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occupiable commercial retail and/or service, office, and/or multi-family residential area within a building, but specifically excluding parking ramps and decks. 5.4 Allow the height of a shopping center or outlot buildings to vary based on FAR and its horizontal separation from residential districts with 2 stories allowed for any building less than 100 feet from property line with the maximum height to be 7 stories. Outlot buildings on a shopping center site should have the same setbacks as in a B-3 zone. 5.5 Allow Floor to Area (FAR) ratios of up to 1.0. (Examplel: A building that covers 30% ofa 10 acre developable lot area, would be allowed 3.3 acres of building coverage or 143,750 s.f upon which (based on a FAR of 1.0) 435,600 total s.f. of building could be built, which would create a 2 t03 story building. Example 2: At Rosedale, with 72 acres of developable land area, approximately 3,136,300 s.f. of building could be built, with a maximum of 940,900 on each floor, or 3 to 4 stories of building. These examples assume that each site has adequate parking to meet the demands of the uses developed on the site.) 5.6 A Planned Unit Development (PUD) should be required for any master plan or building or site plan expansion that increases by more than 10% over the existing master plan which consists ofthe improvements on the site as of January 1,2000. 6.0 PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS - October 2, 2002: The Planning Commission recommended improvements 5.1 through 5.6 (above) be sent to the Council for further study and discussion, after which the Council could request the Planning Commission to hold hearings on specific topics or clarifications of Code language. 7.0 COUNCIL ACTION - October 21, 2002: The Council provided direction summarized in Section 1.1 of this report. In general, the Council requested that the Commission begin a series of well publicized meetings with the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce, the affected malls and businesses, and the properties owners within 350 feet surrounding the "SC" Shopping Center Districts. They asked that the topics listed below be "broadly interpretated", without the suggested percentages or numbers.. 7.1 Change the "building coverage" ratio to _% of the developable land area within the shopping center master plan as of January 1, 2000. More detail on the impacts that size of the building has on the impacts in surrounding areas, particularly residential uses. 7.2 More detail on how to define "developable lot area" as land upon which construction of structures or paving may occur consistent with the approved existing master plan and excepting all public road, transit, and pedestrian easements, but respecting all required setbacks. 7.3 More detail.. .on how to define "building" as gross occupiable commercial retail and/or service, office, and/or multi-family residential area within a building, but specifically excluding parking ramps and decks. 7.4 More detail. . . .on how to allow the height of a shopping center or outlot buildings to vary based on FAR and its horizontal separation from residential districts. 7.5 More detail on how to change Floor to Area (FAR) ratios of up to_. 5