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REQUEST FOR PLANNING COMMISSION DISCUSSION/DIRECTION Department Approval: DPW Manager Approved: DATE: 09/04/02 ITEM NO: 7b Agenda Section: OTHER BUSINESS Item Description: City of Roseville "Building and Lot coverage" interpretation. (PF3192) 1.0 BACKGROUND 1.1 The Roseville staff has been working to resolve issues that arose when the City Council reviewed shopping center building expansions in the past. Regarding lot coverage at the Roseville and Har-Mar Shopping Centers and other "SC" districts, the Council provided clarification and direction for interpretation of the Code on January 24,2000. The Council suggested that the broader issue of lot coverage in shopping center districts would be discussed at a future date. Four terms are critical to the understanding of the existence, continuance and expansion of these centers. What follows is a discussion of some of the Issues. 2.0 REVIEW of REQUEST 2.1 Section 1006 pertains only to shopping centers and shopping center districts. Section 1006.02.C. states: Not more than twenty-five percent (25%) ofthe lot area (of the shopping center) shall be occupied by buildings. Section 1006.02.B. states that the floor area to lot area ratio cannot exceed.5 (50%). Both of the requirements were part of the original City Ordinances from 1959 and were more likely adopted as a method of reducing the impact of the buildings and their associated activities on existing, adjoining properties and street systems. In 1959, there were very few performance standards to mitigate the size, shape, materials, location, light, noise, and traffic. Space (large lots) and distance (separation of buildings) were used as the primary substitute. 2.2 Staff had previously interpreted Section 1006.02.C. of the City Code as follows: Lot Coverage (or Building Coverage): Not more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the shopping center master planned lot area shall be occupied by the building footprint. To staff this suggests that it includes the area within the exterior walls of all commercial buildings, not parking ramps). The "Master Planned" lot area includes the main structure, all outlots, non-buildable pond, landscaping, setback, and buffer areas; all principle commercial structures or accessory structures; and accessory parking and parking structures within the legal description(s) of the site. The lot area must be defined within a boundary survey completed by a state registered land surveyor. The boundary survey must also include the square footage of all building footprints and the lot area in square footage. 2.3 In 2002, the Council determined that only land directly usable for the shopping center and its outbuildings is to be included in the 25% building coverage requirement; the easements, exceptions, or road right-of-way dedications are not to be considered part of usable land. 1