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SECTION 1101
GENERAL PROVISIONS
[AMENDMENTS SHOWN AS ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS]
SUBSECTIONS
1101.100: Purpose and Intent
1101.200: Overview
1101.300: Rules of Construction
1101.400: Definitions
1101.500: General Provisions
1101.600: Districts Established
1101.700: Zoning Map
1101.800: Boundaries
1101.900: Uses Not Listed
1101.1000: Land Use Descriptions
1101.1100: Motorcycles
1101.1000: LAND USE DESCRIPTIONS: The land use categories permitted by this Ordinance
are described in this Subsection. Subsection 1109.102 empowers the Zoning
Administrator to make interpretations identifying which land use category a proposed
land use fits within.
Adult Day Care. Non-medical care and supervision of adults on a regular basis for
periods of less than 24 hours per day in a structure which is not the residence of the
facility operator. Some characteristics of this use are similar to Family Day Care and
Nursing Homes. This use is appropriate in Commercial Use Districts provided there
is accessibility to outdoor areas for sitting and exercise. Persons served by an adult
day care facility are most like nursing home residents or individuals with
developmental disabilities or challenges.
Agriculture. The production of crops, plants or vines, including forestry. The term
also applies to the keeping, grazing or feeding of livestock existing on the effective
date of the Ordinance.
Agricultural Commodities Sales. The temporary display and sale of flowers,
produce and Christmas trees and other greens which are associated with Christmas.
Alternative School. A school which offers a curriculum which is equivalent to but is
a substitute for the curriculum commonly found in more traditional public or private
schools.
(Amd. Ord. 109-11, publ. 7/11/09)
Animal Handling. The sale, boarding, treatment and care of privately owned small
animal pets; may include dogs, cats, fish, reptiles and other mammals but excluding
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large animals such as horses, farm animals (including ostriches) or animals raised
for slaughter. Characteristics may include special refuse, storage, noise, odor and
other nuisance characteristics.
Animal Kennel. Any property where 4 or more animals are owned, boarded, bred
or offered for sale.
Appliance, Small Engine and Bicycle Repair. Maintenance and repair of
appliances, small engines, bicycles and similar items. Characteristics include some
outdoor activity and noise.
Auto Body/Painting. The painting, straightening, replacing and/or repairing the
frame and body parts of motor vehicles, usually damaged as result of an accident or
as a result of exposure to the elements; it includes the outdoor storage of damaged
and dismantled vehicles, and may generate odor and noise; this use excludes
junkyards and automobile wrecking yards.
Automatic Car Wash. A structure, or portion thereof, designed to wash automobiles
and light trucks with little or no human intervention. The automatic car wash utilizes
automated equipment and wash cycles are relatively short. An automatic car wash
is typically accessory to other automotive related land uses and may sporadically
cause congestion on its site.
Bank. A building for the deposit, management and lending of money, frequently with
accessory drive-up facility. This use includes banks and savings and loans but not
insurance companies or stock brokerage firms. Characteristics may include high
peak hour traffic on certain days.
Bar. A building where the primary use is the sale of alcoholic beverages for
consumption on the premises. Minors are excluded from entry by law.
Characteristics include late hours, high parking demand, noise, trash and litter and
heavy off-peak traffic. Use is often found in conjunction with restaurants, hotels and
night clubs.
Bed and Breakfast Establishment. A private, owner-occupied residence with guest
rooms where temporary lodging facilities and some meals are provided to paying
lodgers within single family or two family dwellings. The lodging is subordinate and
incidental to the main residential use of the building. Indoor recreational facilities for
the use of the residents and paying lodgers may be included.
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area which is used for storage of one watercraft.
Building Construction Structures. A structure used by a contractor or leasing
agent as an office or for storage purposes for a construction project for which a
building permit has been secured and is in effect; this use includes construction
trailers.
Building Improvement Trades. A building used for the storage of building supplies
and construction equipment and/or office areas dedicated to the conducting of a
business related to the construction, alteration, renovation, or structural change to
a residential or commercial structure. Such uses may include construction,
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masonry, HVAC, plumbing or electrical.
Building Material Sales. The sale or rental of building supplies, construction
equipment, or home decorating fixtures and accessories. This term does not include
a site with a principal building in excess of 40,000 square feet.
Business/Trade Schools. A school serving adults and sometimes high school age
persons which provides specialized education to develop a skill to prepare for a
specific job. Equipment or processing which simulates an industrial or commercial
work setting may be included.
Business Services. A business primarily engaged in rendering services to business
establishments on a fee or contract basis, such as advertising and mailing, building
maintenance, employment services, management and consulting services,
protective services, equipment rental and leasing, commercial research,
development and testing, photo finishing and personal supply services.
Car Wash. A structure, or portion thereof, containing facilities for washing motor
vehicles by hand or by using production-line, automated or semi-automated methods
for washing, whether or not employing a chain conveyor, blower, steam-cleaning or
similar mechanical device. The use includes Automatic Car Washes.
Carnivals, Festivals and Promotional Events. Tents and stands used for
entertainment, display and sale of food and merchandise, and amusement rides
permitted for a period not exceeding fourteen days.
Club/Lodge. A building operated by an association of persons, primarily not for
profit,where social, education, recreational or dining activities are provided. Services
provided are not customarily carried on as a business and may include dining,
consumption of alcoholic beverages, dancing, legal gambling, and meetings.
Characteristics may include late hours, high parking demand, noise and heavy off-
peak traffic.
Cluster Housing. Dwelling units attached in a single structure, each having a
separate private outdoor entrance. Dwelling units may be located on individual lots
or on a lot in common. Characteristics may include a larger building mass and scale
and larger concentrations of paved surfaces than single family detached dwellings.
Commercial Recreation. Includes low-intensity uses that can function without
municipal sewer or water, and usually require a large amount of open space. Such
uses shall be seasonal or temporary in nature.
Community Centers. A building, structure or area which is open to the public and
designed to accommodate and serve significant segments of the community and
which is used for educational, religious, fraternal, social and recreational programs.
This use may include accessory food service and accessory retail shops.
Contractors Yard. Any land used primarily for the storage of equipment, vehicles,
machinery (new or used), building materials, paints, pipe or electrical components
used by the owner or occupant of the property in the conduct of any building trade
or craft.
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Controlled Access Lot. A riparian parcel of land used as a Mooring Facility for non-
riparian lot owners with access to public waters.
Convention and Exhibition Center. A building providing meeting rooms for the
assembly of persons and the display of products and information. This use may
include accessory food service or banquet kitchen facilities. Characteristics include
heavy parking and loading area requirements and large scale buildings.
Copy Shop. A building in which retail oriented graphic and photographic
reproductive services are conducted. These services may include the collating and
binding of booklets and reports. This does not include industrial operations where
printing is of a commercial nature.
Country Club. A golf course and associated clubhouse which may contain in
addition to locker and shower rooms, dining and bar facilities, meeting rooms and
other spaces for large social functions. Typically open only to members and
characteristics may include significant trip generation on evenings and weekends.
Docks. Personal. The morin• of six or fewer watercraft allowed for personal use
by the owners and/or tenants of low d-nsity residential riparian lots. as further •uided
by the Poli Guidin• the Placement of Personal Docks in the City of Prior Lake.
Dry Cleaning, Laundering with Route Pick-up and Delivery. A building where
clothing, diapers or other fabrics are cleaned by dry cleaning or laundering processes
on site. Materials to be cleaned may be brought to the site either by delivery trucks
operated as part of the business or by customers who drop off and pick up their own
materials to be cleaned. The use may include the storage of delivery vehicles on the
site.
Elderly Housing. A building intended and operated for occupancy by at least one
person 55 years of age or older per unit, provided that (a) at least 80 percent of the
units are occupied by at least one person 55 years of age or older per unit; and (b)
there is publication of, and adherence to, policies and procedures that demonstrate
an intent by the owner or manager to provide housing for persons 55 years of age or
older.
Education/Academic. Public - Neighborhood or district based education services
normally provided to children and teenagers; the use may include evening or off-hour
service to adults in the community. This use generally includes an accessory food
service and some retail facilities to serve students and faculty. Private - Community
or regional based education service normally provided to children and teenagers;
facilities similar to public education facilities above except privately owned and/or
operated.
Family Day Care. A building that provides care, protection and supervision of
children in a private residence for periods of less than 24 hours per day for a fee. The
size of the outdoor play area, the maximum number of children who may be served,
and the number and qualifications of required outside teachers or helpers are set
forth in Minnesota State Statutes which may be amended from time to time. This use
may be licensed by other agencies. It generates about 4 vehicle trips per child per
day.
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Food Service. The sale of food and beverages which are prepared and served in
individual portions in a ready to consume state for consumption off-site; includes
seating for not more than 10 persons. Characteristics may include truck and vehicle
traffic, cooking odors and refuse. The preferred location is on major thoroughfares
with no access to local residential streets. This use is often found in conjunction with
motor fuel stations and grocery stores.
Freight Terminal. Short-term storage and transshipment of materials and the
outdoor storage of trucks and related equipment. Characteristics include high
volumes of large truck traffic.
Funeral Home. A building where funeral services are held and where embalming
and other processes occur in preparation of the deceased for burial; the use may
include the storage of caskets, funeral urns and other related funeral supplies, and
usually provides vehicles to transport the deceased to the place of burial. This use
does not include a crematorium. Characteristics include intermittent periods of high
traffic generation.
Golf Course. Land used for playing golf outdoors which consists of golf holes,
clubhouse facilities which may contain lockers, shower rooms and incidental sale of
golf related items, off-street parking facilities and associated structures for the
maintenance and storage of golf course maintenance vehicles and equipment.
Group Day Care/Nursery School. A non-residential building where child care,
protection and supervision services are provided for a fee on a regular basis for
periods of less than 24 hours per day. This use requires a large, sensitively located
outdoor play area and it generates about four vehicle trips per child per day.
Group Home - Non-Statutory. Occupancy of a residential structure by persons in
need of specialized protection and resident staff who usually live together as a
housekeeping unit fora limited period of time. This use may include outpatient group
counseling, some supervision, forced detention, treatment for mental illness and
chemical addiction, protective shelter, half-way house, and release programs. The
use may be licensed by the State but licensing is not mandated.
Gun Range, Indoor. A totally enclosed building that is equipped for the practice of
shooting firearms, including archery, where no activity associated with shooting is
conducted outside the building.
Heavy Equipment & Specialized Vehicle Sale, Rental & Service. Buildings and
premises for the sale, rental and servicing of equipment and vehicles of the following
types:
1. Farm and Construction machinery or equipment;
2. Buses and vans designed primarily for the transportation of ten (10) or more
passengers;
3. Motor homes, recreational vehicles, trailers and boats of any size.
Heliport. Property used for the landing, taking off, basing, service, and repair of
helicopters used for transportation purposes. Characteristics include noise and the
outdoor storage of helicopters.
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Helistop. Property used for the landing and taking off of helicopters used for
transportation purposes but with no facilities for the service of helicopters.
Characteristics include intermittent periods of noise.
Home Occupations. An occupation, profession, or activity requiring a permit from
the City which provides gainful employment of a resident in a dwelling unit, which is
clearly an incidental and subordinate use to the residential use, and which does not
alter the exterior of the property or affect the residential character of the
neighborhood. Uses that do not qualify as home occupations include, but are not
limited to: auto body painting, motor vehicle sales, motor vehicle service and repair,
retail sales, massage, medical/dental office, animal handling, beauty and barbershop,
warehouse/storage and manufacturing/processing.
Hospital. A building which provides health services primarily for human inpatient
medical or surgical care; including related facilities, such as laboratories, outpatient
departments, training facilities, central service facilities and staff offices.
Characteristics include large institutionally designed buildings, large volumes of
traffic, large parking lots or ramps, 24-hour activity, service vehicles, large quantities
of waste, and emergency vehicles.
Hotel/Motel. Buildings which provide overnight lodging in individual rooms or suites
of rooms, each having a private bathroom, which are rented by day or week; may
include in-room or in-suite kitchens and recreational facilities for use by lodgers.
Restaurants, banquet rooms, arcades, fitness centers and other amenities available
to non-lodgers are considered separate primary uses.
In Vehicle Sales or Service. Sales or service to persons in vehicles; it may include
drive-in, drive-up and drive-through facilities; but does not include motor fuel stations.
Characteristics include high traffic volumes during the typical peak hour traffic period.
Junkyard or Salvage Yard. A place of business that is maintained or operated for
the purpose of storing, keeping, buying, or selling junk.
Library. A building where collections of books and other materials are housed which
is open to the public during regularly scheduled hours which may include weekend
days and evenings. Books and other materials may be available for loan.
Characteristics may include high parking demand and high traffic generation.
Manufacturing/Processing. A building for the production of a physical commodity
or changing the form of a raw ingredient; it may include administrative offices,
warehousing, and limited distribution and outlet sale of a commodity. Characteristics
may include heavy truck traffic, odor and noise of processes and equipment, refuse
storage issues, and the use of toxic and hazardous materials. Concrete plants,
junkyards, slaughter houses, rendering plants, salvage yards, and auto reduction
plants are excluded.
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wherein boat slips are leased and commercial ancillary services common to marinas
are provided, including boat tours.
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Marina, Recreational. A mooring facility of seven or more restricted watercraft
wherein boat slips are leased and commercial ancillary services common to marinas
are not provided.
Medical/Dental Laboratories. Buildings in which individually produced and made
to order medical and dental prosthetics are created for the specific needs of specific
individuals. Characteristics may include daily deliveries to and from the facilities by
car, van or light truck; minimal heavy truck traffic; no use of outside storage and
occasional visitation of facilities by customers needing specialized attention as to the
make-up and fit of their specific prosthetic.
Medical/Dental Office. A building which provides direct delivery of health related
examination and services or treatment to individuals on an appointment or walk-in
basis; including, but not limited to: counseling, consultation, chiropractic and podiatry.
The use may include a supporting retail component for medicine, health related food,
or other product.
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Moon • Facility. n area intended for the mooring of seven or more watercraft by
docks, mooring buoys, or other means.
Motor Fuel Stations. A retail building and accompanying facilities which supplies
and dispenses motor fuels directly into a motor vehicle; it also includes the sale of
motor vehicle accessories, such as lubricants, batteries and tires and may also
include the sale of food, beverages, etc. Motor fuels may be self-serve or dispensed
by an attendant. Light maintenance activities to vehicles including engine tune-ups,
lubrication, repairs, and carburetor cleaning may also be conducted. Characteristics
include outdoor activity, high traffic generation and extended hours of operation. This
use excludes heavy automobile repair including, but not limited to, engine overhauls,
automobile painting, and body work.
Motor Vehicle Sales. Display, sale and rental of automobiles, trucks, watercraft and
recreational vehicles; motor vehicle service and repair often occur in conjunction with
this use. Characteristics may include outdoor activity, outdoor sound systems, truck
deliveries, night and weekend operating hours, and test driving on nearby streets.
Motor Vehicle Service and Repair. Repair, lubrication, washing, detailing,
equipment installation, engine overhauls, and other similar uses involving
automobiles, trucks and recreational vehicles. Characteristics may include the
storage of vehicles, truck traffic, and night and weekend operating hours; motor fuel
stations and auto body/painting are excluded.
Multiple-Family Dwelling. More than two dwelling units contained within a single
structure, where each has an entrance off a hallway or balcony in common with at
least one other dwelling unit. Buildings tend to be large in scale and institutional in
appearance. Other characteristics may include high density, large parking lots and
high traffic generation on roads in the area occupied by this use.
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Museums/Art Galleries. A building which houses collectibles, collections of
artifacts, paintings or sculptures, which is open to the public during regularly
scheduled hours which may include weekend days and evenings.
Nurseries & Greenhouses. A business primarily engaged in providing services
related to or conducting the retail sale of horticulture and floriculture products. These
businesses typically produce their own stock.
Nursing Home. A health care business licensed by the State that provides lodging
and 24-hour care for medically or physically impaired persons usually on a long term
basis. Nursing home residents generally do not have private apartments or kitchens.
This use includes food service and may include supporting medical and retail
services for the residents.
Office. A building in which the handling of information or the performing of
administrative services is conducted; includes services provided to persons both on-
site and off-site on a walk-in or appointment basis such as counseling or indirect or
non-personal service such as real estate, travel agencies, financial agencies,
insurance offices and professional offices. Excludes hospitals or other medical
facilities; except it may include up to a maximum of 10% of the gross floor area in
medical or dental offices. Characteristics include high peak period traffic generation
between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Office/Warehouse. A building in which the handling of information or the performing
of administrative services is conducted in conjunction with receiving, holding,
shipping and occasional packaging of commodities. Characteristics include high
peak period traffic generation between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., high truck
traffic generation and parking demand.
On-Site Equipment Storage. Any structure or outdoor storage area designed for
the on-site storage of construction equipment and materials for an active construction
project.
Outdoor Sales. The display and sale or rental of merchandise or equipment outside
of an enclosed building; may include boat sales, canoe sales, nursery sales, lumber
sales; but it excludes the sale of motor vehicles.
Outdoor Sales - Temporary. The display and sale of merchandise, other than
agricultural commodities, outside of an enclosed building where it is offered in
conjunction with an established use that legally sells the same or similar merchandise
within a building on the same site. Characteristics include the use of tents, trailers,
or other temporary structures.
Outdoor Storage. The receiving, keeping or shipping of goods and materials outside
of an enclosed building where outdoor activity includes only the unloading, loading,
and keeping of materials; may include storage yards for contractors, equipment,
lumber, landscaping materials, construction materials and shipping materials and
containers. Storage of unlicensed or inoperable vehicles or other materials typically
associated with a junkyard or salvage yard are excluded.
Parcel Delivery Service/Post Office. A building used for the transshipment of
letters and packages generally less than 100 pounds in weight. Customers may
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purchase stamps, money orders, insurance, and other mail services. Hours of
operation are similar to those of offices, but may include Saturdays. Characteristics
include high volumes of truck and automobile traffic and vehicles stored on premises
overnight.
Parking Lots. Surfaced and improved ground surface areas used for the parking of
licensed and operable motor vehicles for periods of less than 24 hours at a time.
Parking Ramp. A structure built for the storage of licensed, operable motor vehicles
for periods of less than 24 hours at a time. Characteristics may include noise, exhaust
fume odor, heavy traffic and large structure mass and footprint.
Parks/Open Space. A structure or area used for passive recreation including, but
not limited to: hiking trails, natural areas, wild life areas, arboretums, open grass
areas and tot lots.
Park/Recreation. A structure or area used for active outdoor recreation activities
such as baseball diamonds,tennis courts, basketball courts, play fields, playgrounds,
outdoor swimming pools, fitness courses and driving ranges.
Personal Use Airport. A restricted airport intended for the personal use of the
owner of the airport and meeting the criteria of Minnesota Rules 8800.2200.
Police/Fire Stations/Ambulance. Police, fire and ambulance related activities,
either public or accredited with local health care facilities, designed to serve the public
health and safety; may include an office component, storage of fire trucks, police cars
and equipment, and the boarding of personnel within an enclosed building.
Characteristics may include sporadic periods of loud noise, sirens, and activity.
Pollution Abatement Equipment. Equipment and structures that are erected or
installed on property for the purpose of eliminating or abating ground or water
pollution.
Printing Process. A commercial or industrial printing operation involving a process
that is considered printing, imprinting, and reproducing images. Methods may include
but are not limited to off-set printing, lithography, web offset, and flexography.
Private Entertainment(Indoor). Entertainment services provided entirely within an
enclosed building; use may include but is not limited to theaters, health or fitness
centers, bowling alleys, arcades, roller rinks, and pool halls. Characteristics may
include late operating hours, outdoor lighting, noise, and traffic.
Public Service Structure. Buildings which include water towers, utility and public
service related distribution facilities; and waste water and storm drainage structures,
but exclude utility substations. These facilities are normally serviced by small trucks
several times per day and by larger vehicles or equipment on a periodic basis.
Buildings typically have large windowless walls and an institutional appearance.
Recycling Center. An enclosed building for the collection, sorting, temporary
storage, processing and shipment of recyclable materials for reuse in their original
form or use in manufacturing processes. Recycling facilities may include the
following:
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Designated Recycling Center. An enclosed building which has complied with the
permitting rules of the Pollution Control Agency and is open a minimum of 12
operating hours each week, 12 months each year, and accepts for recycling at least
four different materials such as paper, glass, plastic and metal.
Light Processing Recycling Center. A building or enclosed space occupying an
area less than 45,000 square feet and used for the collection and processing of
recyclable materials. Processing does not include end-use manufacturing or
industrial use but may include the preparation of material for efficient shipment or
end-user's specifications, by such means as baling, briquetting, compacting,
flattening, grinding, crushing, mechanical sorting, and shredding.
Religious Institutions. A building where people gather to relate or manifest faithful
devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity. This use is characterized by
meeting rooms, education and training, indoor activities, intermittent parking needs,
group singing or chanting and music. The assembly typically meets on weekends or
evenings. The building may be utilized at other times for meetings and other
activities. Accessory uses which frequently accompany the principal use include day
care and park and ride.
Research and Testing Laboratories. Buildings used for carrying on investigation
in natural or physical sciences, or engineering and development as an extension of
investigation with the objective of creating end projects, on a contractual or fee basis.
Restaurants. An establishment whose principal business is the sale of food and
beverages which are prepared and served in individual portions in a ready to
consume state for consumption on site. This use is often found in conjunction with
bars, hotels and food service. It is preferably located on major thoroughfares with no
access to residential streets. Characteristics include late hours of operation, refuse,
high car and truck traffic generation, and cooking odors. A food service or deli is not
considered to be a restaurant if seating is provided for ten or fewer persons.
Retail. A use where merchandise or equipment is displayed, rented, or sold and
where delivery of merchandise or equipment to the ultimate consumer is made;
includes limited production, repair or processing as an accessory use. Hours of
operation generally begin after a.m. peak traffic period and extend to time ranges
from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.; although some convenience stores and grocery stores
are open 24 hours per day. Characteristics include high parking demand and high
off-peak traffic generation; prefers high visibility and access to major thoroughfares.
This use includes but is not limited to camera shops, clothing stores, department
stores, grocery stores, video stores, discount stores, jewelry stores, liquor stores,
delicatessens, retail bakeries, toy stores; but excludes restaurants, bars, motor
vehicle sales, and motor fuel stations.
Retail Sales, Limited. The retail sales of goods, wares, or merchandise
manufactured, produced, or assembled on site and the retail sales of related products
or goods which are clearly incidental and subordinate to the goods, wares, or
merchandise manufactured or assembled on site.
Rooming House. A building where lodging is provided for between 3 and 8 persons
and is the primary residence of the owner. Lodging is available on an extended basis
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rather than daily or weekly. No provision for cooking is provided in any of the rooms
by lodgers.
Self-Service Storage Facility. A business consisting of a structure or group of
structures containing separate storage spaces leased for the storage of goods,
products, materials or other objects.
Service. On-site service provided directly to an individual; includes, but not limited
to: barber shops, beauty shops, massage parlors, laundromats, shoe repair shops,
and dry cleaners where articles to be cleaned are picked up and delivered by the
patron.
Shopping Center. A group of commercial uses planned, developed and/or
managed as a unit which has common parking facilities and contains a minimum of
50,000 square feet of total floor area. Shopping centers may include more than one
building and more than one contiguous property. Theaters and restaurants with
liquor which locate within shopping centers will be considered separate principal uses
for establishing parking requirements.
Showroom. The display of merchandise and equipment and its sale to a customer
where delivery of purchased merchandise is made directly to the consumer from a
warehouse. Merchandise or equipment which is sold may include, but is not limited
to: furniture, appliances, plumbing fixtures, lighting and carpeting.
Single-Family Dwelling, Attached. A residential structure designed to house a
single-family unit from lowest level to roof, with a private outside entrance, but
sharing a common wall with adjoining dwelling units.
Single-Family Dwelling, Detached. A fully detached residential structure
designed to house a single-family unit from lowest level to roof, sharing no
common walls with adjoining dwelling units.
Stable, Commercial. A structure or land use area used to keep horses for sale or
hire to the public. Breeding, boarding, or training of horses may also be conducted.
The use may also include commercial riding arenas open to the general public.
Stable,Private. An accessory structure or land use that is designed, arranged, used,
or intended to be used for the keeping of horses for the private use of the occupants
of the principal dwelling and their guests, but in no event for hire.
State Licensed Residential Facility. A State licensed residential facility occupied
by persons in need of specialized treatment or protection and resident staff who live
together as a single housekeeping unit, usually for a limited period of time. The use
includes outpatient group counseling, some supervision and treatment programs.
The maximum number of clients served is specified by Minnesota State Statute.
Persons served may include the developmentally disabled or challenged and
severely physically handicapped.
Studio. A building where the practice or study of the visual and audio arts occurs;
may include painting, sculpting, photography, recording, radio and television studios.
This use also includes dance studios and studios for the martial arts. This use does
not include large industrial photography or printing processes.
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Temporary Structures. A building other than a "building construction structure"
existing for a period not exceeding six months.
Transportation Facility. Any lot or land area used for the storage or layover of
passenger buses, motor coaches, rental vehicles, taxis, van pools, rental moving
vehicles, or similar(typically includes parking, storage of vehicles, and may include
some maintenance). Parking of cars/vans/pickups that are accessory to a primary
use would be exempt from the above definition.
Two-Family Dwelling. Two dwelling units attached in a single structure, each having
a separate outside entrance. Dwelling units may be located on individual lots or on
a lot in common.
Utility Substations. A structure of electrical components to transform high voltage
electricity into lesser voltages to make suitable for distribution to end users. The use
consists of a large structure and numerous power lines which are difficult to screen.
This use has minimal outdoor activity and traffic generation.
Warehouse/Storage/Distribution. A building for receiving, holding, shipping and
occasional packaging of commodities. With the exception of loading and unloading
of commodities, and parking and storage of trailers, all functions are generally within
an enclosed building. Characteristics may include high truck traffic and low parking
demand. This use may include, but is not limited to, conventional warehouse facilities
and joint warehouse and storage facilities.
Waste Hauler. The collection and transporting, delivering and disposing of solid
waste and recyclable materials generated from commercial and residential
premises. For the purpose of this definition, this use does not include the collecting
and transporting, delivering and disposing of Hazardous Waste, as defined in
Minnesota Statute 609.671, as may be amended from time to time.
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for unrestricted watercraft as defined in this section.
Watercraft, Unrestricted. Watercraft for use on or stored on the public waters
which is:
1. 16 feet or less in length and unmotorized: or
2. 16 feet or less in length which uses a motor of 10 horsepower or less. or
3. 20 feet or less in length and unmotorized, and which is propelled solel
by human power.
Wholesale. The selling of merchandise to retailers, or to industrial, commercial or
professional business customers, or to other wholesalers or on a mail order basis to
individuals or firms, or which serve as agents or brokers buying merchandise for, or
selling merchandise to, individuals and companies.
Wind Generators. A turbine having a large vaned wheel rotated by the wind to
generate activity and extract usable energy from winds.
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Zoning Ordinance
(Ord. Amd. 112-06, publ. 12/22/12)
1101.1100: REGULATION OF COMPETITION MOTORCYLES: The unrestricted use of
competition motorcycles creates a disturbance by reason of excessive noise and
dust and interrupts the peaceful enjoyment of property in proximity to the use of
such vehicles. Therefore, these regulations are intended to limit the adverse
consequences of such use while allowing their use under specified conditions.
1101.1101 Definition of Competition Motorcycles: Any motorcycle that is designed and
marketed solely for use in closed course competition events and is subject to the
labeling requirements of 40CFR Volume 16, Parts 190-259, Section 205.158. Each
such motorcycle shall carry a label which reads "This designed for closed course
competition only. It does not conform to U.S. EPA motorcycle noise standards".
1101.1102 Operation of Competition Motorcycles: No competition motorcycle shall be
operated in the City limits within 1,000 feet of a residential structure or property
zoned R-S, R-1, R-2, or R-3.
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Zoning Ordinance
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