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Prior Lake, MN 55372
CITY OF PRIOR LAKE
ORDINANCE NO. 122-01
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1121 LAND USE TABLE AND
SECTION 1122 USE DEFINITIONS AND CONDITIONS RELATED TO
DRIVE THROUGHS IN THE C-2, GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AND
RESTAURANTS AND CLUBS/LODGES IN THE C-1, NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE CITY CODE SECTION 104,
WHICH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, CONTAINS PENALTY PROVISIONS
The City Council of the City of Prior Lake, Minnesota, ordains:
Section 1. The Land Use Table in City Code Section 1121 is hereby amended include
Restaurants and Clubs/Lodges as a Use Permitted with Conditions (PWC) in the C-1,
Neighborhood Commercial Zoning Use District.
Section 2. City Code Subsection 1122.300 Land Use Definitions and Conditions, RESTAURANTS
AND CLUBS/LODGES is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with:
RESTAURANTS AND CLUBS/LODGES
A. Definition: An establishment whose principal business is the sale of food and
beverages, with or without liquor, which are prepared and served in individual
portions in a ready to consume state for consumption on site. The use often
includes drive through, drive up window and delivery service. It is preferably located
on major thoroughfares with no access to residential streets.
B. Zoning District and Conditions:
1. Permitted with conditions in TC and C-1, and C-2 with the following conditions:
a. Access shall be located to minimize access to and from local residential
streets.
b. Drive through and drive-up facilities are not permitted in the TC and C-1
districts.
c. Drive through and drive-up facilities are permitted as an accessory use in
the C-2 district subject to the following conditions:
A maximum of two drive through lanes are allowed.
A bufferyard Type B shall be provided between the drive through
facilities/vehicle stacking areas and adjacent streets. The drive-through
facility shall be designed so it does not impede traffic or impair vehicular
and pedestrian traffic movement or increase the potential for pedestrian or
vehicular conflicts.
No part of a street may be used for stacking of automobiles.
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d. Access to and from an outdoor area shall be through the indoor seating
area. There shall be no direct access to an outdoor seating area from the
parking lot or street.
e. Food service to an outdoor area shall be provided during all hours of
operations.
f. Hours of operation for outdoor seating shall be limited to 8:00 a.m. to 10:00
p.m. if the outdoor seating area is located within 200 feet from a
residentially zoned property.
g. No bar shall be located in an outdoor area, except a service bar for the
exclusive use of the employees.
h. No outdoor amplified music or public address system shall be discernible
from a property in a residential Zoning District.
Section 3. City Code Section 104 entitled “General Penalty” is adopted in its entirety, by
reference, as though repeated verbatim herein.
Section 4. This ordinance shall become effective upon its passage and publication.
Passed by the City Council of the City of Prior Lake this 21st day of March 2022.
ATTEST:
Jason Wedel, City Manager Kirt Briggs, Mayor
A summary of this ordinance was published in the Prior Lake American on the 2nd day of April 2022.