designation of 2.223 acres. These
acres will be located along the western section of the City with a
concentration in the southwestern quadrant of the City.
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Policy 5: Protect and Conserve Natural Resources
Farmington has designated 1.277 acres allocated between parks, environmentally
sensitive areas and natural areas restricted in terms of development. These areas will
form a green network of multi-user trails, and a community preserve of natural open
spaces to naturally weave the City together. This community preserve of natural
resources will also buffer incompatible land uses, and enhance residential, commercial
and business park developments. The conservation of our resources also means to create
and sustain a healthy environment through renewable energy solutions.
Strategies to achieve the policy:
a) Manage the City's unique land and water resources to preserve and enhance
those resources, raising the City's quality of life.
Action Steps:
1. Require developers to protect a parcel's natural features by conserving
a certain percentage of the development parcel for open space
preservation. These open space areas should be connected to the
City's trail system.
2. Provide education opportunities to the community concerning Low
Impact Development (LID) practices such as rain gardens, rain barrels,
downspout disconnections, water conservation, and reduction of
pollutants in to the storm sewer system.
3. Develop green building practices for all public facilities.
b) Protect and preserve the natural environment by avoiding protected wetlands,
steep slopes, the Vermillion River, the North Creek and Middle Creek
corridors and other environmentally sensitive areas. A greenbelt woven
throughout the center of the City using wetlands, riverfront areas,
neighborhood parks and other natural, environmentally sensitive areas would
accommodate passive recreational opportunities and a lineal trail system that
will connect with regional trail systems.
Action Steps:
1. Develop a planned network for "green infrastructure" preparing the
plan to be a "Greenprint" for the community's natural life-support
system.
2, Prepare ordinances for Low Impact Development (LID) requirements.
c) Achieve a conscientious community that practices stewardship of our air,
water, and land to create and sustain a healthy environment.
Action Steps:
1. Educate the community about green infrastructure and climate
protection initiatives.
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3.
Educate community through the use ofthe "Green Team" initiatives.
Develop programs to promote voluntary stewardship practices and
local food production and sales.
Plan cooperatively to support renewable energy opportunities such as
biofuels and wind energy.
Evaluate taxing impervious surface (runoff) and reimbursing
landowners who infiltrate or use rainwater.
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10-5-7: R-2 LOW/MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT:
(A)Purpose: The R-2 low/medium density residential district is intended as an area which
incorporates older existing development as well as undeveloped land suitable for single-
and two-family development that are served with full public utilities. (Ord. 002-469, 2-19-
2002)
(B)Bulk And Density Standards:
1. Minimum Standards:
Lot area
Single-family 6,000 square feet
Twin home 11,000 square feet
Two-family 11,000 square feet
Other 11,000 square feet
Lot width
Single-family 60 feet
Twin home 37.5 feet
Two-family 75 feet
Front yard setback 20 feet
Side yard setback
Single-family 6 feet
Twin home 6 feet and 0 feet
Two-family 6 feet
Rear yard setback
Single-family 6 feet
Twin home 6 feet
Two-family 6 feet
Townhouse 10 feet
Height (maximum) 35 feet
Maximum lot coverage of all structures 30 percent
Net dwelling units per acre (maximum)
Single-family 5,5
Twin home 6,5
Two-family 6.5
All standards are minimum requirements unless noted.
2. Accessory Structure Standards: Accessory structures must be located behind principal
structure in the side or rear yard according to the following requirements:
Maximum size
Detached garages
Lots up to 0,5 acre Lesser of 1,000 square feet or
square feet of principal use
Lots 0.5 to 1 acre Lesser of 1,250 square feet or
square feet of principal use
Lots 1.0 acre + Lesser of 1,500 square feet or
square feet of principal use
Storage 120 square feet
Apartment 1,800 square feet
Maximum number 1 of each
Side yard setback 6 feet
Rear yard setback
With alley 1 0 feet
Without alley 3 feet
Height (maximum) shed 12 feet
Height (maximum) garage 20 feet
All standards are minimum requirements unless noted.
3. Minor Arterial Setbacks: The minimum front yard setback for all land adjacent to minor
arterial streets shall be fifty feet (50') from the planned right of way line. (Ord. 002-469, 2-
19-2002; amd. Ord. 004-514, 8-2-2004)
(C)Uses:
1, Permitted:
Daycare facilities, in home,
Dwellings, single-family.
Dwellings, twin home.
Dwellings, two-family.
Group daycare, 12 or less persons.
Group home, 6 or less persons,
Public parks and playgrounds.
2. Conditional:
Accessory apartment.
Bed and breakfast.
Cemeteries,
Churches,
Clinics.
Funeral homes.
Group homes, commercial.
Hospitals,
Nursing homes.
Public and parochial schools.
Public buildings.
Public utility buildings.
3. Accessory:
Accessory structures.
Home occupations,
Solar energy systems. (Ord. 002-469, 2-19-2002; amd. Ord, 002-483, 12-2-2002)
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10-5-11: R-T DOWNTOWN TRANSITIONAL MIXED USE DISTRICT:
(A) Purpose: The R- T downtown transitional mixed use district allows for a variety of compatible
uses to create a transition between the downtown business district and existing downtown
residential areas and to promote neighborhoods that are pedestrian friendly,
(B) Bulk And Density Standards:
1. Minimum Standards:
Lot area
Single-family 6,000 square feet
Twin home 11,000 square feet
Two-family 11,000 square feet
Townhouse 15,000 square feet
Multi-family 10,000 square feet
Other 11,000 square feet
Lot width
Single-family 60 feet
Twin home 37.5 feet
Two-family 75 feet
Townhouse 100 feet
Multi-family 60 feet
Front yard setback 20 feet
Side yard setback 6 feet
Rear yard setback 6 feet
Height (maximum) 35 feet
Maximum lot coverage of all structures 35 percent
Net dwelling units per acre
Twin home 7.0
Two-family 6.0
Townhouse 8.5
Multi-family 14.0+
All standards are minimum requirements unless noted.
2. Accessory Structure Standards: Accessory structures must be located behind principal
structure in the side or rear yard according to the following requirements:
Maximum size
Detached garages square feet of principal use Lesser of 1,000 square feet or
Storage 120 square feet
Apartment 1,800 square feet
Maximum number 1 of each
Side yard setback 3 feet
Rear yard setback
With alley 10 feet
Without alley 3 feet
Height (maximum) shed 12 feet
Height (maximum) garage 20 feet
All standards are minimum requirements unless noted.
3. Minor Arterial Setbacks: The minimum front yard setback for all land adjacent to minor
arterial streets shall be fifty feet (50') from the planned right of way line.
(C)Uses:
1. Permitted:
Daycare facilities, in home.
Dwellings, single-family.
Group daycare, 12 or less persons.
Group home, 6 or less persons.
Public parks and playgrounds.
2. Conditional:
Bed and breakfast.
Churches.
Clinics.
Clubs.
Dwellings, multi-family.
Dwellings, townhouse,
Dwellings, twin home.
Dwellings, two-family,
Group daycare, 13 to 16 persons.
Offices,
Public buildings.
Public utility buildings.
3. Accessory:
Accessory structures.
Home occupations.
Solar energy systems, (Ord. 002-469, 2-19-2002; amd, Ord. 002-483, 12-2-2002)
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10-5-12: R-D DOWNTOWN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT:
This section has been affected by a recently passed ordinance, ORDINANCE NO. 007-574: R-
D DOWNTOWN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. Go to new ordinance.
(A) Purpose: The R-D downtown residential district recognizes the development patterns of the
original residential areas of Farmington adjacent to the downtown. The purpose of the R-D
district is to accommodate existing higher density single-family and two-family residential
development and promote infill of high density single-family residential development within
the downtown area in order to strengthen the downtown, create pedestrian friendly
neighborhoods, and decrease the need for automobile use, (Ord, 002-469, 2-19-2002)
(B) Bulk And Density Standards:
1. Minimum Standards:
Lot area
Minimum 6,000 square feet
Maximum 14,400 square feet
Single-family 6,000 square feet
Two-family 11,000 square feet
Other 11,000 square feet
Lot width
Single-family 60 feet
Two-family 75 feet
Front yard setback 20 feet
Side yard setback 5 feet
Rear yard setback 6 feet
Height (maximum) 35 feet
Maximum lot coverage of all structures 35 percent
All standards are minimum requirements unless noted,
2. Accessory Structure Standards: Accessory structures must be located behind principal
structure in the side or rear yard according to the following requirements:
Maximum size
Detached garages Lesser of 1,000 square feet or
square feet of principal use
Storage 120 square feet
Apartment 1,800 square feet
Maximum number 1 of each
Side yard setback 3 feet
Rear yard setback
With alley 1 0 feet
Without alley 3 feet
Height (maximum) shed 12 feet
Height (maximum) garage 20 feet
All standards are minimum requirements unless noted. (Ord. 002-469, 2-19-2002; amd.
Ord. 004-515, 8-2-2004)
(C)Uses:
1. Permitted:
Daycare facilities, in home.
Dwellings, single-family.
Group daycare, 12 or less persons,
Group home, 6 or less persons.
Public parks and playgrounds.
2. Conditional:
Bed and breakfast.
Churches,
Clinics.
Clubs,
Dwellings, multi-family.
Dwellings, townhouse.
Dwellings, twin home,
Dwellings, two-family.
Group daycare, 13 to 16 persons.
Offices.
Public buildings.
Public utility buildings.
3. Accessory:
Accessory structures.
Home occupations.
Solar energy systems. (Ord. 002-469, 2-19-2002; amd. Ord. 002-483, 12-2-2002)