HomeMy WebLinkAbout2690-25 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 2025/03/03Ordinance No. 2690-25
Amending St. Louis Park City Code chapter 36
related to residential district standards
The city council of the City of St. Louis Park, Minnesota does ordain:
Section 1: Chapter 36, Article I shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following:
ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL
Division 1. INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS
Sec. 36-1. Findings.
The city council finds it necessary to accomplish the following:
(a) Protect the residential, business, industrial and public areas of the community and
maintain their stability.
(b) Promote the most appropriate and orderly development of the residential, business,
industrial and public areas.
(c) Provide adequate light, air and convenient access to property.
(d) Limit congestion in the public rights-of-way.
(e) Prevent overcrowding of land and undue concentration of structures by regulating the
use of land and buildings and the bulk of buildings in relation to the land surrounding
them.
(f) Provide for compatibility of different land uses.
(g) Require that development proceed according to the principles, goals, objectives,
implementation strategies, and land use designations established in the city's
comprehensive plan.
(h) Maintain a tax base necessary to the economic welfare of the city by insuring optimum
values for property in the city.
(i) Enhance the aesthetic character and appearance of the city.
(j) Conserve natural resources and environmental assets of the community.
(k) Provide adequate off-street parking and loading facilities.
(l) Define the powers and duties of the board of zoning appeals and the planning
commission.
(m) Provide effective administration of this chapter and any future amendments to the
ordinance from which this chapter is derived and prescribe penalties for the violation of
its requirements.
(n) Establish a continuing system of review of this chapter to ensure it will be amended to
meet the changing needs of the community and advances in science and the arts.
Sec. 36-2. Purpose and intent of chapter.
(a) To implement these findings, the city council, through this chapter, establishes
minimum requirements to protect the public health, safety, morals, comfort,
convenience and general welfare of the people. This chapter shall divide the city into
use districts and establish regulations which control the location, erection, construction,
reconstruction, alteration and use of structures and land.
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Sec. 36-3. Rule of construction.
(a) Construction. The following rules of construction govern the interpretation of the
language of this chapter:
(1) The singular number includes the plural and the plural the singular.
(2) The present tense includes the past and future tenses and the future includes
the present.
(3) The word "shall" is mandatory, and the word "may" is permissive.
Whenever a word or term which is defined in this chapter appears in the text of this
chapter, its meaning shall be that stated in the chapter definition. Words or terms which
are not defined in this chapter shall have the meaning found in the most recent edition
of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. Words not defined in that dictionary shall have
their ordinary, usual meaning at the time the word or term is being applied to a zoning
question or situation. General words are construed to be restricted in their meaning by
preceding particular words.
(b) Interpretation. The following rules apply to determine the boundaries of a zoning
district or the status of a land use:
(1) Zoning district boundaries.
a. In determining the location of zoning district boundaries, the zoning
administrator shall consider the provisions of section 36-114. If these
provisions are not applicable and distances and dimensions are not
labeled, the zoning administrator shall determine the location of the line
by scaling from the official copy of the zoning map.
b. If the zoning administrator determines the location of the zoning district
boundary along a line which passes through a building or structure, the
boundary line shall be adjusted so that the line falls outside of the
building or structure at a location most compatible with the purpose and
intent of this chapter.
(2) Land use.
a. The only uses which can be made are those uses listed in the district and
these are permitted only in the manner described by this chapter.
b. Any person seeking to establish a use of land or a building which is not
specifically listed in any of the use categories in this chapter may ask the
zoning administrator which category of use shall be applied. The zoning
administrator's decision will establish whether the proposed use is
permitted under any of the categories in this chapter. The zoning
administrator shall consider functional similarities between uses listed in
this chapter and the proposed use including nuisance characteristics,
traffic, appearance and mode and hours of operation in making this
determination. The determination of the zoning administrator shall be in
writing and shall include a statement whether the use is designated as
"permitted," "permitted with standards," "permitted as a conditional
use" or "permitted as an accessory use." If the zoning administrator
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determines that the proposed use is not permitted under any category,
that conclusion shall be stated in the written determination.
(3) Appeal. Any decision of the zoning administrator determining zoning district
boundaries or permitted land uses may be appealed to the board of zoning
appeals under the provisions of subsection 36-31(a).
(4) Performance time; delivery and filing time. Where the performance or doing of
any act, duty, matter, payment or thing is ordered or directed and the period of
time or duration for the performance or doing thereof is described and fixed by
this chapter, the time shall be computed so as to exclude the first and include
the last day of the prescribed or fixed period or duration of time. When the last
day of the period falls on Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, that day shall be
omitted from the computation. When an application, payment, drawing,
contract or other document is to be delivered to or filed with any department of
the city or other unit of government on or before a prescribed date and the
prescribed date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, it is timely delivered
or filed if it is delivered or filed on the next succeeding day which is not a
Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.
(5) Purpose of interpretation and construction of chapter. The object of all
interpretation and construction of this chapter is to ascertain and effectuate the
intention of the city council. This chapter shall be construed, if possible, to give
effect to all the chapter provisions. When the words of this chapter in their
application to an existing situation are clear and free from all ambiguity, the
letter of this chapter shall not be disregarded under the pretext of pursuing the
spirit.
a. When the words of this chapter are not explicit, the intention of the city
council may be ascertained by considering, among other matters:
1. The occasion and necessity for this chapter or specific provision.
2. The circumstance under which it was enacted.
3. The mischief to be remedied.
4. The object to be attained.
5. The former zoning ordinance.
6. The consequences of a particular interpretation.
7. Administrative interpretations of this chapter and interpretations
by the board of zoning appeals and the city council.
b. In ascertaining the intention of the city council, the following
presumptions apply:
1. The city council does not intend a result that is absurd, impossible
of execution, or unreasonable.
2. The city council intends the entire chapter to be effective and
certain.
3. The city council does not intend to violate the Constitution of the
United States or the state constitution.
4. The city council intends to favor the public interest as against any
private interest.
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(6) Grammatical errors. Grammatical errors shall not destroy the application of this
chapter. A transposition of words and clauses may be resorted to when a
sentence is without meaning as it stands. Words and phrases which may be
necessary to the proper interpretation of this chapter and which do not conflict
with its obvious purpose and intent, nor in any way affect its scope in operation,
may be added in the construction thereof.
(7) Provisos. Provisos shall be construed to limit rather than to extend the operation
of the clauses to which they refer. Exceptions expressed in this chapter shall be
construed to exclude all others.
(8) Penalty; forfeiture. When a penalty or forfeiture is provided for the violation of
this chapter, such penalty or forfeiture shall be construed to be for each such
violation. Each day that a violation exists shall constitute a separate violation.
(9) Provision conflicts. When a general provision of this chapter conflicts with a
special provision in this chapter, the two shall be construed if possible so that
effect shall be given to both. If the conflict between the two provisions is
irreconcilable, the special provisions shall prevail and shall be construed as an
exception to the general provision unless the general provision was enacted
subsequent to the special provision and it shall be the manifest intention of the
city council that such general provisions shall prevail. When several clauses are
irreconcilable, the chapter clause last in order of date or position shall prevail.
When the provisions of two or more amendments to this chapter passed at
different dates are irreconcilable, the amendment latest in date of final
enactment shall prevail.
(10) Amendment. When a section or part of the ordinance from which this chapter is
derived is amended, the amendment shall be construed as merging into the
original ordinance, becoming a part thereof, and replacing the part amended,
and the remainder of the original ordinance and the amendment shall be read
together and viewed as one ordinance passed at one time. The portions of this
chapter which were not altered by the amendment shall be construed as
effective from the date of the first enactment, and the new provision shall be
construed as effective only from the date when the amendment became
effective. When this chapter adopts the provisions of state statute by reference,
it also adopts by reference any subsequent amendments of that statute except
when the intent of the city council is clearly to the contrary. If two or more
amendments to the same provision or this chapter are enacted at the same or at
different times, one amendment overlooking and making no reference to the
other, the amendments shall be construed together if possible and effect be
given to each. If the amendments are irreconcilable, the amendment latest in
date of final enactment shall prevail.
(11) Appendix. The appendix is for information purposes only and is not intended to
govern.
(12) Diagrams. Diagrams, where provided, are intended to be illustrative only and
may not be drawn to scale. Where a conflict exists between a diagram and text,
the text shall prevail.
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(c) Separability. Provisions in this chapter are separable if the following events occur:
(1) If a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of this chapter to be
invalid, that judgment shall not affect any other provision of this chapter not
specifically included in the judgment.
(2) If a court of competent jurisdiction finds the application of any portion of this
chapter to a particular property, building, or other structure invalid, that
judgment shall not affect the application of the provision to any other property,
building or structure not specifically included in the judgment.
(3) If a court of competent jurisdiction finds any individual condition of a conditional
use permit invalid, that judgment shall not invalidate any other condition of the
same conditional use permit not specifically included in such judgment nor shall
it invalidate the application of the same condition in any other conditional use
permit.
(d) Jurisdiction and authority.
(1) This chapter is enacted under the authority granted to the city in state statutes.
If those statutes are amended to restrict or enlarge the authority delegated to
the city, those amendments shall be incorporated into this chapter.
(2) Any action by the city to extend the time limit to process a zoning application in
accordance with Minn. Stat 15.99, as amended, may be taken administratively
without city council approval.
(3) This chapter governs the use of all land and structures in the city unless such
regulation is specifically preempted by state or federal statutes or regulations.
(e) Application.
(1) Minimum requirements. The provisions of this chapter are the minimum
requirements for the promotion of the public health, safety, morals and general
welfare.
(2) More restrictive applications. Where the conditions imposed by any provision of
this chapter are either more or less restrictive than comparable conditions
imposed by any other applicable law, ordinance, statute, resolution or regulation
of any kind, the regulations which are more restrictive, or which impose higher
standards or requirements shall control.
(3) Mixed use. All regulations applicable to each use in a mixed-use development
shall be applicable, except where the mixed use is approved under section 36-
367 or where parking is approved under subsection (b)(2)l. of section 36-361.
(4) Essential services. Essential services shall be permitted as authorized and
regulated by state law and ordinances of the city. Such essential services are
exempt from the application of this chapter, except when they are conducted in
the FW, FF and FP overlay districts.
(5) Measurement. All measured distance expressed in feet shall be to the nearest
tenth of a foot. The measurement of distances when required by this chapter
shall be done in a straight line in the plane located at a point one foot above the
highest point in the surface of the ground along the path of measurement, from
the closest exterior wall (extended vertically if a cantilever) of a building
containing the use to the property line of the adjacent street, district, or lot or
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other boundary line. If the use is not within a building, the measurement shall be
the shortest distance from the location of the use to the property line of the
adjacent street, district, or lot or other boundary line.
Sec. 36-4. Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Abandonment means to cease or discontinue a use or activity for any reason, excluding
temporary interruptions to the use during periods of building or remodeling where a valid
building permit has been issued or during periods of routine seasonal closure.
Abutting means having a common border or boundary with or being separated from such a
common border by an alley. This term is used interchangeably with adjacent and adjoining.
Access aisle and aisle mean the traveled way by which vehicles enter and depart parking
spaces.
Accessory use means a use subordinate to the principal use on the same land and customarily
incidental thereto.
Accessory building means a detached building subordinate to the principal building, the use of
which is incidental to that of the principal building or to the use of the premises. Examples
include, but are not limited to, detached garages, storage sheds and gazebos. In the case of an
accessory building, both the building footprint and building height are smaller than the principal
building.
Accessory structure means a structure subordinate to the principal building, the use of which is
incidental to that of the principal building or to the principal use of the premises. Examples
include, but are not limited to, decks, fencing, and landscape features such as a pergola.
Adjacent means having a common border or boundary with or being separated from such a
common border by an alley. This term is used interchangeably with abutting and adjoining.
Adjoining means having a common border or boundary with or being separated from such a
common border by an alley. This term is used interchangeably with abutting and adjacent.
Alley means a public right-of-way, with a width not exceeding 24 feet nor less than 12 feet
which affords a secondary means of access to property abutting the alley.
Alteration means any change, addition, or modification in construction or occupancy of an
existing structure or modification to the surface of the ground.
Basement means that portion of the building having more than half the ground floor-to-ceiling
height below the average grade of the adjoining ground.
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Berm means a land alteration where fill is added to the surface of the ground in order to create
an earthen mound or hill generally used in conjunction with walls, fences, or plant materials to
screen one parcel of land from another or from a street.
Block front means the distance between intersections along one side of a street.
Boulevard means that portion of a street right-of-way between the curbline and property line.
Building means any structure having a roof which may provide shelter or enclosure of persons,
animals or personal property.
Building face means that portion of the exterior wall of a structure which shall lie in a vertical
plane. One face shall be terminated by an exterior angle of at least 210 degrees formed by two
exterior walls each being at least 18 feet in length or a curved portion of such exterior wall
which shall have a central angle of 30 degrees or more.
Building face, front, means the elevation of a principal building that is oriented toward the front
lot line of an interior lot. On a corner lot, the front building face may be oriented toward the
front lot line or a side lot line adjacent to a street. The front face of the principal building
contains an entry to the building and that entrance is more architecturally prominent when
viewed from public streets. Said entrance does not include an overhead garage door. When it is
ambiguous, the zoning administrator determines which is the front face of the building.
Building face, rear, means the elevation of a principal building that is opposite the front face of
the same principal building.
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Caliper inch means a unit of measurement describing the diameter of a tree measured one foot
above the finished grade level.
Cannabis edible means any product that is intended to be eaten or consumed as a beverage by
humans; contains a cannabinoid in combination with food ingredients; is not a drug; and is a
type of product approved for sale by the state of Minnesota, or is substantially similar to a
product approved by the state of Minnesota including but not limited to products that
resemble nonalcoholic beverages, candy, and baked goods. This does not include lower-
potency hemp edibles.
Cannabis product means cannabis concentrate, a product infused with cannabinoids including
but not limited to tetrahydrocannabinol extracted or derived from cannabis plants or cannabis
flower, or any other product that contains cannabis concentrate. It includes all adult-use
cannabis products, including but not limited to cannabis edibles and medical cannabinoid
products. It does not include cannabis flower, artificially derived cannabinoid, lower-potency
hemp edibles, hemp-derived consumer products, or hemp-derived topical products.
Canopy tree means a deciduous tree planted primarily for its high crown of foliage or overhead
canopy.
Carport means a space for the housing or storage of motor vehicles and enclosed on not more
than two sides.
Channel means the natural or artificial depression of perceptible extent along Minnehaha Creek
with a definite bed and bank to confine and conduct flowing water, either continuously or
periodically.
City means the City of St. Louis Park, a municipal corporation, along with its duly authorized
boards, commissions and representatives.
Commercial vehicle. A motor vehicle is a commercial vehicle if:
(1) The vehicle is a dump truck, a step van, a tow truck, a semi tractor or trailer, a
tank truck, a tractor, a bus, a cargo truck, a construction vehicle or equipment,
an earth-moving vehicle or equipment, a van or pickup with a manufacturer's
nominal rated carrying capacity of more than one ton, or any other vehicle which
is used in connection with commercial activities;
(2) Commercial equipment has been added to the vehicle such as winches or snow
plows;
(3) Commercial racks have been added to the vehicle for the purpose of holding
equipment or materials;
(4) The vehicle is a pickup with a nonstandard pickup box; or
(5) The vehicle is a trailer loaded with another commercial vehicle or commercial
equipment.
Conditional use means a specific type of structure or land use which is permitted by this chapter
only after an in-depth review procedure set forth in section 36-33 and with appropriate
conditions or restrictions as provided in this chapter and upon finding that:
(1) Certain conditions as detailed in this chapter exist; and
(2) The structure and land use conform to the comprehensive plan and are
compatible with the existing neighborhood.
Condominium means an estate of real property consisting of an undivided interest in common
with other purchasers in a portion of a parcel of real property, together with a separate interest
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in space in a building. A condominium may include, in addition, a separate interest in other
portions of such real property, such as garage space or in the case of cluster development, a
townhouse or cluster development lot.
Curb level means the grade elevation, as established by the city, at the curb in front of the
center of the building. Where no curb level has been established, the director of public works
shall determine a curb level or its equivalent for the purpose of this chapter.
Customer floor area means that part of the gross floor area of a commercial establishment used
by and accessible to the public, except public restrooms.
Deciduous means a plant with foliage that is shed annually.
Density means the number of dwelling units per acre of net lot area.
Designed Outdoor Recreational Area (DORA) means designed outdoor space intended for
passive or active recreation accessible and suited to the needs of residents and/or employees.
The area shall be functional and aesthetic, designed with clear edges, relate to the principal
building or buildings, include sidewalk connections, seating, landscaping, and other amenities.
The area should be compatible with or enlarge upon existing pedestrian links and public parks
or open space and may include swimming pools, tot lots, courtyards, plazas, picnic areas, and
trails within natural areas. Outdoor recreational areas shall not include driveways, parking
areas, steep slopes, or ponds designed solely for stormwater retention.
Development means all structures, land uses, and other modifications of the existing landscape
above and below ground or water, on a single parcel, or on more than one parcel if covered by
a single planned unit development or conditional use permit.
Diameter at standard height (dsh) means the diameter of a tree measured at a height of 4 1/2
feet from the ground level.
District. See the definition, "Use district."
Driveway means an improved access which connects an off-street parking space to the public
right-of-way.
Dog kennel means any premises where four or more dogs, over four months of age, are owned,
boarded, bred or offered for sale.
Drip line means a vertical line extending from the outermost branches of a tree to the ground.
Dwelling means a building, or one or more parts of a building occupied or intended to be
occupied exclusively for residence purposes, but not including rooms in motels, hotels, nursing
homes, boardinghouses, trailers, tents, cabins or trailer coaches.
Dwelling unit means one or more rooms physically arranged so as to create an independent
housekeeping establishment for occupancy by one family with separate toilets and facilities for
cooking and sleeping.
Easement means the grant of one or more of the property rights by the owner to, or for the use
by, the public, public utility, corporation, or another person or entity.
Effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived means December 31, 1992,
the effective date of Ordinance No. 92-1902.
Enclosed pedestrian walkway means an enclosed link between two buildings on the same or
separate lots designed solely for the purpose of transporting pedestrians.
Equal degree of encroachment means a method of determining the location of encroachment
lines so that the hydraulic capacity of floodplain lands on each side of a stream are reduced by
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an equal amount when calculating the increases in flood stages due to floodplain
encroachments.
Essential services include, but are not limited to, underground or overhead gas, electrical,
steam or water transmission or distribution systems; collection, communication, supply or
disposal systems including poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, fire alarm boxes,
police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants, or other equipment and accessories in conjunction
therewith, bridges, roads, and railroads.
Evergreen means a plant with foliage that persists and remains green year-round.
Excavation means the removal of soil, rock, minerals, debris or organic substances other than
vegetation from a parcel of land.
Expansion means an increase in the floor area or volume of an existing building.
Facade means the exterior wall of a building exposed to public view
Family means one of the following
(1) Any group of people living together as a single housekeeping unit, all of whom
are related by blood, marriage, or adoption plus children who are under foster
care.
(2) Up to four people not so related, living together as a single housekeeping unit.
(3) Any group of people living together as a single housekeeping unit, if no more
than two adult members function as the heads of the household group and the
remaining members are dependent upon them for care and direction due to age,
physical disability, a mental incompetency or for other reasons.
(4) Any individual, who is the owner, living and maintaining a common household
and using a common cooking and kitchen facility.
Fence means any artificially constructed barrier of any material or combination of materials
erected to enclose, divide or screen areas of land.
Filling means the placement of sand, gravel, earth or other materials of any composition on a
parcel of land. Also see the definition, "Land reclamation."
Floor area means the sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of a building
including interior balconies, mezzanines, basements, attics, penthouses, and attached
accessory buildings. Measurements shall be made from the inside of exterior walls and to the
center of interior walls. For the purposes of determining off-street parking requirements, inside
off-street parking or loading space is excluded from floor area.
Floor area ratio (FAR) means the numerical value obtained by dividing the total floor area of
buildings excluding the basement by the lot area on which such buildings are located.
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Food waste means all food, including meat, poultry, seafood, dairy, bread, fruits and
vegetables, cheese, eggshells, rice, beans, pasta, coffee grounds and filters, tea bags, bones and
other plate scrapings, and garden food waste (e.g. tomatoes, pumpkins).
Foster family home means a family home where children out of their own homes are cared for
24 hours a day for a period of 30 days or more.
Garage, private, means a detached accessory building or portion of the principal building,
including a carport, which is situated on the same lot as the principal building used primarily for
storing motor vehicles with no facilities for mechanical service or repair of a commercial nature.
Grade means the average elevation of the finished ground level at the midpoint of all walls of a
building, or in the case of signs, the average elevation of the finished ground level at the base of
a sign. This definition includes the terms finished grade and mean ground level.
Grading means excavating, filling or other changes in the earth's natural topography, including
stockpiling of earth or land.
Ground cover means plants, other than turf grass, normally reaching an average maximum
height of not more than 18 inches at maturity.
Ground floor area means the lot area covered by a principal building measured from the
exterior faces of exterior walls but excluding decks and terraces.
Ground floor transparency means the measurement of the percentage of a facade that has
highly transparent, low reflectance windows at the pedestrian level, measured between 2’ and
8’ above grade.
Hedge means a landscape barrier consisting of a continuous, dense planting of shrubs.
Height, accessory building. A distance to be measured from the first story elevation, as defined
by building code, to the highest point of the structure.
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Height, accessory structure. A distance to be measured from the lowest exterior grade at the
base of the structure to the highest point of the structure.
Height, communication towers and antennas. The height of a communication tower or antenna
which is not attached to a building shall be determined by measuring the vertical distance from
the point of contact with the ground of the communication tower or antenna to the highest
point of the communication tower, or antenna, including, in the case of a communication
tower, all antennas and other attachments.
Height, principal building. A distance to be measured from either the mean curb level along
the front lot line, or from the finished grade level for all that portion of the structure facing the
front lot line, whichever is higher, to the top of the parapet of a flat roof; to the deck line of a
mansard roof; to a point on the roof directly above the highest wall of a shed roof; to the upper
most point on a round or other arch type roof; or to the mean distance of the highest gable on
a pitched or hip roof.
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Hemp-derived consumer product means a product intended for human or animal consumption,
does not contain cannabis flower or cannabis concentrate, and either contains or consists of
hemp plant parts, or contains hemp concentrate or artificially derived cannabinoids in
combination with other ingredients. It does not include artificially derived cannabinoids, lower-
potency hemp edibles, hemp-derived topical products, hemp fiber products, or hemp grain.
Heritage tree means a healthy deciduous tree measuring 30 inches or greater in diameter at
standard height (dsh) or a health coniferous tree measuring 25 inches or greater in dsh.
Household. See the definition, “Family.”
Impervious surface means a surface that has been built on, compacted or covered with a layer
of material so that it is resistant to infiltration by water. It includes buildings, decks and surfaces
such as compacted sand, limerock, or clay, as well as most conventionally surfaced driveways,
streets, roofs, sidewalks, parking lots, and other similar structures. Swimming pools shall not be
considered impervious.
Impervious surface coverage means the amount of the net lot area that can be occupied or
encumbered by an impervious surface.
Intensity classification means a measure of the magnitude and impact of a land use on the
environment and neighboring land uses. Variables include, but are not limited to, the levels of
traffic that are generated, degree of lot coverage, building height, impervious surface, and
density of development.
Intoxicating liquor license (on-sale) means an on-sale liquor license issued by the city council
which permits the sale and consumption on the licensed premises of all types of legal liquor
including spirits, wine, and malt liquor.
Irrigation system means a permanent, artificial watering system designed to transport and
distribute water to plants.
Land reclamation means the reclaiming of land by depositing fill material to elevate the grade.
See the definition, "Filling."
Level of service means the traffic capacity of an intersection or roadway based upon criteria
established by the Institute of Traffic Engineers, as amended periodically.
Lot means a parcel of land created by an existing subdivision or described on a deed which has
been recorded in the office of the register of deeds or registrar of titles of the county and which
is occupied or used or intended for occupancy or use and has common ownership in its
entirety.
Lot area means the area of a lot in a horizontal plane bounded by the lot lines.
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Lot area, net means the total lot area excluding area or easement encumbered by a wetland,
public waters, public parks and trails, public open space, rights-of-way, and other areas
identified or protected by local ordinances such as steep slopes, floodplains, and bluffs.
Lot, buildable, means a lot which meets the minimum lot width and area requirements of the
use district in which it is located, and which has frontage on a right-of-way for street or alley
purposes. If the lot was subdivided as part of a cluster housing development, access to a public
street may be by private street.
Lot, corner, means a lot situated at the junction of, and abutting on two or more intersecting
streets, or a lot at a point of deflection in alignment of a continuous street, the interior angle of
which does not exceed 135 degrees.
Lot depth means the mean horizontal distance between the front lot line and the rear lot line of
a lot.
Lot, interior, means a lot other than a corner lot.
Lot line means the property line bounding a lot except that where any portion of a lot extends
into the public right-of-way, street easement, or a proposed public right-of-way, the line of such
public right-of-way or street easement shall be the lot line for applying this chapter.
Lot line, front, means that boundary of a lot which abuts a street. In the case of a corner lot, it
shall be the shortest dimension on a public street. If the dimensions of a corner lot are equal,
the front lot line shall be designated by the owner and filed in the office of the division of
inspections. If a parcel has multiple sides on more than two street frontages, the front lot line
shall be determined by the zoning administrator.
Lot line, rear, means a lot line not intersecting a front lot line that is most distant from and most
closely parallel to the front lot line. For a lot bounded by only three lot lines, the rear lot line
shall be a line ten feet in length within the lot, parallel to and at the maximum distance from
the front lot line.
Lot line, side, means a lot line which intersects with a front lot line.
Lot of record means any lot which is one parcel of a plat heretofore or hereafter duly approved
and filed, or one unit of an auditor's subdivision or a registered land survey or a parcel of land
not so platted, subdivided or registered, for which a deed, auditor's subdivision or registered
land survey has been recorded in the office of the register of deeds or registrar of titles for the
county prior to the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived.
Ordinance from which this chapter is derived means Ordinance No. 92-1902 adopted December
7, 1992 and effective December 31, 1992.
Lot, substandard, means a lot or parcel of land that does not meet the definition of a buildable
lot or does not meet the provisions of section 36-71.
Lot, through, means a lot which has a pair of opposite lot lines abutting two substantially
parallel streets, and which is not a corner lot.
Lot width means the horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured at the required
front yard line.
Lower-potency hemp edible means any product that is intended to be eaten or consumed as a
beverage by humans; contains hemp concentrate or an artificially derived cannabinoid, in
combination with food ingredients; is not a drug; is a type of product approved for sale by the
office or is substantially similar to a product approved by the office, including but not limited to
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products that resemble nonalcoholic beverages, candy, and baked goods; and meets other
criteria outlined in Minnesota Statute.
Manufactured home means a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the
traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length, or, when
erected on site, is 320 square feet or more, and which is built on a permanent chassis and
designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected
to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical
systems contained therein; except that the term includes any structure which meets all the
requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification
required by the secretary and complies with the standards established under state law.
Mining means the extraction and removal of sand, gravel, or other earthen material from a
parcel of land.
Mobile food vehicle means a vehicle or cart used to prepare and serve food and/or beverages.
Motor vehicle means every vehicle which is self-propelled. This does not include lawn mowers
or snow blowers.
Mulch means nonliving organic, synthetic, and rock materials customarily used in landscape
design to retard erosion and retain moisture.
Nonconforming means a situation where any development, structure, sign, site lighting, off-
street parking lot, landscaping, land use or parcel was legally constructed or established prior to
the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived, or subsequent
amendment to it, which is not in full compliance with the regulations of this chapter.
Nonconforming parking means parking which legally existed upon the effective date of the
ordinance from which this chapter is derived and which did not comply with the numerical
requirements of section 36-361 or with the design requirements found in the landscaping
section of this chapter.
Nonpassenger vehicle means a commercial or recreational vehicle or trailer.
Open lot area means an area of a lot, not located within a front yard or side yard abutting a
street that has a minimum dimension of 20 feet in all directions and does not include a building,
driveway, outdoor storage, or parking space. Open covered porches, gazebos, decks, and
patios are permitted encroachments into the open lot area. Swimming pools are permitted
encroachments provided they do not occupy more than 50% of the open lot area.
Ordinance from which this chapter is derived means Ordinance No. 92-1902 adopted December
7, 1992 and effective December 31, 1992.
Organic material means food waste, yard waste and items such as, but not limited to: non-
recyclable paper products, and other compostable items such as full vacuum cleaner bags,
dryer lint, tissues and cotton balls, floral trimmings and house plants, and compostable plastics
(certified compostable plastic utensils, cups and containers).
Ornamental tree means any tree planted primarily for its ornamental value or for screening
purposes and tends to be smaller at maturity than canopy trees.
Parcel. See the definition, "Lot."
Parking space means an improved area on a lot or area within a building intended for parking of
a motor vehicle and which has a means of access to a public street. This term is used
interchangeably with parking stall and parking facility.
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Passenger vehicle means an automobile, station wagon, van, sports utility vehicle, minivan,
pickup truck, or motorcycle designed and primarily intended for on-street operation. Passenger
vehicles do not include commercial vehicles, recreational vehicles, racing cars or stock cars.
Performance standards means specified criteria and limitations which are placed on
development which are intended to protect the public health, safety, or welfare.
Person means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, society, joint
stock association, or political subdivision of the state including any trustee, receiver, assignee or
other representative thereof.
Pickup truck means any truck with a manufacturer's nominal rated carrying capacity of one ton
or less and commonly known as a pickup or pickup truck and which has a standard
manufactured pickup box. A pickup whose standard box is covered with a topper if the topper
does not exceed 1 1/2 times the wall height of the standard box is a pickup truck.
Playfield means an outdoor facility developed as a baseball diamond, softball diamond, soccer
field, football field, or other surface for conducting outdoor recreational activities.
Practical difficulty means, when used in connection with the granting of a variance, that, the
property owner proposes to use the property in a reasonable manner not permitted by the
zoning ordinance, the plight of the landowner is due to circumstances unique to the property
not created by the landowner, and the variance, if granted, will not alter the essential character
of the locality. Economic considerations alone do not constitute practical difficulties. Practical
difficulties include, but are not limited to, inadequate access to direct sunlight for solar energy
systems.
Previous zoning ordinance means Ordinance No. 730 adopted December 28, 1959 and all
subsequent amendments thereto which were in effect on December 30, 1992.
Principal building means a building or group of buildings in which the primary use of a lot is
located.
Principal use means the main use and chief purpose of land or structures, as distinguished from
a secondary or accessory use.
Proof of parking means a method by which an area of a lot other than that area required for
yards, landscaping, or any other area required for other purposes by this chapter which is
allocated for parking but is not paved or striped.
Racing car means a motor vehicle designed or intended for operation on a speedway,
racetrack, or other facility used or designed for high-speed contests between two or more
vehicles or for timing of speed.
Recreational vehicle.
(1) Travel trailers include those that telescope or fold down, chassis-mounted
campers, house cars, motor homes, tent trailers, slip in campers and converted
vans that are motor homes as defined in this definition.
(2) Motor home is a vehicle that provides temporary living quarters. A vehicle
provides temporary living quarters if it is:
a. Not used as the residence of the owner or occupant.
b. Used for temporary living quarters by the owner or occupant while
engaged in recreational or vacation activities; and
c. Self-propelled or capable of being towed on public roads.
(3) A nonmotorized trailer intended and generally used for transporting boats.
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(4) Snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, boats and any type of watercraft. Such
vehicles which are placed on a utility trailer shall, together with the trailer, be
considered a single recreational vehicle.
Right-of-way means an area or strip of land, either public or private, on which a right-of-
passage has been recorded for the use of vehicles, including trains, or pedestrians or both.
Root zone means the part of the soil that is invaded by a plant's roots.
Screen means a method of reducing the impact of noise and unsightly visual intrusions by
placing vertical elements, such as plants, berms, fences, walls, or any appropriate combination
thereof between the incompatible land uses.
Shrub means a self-supporting woody perennial plant, smaller than a tree, consisting of several
small stems from the ground or small branches near the ground; may be deciduous or
evergreen, and usually not more than ten feet in height at its maturity.
Significant tree means any healthy tree, with the exception of Salix (Willow), Siberian Elm and
Black Locust, is considered to be significant under the landscaping section of the zoning
ordinance if it is at least five diameter inches for deciduous trees and six diameter inches for
conifers. Aspen, Boxelder, Cottonwood or Silver Maple are considered significant if they are at
least 12 inches in diameter at 4.5 feet from the ground.
Site plan means a plan, prepared to scale, showing accurately and with complete dimensioning,
the boundaries of a site and the location of all buildings, structures, uses, and principal site
development features proposed for a specific parcel of land.
Solar energy system - building-integrated. A solar energy system that is an integral part of a
principal or accessory building, rather than a separate mechanical device, replacing or
substituting for an architectural or structural component of the building. Building-integrated
systems include but are not limited to active photovoltaic or hot water systems that are
contained within roofing materials, windows, walls, skylights, and awnings, or passive systems
that are designed to capture direct solar heat.
Solar energy system - building-mounted. A solar energy system affixed to a principal or
accessory building.
Solar energy system - freestanding. A solar energy system with a supporting framework that is
placed on or anchored in the ground and that is independent of any building or other structure.
Garages, carports, or similar structures that incorporate building-integrated or building-
mounted solar energy systems shall not be classified as freestanding solar energy systems and
shall instead be subject to regulations governing accessory structures.
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Solar collector surface. Any part of a solar energy system that absorbs solar energy for use in
the system's transformation process. The collector surface does not include frames, supports,
and mounting hardware.
Solar energy. Radiant energy received from the sun that can be collected in the form of heat or
light by a solar collector.
Stand and standing mean any halting, even momentarily, of a vehicle, whether occupied or not,
otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or
discharging passengers or property.
Stock car means a motor vehicle of standard design and construction which is modified,
adapted or altered in any manner to increase its speed or safety, and designed or intended for
operation on a speedway, racetrack, or other facility used or designed for high-speed contests
between two or more vehicles or for timing of speed.
Story means that portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the
surface of the floor next above; or if there is not a floor above, the space between the floor and
the ceiling next above. A basement shall not be counted as a story.
Street means a public or private thoroughfare with a minimum right-of-way width of 24 feet
which is used, or intended to be used, for passage or travel by motor vehicles. Streets are
further classified in the comprehensive plan by the functions they perform. See illustration
following this definition.
(1) Local street. Roadways typically having lowest traffic volumes, containing one
lane of traffic in each direction whose primary function is to provide access to
and from property.
(2) Minor collector. Roadways containing one lane of traffic in each direction whose
primary function is to provide access to and from neighborhoods and the local
street system.
(3) Major collector. Roadways containing one or two lanes of traffic in each direction
with controlled intersections whose function is to serve long trips within the city
and access to and from minor and principal arterials.
(4) Minor arterials. Interregional roads containing two lanes in each direction with
limited access and controlled intersections at other arterials and collector
streets. Minor arterials convey traffic between towns, boroughs, or other urban
centers and are used to reduce the number of trips on the regional system.
Efficient movement is the primary function of a minor arterial road.
(5) Principal arterials. Limited access interregional arterial routes containing two or
more lanes in each direction. They are designed exclusively for unrestricted
movement, have no private access, and intersect only with selected arterial
highways or major streets by means of interchanges engineered for free-flowing
movement.
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Structure means anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires a location on the
ground or attached to something having a location on the ground, including but without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, advertising signs, billboards and fences.
Trailer means any vehicle designed for carrying property on its own structure and for being
drawn by a motor vehicle.
Trailer bed means that portion of a trailer that is designed to make contact with and bear the
weight of the load to be carried.
Tree means a self-supporting woody perennial plant having one or several self-supporting
stems or trunks and numerous branches which normally attains an overall height of at least 15
feet at maturity. Trees may be classified as deciduous or evergreen.
Truck means every motor vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation
of property. This definition does not include a pickup truck as defined in this section or a van
with a manufacturer's nominal rated carrying capacity of one ton or less.
Understory trees means a self-supporting woody plant or species normally growing to a mature
height of between 15 and 30 feet and a mature spread of at least 15 feet. Many understory
trees are considered to be ornamental trees.
Use means the purpose or activity for which a premises is designed, arranged or intended for
which it is or may be occupied or maintained.
Use district means a mapped area within the city to which a uniform set of regulations applies
for the purpose of regulating development.
Uses, nonconforming, means any building or land lawfully occupied by a use at the time of the
passage of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived or of amendments thereof which
does not conform after the passage of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived or an
amendment thereto with the use regulations of the district in which it is located. See the
definition, "Nonconforming."
Variance means a modification or variation of the provisions of this zoning code as applied to a
specific piece of property.
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Vegetation, native, means any plant species with a geographic distribution indigenous to all or
part of the state. Plant species which have been introduced by man are not native vegetation.
Vehicle means a device for carrying or conveying persons or property which may be self-
propelled or may be propelled, drawn, or towed by a self-propelled vehicle.
Wetland means an area that is inundated or saturated by surface water or groundwater at a
frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that, under normal circumstances, does
support a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions,
commonly known as hydrophytic vegetation.
Wind energy conversion system (WECS), building mounted means a wind energy conversion
system that is attached to a building for structural support.
Wind energy conversion system (WECS) tower means a support structure to which the nacelle
and rotor are attached.
Wind energy conversion system (WECS) height means the distance measured from the lowest
exterior grade at the base of the WECS to the highest point of any component of a WECS.
Yard means a required open space on a lot, which is unoccupied and unobstructed by a
structure from its lowest ground level to the sky except as expressly permitted in this chapter.
For principal buildings, structures, and uses, the yard shall extend along a lot line and at right
angles to the lot line to a depth or width specified in the yard regulations for the district in
which the lot is located. For accessory buildings, structures, and uses, the yard shall extend
from the property line to the principal building, structure, or use.
Yard, front, means an area which extends along the full width of the front lot line between side
lot lines and toward the rear lot line a depth as specified in the required yard regulations for the
district in which such lot is located.
Yard, perimeter means an area which extends along the full width of an interior side or rear
yard having a width as specified in the required yard regulations for the district in which the lot
is located. Perimeter yards shall not be applied to lot lines adjacent to an alley or street.
Yard, rear, means an area which extends along the full width of the rear lot line between the
side lot lines and toward the front lot line a depth as specified in the required yard regulations
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for the district in which the lot is located. Where the lot is a corner lot, the rear yard shall be
the area between the interior side lot line and the side yard abutting a street extending toward
the front yard a depth as specified in the required yard regulations for the district in which the
lot is located.
Yard, side interior, means an area extending along a side lot line between the front yard and
rear yard, having a width as specified in the required yard regulations for the district in which
the lot is located.
Yard, side, abutting a street, means a yard adjacent to a street which extends along a side lot
line between the front yard and rear property line. The required width of the side yard abutting
a street is specified in the dimensional standards of the district in which the yard is located.
Yard waste means all garden wastes, grass clippings, leaves, weeds, holiday trees, shrub and
tree waste and prunings, seasonal greenery, and woodchips that are normally generated from
residential properties.
Zoning ordinance means Ordinance No. 92-1902 and all amendments adopted subsequent to
that date and compiled as Chapter 36 of this Code.
Sec. 36-5. Abbreviations.
(a) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to identify the abbreviations which are used in
this chapter in order to clarify meaning.
(b) Abbreviations.
(1) BOZA Board of zoning appeals
(2) DSH Diameter at standard height
(3) DORA Designed outdoor recreational area
(4) DU Dwelling unit
(5) FAR Floor area ratio
(6) PUD Planned unit development
(7) FW Floodway district
(8) FF Flood fringe district
(9) FP General floodplain district
Sec. 36-6. Reserved.
Section 2. Modifications. Chapter 36, Section 36-32(c)(3) of the St. Louis Park City Code
is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
(a) PUDs with side or rear property lines adjacent to R-1 or R-2 N-1 or N-2 zoned and
used districts shall have a maximum height of 40 feet, and minimum side and rear yards
of 15 feet. Buildings may exceed 40 feet in height if the portion of the building above 40
feet is stepped back from the side and rear property lines a distance equal to the
additional height.
Section 3. Status of planned unit developments established prior to February 27, 2015.
Chapter 36, Section 36-32(e) of the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby amended to delete the
struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
Planned unit developments approved prior to February 27, 2015 are either permitted,
permitted with conditions standards, conditional uses, or nonconforming uses under the
provisions of this chapter. This section establishes the status of planned unit
developments approved under the previous ordinance based upon the five categories
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described in this subsection and sets forth procedures for the termination, and in some
cases conversion, of planned unit developments.
(1) Planned unit developments now permitted or permitted with conditions
standards. Planned unit developments issued for land uses which, under this
chapter, are now permitted or permitted with conditions standards uses in the
zoning district in which the property is located are hereby continued in full force
and effect. The owner of property subject to a continued planned unit
development may request termination of the planned unit development by
providing the city with a letter requesting termination. Upon receipt of a letter
requesting termination, the city shall issue a written termination to the applicant
which shall be recorded on the title to the property by the city. The owner of the
property shall sign an assent form provided by the city wherein the owner agrees
to indemnify and hold harmless the city for any actions or consequences arising
from termination of the planned unit development. Upon termination of the
planned unit development, the land use shall be governed by the regulations of
this ordinance, and other applicable ordinances. Once a planned unit
development is declared terminated, it may not be reinstated.
Section 4. Limitations. Section 36-71(a) of the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby
amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
(2) A developed lot which does not meet the area or width requirements of this chapter
shall not be more intensively developed unless it is combined with one or more abutting
lots or parcels of land to create a lot meeting the requirements of this chapter. This
provision does not apply to single-family homes unit dwellings.
Section 5. Lots of record, buildable. Section 36-71(b) of the St. Louis Park City Code is
hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
(1) A lot of record existing upon the effective date of the ordinance from which this
chapter is derived in the R-1, R2, R-3 or R-4 the N-1 or N-2 district, which does not meet
either the area or width requirements of this chapter required for a single-unit or two-
unit dwelling may be utilized for single-family-unit or two-unit detached dwelling
purposes if the dimensions of its area and width shown exactly on the plat of record, meet
are at least 66 2/3 percent of the requirements of this chapter. This provision does not
include cluster or townhouse lots.
(2) Any single-family unit or two-unit detached dwelling which exists on the effective date
of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived on any substandard lot located within
the R-1, R2, R-3 or R-4 an N district which is later destroyed by fire or other natural disaster
or otherwise removed may be rebuilt if a building permit for reconstruction is issued
within 365 days of its destruction and if it otherwise is in conformance with the provisions
of this chapter.
(3) Any substandard lot which is in common ownership with an abutting lot on or after
the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived may not be
developed and no building permit shall be issued for such development unless the two
lots are combined to increase the substandard dimension of the lot to meet the area and
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width requirements of this chapter. Under these circumstances, only one single-family
unit dwelling may be built on the two lots.
Section 6. Any yard. Section 36-73(a) of the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby amended
to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
(1) Yard lights and the nameplate signs for one-family unit and two-family unit dwellings
in the R-1, R2 and R-3 N-1 and N-2 districts.
(2) Floodlights or other sources of light illuminating authorized illuminated signs, or
illuminating parking areas, loading areas, or yards for safety and security purposes if
these meet the regulations of section 36-363.
(3) Railroad feeder tracks which provide access to buildings and structures in the C-1, C-
2, O, I-P and I-G districts. No loading or unloading may be done from railroad cars on any
feeder track in any front yard.
(4) Canopies no more than 12 feet wide are permitted in the R-4, R-C, N-3, N-4, C-1, C-2,
O, I-P and I-G districts if they are open at the sides, comply with provisions of section 36-
76 and provide 14 feet of clearance if located over any access roadway or fire lane.
Section 7. Principal building – any yard. Section 36-73(b) of the St. Louis Park City Code
is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
(7) Awnings, canopies less than 25 feet in width and door hoods for commercial,
industrial, office and multi-family unit buildings of at least 12 residential units may
extend to the front and side yard abutting the street lot line. Awnings, canopies and
door hoods for single family unit homes and multi-family buildings of up to 11
residential units may extend up to four feet into a front and side yard abutting the
street. For all uses, awnings, canopies and door hoods may extend up to four feet into
an interior side and rear yard.
Section 8. Exceptions. Section 36-74(e) of the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby
amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
(2) A fence or wall may be up to eight feet in height if placed in any side or rear yard in
an R N district which abuts property in the C, O, MX, PUD, BP or I districts, or abuts a
railroad right-of-way, school, religious institution, or other public building.
Section 9. Height limitations. Section 36-78(a) of the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby
amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
(1) Art objects in non-residential neighborhood districts and accessory to permitted
principal nonresidential uses (churches, schools, parks, etc.) in residential neighborhood
districts.
Section 10. On-site equipment and material storage. Section 36-82(b)(2) of the St. Louis
Park City Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following
underlined text.
e. Any equipment or construction materials stored on the site for a period exceeding
120 days shall be screened from view from any properties within an R N district.
Section 11. Authorized temporary uses. Section 36-82(b) of the St. Louis Park City Code
is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
(9) Garage sales. Garage sales shall be permitted in all residentially neighborhood zoned
and/or used properties subject to the following conditions.
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a. Activities relating to the sales, including any outdoor display/storage shall be
limited to no more than two sales events in each calendar year, each for a period
not to exceed 72 consecutive hours.
b. Garage sale signs are regulated as follows:
1. On single-family unit and two-family unit residential properties are
limited to two square feet in area per street frontage.
2. Garage sale signs on other residentially neighborhood zoned and/or
used properties shall be regulated by the temporary sign area allowed
under table 36-362A for the zoning and size of the property in question
except that in no case may a sign exceed 25 square feet per street
frontage.
3. All garage sale signs must comply with section 36-362(e).
4. Garage sale signs are exempt from sign permit requirements provided
such signs are posted no more than two days prior to the sale and are
removed immediately after the end of the sale.
(10) Mobile use. Mobile uses are permitted with the following conditions:
a. A zoning permit is required to operate a mobile use vehicle. A separate permit
shall be required for each location the mobile use operates, and permits shall be
valid for one calendar year. The applications shall include:
1. A completed application form.
2. A site plan showing where on the property the vehicle shall be located.
3. The dates the vehicle shall be on the property.
4. A copy of a letter from the property owner authorizing the vehicle to
locate on the property.
5. A copy of applicable licenses and permits to operate and provide the
service.
6. Required fee.
b. Only Mobile Use-Food and Mobile Use-Medical are permitted.
c. The vehicle is not permitted on property that is zoned residential and used as
a single or two-family unit residential dwelling.
Section 12: Article IV Division 1 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following:
ARTICLE IV. ZONING DISTRICTS
Division 1. Generally
Sec. 36-111. Use Districts Established
All land in the city shall be assigned to one of the following zoning districts:
(a) Parks and Open Space District. POS park and open space district, see section 36-151.
(b) Neighborhood districts.
(1) N-1 Neighborhood District, see Article IV, Division 4.
(2) N-2 Neighborhood District see Article IV, Division 4.
(3) N-3 Neighborhood District, see Article IV Division 4.
(4) N-4 Neighborhood District, see Article IV, Division 4.
(c) Commercial districts.
(1) C-1 neighborhood business district, see section 36-193.
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(2) C-2 general commercial district, see section 36-194.
(d) Office district. O office district, see section 36-223.
(e) Business Park district. BP business park district, see section 36-231.
(f) Industrial districts.
(1) I-P industrial park district, see section 36-243.
(2) I-G general industrial district, see section 36-244.
(g) Mixed use districts.
(1) MX-1 vertical mixed use district, see section 36-264.
(2) MX-2 neighborhood mixed use district, see section 36-265.
(h) Planned Unit Development (PUD) district, See Section 36-32.
Sec. 36-112. Overlay districts established.
Overlay districts are as follows:
(a) FW floodway district, see section 36-294.
(b) FF flood fringe district, see section 36-294.
(c) FP general floodplain district, see section 36-294.
(d) TDM travel demand management district, see sections 36-321 through 36-330.
Sec. 36-113. Map.
The boundaries of the use districts listed in section 36-111 are shown on the zoning map, as
amended. The map is certified by the city clerk and is stored in the office of community
development and is referred to as the "zoning map" or "map," in this chapter. The map and all
of the notations, references and other information shown on it shall have the same force and
effect as if fully set forth in this chapter and are hereby made a part of this chapter by
reference.
Sec. 36-114. Boundaries
District boundary lines indicated on the zoning map follow lot lines, the center lines of streets
or alleys projected, railroad right-of-way lines, the center of watercourses, or the corporate
limit lines as they exist upon the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is
derived. If use district boundary lines do not follow any of the above-described lines, the use
district boundary lines are established as drawn on the zoning map. Where a district boundary
line divides a lot of record which was in single ownership at the time of enactment of the
ordinance from which this chapter is derived and places portions of such lot of record in two or
more use districts, any portion of such lot within 50 feet on either side of dividing district
boundary line may be used for any use permitted in either use district. If the lot shall be wider
than the 50-foot limitation, the use district line as shown shall prevail.
(a) Appeals from the zoning administrator's determination and questions of doubt
concerning the exact location of district boundary lines shall be heard by the board of
zoning appeals.
(b) Whenever any street, alley or other public way is vacated by official action of the city,
the location of the zoning district line shall not be affected by such proceeding.
(c) A determination of whether a property is within the boundaries of the FW, FF or FP
district shall be made by the zoning administrator. Any person objecting to that
determination may appeal to the zoning administrator by submitting a topographic
survey which includes the contour of the flood protection elevation and the location and
elevation of all proposed structures. The zoning administrator may change the
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determination based on the topographic survey, but the zoning administrator shall
notify the commissioner of the state department of natural resources at least ten days
before granting the permit. Provisions for the modification of floodplain district
boundaries are contained in division 8 of article IV of this chapter.
Sec. 36-115. Land use by zoning district.
(a) Designation and reference. The land uses listed in this section are specifically designated
and refer to the detailed listing of land uses contained in section 36-142 et seq.
(b) Land uses permitted. Land uses listed as "permitted" are permitted by the general land
use requirements of this chapter; subject to the general requirements of the specific
zoning district in which they are located, any additional requirements imposed by
applicable overlay zoning districts as designated on the official zoning map, the general
requirements of this chapter, and any and all other applicable city, county, state and
federal regulations as may be amended from time to time.
(c) Land uses permitted with standards. Land uses listed as "permitted with standards” are
subject to all the requirements of land uses permitted by right plus those additional
controls which are listed following the specific land use. Land uses permitted with
standards do not require a public hearing process.
(d) Land uses permitted as a conditional use. Land uses listed as "permitted as a conditional
use" are permitted subject to all the requirements applicable to uses permitted by right
plus all general conditional use and any additional requirements applicable to that
particular land use contained in divisions 3 through 6 of this article and those general
conditions contained under section 36-33. Each conditional use application shall be
considered a unique situation and shall not be construed as precedents for similar
requests. Further conditions may be imposed on any conditional use by the planning
commission or city council in response to special conditions of the use or site.
(e) Land uses permitted as accessory uses. Land uses listed as "permitted as an accessory
use" are permitted subject to all of the requirements applicable to uses permitted by
right, plus any additional requirements applicable to that particular land use contained
in divisions 3 through 10 of this article. Accessory uses other than required off-street
parking may not occupy more than 25 percent of the total floor area of any
development unless further restricted in the district regulations.
(f) Land uses permitted as temporary uses. Temporary land uses are permitted subject to
all the requirements applicable to uses permitted by right as listed in subsection (b) of
this section, plus any additional requirements applicable to that particular land use as
contained in section 36-82.
(g) Land uses permitted in limited stories. Land uses listed as “permitted in limited stories”
are permitted subject to all the requirements of land uses permitted by right plus those
additional controls which specify the story of a building the use can occur. Land uses
permitted in limited stories do not require a public hearing process.
(h) Full compliance necessary. Although a land use may be indicated as permitted by right,
permitted with standards, or permitted as a conditional use in a particular use district, it
does not follow that such a land use is permitted or permissible on every parcel in such
use district. No land use is permitted or permissible on a parcel unless it can be located
thereon in full compliance with all of the standards and regulations of this chapter
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which are applicable to the specific land use and parcel in question, or unless an
appropriate variance has been granted under section 36-34.
TABLE 36-115(A) – (Repealed, Ord. No. 2312-06, 4-14-2006)
TABLE 36-115(C). Intensity Class Measures
Maximum
Density
Factor
(DU/Acre)
Maximum
Imperviou
s Surface
Ratio
Maximu
m Floor
Area
Ratio
Maximu
m Height
(in feet)
Maximu
m Trips/
AC./Day
Gross
Buildi
ng
Area
Hours of
Operati
on
Resultant
Land Use
Intensity
Class
Residenti
al uses
9 -- -- 30 100 2,000 Class 1
All other
uses
-- 0.30 0.15 30 100 2,000 6:00
a.m./
6:00
p.m.
Residenti
al uses
15 -- -- 35 300 5,000 -- Class 2
All uses -- 0.40 0.25 35 300 5,000 6:00
a.m./
10:00
p.m.
All uses 20 0.60 0.50 40 650
10,00
0
6:00
a.m/
12:00
p.m.
Class 3
All uses 30 0.70 0.80 50 1,000
20,00
0
6:00
a.m./
12:00
p.m.
Class 4
All uses 40 0.80 1.00 75 1,500
50,00
0
24
hours
Class 5
All uses 50 0.90 1.40 150 2,500 100,0
00
24
hours
Class 6
All uses 50+ 0.90+ 1.40+ 150+ 2,500+
100,000
+
Class 7
*Based on Institution of Transportation Engineers' Trip Generation manual.
Note: The column showing the highest land use intensity class will determine the land use intensity for
the land use.
TABLE 36-115(D). Open Space Requirements
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Zoning District
Single
Family
Cluster
Housing
Multi-
Family
Elderly
Housing
Nursing
Home
Group
Home
C1-Neighborhood
Commercial NA NA 12% DORA 12% DORA NA NA
C2-General Commercial NA NA 12% DORA 12% DORA NA NA
O-Office NA NA 12% DORA 12% DORA NA NA
MX-1 Vertical Mixed Use NA NA 12% DORA 12% DORA 12% DORA 12% DORA
Reductions may be allowed via the PUD process, if the development meets certain criteria.
OLA = Open Lot Area DORA = Designed Outdoor Recreation Area
Section 13: Article IV Division 2 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following:
ARTICLE IV. ZONING DISTRICTS
Division 2. Land Use Descriptions and Characteristics
Sec. 36-141. Purpose of division.
(a) The land use categories permitted by this chapter are described by this section. Section
36-3(b)(2) empowers the zoning administrator to make interpretations identifying which
land use category a proposed land use fits within.
Sec. 36-142. Descriptions.
(a) Residential uses. The following are typical of the residential uses referred to in this
chapter.
(1) Age-restricted housing means multiple-family dwellings where a minimum of 60
percent of the units are occupied by single persons at least 55 years of age or by
couples with one or both being at least 55 years of age.
(2) Dwelling, single-unit means a fully detached residence located on an individual
lot and intended for occupancy by a single household. This includes a
manufactured home.
(3) Dwelling, two-unit (duplex) means a residence designed for or occupied by two
(2) households living independently of one another, with both units on one (1)
parcel.
(4) Dwelling, attached two-unit (twinhome) means a dwelling unit designed for or
occupied by two (2) households, where the units share at least one (1) common
wall and each unit is on its own individual parcel.
(5) Dwelling, detached courtyard cottages/bungalows means a cluster of multiple,
individual detached dwelling units arranged around a shared courtyard or open
space that is typically perpendicular to the street and where the shared
courtyard takes the place of individual rear yards.
(6) Dwelling, three unit means a single residential structure on a single lot which is
designed for the occupancy of three (3) households living independently of one
another; the units may share a common entrance or have individual entrances.
(7) Dwelling, four unit means a single residential structure on a single lot which is
designed for the occupancy of four (4) households living independently of one
another; the units may share a common entrance or have individual entrances.
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(8) Dwelling, townhouse means a single residential unit which is located within a
larger residential structure containing multiple units and which is separated from
the adjoining dwelling unit(s) by at least one (1) common wall. Each dwelling unit
may be located on its own individual lot or on a common lot containing all of the
attached units. Each dwelling unit shall have separate and individual entrances. A
small townhouse dwelling is in a structure with three (3) or four (4) units, while a
large townhouse dwelling is in a building with between five (5) and eight (8)
units.
(9) Dwelling, apartment means a multi-unit residential building that consists of side-
by-side or stacked dwelling units on one (1) lot and typically with a shared
common entrance. A low-rise apartment has no more than three (3) stories, a
mid-rise apartment has between four (4) and six (6) stories, and a high-rise
apartment has seven (7) or more stories.
(10) Dwelling, existing single-unit detached means a fully detached unit located on an
individual lot and intended for occupancy by a single-household that was in
existence prior to the (Date this amendment is adopted). This includes a
manufactured home.
(11) Manufactured home park means a parcel of land under single control or
ownership which has been developed for the placement of manufactured homes
for residential use.
(12) Roominghouse means a building where lodging is provided for between three
and eight persons and is the primary residence of the owner. Lodging is available
on an extended basis rather than daily or weekly. No provision for cooking is
provided in any of the rooms occupied by lodgers.
(13) Live-work unit means a dwelling unit that includes space for the gainful
employment of a resident of the dwelling unit and up to two workers who may
not be residents of the dwelling unit. The floor area devoted to the business use
may not exceed the floor area devoted to the residential use within the unit. Any
space that will be used by walk-in customers of the business must be accessible
from an exterior entrance that is not used to access other residential units. With
the exception of the exterior entrance, the business cannot substantially alter
the exterior of the property or substantially affect the character of the
neighborhood or the health, safety and welfare of the residents. The business
space must be designed to permit conversion to residential space with minimum
work and no structural changes. Uses which are not allowed include but are not
limited to the following: uses classified as industrial; appliance, small engine and
bicycle repair; motor vehicle sales; motor vehicle service and repair; pawnshops;
animal handling; bars; food service; restaurants; private entertainment; cannabis
businesses; sexually-oriented businesses; and cannabis businesses.
(14) Accessory dwelling unit means a dwelling unit complying with the Minnesota
State Building Code; which is located within a principal single-unit dwelling or in
an accessory building to a single-unit dwelling. The types of accessory dwelling
units include the following:
a. An attached accessory dwelling unit is located within a principal dwelling.
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b. A detached accessory dwelling unit is located as a freestanding building
on the same lot as the principal dwelling.
(15) Short-term rental means leasing a residential dwelling unit or accessory dwelling
unit for a term of less than one month.
(16) Sport court means a hard or paved surface accompanied by sporting equipment
such as nets or goals, which is used primarily for the playing of sports such as
tennis or basketball. A patio, porch, pool, or driveway shall not be considered a
sport court.
(b) Human care uses. The following are typical of the human care uses referred to in this
chapter.
(1) Adult day care means a nonresidential facility that provides care to functionally
impaired adults on a regular basis for periods of less than 24 hours in a structure
which is not the residence of the person being served or the facility operator.
Some characteristics of this use are similar to family day care and nursing homes.
This use is appropriate in commercial areas provided there is accessibility to
outdoor areas for sitting and exercise. Persons being served are most like nursing
home residents.
(2) Family day care means a facility that provides care, protection and supervision of
children in a private residence for periods of less than 24 hours 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 state law which may be amended from time to time. This use may be
licensed by other agencies. It generates about four vehicle trip ends per child per
day.
(3) Group day care/nursery school means a nonresidential facility where childcare,
protection and supervision services are provided for a fee on a regular basis for
periods of less than 24 hours. This use requires a large, sensitively located
outdoor play area and it generates about four vehicle trips per child per day.
(4) State-licensed residential facility means a state-licensed and state-mandated
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 state law which may be amended from time to
time. Persons served may include persons with an intellectual disability and/or
those that are severely physically handicapped.
(5) Group home/nonstatutory means occupancy of a residential structure by
persons in need of specialized treatment or protection and resident staff who
usually live together as a housekeeping unit for a limited period of time. This use
may include outpatient group counseling, some supervision, forced detention,
treatment for mental illness and drug addiction, protective shelter, half-way
house, and release programs. The facility may be licensed by the state but is not
mandated.
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(6) Hospital means a facility 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.
(7) Medical/dental office means a facility which provides direct delivery of health-
related examination and services or treatment to customers on an appointment
or walk-in basis; and includes counseling, consultation, chiropractic and podiatry.
The use may include a supporting retail component for medicine, health-related
food, or other product.
(8) Nursing home means a licensed health care facility providing lodging and 24-
hour care for medically or physically impaired persons usually on a long-term
basis. Residents of the facility do not have private apartments or kitchens. This
use includes a food service and may include supporting medical and retail
services for the residents. A quiet area is preferred.
(9) Funeral home means a facility where funeral services are held and where
embalming and other processes occur in preparation of the dead for burial. It
may include the storage of caskets, funeral urns and other related funeral
supplies, and it usually provides vehicles to transport the dead to the place of
burial. This use does not include a crematorium. Characteristics include
intermittent periods of high traffic generation.
(c) Institutional uses. The following are typical of the institutional uses referred to in this
chapter.
(1) Antenna means any free-standing structure or device attached to a building,
pole, tower, utility structure, or similar structure used for the purpose of
collecting or transmitting electromagnetic waves through the air, including but
not limited to small wireless facilities, wireless facilities, wireless
telecommunication facilities, directional antennas, such as panels, microwaves
dishes, and satellite dishes, and omni-directional antennas, such as whip
antennas, except for Building-Mounted antennas for private use on the premises
where it is located, such as amateur radio antennas, and antennas receiving
television or radio signals.
(2) Communication tower means a free-standing structure the primary purpose of
which is to support one or more antennae and includes accessory uses directly
related to the tower, such as utility buildings. Communication tower includes
wireless support structure.
(3) Community centers means a place, structure, area or other facility 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.
(4) Education/academic.
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a. Public means neighborhood or district based education services normally
provided to children through young adult age. 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 facility.
b. Private means community or regional based education services normally
provided to persons through young adult age. The facilities are similar to
public education facilities.
(5) Library means a facility where collections of books and other materials are
housed in a building 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.
(6) Museum/art gallery means a facility which houses collections of artifacts,
paintings or sculpture in a building which is open to the public during regularly
scheduled hours which may include weekend days and evenings.
(7) Parks/open space means passive recreation including hiking trails, natural areas,
wild life areas, arboretums, open grass areas and tot lot.
(8) Parks/recreation means areas for active outdoor recreation activities such as
baseball diamonds, tennis courts, basketball courts, playfields, playgrounds,
outdoor swimming pools, fitness courses and driving ranges.
(9) Police/fire station means facilities designed to serve the public health and safety.
They may include an office component, the 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.
(10) Public service structure means facilities which include water towers, utility and
public service related distribution facilities, and wastewater 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. Associated buildings typically have large windowless walls and an
institutional appearance.
(11) Religious institution means a facility 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 about the religion,
worship practice, indoor activities, intermittent parking needs, group singing or
chanting, and music. The assembly typically meets on weekends or evenings.
Accessory uses which may accompany the principal use include day care, park
and ride, and dwelling units for clergy, employees, or persons similarly
associated with the Religious Institution.
(12) Utility substation means a structure of electrical components to transform high
voltage electricity into lesser voltages to make it suitable for distribution to end
users. The use consists of a large structure and numerous power lines which are
difficult to screen and are classified as land use intensity 10. This use has minimal
outdoor activity and traffic generation.
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(13) Golf course means a facility for playing golf outdoors which consists of golf holes,
clubhouse facilities which may contain lockers, shower rooms and incidental sale
of golf related items, and off-street parking facilities.
(14) Country club means a golf course and associated clubhouse which may contain
locker and shower rooms, dining and bar facilities, meeting rooms and other
spaces for large social functions. Country clubs are typically open only to
members and characteristics may include significant trip generation on evenings
and weekends.
(15) Mikvah pool means a ceremonial pool that is constructed to meet certain
traditional requirements to serve primarily Jewish women. The use is
characterized by very low traffic volumes primarily during evening hours.
(16) Micro wireless facility. A small wireless facility that is no larger than 24 inches
long, 15 inches wide, and 12 inches high, and whose exterior antenna, if any, is
no longer than 11 inches.
(17) Small wireless facility.
a. A wireless facility that meets both of the following qualifications:
b. Each antenna is located inside an enclosure of no more than six cubic feet
in volume, or in the case of an antenna that has exposed elements, the
antenna and all its exposed elements could fit within an enclosure of no
more than six cubic feet; and
1. All other wireless equipment associated with the small wireless
facility, excluding electric meters, concealment elements,
telecommunications demarcation boxes, battery backup power
systems, grounding equipment, power transfers switches, cutoff
switches, cable, conduit, vertical cable runs for connection of power
and other services, and any equipment concealed from public view
within or behind an existing structure or concealment, is in aggregate
no more than 28 cubic feet in volume; or
2. A micro wireless facility
(18) Solar energy system. A device or structural design feature intended to provide
for collection, storage, and distribution of solar energy for heating or cooling,
electricity generating, or water heating
(19) Wind energy conversion system (WECS) means all necessary devices that
together convert wind energy into electricity, including the rotor, nacelle,
generator, tower, electrical components, foundation, transformer, and electrical
cabling from the tower to building or substation(s) and their support facilities.
(20) Wireless facility. Equipment at a fixed location that enables the provision of
wireless services between user and equipment and a wireless service network,
including: (1) equipment associated with wireless service; (2) a radio transceiver,
antenna, coaxial or fiber-optic cable, regular and backup power supplies, and
comparable equipment, regardless of technological configuration; and (3) a small
wireless facility. Wireless facility does not include: (1) wireless support
structures, (2) wireline backhaul facilities, or (3) coaxial or fiber-optic cables
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between utility poles or wireless support structures, or that are not otherwise
immediately adjacent to or directly associated with a specific antenna.
(21) Wireless service. Any service using licensed or unlicensed wireless spectrum,
including the use of Wi-Fi whether at a fixed location or by means of a mobile
device that is provided using wireless facilities. Wireless service does not include
services regulated under Title VI of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, including a cable service under United States Code, title 47, section
522 clause (6).
(22) Wireless support structure. A new or existing structure designed to support or
capable of supporting small wireless facilities, as reasonably determined by the
city.
(23) Wireless telecommunication facility. Equipment used to provide wireless
telecommunication or data services, including all antennas, radios, support
devices, equipment including ground equipment, associated cables, and
attachments.
(d) Commercial uses. The following are typical of the commercial uses referred to in this
chapter.
(1) Animal handling means the sale, boarding, treatment and care of privately-
owned small animal pets which may include dogs, cats, other mammals, fish and
reptiles but excludes large animals such as horses, farm animals or animals
raised for slaughter. Characteristics may include special refuse, storage, noise,
odor and other nuisance characteristics.
(2) Animal handling, limited means any animal handling use such as veterinary
clinics, pet stores, and pet grooming that do not include boarding, daycare, or
outdoor off leash recreation space for animals. The use may require an animal to
be kept overnight on-site for treatment but does not include boarding or animal
daycares.
(3) Appliance, small engine, and bicycle repair means maintenance and repair of
appliances, small engines, bicycles, and similar items. Characteristics include
some outdoor activity and noise.
(4) Automatic carwash means a facility designed to wash automobiles and light
trucks with little or no human intervention. The facility utilizes automated
equipment and wash cycles are relatively short. These facilities are typically
accessory to other automotive related land uses and may sporadically cause
congestion on its site.
(5) Bank means a facility 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 and stock brokerage firms.
Characteristics may include high peak hour traffic on certain days.
(6) Bar means a facility 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.
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(7) Bed and breakfast establishment means a private, owner-occupied residence
with guestrooms 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.
(8) Brewery means a facility that manufactures alcoholic and nonalcoholic malt
liquor. This definition does not include breweries operated in conjunction with a
restaurant as an accessory use.
(9) Business/trade school/college means a training establishment or institution
serving adults and sometimes high school age persons which provides training
and/or education toward a skill, license or degree.
(10) Cannabis retailer means a retailer that can purchase immature cannabis
plants and seedlings, cannabis flower, cannabis products, lower-potency hemp
edibles, hemp-derived consumer products and other products allowed by the
state of Minnesota from other cannabis businesses and sell or otherwise convey
them to customers.
(11) Coffee shop means an establishment that primarily sells coffee and coffee-
related accessories. They may also sell other refreshment items such as donuts,
bagels, muffins, cakes, sandwiches, wraps, salads, and other hot and cold
beverages. Limited indoor seating is generally provided for patrons, but table
service is not provided.
(12) Convention and exhibition center means a facility providing large and small
meeting rooms for the assembly of persons and the display of products and
information. It may include banquet kitchens and facilities. Characteristics
include heavy parking and loading area requirements and large scale buildings.
(13) Currency exchange means any business or person except a bank, trust company,
savings bank, savings and loan association, credit union, or industrial loan and
thrift company that is engaged in the business of cashing checks, drafts, money
orders, or traveler’s checks for a fee.
(14) Dog kennel means any premises where four or more dogs, over four months of
age, are owned, boarded, bred or offered for sale.
(15) Dry cleaning, laundering with route pickup and delivery, means a facility where
clothing, diapers, or other fabrics are cleaned by dry cleaning or laundering
processes. Materials to be cleaned may be brought to the site either by pickup
and 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.
(16) Firearms sales means a retail use that includes the sale, lease, or purchase of
firearms or ammunition.
(17) Food service means the on-site sale of food and beverages which are prepared
and served in individual portions in a ready to consume state for consumption
either on-site or off-site, including seating for not more than ten persons.
Characteristics may include truck and vehicle traffic, cooking odors and refuse.
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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.
(18) Home occupation means an occupation, profession, or activity conducted 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.
(19) Hostel means a lodging facility operated under the auspices of a national or
international hostel organization which has dormitory rooms available for rent
by members. The facility has common cooking and eating facilities and may have
common restroom facilities. The duration of stay is typically short and the facility
has a resident manager.
(20) Hotel/motel means facilities which provide overnight lodging in individual rooms
or suites of rooms, each having a private bathroom, which are rented by day or
week. These facilities may include in-room or in-suite kitchens and recreational
facilities for use by lodgers. Restaurants, banquet rooms, arcades, fitness centers
and other facilities available to non-lodgers are not considered accessory uses.
(21) In-vehicle sales or service means 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, curbside pick-up or automated teller machines (ATMs).
Characteristics include high traffic volumes during the typical peak hour traffic
period.
(22) Liquor store means a facility principally for the retail sale of pre-packaged
alcoholic beverages for off-premise consumption.(23) Lower-potency hemp
edible retailer means a retailer that sells lower-potency hemp edibles to
consumers.
(24) Medical and dental laboratories mean facilities in which individually produced
and made to order medical and dental prosthetics are crafted for the specific
needs of specific individuals. Characteristics may include hours of operation of
7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; 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 prosthesis.
(25) Microdistillery means a distillery producing premium, distilled spirits in total
quantity not to exceed 40,000 proof gallons in a calendar year.
(26) Microdistillery cocktail room. The on-sale sale of distilled liquor produced by the
distiller on the premises of or adjacent to a microdistillery location owned by a
distiller.
(27) Mobile food vehicle means a vehicle or cart used to prepare and serve food
and/or beverages.
(28) Motor fuel station means a facility which supplies and dispenses at retail motor
fuels, including electrical charging, directly into a motor vehicle; it also includes
the sale of lubricants, batteries, tires and motor vehicle accessories. Motor fuels
may be self-serve or dispensed by an attendant. Light maintenance activities to
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vehicles including engine tune-ups, lubrication, repairs, and carburetor cleaning
may also be conducted. Motor fuel stations may also include facilities for the
retail electric charging of vehicles. 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 bodywork.
(29) Motor vehicle sales means display, sale, transfer of ownership, and rental of
automobiles, trucks and recreational vehicles from an indoor showroom facility
and may include an outdoor sales lot; motor vehicle service and repair and
autobody/painting often occur in conjunction with this use. Characteristics may
include outdoor activity, banners and lights for promotion and advertising,
outdoor sound systems, truck deliveries, night and weekend operating hours,
and test driving on nearby streets.
(30) Motor vehicles service and repair means 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, night and weekend operating hours; motor fuel
stations and autobody/painting are excluded.
(31) Office means a facility in which the handling of information or the performing of
administrative services is conducted. It includes services provided to persons
both on-site and off-site on a walk in or appointment basis such as counseling or
indirect or nonpersonal service such as real estate, travel agencies, financial
agencies, insurance offices and professional offices. This description excludes
hospitals or other medical facilities; except it may include up to a maximum of
ten percent of the gross floor area in medical or dental offices. Characteristics
include high peak period traffic generation and 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. hours of
operation.
(32) Outdoor sales means the display and sale or rental of merchandise or equipment
outside of an enclosed building. It may include boat sales, canoe sales, nursery
sales; but it excludes the sale of motor vehicles.
(33) Pawnshop means a facility where money is loaned based on the value of goods
deposited at the facility by the borrower of the money, which goods are held by
the lender of the money occupying the facility as collateral for the loan. Items
held by the lender which are not redeemed by a borrower may be put up for sale
at the facility to the general public. The term pawnshop includes a facility where
all or any part of the pawnshop activities are conducted.
(34) Payday loan agency means any business that has as its primary activity the
providing of short-term loans for the borrower’s own personal, family, or
household purpose which are usually for a period of forty-five (45) days or less.
Payday loan agencies do not include banks.
(35) Places of assembly means facilities designed to accommodate larger groups of
people having shared goals, desires or interests that are not customarily business
related. Social, educational, recreational, religious, and dining activities may be
included. Characteristics may include large group meetings or activities with
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peak parking demands and noise. If the floor area devoted to food or beverage
sales exceeds 50% of the total gross floor area, the facility will be classified as a
restaurant.
(36) Post office customer service means the retail/customer service portion of the
post office function that includes customer drop off of packages and mail; sale to
the public of stamps, money orders, insurance, envelopes and packaging
materials, and other mail services; and post office boxes. Characteristics include
hours similar to offices and Saturday mornings, high volumes of automobile
traffic and some truck traffic. Mail sorting for mail route delivery and distribution
are not part of this land use.
(37) Printing process/supply means a facility in which retail-oriented graphic and
photographic reproductive services are conducted. This does not include
industrial operations where printing is of a commercial nature.
(38) Private entertainment (indoor) means entertainment services provided entirely
within an enclosed building. It includes theaters, health or fitness centers,
bowling alleys, arcades, roller rinks, and pool halls. Characteristics may include
late operating hours, outdoor lighting, noise, and traffic.
(39) Restaurant means 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. Outdoor seating is considered an accessory use. A food service or deli is
not considered to be a restaurant if seating is provided for ten or fewer persons.
Restaurant uses are divided into the following subcategories:
a. Restaurant, sit-down: Sit-down eating establishments that may allow or
require reservations. Patrons commonly wait to be seated, are served by
wait staff, order from a menu, and pay after the meal. Lounge or bar
facilities may be accessory uses. Sale of lower potency hemp edibles and
cannabis edibles for consumption on-site, with the appropriate licenses
or registrations, may be an accessory use.
b. Restaurant, fast-food with or without drive-through window: This
restaurant type features large carry-out clientele, long hours of service,
and high turnover rate for dine-in customers (around 30 minutes). There
is no or limited table service, and customers typically order from a menu
board and pay before receiving the meal. Sale of lower potency hemp
edibles and cannabis edibles for consumption on-site, with the
appropriate licenses or registrations, may be an accessory use.
(40) Retail means a facility where merchandise or equipment is displayed and rented
or sold and where delivery of merchandise or equipment to the ultimate
consumer is made. This use includes limited production, repair or processing as
an accessory use. Hours of operation generally begin after the a.m. peak traffic
period and extend to time ranges from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.; although some
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convenience stores and grocery stores are open 24 hours per day. Characteristics
generally include high parking demand and high off-peak traffic generation;
generally prefers high visibility and access to major thoroughfares. This use
includes but is not limited to camera shops, clothing stores, department stores,
grocery stores, discount stores, jewelry stores, delicatessens, retail bakeries, toy
stores; but excludes restaurants, bars, pawn shops, motor vehicle sales, motor
fuel stations, large item retail, cannabis retailers and lower-potency hemp edible
retailers.
(41) Retail, large item means a facility where large item merchandise or equipment is
displayed and rented or sold and where delivery of merchandise or equipment to
the ultimate customer is made. Characteristics generally include hours of
operation between 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. weekdays and weekends. The
parking demand per square foot of building area is normally less than the
demand for general retail. This use includes but is not limited to, furniture
stores, carpet stores, large appliance stores; but excludes motor vehicle sales,
pawnshops, and retail.
(42) Service means on-site service provided directly to an individual. This use includes
barbershops, beauty shops, therapeutic massage, nail salon, laundromats, shoe
repair shops, and dry cleaners where articles to be cleaned are picked up and
delivered by the patron. This use excludes pawnshops.
(43) Service stall means the area within a motor fuel station or auto repair facility of
adequate size to service one motor vehicle. A service stall shall have a maximum
floor area of 400 square feet. This term is synonymous with service bay.
(44) Sexually-oriented business means any limited impact sexually-oriented business
or any high impact sexually-oriented business.
a. Limited impact sexually-oriented business means a business where
sexually-oriented materials are sold, bartered, distributed, leased,
furnished, or otherwise provided, and which meets the following
restrictions:
1. All sexually-oriented materials must be provided for use or
entertainment off the business premises only;
2. All sexually-oriented materials must be provided from a separate area
to which persons under the age of 18 years are prohibited access;
3. The separate area may not exceed a maximum of 20 percent of the
retail floor area of the establishment, or 300 square feet, whichever is
less;
4. No person outside the separate area shall be able to perceive or
observe any sexually oriented materials at any time, including when
someone is entering or exiting the separate area, shopping, or
purchasing sexually-oriented materials;
5. A sign must be displayed on the entrance to the separate area, which
shall read: "No person under the age of 18 years is allowed in this
area." The sign letter shall be a minimum of two inches high; and
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6. The entry into the separate area shall be visible to an employee of the
business at all times.
b. High impact sexually-oriented business means any business with
materials or entertainment which are principally related to sexual
stimulation or gratification other than a limited impact sexually-oriented
business. Examples of a high impact sexually-oriented business include
the following:
1. A business where sexually-oriented materials are sold, bartered,
distributed, leased, furnished, exhibited, or otherwise provided for
use or entertainment on the business premises;
2. A business where specified sexual activities (as defined herein) are
explicitly verbally described or shown;
3. A business where specified anatomical areas (as defined herein) are
explicitly verbally described or shown;
4. A business providing sexually-oriented materials for off-site use or
entertainment, which has a separate area but does not meet the size
or other restrictions to qualify as a limited impact sexually-oriented
businesses; and
5. A business providing sexually-oriented materials for off-site use or
entertainment, where the sexually oriented materials are dispersed
within the business rather than isolated in a separate area.
c. Definitions. For the purpose of this subsection, the following definitions
shall apply:
1. Sexually-oriented materials means visual, printed, or aural materials,
and other objects or devices, which:
i. Contain, depict, or describe specified sexual activities or specified
anatomical areas; and
ii. Are marketed for use in conjunction with, or are primarily used
only with or during, the specified sexual activities described in
subsections (a)(28)c.3.ii., (a)(28)c.3.iii. and (a)(28)c.3.vi. of this
section, or as part of the binding, fettering, or other physical
restraint described in subsection (a)(28)c.3.v. of this section.
2. Specified anatomical areas means:
i. Less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals, pubic
area, buttock, anus, or female breast below a point immediately
above the top of the areola; and
ii. Human male genitals in a state of sexual arousal, whether or not
completely and opaquely covered.
3. Specified sexual activities means:
i. Actual or simulated sexual intercourse of any kind involving two
humans, or one human and an animal or object;
ii. Actual or simulated masturbation;
iii. Actual or simulated sadism or masochism;
iv. Actual or simulated sexual stimulation of any kind;
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v. Situations involving a person who is nude, clad in undergarments,
or in a revealing costume, and who is engaged in activities
involving binding, fettering, or other physical restraint of that or
another person; and
vi. Sexually-oriented touching of an animal by a human.
d. Sexually-oriented businesses. Sexually-oriented businesses exclude the
following:
1. Any material with significant literary content or social commentary.
2. A business where sexually-oriented materials are sold, bartered,
distributed, leased, furnished, or otherwise provided for off-site use
or entertainment, if: the material harmful to minors on each item is
blocked from view by an opaque cover as required under M.S.A. §
617.293, and each item is behind the counter and accessible only by
an employee of the business.
3. Displays of sexually-oriented materials may occur up to six times per
year without rendering a business a high impact sexually-oriented
business, if the displays are limited to an area which has been leased
to a person or business for their exclusive occupancy for a private
party, and the only people in attendance have received advance
invitation from that person or company.
4. Any person or organization exempted under M.S.A. § 617.295.
5. Any activity regulated under M.S.A. § 617.251.
6. Any business may display works of art showing specified anatomical
areas, so long as no sexually-oriented materials are for sale, and the
business does not have a liquor license.
7. Movies rated G, GP, PG-13 or R.
(45) Shopping center means a group of commercial uses planned, owned, and
managed as a unit that has common parking facilities. Shopping centers may
include more than one building and more than one contiguous property and
owner if approved under a single conditional use permit or planned unit
development. This use includes vendor markets.
(46) Studio means a facility where the practice or study of the visual and audio arts
occurs. This use may include painting, sculpturing, 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.
(47) Taproom means a facility where on-sale of malt liquor produced by the brewer
for consumption on the premises of, or adjacent to, the brewery location owned
by the brewer at which the malt liquor is produced.
(e) Industrial uses. The following are typical of the industrial uses referred to in this chapter.
(1) Anaerobic digester means an enclosed system in which controlled anaerobic
digestion occurs, converting organic material into end-products such as biogas,
fertilizer, water or other solids. Characteristics may include truck traffic, odor or
noises.
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(2) Autobody/painting means a facility for painting, straightening, replacing and
repairing the frame and body parts of motor vehicles usually damaged as result
of an accident. It includes the outdoor storage of damaged and dismantled
vehicles, and may generate odor and noise. This use excludes junkyards and
automobile wrecking yards.
(3) Cannabis operation means a facility where cannabis is grown, processed or
manufactured into various products such as edibles, concentrates, wax, oils, and
tinctures.
(4) Catering means an operation where food is either fully or partially prepared on
site and delivered to the customer off site for final preparation and
consumption. Characteristics include truck traffic, refuse storage issues, limited
on-site public contact, and possible odors from materials and processing.
(5) Composting operation means the collection, storage, processing, disposal and
distribution of vegetation. Characteristics may include odor, unsightly
appearance, truck traffic and heavy equipment. Recycling of nonorganic
materials is excluded.
(6) Freight terminal means short term storage and transshipment of materials and
the outdoor storage of trucks and related equipment. Characteristics include
high volumes of large truck traffic.
(7) Hemp processor means a facility that converts raw hemp into a product for
commercial purposes. Hemp plants or hemp plant parts are refined from their
natural or original state after harvest by refinement such as, but not limited to,
decortication, devitalization, extraction, crushing, or packaging.
(8) Light assembly means an operation that provides for a limited range of low
intensity assembly activities, such as creating, repairing, or renovating products
inside a fully enclosed building with minimal external effects. Light Assembly
does not result in noxious or offensive odors, sounds, vibrations, emissions, or
any external nuisances upon adjacent properties. Such uses may be associated
with small offices or warehousing operations.
(9) Low impact manufacturing & processing means a facility that engages in the
production of a physical commodity or changing the form of a raw ingredient
within a fully enclosed structure. Such uses do not result in noxious or offensive
odors, sounds, vibrations, emissions, smoke or external nuisances upon adjacent
properties. It may include administrative offices, warehousing and distribution.
This use does not include outdoor storage or overnight outdoor storage of
commercial vehicles. This use includes lower-potency hemp edible
manufacturers.
(10) Manufacturing/processing means a facility 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 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, slaughterhouses, rendering
plants, salvage yards, and auto reduction plants are excluded.
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(11) Office warehouse means a facility 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 and 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. hours of
operation, high truck traffic generation and parking demand.
(12) Outdoor storage means the receiving, keeping and/or shipping of goods and
materials outside of an enclosed building where outdoor activity includes only
the unloading, loading, and keeping of materials. This use may include storage
yards for contractors, equipment, lumber, landscaping materials, construction
materials and shipping materials. Storage of unlicensed or inoperable vehicles or
other materials typically associated with a junkyard, salvage yard or auto
reduction plant are excluded.
(13) Parcel delivery service/post office means a facility for the transshipment of
letters and packages generally less than 100 pounds in weight. Customers may
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.
(14) Recycling operation means a facility located within an enclosed building for the
collection, sorting, temporary storage, and shipment of recoverable resources
including, but not limited to, newspapers, cardboard, glassware, metal cans and
plastic.
(15) Research and development means a facility for basic and applied research or
product development. It may include the testing of agricultural, biological,
chemical, magnetic, mechanical, optical or other components in advance of
product manufacturing. The work completed may result in the creation of new
goods or new intellectual property. Research and Development does not result
in noxious or offensive odors, sounds, vibrations, emissions, or any external
nuisances upon adjacent properties. This use does not involve the fabrication,
mass manufacture, or processing of products.
(16) Self-storage facility means any real property designed and used for the purpose
of renting or leasing individual storage space to individuals, organizations, or
businesses who are to have access to such facility for the purpose of storing and
removing personal property; a self-storage facility is not a warehouse/storage
facility.
(16) Showroom means the display only of samples of merchandise and equipment
where a sales agreement with a consumer is conducted and delivery of
purchased merchandise is made from a warehouse that is not accessible to the
consumer and is physically separated from the showroom by a minimum eight-
foot-tall permanent wall. Merchandise or equipment which is displayed is
typically large bulky items and includes, but is not limited to, furniture,
appliances, plumbing fixtures, lighting, and carpeting. Characteristics include
hours of operation between 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. weekdays and during some
weekend hours.
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(17) Warehouse/storage means a facility for receiving, holding, shipping and/or
occasional packaging of commodities. With the exception of loading and
unloading of commodities, and parking and storage of trailers, all functions shall
be within an enclosed building. Characteristics may include high truck traffic
generation and low parking demand. This use may include, but is not limited to,
conventional warehouse facilities, mini warehouse, and joint warehouse and
storage facilities.
(f) Transportation uses. The following are typical of the transportation uses referred to in
this chapter:
(1) Heliport means a facility for the landing, taking off, basing, service, and repair of
helicopters used for transportation purposes. Characteristics include noise and
the outdoor storage of helicopters.
(2) Helistop means a facility 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.
(3) Off-street parking areas means private off-street parking spaces that are not
accessible to the public.
(4) Parking lots means surfaced and improved ground surface areas used for the
parking of licensed and operable motor vehicles for periods of less than 24
hours.
(5) Parking ramp means a structure built for the storage of licensed, operable motor
vehicles for periods of less than 24 hours. Characteristics may include noise,
exhaust fume odor, heavy traffic and large structure mass and footprint.
(6) Transit stations means on-site loading, unloading and transferring of passengers
on, off or between public transportation ground vehicles. Parking lots and
parking ramps frequently are located in conjunction with the station.
(g) Temporary uses. The following are typical of the temporary uses referred to in this
chapter:
(1) Agricultural commodities sales means the temporary display and sale of
Christmas trees and other greens which are associated with Christmas, flowers
and produce.
(2) Building construction structure means 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, sales and leasing.
(3) Carnival and festivals mean carnivals, festivals, community art fairs, and other
activities that include uses such as entertainment, amusement rides, and/or the
sale of food and merchandise. This use shall not include sales or promotional
events offered by businesses with the intent of selling product or services
identical or similar to those typically sold or conducted on the lot.
(4) Garage sale means the temporary sale of home-crafted items and used
household goods by the owner, resident and/or neighbors of a property. Garage
sales include estate, rummage, basement, yard, porch or similar sales conducted
at a residentially zoned and/or used property.
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(5) Mobile use means a commercial activity conducted as a temporary use within a
vehicle.
(6) Mobile use, food means a vehicle or cart used to sell food and/or beverages to
the consumer. It may or may not involve preparation of the food or beverage
inside the vehicle.
(7) Mobile use, medical means a vehicle used for the following: blood mobiles,
immunization, medical evaluation, imaging, diagnostic or testing procedure.
Mobile use, medical also includes pet care when limited to immunizations and
exams. Mobile use, medical does not include massage or any type of treatment
or surgery.
(8) On-site equipment storage means any structure or outdoor storage area
designed for the on-site storage of construction equipment and materials for an
active construction project.
(9) Outdoor sales, temporary, means 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.
(10) Pollution abatement equipment means equipment and structures that are
erected or installed on a property for the purpose of eliminating or abating
ground or water pollution.
(11) Temporary structure means a building other than a construction structure used
for a period not exceeding six months.
Secs. 36-143
Sec. 36-143. – 36-149. Reserved.
Section 14. POS park and open space district. Section 36-151 of the St. Louis Park City
Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined
text.
(c) Uses permitted with conditions standards. The following uses are permitted with
conditions in the POS district:
Section 15. Police/fire stations. Section 36-151(c)(1) of the St. Louis Park City Code is
hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
a. Buildings shall be located at least 25 feet from a lot in an R N district.
Section 16. Dimensional standards/densities. Section 36-151(f)(1) of the St. Louis Park
City Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following
underlined text.
(1) The principal structure shall be located at least 25 feet from a lot in an R N district.
Section 17. Article IV Division 4 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following:
ARTICLE IV. ZONING DISTRICTS
Division 4. Neighborhood District Regulations
Sec. 36-161. Purpose of Division
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(a) The provisions of this division deal with the city’s neighborhood districts including the
appropriate uses of land and the forms of structures for residential and compatible non-
residential uses.
Sec. 36-162. District Purpose Statements
(a) The N-1 district is consistent with the low-density residential land use category in the
comprehensive plan. This district is intended to:
(1) Provide a compatible mix of housing types at the same scale allowed for a single-
unit dwelling.
(2) Allow non-residential uses limited to city facilities, educational, childcare, and
places of worship. Home occupations are encouraged and required to be
consistent with the residential character of the neighborhood.
(3) Accommodate a variety of property sizes with housing types properly scaled to
the size of the property.
(b) The N-2 district is consistent with the medium-density residential land use category in
the comprehensive plan. It is intended to:
(1) Provide a mix of house scale and low-rise housing types beyond those allowed in
the N-1 district, such as low-rise multiple-unit buildings that retain compatibility
with the scale of housing allowed in the N-1 district.
(2) Allow non-residential uses are limited to city facilities, educational, childcare,
and places of worship. Home occupations are encouraged and required to be
consistent with the residential character of the neighborhood.
(3) Support neighborhood commercial businesses and transit by focusing on transit-
priority streets and encouraging close proximity to small commercial nodes.
(c) The N-3 district is consistent with the high-density residential land use category in the
comprehensive plan. It is intended to:
(1) Provide low-rise and mid-rise multiple-unit housing types.
(2) Allow non-residential uses limited to city facilities, educational, childcare, and
places of worship. Home occupations are encouraged and required to be
consistent with the residential character of the neighborhood.
(3) Support neighborhood commercial businesses and transit by focusing on transit-
priority streets and close proximity to employment areas.
(4) Provide access to parks and open spaces. Access can be provided by being
located adjacent to large parks and open spaces, schools, or by off-street
sidewalk and/or trail access.
(d) The N-4 district is consistent with the high-density residential land use category in the
comprehensive plan. It is intended to:
(1) Provide mid-rise and high-rise multiple-unit housing types.
(2) Allow non-residential uses limited to city facilities, educational, childcare, and
places of worship. Home occupations are encouraged and required to be
consistent with the residential character of the neighborhood.
(3) Support neighborhood commercial businesses and transit by focusing on transit-
priority streets and being adjacent to employment areas.
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(4) Have access to parks and open spaces. Access can be provided by being located
adjacent to large parks and open spaces, schools, or by off-street sidewalk
and/or trail access.
Sec. 36-163. Principal Uses
(a) Table 36-163(a) lists land uses and indicates whether they are permitted, permitted with
standards, conditional, or prohibited.
(b) The following definitions shall be referenced when using Table 36-163(a):
(1) Permitted Use: A “P” indicates that a use is allowed by right, subject to
compliance with all other applicable provisions of this code.
(2) Permitted with Standards Use: A “PS” indicates that a use is allowed when
standards identified in section 36-168 “Use-Specific Standards, Principal” are
met. Uses permitted with standards are also subject to all other applicable
requirements of this chapter. The use-specific standards shall apply when they
are contradictory or otherwise inconsistent with other applicable requirements
in this chapter. Any request to vary from the standards set forth for a permitted
with standards use shall be processed as a variance.
(3) Conditional Use: A “C” indicates that a use is allowed only when standards
identified in section 36-168 “Use-Specific Standards, Principal” are met, and a
conditional use permit is issued by the city. Uses permitted by conditional use
permit are also subject to all other applicable requirements of this chapter. The
use-specific conditions shall apply when they are contradictory or otherwise
inconsistent with other applicable requirements in this chapter. Any request to
vary from the standards set forth for a conditional use permit shall be processed
as a variance.
(4) Prohibited Use: A blank cell in the use table indicates that the land use is
prohibited in that zoning district.
Table 36-163(a). Principal Uses in Neighborhood Districts
Neighborhood Districts
Use Type N-1 N-2 N-3 N-4
Residential
Household Living
Dwelling, single-unit PS PS
Dwelling, single-unit small PS PS
Dwelling, two-unit (duplex) PS PS
Dwelling, two-unit attached
(twinhome) PS PS
Dwelling, detached courtyard
cottage/bungalow PS PS
Dwelling, three-unit PS PS
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Neighborhood Districts
Use Type N-1 N-2 N-3 N-4
Dwelling, four-unit PS
Dwelling, townhouse (small) PS PS PS
Dwelling, apartment (low-rise) PS PS PS
Dwelling, townhouse (large) PS PS
Dwelling, apartment (mid-rise) PS PS
Dwelling, apartment (high-rise) PS
Manufactured home park C C C C
Dwelling, existing single-unit
detached PS PS PS PS
Group Living
State-licensed residential facility PS PS PS PS
Roominghouse P P P
Group home PS PS PS PS
Nursing home PS PS PS
Lodging
Bed and breakfast establishment PS PS
Hostel PS PS
Public, Social, & Institutional
Community center PS PS PS PS
Educational (academic) facility with 20
or fewer students PS PS PS PS
Educational (academic) facility with
more than 20 students C C C C
Library PS PS PS PS
Park and open space PS PS PS P
Parks/recreation PS PS PS PS
Police/fire station PS PS PS PS
Religious institution C C C C
Commercial
Personal Services and Businesses
Adult day care PS PS PS PS
Group day care/nursery school PS PS PS PS
Office less than 2,500 square feet PS PS PS
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Neighborhood Districts
Use Type N-1 N-2 N-3 N-4
Office in existence or having received
preliminary office development
approval by March 1, 1999
P P
Recreation
Country club C
Golf course C
Healthcare
Hospital C C
Transportation and Utilities
Communication tower that is 45 feet
or less in height PS PS PS PS
Communication tower more than 45
feet in height but does not exceed 70
feet in height
C C C C
Public service structure PS PS PS PS
Transit station P P P
Sec. 36-164. Accessory Uses
(a) Table 36-164(a) lists accessory land uses and indicates whether they are permitted,
permitted with standards, conditional, or prohibited.
(b) The following definitions shall be referenced when using Table 36-164(a):
(1) Permitted Use: A “P” indicates that a use is allowed by right, subject to
compliance with all other applicable provisions of this code.
(2) Permitted with Standards Use: A “PS” indicates that a use is allowed when
standards identified in section 36-169 “Use-Specific Standards, Accessory” are
met. Uses permitted with standards are also subject to all other applicable
requirements of this chapter. Any request to vary from the standards set forth
for a permitted with standards use shall be processed as a variance.
(3) Conditional Use: A “C” indicates that a use is allowed only if a conditional use
permit is issued by the city after compliance with the procedure and
requirements set forth in section 36-33 “Conditional Use Permit.”
(4) Prohibited Use: A blank cell in the use table indicates that the land use is
prohibited in that zoning district.
Table 36-164(a). Accessory Uses
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Neighborhood Districts
Use Type N-1 N-2 N-3 N-4
Accessory Uses
Accessory dwelling unit PS PS
Accessory dwelling unit affiliated with a
Religious Institution PS PS PS PS
Accessory building PS PS PS PS
Accessory structure PS PS PS PS
Adult day care in a religious institution,
community center, or nursing home PS PS PS PS
Boarders or roomers PS PS PS PS
Catering PS P
Community garden PS PS PS PS
Family day care facility serving 14 or
fewer persons PS PS PS PS
Gardening and other horticultural uses P P P P
Group day care/nursery school in a
religious institution, community center,
or educational (academic) institution
PS PS PS PS
Helistop PS PS
Home occupation PS PS PS PS
Living quarters of persons employed for
domestic or medical purposes on the
premises
PS PS PS PS
Mikvah pool PS PS PS PS
Parking lot P P P P
Parking ramp PS PS
Residential swimming pool, whirlpool,
sport court PS PS PS PS
Solar energy system PS PS PS PS
Student housing PS PS
Supportive commercial use PS PS
Wind energy conversion system (WECS) PS PS PS PS
Sec. 36-165. Lot Dimension Standards
(a) Table 36-165(a) establishes the minimum lot width and lot area standards for the N-1,
N-2, N-3, and N-4 districts.
Table 36-165(a). Lot Dimensional Standards
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District Use Type
Lot width
minimum
with alley
(ft)1
Lot width
minimum
without alley
(ft)1
Net lot area
minimum
with alley
(sq ft)1
Net lot area
minimum
without alley
(sq ft)1
N-1
Dwelling, single-unit small [only
lots with alleys]
30 3,600
Dwelling, single-unit 40 50 4,800 6,000
Dwelling, two-unit (duplex) 40 50 4,800 6,000
Dwelling, two-unit attached
(twinhome)
25 [50] 35 [70] 3,125 [6,250] 4,375 [8,750]
Dwelling, detached courtyard
cottages/bungalows
100 110 13,000 14,300
Dwelling, three-unit 60 70 7,800 9,100
All other uses 60 70 7,800 9,100
N-2
Dwelling, single-unit small [only
lots with alleys]
30 3,600
Dwelling, single-unit 40 50 4,800 6,000
Dwelling, two-unit (duplex) 40 50 4,800 6,000
Dwelling, two-unit attached
(twinhome)
25 [50] 35 [70] 3,125 [6,250] 4,375 [8,750]
Dwelling, detached courtyard
cottages/bungalows
100 110 13,000 14,300
Dwelling, three-unit 60 70 7,800 9,100
Dwelling, four-unit 60 70 7,800 9,100
Dwelling, townhouse (small) 20 20 2,600 2,600
Dwelling, apartment (low-rise) 60 70 7,800 9,100
All other uses 60 70 7,800 9,100
N-3
Dwelling, townhouse (small) 20 20 2,600 2,600
Dwelling, apartment (low-rise) 60 70 7,800 9,100
Dwelling, townhouse (large) 20 20 2,600 2,600
Dwelling, apartment (mid-rise) 60 70 7,800 9,100
All other uses 60 70 7,800 9,100
N-4
Dwelling, townhouse (small) 20 20 2,600 2,600
Dwelling, apartment (low-rise) 60 70 7,800 9,100
Dwelling, townhouse (large) 20 20 2,600 2,600
Dwelling, apartment (mid-rise) 60 70 7,800 9,100
Dwelling, apartment (high-rise) 60 70 7,800 9,100
All other uses 60 70 7,800 9,100
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District Use Type
Lot width
minimum
with alley
(ft)1
Lot width
minimum
without alley
(ft)1
Net lot area
minimum
with alley
(sq ft)1
Net lot area
minimum
without alley
(sq ft)1
Table notes:
1 Except where subdivisions for the purpose of establishing condominium ownership result in lot sizes
smaller than the established minimum.
Sec. 36-166. Site Dimension Standards
(a) Table 36-166(a) establishes the minimum yard setback standards for the N-1, N-2, N-3,
and N-4 districts
Table 36-166(a). Yard Setback Standards
District Use Type
Front
Yard
Minimum
(feet)1,2
Side Yard
Abutting a
Street
Minimum
(feet)3,4
Side Yard
Interior
Minimum
(feet) for
Attached
Garage or
Lot with
Alley3, 4
Side Yard
Interior
Minimum
(feet) for
Detached
Garage on
Lot
without
Alley3, 4, 5
Rear Yard
Minimum
(feet)
Perimeter
Yard
Minimum
(feet)6
N-1
Dwelling, single-
unit small [only
lots with alleys]
25 9
5 9/5 25
Dwelling, single-
unit 5 9/5 25
Dwelling, two-
unit (duplex) 5 9/5 25
Dwelling, two-
unit attached
(twinhome)
5 9/5 25
Dwelling, three-
unit 5 9/5 25
Dwelling,
detached
courtyard
cottages/
bungalows
10
N-1 All other uses 25 9 10 10 25
N-2
Dwelling, single-
unit small [only
lots with alleys]
25 9 5 9/5 25
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District Use Type
Front
Yard
Minimum
(feet)1,2
Side Yard
Abutting a
Street
Minimum
(feet)3,4
Side Yard
Interior
Minimum
(feet) for
Attached
Garage or
Lot with
Alley3, 4
Side Yard
Interior
Minimum
(feet) for
Detached
Garage on
Lot
without
Alley3, 4, 5
Rear Yard
Minimum
(feet)
Perimeter
Yard
Minimum
(feet)6
Dwelling, single-
unit 5 9/5 25
Dwelling, two-
unit (duplex) 5 9/5 25
Dwelling, two-
unit attached
(twinhome)
5 9/5 25
Dwelling,
detached
courtyard
cottages/
bungalows
10
Dwelling, three-
unit 5 9/5 25
Dwelling, four-
unit 5 9/5 25
Dwelling,
townhouse
(small)
10 10 25 20 feet if
adjacent
to N-1
district
Dwelling,
apartment (low-
rise)
10 10 25
All other uses 10 10 25
N-3
Dwelling,
townhouse
(small) 15 15 10 10 10
20 feet if
adjacent
to N-1
district
N-3 Dwelling,
apartment (low-
rise)
15 15 10 10 10
20 feet if
adjacent
to N-1
district
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District Use Type
Front
Yard
Minimum
(feet)1,2
Side Yard
Abutting a
Street
Minimum
(feet)3,4
Side Yard
Interior
Minimum
(feet) for
Attached
Garage or
Lot with
Alley3, 4
Side Yard
Interior
Minimum
(feet) for
Detached
Garage on
Lot
without
Alley3, 4, 5
Rear Yard
Minimum
(feet)
Perimeter
Yard
Minimum
(feet)6
Dwelling,
townhouse
(large)
30 feet if
adjacent
to N-1 or
N-2
districts Dwelling,
apartment (mid-
rise)
30 feet if
adjacent
to N-1 or
N-2
districts All other uses 30 feet if
adjacent
to N-1 or
N-2
districts
N-4
Dwelling,
townhouse
(small)
15 15 10 10 10
20 feet if
adjacent
to N-1
district
Dwelling,
apartment (low-
rise)
20 feet if
adjacent
to N-1
district
Dwelling,
townhouse
(large)
30 feet if
adjacent
to N-1 or
N-2
districts
N-4
Dwelling,
apartment (mid-
rise) 15 15 10 10 10 30 feet if
adjacent
to N-1 or
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District Use Type
Front
Yard
Minimum
(feet)1,2
Side Yard
Abutting a
Street
Minimum
(feet)3,4
Side Yard
Interior
Minimum
(feet) for
Attached
Garage or
Lot with
Alley3, 4
Side Yard
Interior
Minimum
(feet) for
Detached
Garage on
Lot
without
Alley3, 4, 5
Rear Yard
Minimum
(feet)
Perimeter
Yard
Minimum
(feet)6
Dwelling,
apartment (high-
rise)
N-2
districts
Half the
building
height if
adjacent
to N-1, N-
2, or N-3
districts
All other uses 30 feet if
adjacent
to N-1 or
N-2
districts
Table Notes:
1 For N-1 and N-2 districts, minimum requirement in the table or the distance from the front lot line to the
front wall of the house closest to the front lot line on the block front, whichever is greater. The closest wall
shall not include walls that are allowed as encroachment into the front yard as allowed by Section 36-73
(yard encroachments).
2 For N-1 and N-2 districts, through lots shall have a required front yard on each street.
3 The width of the side yard abutting a building wall shall be increased two inches for each foot the length
of the wall of the building exceeds 40 feet (N-1, N-2) or 50 feet (N-3, N-4).
a. For the purposes of applying this subsection, a wall includes any building wall within ten degrees
of being parallel to and abutting the side lot line of a lot.
b. Side yard widths may be reduced if the side wall of a building is not parallel by more than ten
degrees with the side lot line.
c. The minimum side yard shall be met by the average depth of the side yard. No side yard shall
be less than five feet deep.
d. No side yard shall be reduced to prevent construction of a driveway from the street into the
rear of the lot unless a garage which has access from the street is located on the lot or an alley
provides a secondary access to the rear yard of the lot.
4 For N-1 and N-2 districts, if a corner lot has a rear lot line which is common with the side lot line of
another lot, no building shall occupy that portion of the rear yard of the corner lot that abuts the front yard
of the other lot for a distance equal to the depth of the front yard of that other lot or 30 feet, whichever is
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District Use Type
Front
Yard
Minimum
(feet)1,2
Side Yard
Abutting a
Street
Minimum
(feet)3,4
Side Yard
Interior
Minimum
(feet) for
Attached
Garage or
Lot with
Alley3, 4
Side Yard
Interior
Minimum
(feet) for
Detached
Garage on
Lot
without
Alley3, 4, 5
Rear Yard
Minimum
(feet)
Perimeter
Yard
Minimum
(feet)6
less, measured from the common property line of the two lots extending toward the front lot line of the
corner lot on a line perpendicular to the common lot line of the two lots. See the following diagram.
Common Rear / Side Lot Lines
5 When two numbers are listed as a yard, then both shall apply. One on one side, the other on the other
side. In the case of a corner lot, the required side yard abutting a street shall take the place of the greater
yard.
6If a perimeter yard is less than a required interior side or rear yard, then the larger yard requirement shall
be applied.
(b) Table 36-166(b) establishes the minimum building, outdoor recreation, and lot coverage
for the N-1, N-2, N-3, and N-4 districts.
Table 36-166(b). Building, Outdoor Recreation, and Lot Coverage Standards
District Housing Type
Building
Height
Maximum
(feet)1
Distance
Between
Buildings
Minimum
(feet)
DORA
Minimum
Principal
Building
Coverage
Maximum
Impervious
Surface
Coverage
Maximum
N-1
Dwelling, single-
unit small [only
lots with alleys] 30
35% 60%
N-1 Dwelling, single-
unit
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District Housing Type
Building
Height
Maximum
(feet)1
Distance
Between
Buildings
Minimum
(feet)
DORA
Minimum
Principal
Building
Coverage
Maximum
Impervious
Surface
Coverage
Maximum
Dwelling, two-unit
(duplex)
Dwelling, two-unit
attached
(twinhome)
Dwelling,
detached
courtyard
cottages/
bungalows
10
Dwelling, three-
unit 35% 60%
All other uses
N-2
Dwelling, single-
unit small [only
lots with alleys]
40
35% 60%
Dwelling, single-
unit 35% 60%
Dwelling, two-unit
(duplex) 35% 60%
Dwelling, two-unit
attached
(twinhome)
35% 60%
Dwelling,
detached
courtyard
cottages/
bungalows
10 35% 60%
Dwelling, three-
unit 35% 60%
Dwelling, four-
unit 35% 75%
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District Housing Type
Building
Height
Maximum
(feet)1
Distance
Between
Buildings
Minimum
(feet)
DORA
Minimum
Principal
Building
Coverage
Maximum
Impervious
Surface
Coverage
Maximum
Dwelling,
townhouse (small) 15 12% 75%
N-2
Dwelling,
apartment (low-
rise) 40 15 12% 80%
All other uses 80%
N-3
Dwelling,
townhouse (small)
75
15 12% 75%
Dwelling,
apartment (low-
rise)
1/2 the
building
height
12% 80%
Dwelling,
townhouse (large) 15 12% 80%
Dwelling,
apartment (mid-
rise)
1/2 the
building
height
12% 85%
All other uses 85%
N-4
Dwelling,
townhouse (small)
More than 75
15 12% 80%
Dwelling,
apartment (low-
rise)
1/2 the
building
height
12% 80%
Dwelling,
townhouse (large) 15 12% 80%
Dwelling,
apartment (mid-
rise)
1/2 the
building
height
12% 85%
Dwelling,
apartment (high-
rise)
1/2 the
building
height
12% 85%
All other uses 85%
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District Housing Type
Building
Height
Maximum
(feet)1
Distance
Between
Buildings
Minimum
(feet)
DORA
Minimum
Principal
Building
Coverage
Maximum
Impervious
Surface
Coverage
Maximum
Table Notes:
1 Building height maximum is subject to exceptions in section 36-78.
Sec. 36-167. District Standards
(a) All structures or properties in the N districts shall comply with the following regulations:
(1) All trash, garbage, waste materials, trash containers, and recycling containers
stored outdoors shall be screened in accordance with screening regulations
provided in this chapter.
(2) All utility lines including electric, gas, water, sanitary sewer, telephone, and
television cable shall be placed underground when used with all new structures
or additions which expand the gross square footage of a structure by more than
50 percent unless used for service to single-unit, two-unit, or three-unit
dwellings. In addition, any new service to an existing building other than a single-
unit or two-unit dwelling shall be placed underground.
(3) All access roads shall have a poured-in-place concrete curb measuring at least six
inches above and below the grade in all developments except developments of
single-unit, two-unit, or three-unit dwellings.
(4) Interior pedestrian circulation and pedestrian linkage to any existing public trails
or sidewalks shall be provided where practically possible for all developments
except developments of single-unit, two-unit, or three-unit dwellings.
(5) All single-unit, two-unit, and three-unit dwellings shall:
a. Be built on a permanent foundation;
b. Be connected to the city sanitary sewer and water; and
c. If the dwelling is a manufactured home, it shall:
1. Have a permanent, completely enclosed foundation which complies with
the state manufactured home building code and which is constructed
around the entire circumference of the structure.
2. Meet the standards and be certified by the U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development.
(6) Any parcels which are subdivided for the purpose of creating condominium
ownership are permitted provided that the overall density created within all
condominium parcels plus the common lot do not exceed the maximum density
permitted within the zoning district. Provisions for designed outdoor recreation
area may be provided on a common lot. Any front, rear, and side yard
dimensions required by this section 36-166 shall apply from the building face to
the property line of the common lot.
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(7) For N-1 and N-2 districts, a single-unit dwelling which legally existed or for which
a valid building permit had been granted on or before the effective date of the
ordinance from which this chapter is derived, may be expanded by an addition or
dormer, provided the addition does not extend into the existing side yard.
(8) For N-3 and N-4 districts, all dwelling units shall be at or above the grade of all
land abutting the structure within a distance of 25 feet from all faces of the
building.
(b) Parking and storing of vehicles. The parking or storing of any motor vehicle, recreation
vehicle, or commercial vehicle in the N districts is subject to all restrictions in this
subsection and under section 36-361.
(1) Findings. The city council finds that certain standards are desirable in order to
preserve neighborhood character, public health and safety, property values, and
allow all residents a reasonable use and enjoyment of property. While the city
council finds that the use and possession of commercial and recreational
vehicles are an important factor in the lives of a substantial number of residents
of the city, the council also finds that certain types and sizes of commercial and
recreational vehicles, the improper storage of commercial and recreational
vehicles, and the parking of and storage of excessive numbers of vehicles can
affect the neighborhood character as well as public health and safety, property
values, and the reasonable use and enjoyment of neighboring properties. While
the ability of recreational vehicle owners to provide for the security of and
access to their vehicles is a reasonable expectation, they have a responsibility to
respect the rights of residents, owners, and users of neighboring properties and
to avoid interference with the purposes of the zoning district in which they are
located. The city council further finds that the establishment of these standards
furthers the goals in the city's comprehensive plan relative to enhancement of
residential neighborhoods and similar goals expressed in Vision St. Louis Park.
The city council establishes these standards as a means to balance the interests
of the owners of commercial and recreational vehicles, adjacent residents and
the public.
(2) Except as provided in subsections (e)(3) and (e)(9) of this section, no motor
vehicle, recreational vehicle, commercial vehicle, or trailer shall be permitted to
stand or park in the N districts which exceeds any of the following:
a. Eight feet in height, measured from the ground to the highest point on the
vehicle at recommended tire pressure. For the purpose of measuring height,
all accessories, attachments, and materials carried upon a vehicle shall be
considered part of the vehicle;
b. Twenty-two feet in length, measured at the longest point of the vehicle or, if
a trailer, the horizontal distance between the front and rear edges of the
trailer bed. For the purpose of measuring length, all accessories,
attachments, and materials carried upon a vehicle shall be considered part of
the vehicle or trailer bed; or
c. Six thousand five hundred pounds, empty weight including the box.
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(3) One recreational vehicle which exceeds any of the limits set forth in subsection
(e)(2) of this section and is owned by the occupant of the premises can be
parked behind the rear face of the principal building if:
a. The vehicle is parked no closer than five feet from any property line.
b. If the property has more than a three-unit dwelling, the vehicle must be
stored on a concrete or bituminous surface and the parking space must be in
excess of the minimum number of parking spaces required by this chapter.
c. The vehicle shall be screened using a 90 percent opaque fence which is six
feet high and plant materials which at maturity have the ability to screen 100
percent of the height and 100 percent of the length of the vehicle with a
minimum of 50 percent opacity from view from:
1. Any park.
2. Any abutting residentially developed property.
3. Any street which abuts the back yard.
The fence and plant materials shall be located in such a manner that visibility
is maintained as required in section 36-76. A six-foot-high gate may be
placed in the fence to allow for ingress and egress. Plant materials may be
omitted at points of ingress and egress but the gap in landscaping may not
exceed the width of the vehicle plus two feet.
(4) The following provisions shall apply to the parking and storage of vehicles on
residential parcels in the N-1 and N-2 districts:
a. No more than four vehicles can be parked or stored outside an enclosed
building on a lot that contains a single-unit dwelling. For a two-unit dwelling
(duplex), each dwelling may have up to four vehicles parked or stored
outside. This regulation shall not apply during snow emergencies.
b. No more than two non-passenger vehicles can be parked on a residential lot
outside of an enclosed building. Except as permitted in subsection (e)(3) of
this section, vehicles shall be stored on a designated parking space. Non-
passenger vehicles cannot be parked or stored in front of the front face of
the principal building or between the front and rear face of the principal
building when abutting a street except as allowed under subsection (e)(3) of
this section.
c. Only commercial vehicles which do not exceed any of the size requirements
under subsection (e)(2) of this section and are designed exclusively for on-
street use can be parked on residential lots outside an enclosed building.
Commercial vehicles shall be parked only within a garage or on a designated
parking space and cannot be parked or stored in front of the front face of the
principal building or between the front and rear face of the principal building
when abutting a street except as permitted under subsection (e)(4) of this
section.
d. Except as permitted in subsection (e)(3) of this section, all vehicles must be
stored on a surface improved for driveway purposes with an approved
paving surface.
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e. No more than one recreational vehicle which exceeds the size requirements
in subsection (e)(3) of this section can be parked on a residential lot outside
an enclosed building.
f. No non-passenger vehicle can be parked within five feet of an interior side
lot line or rear lot line.
g. No non-passenger vehicle can be parked in front of the front face of the
principal building or between the front and rear face of the principal building
when abutting a street except where designated parking space is permitted
under subsection 36-361(m)(11). Under no circumstances can a non-
passenger vehicle which exceeds the size limitations in subsection (e)(2) of
this section be parked in a front yard.
h. No non-passenger vehicle can be parked on a residential lot if the vehicle is
not owned or leased by the occupant of the premises where it is parked or is
a commercial vehicle owned by the employer of an occupant who is using
the vehicle for business purposes.
i. Only one tow truck can be parked on a residential property.
j. Parking is not permitted on a driveway within five feet of the curb of a public
street. In the absence of a curb, parking shall not be permitted within five
feet of the traveled public roadway, in no event can a vehicle be parked in
such a manner as to block a public sidewalk.
k. Recreational vehicles six feet in height or less at their highest points may be
parked in one non-driveway area between the front and rear face of the
principal building on a neighborhood zoned lot provided that they are ten
feet or more from the adjacent residence, do not extend beyond the front
face of the principal building, and are screened from the street and from the
adjacent neighbor with a 90 percent opaque fence with a height at least
equal to the height of the highest point of the vehicle to be screened. A
fence-height gate may be placed in the fence to allow for ingress and egress.
(5) One vehicle with an attached snowplow can be parked outside of an enclosed
building between November 1 or the first two-inch snowfall, whichever occurs
first, and April 30. This vehicle will be considered to be a commercial vehicle
when applying this chapter.
(6) Snowplows and other commercial equipment must be stored within an enclosed
structure when not attached to a vehicle.
(7) Outdoor storage of fish houses is not permitted on a residential lot
(8) On-street parking of non-passenger vehicles is not permitted in the N districts.
(9) The following are exempt from the provisions in this subsection:
a. Any vehicle being used in conjunction with a temporary service benefiting
the property.
b. Vehicles used in conjunction with authorized construction sites between 7:00
a.m. and 10:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and between 9:00 a.m. and
10:00 p.m. on weekends and holidays.
c. Vehicles used in conjunction with authorized public works construction.
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d. Recreational vehicles can be parked temporarily while being loaded or
unloaded or during routine maintenance and servicing not exceeding 48
consecutive hours.
(10) Driveway and parking areas. The following provisions shall apply to driveway and
parking areas for single-unit, two-unit, and three-unit dwellings:
a. Permit required. A driveway permit shall be issued prior to the installation,
replacement, or expansion of any driveway or parking area.
b. Width.
1. The maximum width for the driveway apron shall not exceed 22 feet.
2. The maximum cumulative width for driveways, parking areas, and
turnarounds shall not exceed 36 feet for single-unit, and 44 feet for two-
and three-unit dwellings.
3. Horseshoe driveways are permitted when additional driveway accesses
are allowed. The secondary driveway width shall be deducted from the
maximum driveway width allowed and shall not exceed 12 feet in width.
c. Setbacks.
1. No side setbacks are required for driveways, parking areas, and
turnarounds.
2. The start of the transition to a driveway or parking area that is wider than
the driveway apron may start immediately after the driveway apron and
cannot exceed 45 degrees.
3. Turnarounds must be located on private property.
d. Driveway access.
1. One access to a street and/or alley is allowed for single-unit dwellings on
lots less than 80 feet wide.
2. Two accesses to a street and/or alley is allowed for two- and three-unit
dwellings, or single-unit dwellings on lots greater than or equal to 80 feet
wide.
3. Two street accesses are allowed for corner lots with the condition that
one access is allowed per street frontage for lots less than 80 feet in
width.
e. Miscellaneous.
1. The maximum slope on the driveway shall not exceed 10%.
2. The surface of the driveway shall be paved with asphalt, concrete, or
pavers. Permeable pavers and ribbon driveways may be used on private
property if vegetation is maintained between the ribbons of the driveway
and the open areas of the permeable pavers.
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Sec. 36-168. Use Specific Standards, Principal
(a) Adult day care.
(1) At least 12% of the lot area shall be developed as designed outdoor recreation
area.
(2) Within the N-1 and N-2 districts, the facility can serve 16 or fewer persons.
(b) Bed and breakfast establishment.
(1) The facility shall be owner occupied.
(2) The total number of guestrooms shall be limited to three.
(3) Not more than 50 percent of the gross floor area of the residence shall be used
for the guesthouse operation.
(4) Accommodations may be provided to a guest for a period not exceeding 14 days.
(5) Food service shall be limited to breakfast.
(6) Rented rooms shall not contain cooking facilities.
(7) Rooms used for sleeping shall be part of the primary residential structure and
shall not have been constructed specifically for rental purposes.
(c) Communication tower that is 45 feet or less.
(1) The tower must meet the standards of Section 368 (Communication Towers and
Antennas).
(d) Communication tower that is more than 45 feet in height but does not exceed 70 feet in
height.
(1) The tower must meet the standards of Section 368 (Communication Towers and
Antennas).
(e) Community center.
(1) The property shall be designated as civic in the comprehensive plan.
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(2) Unless a redevelopment plan for the area has been adopted as part of the city
comprehensive plan, the following standards shall apply:
a. The principal building shall be located a minimum of 30 feet from any parcel
that is zoned N and used for dwelling purposes.
b. Outdoor areas improved for group activities shall be located at least 25 feet
from any parcel that is zoned N and used for dwelling purposes.
(f) Country club.
(1) All structures shall be located a minimum of 30 feet from any parcel that is
zoned N and used for dwelling purposes.
(g) Dwelling
(1) Dwelling, single unit
a. Lot access
1. If a lot is adjacent to an alley, driveway access shall be off the alley.
2. If a lot is not adjacent to an alley but is a corner lot or a through lot, then
driveway access shall be off the side street with the lower functional class
as defined by the comprehensive plan.
3. If a lot is not adjacent to an alley nor a corner lot, driveway access can be
from the street.
4. A driveway existing as of March 3, 2025 that does not meet the above lot
access standards can continue in the same location until the property is
redeveloped. Such driveway may be expanded as long as it is in
conformance with the City Code.
b. The maximum garage width facing a public right-of-way shall not exceed 50%
of the principal building’s width.
(2) Dwelling, single unit small
a. The dwelling shall be no more than 1,200 square feet in size.
b. The dwelling footprint shall be no more than 800 square feet
c. The maximum height of the dwelling unit shall be 25 feet.
(3) Dwelling, two-unit (duplex)
a. Any two-unit (duplex) dwelling shall abide by the standards required for
dwelling, single-unit above.
(4) Dwelling, two-unit attached (twinhome)
a. Any two-unit attached (twinhome) dwelling shall abide by the standards
required for dwelling, single-unit above.
(5) Dwelling, detached courtyard cottages/bungalows
a. A cottage courtyard development shall consist of at least four and no more
than 12 dwelling units located around a shared, centrally located courtyard.
b. The cottage courtyard development shall provide a minimum of 300 square
feet of common open space per dwelling unit. This common open space
includes the required shared courtyard, which shall be at least 20 feet in
width and depth.
c. A cottage courtyard development may have more than one courtyard.
d. Each dwelling unit shall have a maximum height of 25 feet.
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e. Each dwelling unit shall have a maximum ground floor area of 900 square
feet.
f. Each dwelling unit shall have the primary entrance oriented to the shared
courtyard.
g. Each dwelling unit abutting a public street shall have windows on the facade
oriented to the public street.
h. Each dwelling unit shall have no more than a one-stall attached garage.
i. Accessory buildings. No accessory buildings shall be allowed except for a one-
stall detached garage for each dwelling unit and accessory buildings for use
by the homeowners association.
j. Parking areas shall not be located in any required yard abutting a public
street.
k. Accessory dwelling units are prohibited.
l. Dwelling units may be located on one parcel or on individual parcels for each
dwelling unit with a separate parcel for common open spaces and facilities.
(6) Dwelling, three-unit
a. Any three-unit dwelling shall abide by the standards required for dwelling,
single-unit above.
(7) Dwelling, four-unit
a. Driveway access shall be off the alley if present. If a lot is on a corner, then
the driveway shall be off the side street if an alley is not present. If there is
not an alley or the lot is not a corner lot, the driveway access may be from
the front of the property.
b. On the public street-facing facade, no garage door shall occupy more than 50
percent of any street-facing individual unit width.
(8) Dwelling, townhouse
a. Lot access
1. If a lot is adjacent to an alley, driveway access shall be off the alley.
2. If a lot is not adjacent to an alley but is a corner lot or a through lot, then
driveway access shall be off the side street with the lower functional class
as defined by the comprehensive plan.
3. If a lot is not adjacent to an alley nor a corner lot, driveway access can be
from the street.
4. A driveway existing as of March 3, 2025 that does not meet the above lot
access standards can continue in the same location until the property is
redeveloped. Such driveway may be expanded as long as it is in
conformance with the City Code.
b. The maximum number of dwellings per structure shall be as follows:
1. Small townhouse dwelling shall have no more than four units
2. Large townhouse dwelling shall have no more than eight units. The
orientation of the structure(s) shall match the orientation of other
existing principal structures along the block on which it is located.
c. On the public street-facing facade, no garage door shall occupy more than 50
percent of any individual unit width.
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d. Buildings shall be designed with significant variation in the façade every 60
feet and minor variations at least every 20 feet. Variation can be achieved
with articulation, texture, materials, doors, windows, roof dormers, gables,
and covered porches. Any architectural projection or recess used to
accomplish this change shall be a minimum of six feet wide and two feet
deep.
(9) Dwelling, apartment (low-rise)
a. Lot access
1. Lot access for any low-rise apartment dwelling shall abide by the lot
access standards as required for dwelling, townhouse above.
2. If a lot is not adjacent to an alley but is a corner lot or a through lot, then
driveway access shall be off the street with the lower functional class as
defined by the comprehensive plan.
3. A driveway existing as of [insert date] that does not meet the above lot
access standards can continue in the same location until the property is
redeveloped. Such driveway may be expanded as long as it is in
conformance with the City Code.
b. Individual dwelling unit entrances for ground floor units may be interior or
exterior entrances.
c. Any driveways or parking areas within 30 feet of a property zoned N-1 or N-2
shall be screened. Such screening may consist of a solid hedge, an
architectural compatible opaque wall, fence, berm or combination thereof.
d. To qualify as age-restricted housing, it must provide the following:
1. A minimum of 1,000 square feet of lot area for each dwelling unit.
2. A lounge or other inside community rooms equal in aggregate size to a
minimum of 15 square feet for each unit.
3. A recorded covenant to run with the land, executed in a form approved
by the city, which restricts the use of the property to occupancy by age.
(10) Dwelling, apartment (mid-rise)
a. Access shall be to a roadway identified in the comprehensive plan as a
collector or arterial, or shall be otherwise located so that access can be
provided without generating significant traffic on local residential streets.
b. Any mid-rise apartment dwelling shall abide by the standards as required for
dwelling, apartment (low-rise) above.
(11) Dwelling, apartment (high-rise)
a. Any high-rise apartment dwelling shall abide by the standards as required for
dwelling, apartment (mid-rise) above.
(h) Educational (academic) facilities with 20 or fewer students.
(1) The school shall be limited to preschool through eighth grade.
(2) Access shall be to a roadway identified in the comprehensive plan as a collector
or arterial, or shall be otherwise located so that access can be provided without
generating significant traffic on local residential streets.
(3) Student drop-off and loading areas shall not interfere with traffic and pedestrian
movements.
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(4) An outdoor play area shall be provided that contains at least 40 square feet per
student enrolled at the school, or be located adjacent to a public park.
(i) Educational (academic) facility with more than 20 students.
(1) The principal buildings shall be located a minimum of 30 feet from any parcel
zoned N and used for a dwelling.
(2) An off-street passenger loading area shall be provided to maintain vehicular and
pedestrian safety.
(3) Outdoor recreational and play areas shall be located at least 25 feet from any
parcel that is zoned N and used for a dwelling.
(4) Access shall be to a roadway identified in the comprehensive plan as a collector
or arterial, or shall be otherwise located so that access can be provided without
generating significant traffic on local residential streets.
(j) Golf course.
(1) All structures shall be located a minimum of 30 feet from any parcel that is
zoned N and either used for residential use or has an occupied institutional
building, including but not limited to educational (academic) facilities, religious
institutions, and community centers.
(k) Group day care/nursery school.
(1) The principal buildings shall be located a minimum of 30 feet from any parcel
zoned N and used for a dwelling.
(2) Outdoor recreational and play areas shall be located at least 25 feet from any
parcel zoned N and used for a dwelling.
(3) The on-site outdoor activity area shall be enclosed by a fence.
(4) As allowed for by state licensing, city parks may be utilized to meet up to 50
percent of the required outdoor activity areas with the following conditions:
a. The park must have age-appropriate play equipment.
b. There is a clearly defined and maintained sidewalk or improved trail
connecting the facility to the park.
(5) An off-street passenger loading area shall be provided to maintain vehicular and
pedestrian safety.
(l) Group home.
(1) The use shall not be located within 1,500 feet of any other group home or state-
licensed residential facility.
(2) The maximum occupancy of a facility shall not exceed six people in the N-1 and
N-2 district, 30 people in the N-3 district, and 50 people in the N-4 district. A
minimum of 300 square feet of gross building area shall be provided for each
resident.
(3) At least 12% of the lot area shall be developed as designed outdoor recreation
area.
(4) At least 800 square feet of lot area shall be provided for each person, including
resident staff, housed on the site.
(5) The building structure shall not be modified or converted for the specific
purpose of accommodating the group home use except to comply with
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Americans with Disabilities Act requirements or other normal maintenance and
repair.
(6) The following shall also be required for facilities located in the N-1 and N-2
districts:
a. No more than two people shall occupy one bedroom
b. One bathroom shall be provided for every three persons living at the facility.
(m) Hospital.
(1) Buildings located within 100 feet of a property zoned N-1 or N-2 shall be limited
to the lesser of four stories or 45 feet. The height of all other buildings more
than 100 feet away in N-1 or N-2, or located in the N-3 or N-4 districts, shall be
regulated by yard and floor area ratio requirements.
(2) Access shall be to a roadway identified in the comprehensive plan as a collector
or arterial.
(3) Internal traffic circulation shall be designed to minimize traffic within 100 feet of
any property abutting a N district.
(4) Screening and a six foot privacy fence shall be installed and maintained along any
abutting N district.
(5) The property shall be designated for office use in the comprehensive plan.
(n) Hostel.
(1) The hostel shall be affiliated with a national or international hostel organization
and shall be subject to the operating procedures of such organization.
(2) The hostel shall be available for occupancy only by members of the affiliate or
the parent organization.
(3) The hours for check-in/check-out shall be limited to 6:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m.
(4) Overnight parking of vehicles whose passenger capacity exceeds 15 shall be
prohibited on the site.
(5) Outdoor recreational and play areas shall be located at least 25 feet from any lot
zoned N and either used for residential use or has an occupied institutional
building, including but not limited to educational (academic) facilities, religious
institutions, and community centers.
(6) No room shall contain more than four beds.
(o) Library.
(1) All structures shall be located a minimum of 30 feet from any parcel that is
zoned N and either used for residential use or has an occupied institutional
building, including but not limited to educational (academic) facilities, religious
institutions, and community centers.
(p) Manufactured home park.
(1) The manufactured home park, and all manufactured homes sited within it, must
meet all requirements set forth in state statutes.
(2) A responsible attendant or caretaker must be in charge at all times and shall be
responsible for ensuring the maintenance of the park, its facilities, and its
equipment in clean, ordinary, and sanitary condition.
(3) The manufactured home park must be at least 5 acres in size.
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(4) The manufactured home park shall meet the density requirement set forth in the
comprehensive plan.
(5) Uses permitted within the park shall include only manufactured homes, storm
shelters, recreational facilities, and accessory uses to the manufactured homes,
including common laundering facilities, garages, sheds, and similar structures
necessary for the operation and maintenance of the park.
(6) All manufactured homes shall be equipped with an anchoring system approved
by the Minnesota Department of Administration (Building Code division). The
frame, wheels, crawl space, storage areas, and utility connections of all
manufactured homes shall be concealed from view by skirting made of durable
all-weather construction material that is consistent with the exterior of the
manufactured home. Installation of the skirting must be completed within 60
days of the placement of the manufactured home on the pad. No obstruction
shall be permitted that impedes the inspection of plumbing and electrical
facilities.
(7) The maximum coverage on individual manufactured home sites for the
manufactured home, any accessory structures, and driveway shall be 50%.
(8) Except for public, community, and utility structures, the maximum height of
principal and accessory structures shall not exceed 20 feet.
(q) Nursing home.
(1) All structures shall be located a minimum of 30 feet from any parcel that is
zoned N and either used for residential use or has an occupied institutional
building, including but not limited to educational (academic) facilities, religious
institutions, and community centers.
(2) At least 12% of the lot area shall be developed as designed outdoor recreation
area.
(r) Office less than 2,500 square feet.
(1) Access shall be to a roadway identified in the comprehensive plan as a collector
or arterial, or shall be otherwise located so that access can be provided without
generating significant traffic on local residential streets.
(2) The materials used in and placement of all signs shall be integrated with the
building design and architecture.
(3) The architecture of the building shall be residential in character.
(4) The parking areas shall be set back at least five feet from any parcel that is zoned
N.
(s) Park/recreation.
(1) All structures shall be located a minimum of 30 feet from any parcel that is
zoned N and either used for residential or as an institutional building, including
but not limited to educational (academic) facilities, religious institutions, and
community centers.
(2) Areas designated for group activities shall be located a minimum of 25 feet from
any parcel that is zoned N and either used for residential or as an institutional
building, including but not limited to educational (academic) facilities, religious
institutions, and community centers.
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(3) Facilities which serve a regional function shall not be permitted.
(t) Police/fire station.
(1) All buildings shall be located a minimum of 30 feet from any parcel that is zoned
N and either used for residential use or has an occupied institutional building,
including but not limited to educational (academic) facilities, religious
institutions, and community centers.
(2) Access shall be to a roadway identified in the comprehensive plan as a collector
or arterial
(u) Public service structure.
(1) All structures shall be located a minimum of 15 feet from any parcel that is
zoned N and either used for residential use or has an occupied institutional
building, including but not limited to educational (academic) facilities, religious
institutions, and community centers.
(2) All service drives shall be paved.
(v) Religious institution.
(1) All buildings shall be located a minimum of 30 feet from any parcel that is zoned
N and used for a dwelling.
(2) An off-street passenger loading area shall be provided to maintain vehicular and
pedestrian safety.
(3) Outdoor recreational and play areas shall be located at least 25 feet from any lot
zoned N and used for a dwelling.
(4) Access shall be to a roadway identified in the comprehensive plan as a collector
or arterial, or shall be otherwise located so that access can be provided without
generating significant traffic on local residential streets.
(w) State-licensed residential facility.
(1) The facility shall serve no more than six persons.
(2) The use shall have a valid state license authorizing the housing service. The
license shall be issued specifically for the property where the residential facility is
being conducted.
Sec. 36-169. Use Specific Standards, Accessory
(a) Accessory dwelling unit.
(1) Accessory dwelling units shall only be permitted on single-unit dwelling lots.
(2) There shall be no more than one accessory dwelling unit permitted per lot.
(3) Occupancy of the single-unit dwelling lot, including both the principal dwelling
unit and the accessory dwelling unit, shall be limited to no more than one
household and up to two persons who are boarders/roomers or reside in one of
the dwelling units.
(4) The initial construction of an accessory dwelling unit shall only occur on a
property that is occupied by the property owner as their primary residence.
(5) The accessory dwelling unit shall not be sold independently of the principal
residential dwelling and may not be a separate tax parcel.
(6) Accessory dwelling units that are attached to the principal dwelling unit shall be
no more than 40% of the gross floor area of the single-unit dwelling.
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(7) Accessory dwelling units that are detached from the principal residential
structure shall comply with the regulations for accessory structures and must
comply with the following additional requirements:
a. Detached accessory dwelling units shall be located a minimum of five feet
from any rear lot line.
b. Detached accessory dwelling units located less than six feet from the
principal dwelling is subject to the same side yard as required for the
principal dwelling. Detached accessory dwelling units located six feet or more
from the principal dwelling shall be located a minimum of five feet from any
side property line.
c. Detached accessory dwelling units shall have a floor area greater than 200
square feet.
d. Balconies and decks above the ground floor shall be located a minimum of 15
feet from a side yard or a rear yard. Rooftop decks for an accessory dwelling
unit shall not be allowed.
(8) Accessory dwellings may not be used for short term rental purposes.
(b) Accessory dwelling unit affiliated with religious institution.
(1) The dwelling units/living quarters shall be on the same property as the religious
institution.
(2) The dwelling units/living quarters shall at a minimum have access to on-site
facilities for cooking, sleeping, and bathing.
(3) At least 12% of the lot area shall be developed as a designed outdoor recreation
area.
(4) The persons living/staying on-site must be clergy, employees, or similarly
associated with the religious institution.
(5) The residential density of the accessory dwelling units/living quarters shall not
exceed the residential density that would otherwise be allowed on the property,
and in no case shall it exceed 15 persons.
(6) The combined gross floor area of the accessory dwelling units/living quarters
shall be less than the gross building area of the principal building and principal
use.
(7) If the dwelling units/living quarters are not within the principal building:
a. The buildings shall be built on a permanent foundation and connected to city
sanitary sewer and water.
b. The accessory dwelling units/living quarters shall be exempt from the
accessory building size limitations.
c. The accessory building(s) shall be architecturally compatible with the
principal building.
d. The accessory building(s) shall not be taller or otherwise larger in scale than
the principal building.
(8) All required licenses or permits to establish and maintain the dwelling
units/living quarters shall be obtained.
(c) Accessory building.
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(1) Accessory buildings located less than six feet from a principal building on the
same lot, measured from the nearest projection of each building, shall be
considered part of the principal building and shall follow principal building
standards.
(2) All accessory buildings shall obtain a zoning or building permit prior to
installation and must be anchored in a manner approved by the city.
(3) Accessory buildings shall not be located in a drainage or utility easement without
first obtaining approval of an encroachment agreement
(4) Location.
a. Shall not be located in front of the principal building’s front face.
b. Accessory buildings located behind the principal building’s rear face shall
meet the following requirements:
1. Accessory buildings shall be located a minimum of two feet from any lot
line, except when the side of the building accessed by the vehicle is less
than 30 degrees to the property line adjacent to an alley, then the
building shall be at least five feet from the lot line.
2. Eaves, overhangs, or other extensions from the roof shall be located a
minimum of two feet from the lot line.
c. Detached garages when located between the front and rear faces of the
principal building shall meet the following requirements:
1. It shall meet the same side yards as required for the principal building.
2. Eaves shall meet the same yard requirements as required for the
principal building.
d. Accessory buildings on through lots shall be subject to the front and side yard
requirements of the principal building if the accessory building is located
within 60 feet of the rear lot line.
(5) Size.
a. The total cumulative ground floor area of all accessory buildings on lots
improved with single-unit dwellings shall not exceed the smaller of 800
square feet or 25 percent of the area behind the rear face of the principal
building. This provision shall not prohibit the construction of either a
detached garage or a detached accessory dwelling unit, or a combination
thereof, that is no greater than 576 square feet in area provided there are no
other accessory buildings. This exception does not allow more impervious
surface than allowed for the principal use.
b. The total cumulative ground floor area of all accessory buildings on lots
improved with two, three, or four-unit dwellings shall not exceed the smaller
of 1200 square feet or 25 percent of the area behind the rear face of the
principal building. This provision shall not prohibit the construction of either
a detached garage or a detached accessory dwelling unit, or a combination
thereof, that is no greater than 576 square feet in area provided there are no
other accessory buildings. This exception does not allow more impervious
surface than allowed for the principal use.
(6) Height.
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a. Shall not exceed 15 feet in height.
b. The maximum height may be increased to 24 feet where the primary exterior
materials of the accessory building match the primary exterior materials of
the principal building and the roof pitch matches a roof pitch of the principal
building, and provided the wall height shall not exceed 9 feet from the
building ground floor to the highest top plate of the exterior non-gable end
walls. Dormers are exempt from the height measurement if the combined
width of the dormers is less than 50% of the side of the building they are
located on.
c. The height of all accessory buildings shall be lower than the highest roof line
of the principal building.
(7) Design.
a. All detached garages and other accessory buildings shall be compatible in
design and materials to the principal building on the parcel.
b. No plumbing for kitchen or bathroom facilities (including but not limited to
toilets and showers) is allowed in any detached garage or other accessory
building unless it is determined to be an accessory dwelling unit. Hose bibs
and utility sinks are allowed.
c. Floor drains in garages and other accessory buildings must be connected to
sanitary sewer as approved by the city.
d. Windows, doors, and similar openings may be located in the second story of
an accessory building if the wall or dormer in which it is located faces a lot
line that abuts a public right-of-way or is at least 15 feet from any property
that is zoned residential and used or subdivided for residential use.
e. Accessory buildings used for dwelling purposes shall also comply with the
regulations set forth for accessory dwelling units above.
(8) Garages below grade level. Where the natural grade of a lot at the building line
of a house is eight feet or more above the established curb level, a private
garage may be erected within any yard provided one-half or more of its height is
below grade level and it is located a minimum of ten feet from any lot line
adjacent to a street and five feet from any side lot line.
(d) Accessory structure.
(1) Shall not be located in a drainage or utility easement without first obtaining
approval of an encroachment agreement.
(2) Accessory structures located behind the principal building’s front face shall be a
minimum of three feet from the lot line if over six feet in height.
(3) Accessory structures that are located in front of the principal building’s front
face and are over four feet in height shall be located:
a. At least 15 feet from the street lot line.
b. At least three feet from internal side lot lines.
c. At least nine feet from all other lot lines abutting a street when there is more
than one street frontage.
(4) Arbors, pergolas, arches, gateways, or similar open structures over purposeful
pedestrian walkways that extend between properties, between front and back
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yard areas, or from the public right-of-way to a house or garage may be located
up to the property line as long as:
a. There is no more than one such structure per lot line.
b. The structure is not more than 10 feet in height, 10 feet in width, and three
feet in depth.
(5) All accessory structures shall be no more than 15 feet in height and lower than
the highest roofline of the principal building.
(6) All detached decks shall obtain a zoning or building permit prior to installation
and must be anchored in a manner approved by the city.
(e) Adult day care in a religious institution, community center, or nursing home.
(1) There shall be at least 150 square feet of outdoor sitting and exercise area per
person under care at peak periods.
(f) Boarders or roomers.
(1) Up to two boarders or roomers shall be allowed per resident household provided
the living area for the boarders/roomers is within the principal building and does
not constitute a separate dwelling unit.
(g) Catering.
(1) Allowed only as accessory to community centers, educational (academic)
facilities, country clubs, and religious institutions.
(2) Vehicles used to receive and/or deliver food shall not be stored outside.
(h) Community garden.
(1) Allowed only as accessory to community centers, educational (academic)
facilities, country clubs, and religious institutions.
(i) Family day care facility serving 14 or fewer persons.
(1) Only one employee who does not live within the dwelling unit is allowed.
(j) Group day care/nursery school in a religious institution, community center, or
educational (academic) institution.
(1) The on-site outdoor activity area shall be enclosed with a fence.
(2) Outdoor activity areas shall be located at least 25 feet from any lot zoned N and
used for a dwelling.
(3) As allowed for by state licensing, city parks may be utilized to meet up to 50
percent of the required outdoor activity areas with the following conditions:
a. The park must have age-appropriate play equipment.
b. There is a clearly defined and maintained sidewalk or improved trail
connecting the facility to the park.
(4) An off-street passenger loading area shall be provided to maintain vehicular and
pedestrian safety.
(k) Helistop.
(1) Helistops shall be used exclusively in connection with a hospital and is
subordinate to the hospital in area, extent, and purpose.
(2) The helicopter pad must be dust free and screened from view and takeoff and
landings shall not be over residential areas.
(3) Hours of operation shall be limited to 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., excluding
emergency operations.
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(l) Home occupation.
(1) See section 36-83.
(m) Living quarters of persons employed for domestic or medical purposes.
(1) The living area for the domestic/medical household staff shall be within the
principal building and does not constitute a separate dwelling unit.
(n) Mikvah pool.
(1) Shall be accessory to a single-unit dwelling or religious institution.
(2) Shall be allowed within an occupied single-unit dwelling if there are three
additional off-street parking spaces.
(o) Parking ramp.
(1) The height of any parking ramp located within 200 feet of any parcel that is
zoned N and either used for residential use or has an occupied institutional
building, including but not limited to educational (academic) facilities, religious
institutions, and community centers may not penetrate the height of a line
commencing at and perpendicular to said parcel line and extending upward and
away from said parcel at a slope of five horizontal feet for each vertical foot.
(2) The minimum required yard for any parking ramp located within 200 feet of any
parcel that is zoned N and either used for residential use or has an occupied
institutional building, including but not limited to educational (academic)
facilities, religious institutions, and community centers shall be 50 feet.
(3) The parking ramp shall be screened from view from any abutting property
located within an N district. The screening shall include a six-foot berm where
the parking ramp is above ground.
(4) If the parking ramp is located within 400 feet of any parcel that is zoned N and
either used for residential use or has an occupied institutional building, including
but not limited to educational (academic) facilities, religious institutions, and
community centers, all light sources on the top deck of a parking ramp shall be
below the sight lines drawn from a point one foot above the light source to any
point within said parcel ten feet lower than the maximum structure height of
that use at a distance of 400 feet from the wall of the parking ramp nearest to
said parcel.
(p) Residential swimming pool, whirlpool, or sport court.
(1) Shall only be permitted behind the front face of the principal building.
(2) Shall be a minimum of five feet from the rear lot line.
(3) Shall meet the same side yard setbacks as required for the principal building.
(4) A six-foot privacy fence shall be required to screen the portion of the swimming
pool, whirlpool, or sport court located within 25 feet of the rear lot line.
(5) Mechanical equipment shall meet the same setback required for the swimming
pool or whirlpool unless it is contained within an accessory building.
(6) Residential swimming pools shall be in conformance with section 36-73 and
section 12-3 of the City Ordinance;
(7) A pool house is an accessory building and shall be in conformance with the
following conditions:
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a. Property must have an in-ground swimming pool that is larger in area than
the pool house building.
b. The pool house cannot exceed 400 square feet in area and one story in
height.
c. The building design and materials shall be consistent with the principal
building.
d. The building may include a bathroom but shall not include kitchen facilities.
e. The building cannot be designed or used as a dwelling unit or for any
business use.
(q) Solar energy system.
(1) Solar energy systems shall be in conformance with the standards for solar energy
systems in Article V, Special Provisions.
(r) Student housing.
(1) Student housing may be allowed as an accessory use to educational facilities
within the N-2 and N-3 districts with the following conditions:
a. No more than 50 students may live on-site in the N-2 district, while no more
than 200 students may live on-site in the N-3 district.
b. An outdoor recreation area shall be provided that contains at least 40 square
feet per student living at the educational (academic) facility.
c. The housing must be supervised 24 hours a day, seven days a week by an
adult living on-site.
d. The students living on-site must be actively enrolled in the educational
(academic) facility as full-time students.
e. The student housing must be located on the same parcel as the educational
(academic) facility.
(s) Supportive commercial use.
(1) Shall not exceed ten percent of the gross floor area of the development.
(t) Wind energy conversion system (WECS).
(1) WECSs shall be in conformance with the standards for WECS in Article V, Special
Provisions.
Sec. 36-170. – 36-190. Reserved
Section 18. C-1 neighborhood commercial district. Section 36-193 of the St. Louis Park
City Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following
underlined text.
(c) Uses permitted with conditions standards. A structure or land in a C-1 district may
be used for one or more of the following uses.
(1) Adult day care. The condition standard for adult day care is at least 12% of
the lot area shall be developed as designed outdoor recreation area. (Ord. No.
2267-04, 4-12-04)
(2) Group care/nursery school. The conditions standards are as follows:
a. The on-site outdoor activity areas shall be enclosed by a fence.
b. City parks may be utilized to meet up to 50 percent of the required
outdoor activity areas with the following conditions standards:
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(3) Parks/recreation. The conditions standards are as follows:
a. The principal structure shall be located a minimum of 50 feet from a lot
in an R N district.
b. Areas designated for group activities shall be located a minimum of 25
fee from a lot in an R N district.
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(4) Public service structures. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(5) Animal handling. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(7) Food service. The condition standard for food service is that the maximum
floor area shall be 7,500 square feet and shall not exceed intensity classification
4 for all other measures.
(8) Printing process. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(9) Private entertainment (indoor) without intoxicating liquor license. The
conditions standards are as follows:
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(10) Restaurants without intoxicating liquor license. The conditions standards are
as follows:
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(12) Studio. The conditions standards are as follows:
a. No impact noise shall be audible from any property located in an R N
district.
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(14) Limited impact sexually-oriented business. The conditions standards are as
follows:
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(15) Residential/multifamily/cluster housing. The conditions standards are as
follows:
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(16) Libraries. The condition standard for libraries is that these cannot exceed
intensity classification 4
(17) Museums. The condition standard for museums is that these cannot exceed
intensity classification 4
(18) Police/fire stations. The condition standard for police/fire stations is that
these cannot exceed intensity classification 4
(19) Parking lot. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(20) Medical/dental office. The condition standard for medical/dental office is
that these cannot exceed intensity classification 4.
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(21) Funeral home. The condition standard for funeral home is that these cannot
exceed intensity classification 4
(22) Banks. The condition standard for banks is that these cannot exceed
intensity classification 4
(23) Business/trade schools/college. The condition standard for business/trade
schools is that these cannot exceed intensity classification 4 (Ord. No. 2358-08,
8-14-08)
(24) Office. The condition standard for office is that these cannot exceed
intensity classification 4
(25) Retail. The condition standard for retail are that the maximum floor area
shall be 7,500 square feet and shall not exceed intensity classification 4 for all
other measures.
(26) Large item retail. The condition standard for large item retail are that the
maximum floor area shall be 7,500 square feet and shall not exceed intensity
classification 4.
(27) Shopping Centers. The condition standard for shopping centers is that these
cannot exceed intensity classification 4.
Section 19. Motor fuel station. Section 36-193(d)(1) of the St. Louis Park City Code is
hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
h. No public address system shall be audible from any property located within an R N
district.
Section 20. Educational (academic). Section 36-193(d)(7) of the St. Louis Park City Code
is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
b. Outdoor areas designated from for group activities shall be located a minimum of 25
feet from a lot in an R N district.
Section 21. Dimensional standards/densities. Section 36-193(f) of the St. Louis Park City
Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined
text.
6. There shall be no required side yard unless the side yard abuts an R N district, when it
shall be the same as the side yard required in the R N district.
Section 22. C-2 general commercial district. Section 36-194 of the St. Louis Park City
Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined
text.
(c) Uses permitted with conditions standards. A structure or land in a C-2 district may
be used for one or more of the following uses if it complies with the conditions
standards stated in section 36-192 and those specified for the use in this subsection (c):
(1) Adult day care. A minimum of 150 square feet of outdoor seating or exercise
area shall be provided for each person under care.
(2) Dry cleaning, laundering with route pickup and delivery. The conditions
standards are as follows:
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c. Outside vehicle storage shall be screened from any abutting R N
district.
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(3) Group day care/nursery school. The conditions standards are as follows:
a. The on-site outdoor activity areas shall be enclosed by a fence.
b. City parks may be utilized to meet up to 50 percent of the required
outdoor activity areas with the following conditions standards:
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(4) Parks/recreation. The conditions standards are as follows:
a. The principal structure shall be located a minimum of 50 feet from a lot
in an R N district.
b. Areas designated for group activities shall be located a minimum of 25
feet from a lot in an R N district.
c. Swimming pools shall be located a minimum of 50 feet of any lot line
and a minimum of 12 feet from any other structure on the same lot and
shall be completely enclosed using an F4 fence as a minimum
requirement.
d. Screening shall be installed along the property line when the use abuts
property residentially used or in one of the R N districts. This screening
shall include a berm or fence which shall be adequately maintained.
Application of this provision shall not require a fence within the required
front yard.
e. Facilities which serve a community wide or regional function shall be
located with primary vehicular access on a collector or arterial street.
(5) Public service structures. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(6) Utility substation. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(7) Animal handling. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(10) Convention/exhibition halls. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(11) Hotel/motel. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(14) Outdoor sales (display). The conditions standards are as follows:
a. No public address system shall be audible from any property located in
an R N district.
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(16) Private entertainment (indoor) without intoxicating liquor license. The
conditions standards are as follows:
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a. The structure in which the use is conducted shall be located a
minimum of 60 feet from any parcel that is zoned residential and used or
subdivided for residential or has an occupied institutional building
including but not limited to a school, religious institution or community
center.
b. If there is a wine and/or beer license, the following additional
conditions standards shall apply:
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(17) Restaurants without intoxicating liquor license. The conditions standards are
as follows:
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c. If there is a wine and/or beer liquor license, the following additional
conditions standards shall apply:
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(18) Shopping center. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(20) Parking ramps as principal structure. The conditions standards are as
follows:
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d. The parking ramp shall be screened from view from any abutting
property located within an R N district. The screening shall include a six
foot berm if the parking ramp is above ground.
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(21) Limited impact sexually-oriented business. The conditions standards are as
follows:
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(22) High impact sexually oriented business. The conditions standards are as
follows:
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(23) Residential/multifamily/cluster housing. The conditions standards are as
follows:
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Section 23. Places of Assembly. Section 36-194(d)(5) of the St. Louis Park City Code is
hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
a. All buildings shall be located a minimum of 30 feet from any lot line of a lot in an R N
district.
Section 24. In-vehicle sales or service. Section 36-194(d)(11) of the St. Louis Park City
Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined
text.
a. Drive-through facilities and stacking areas shall not be located within 100 feet of any
parcel that is zoned residential and used or subdivided for residential use, or has an
occupied institutional building, including but not limited to schools, religious
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institutions, and community centers, unless the entire facility and stacking areas are
separated from the lot in an R N district by a building wall.
Section 25. Educational (academic). Section 36-194(d)(14) of the St. Louis Park City Code
is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
b. Outdoor areas designated from group activities shall be located a minimum of 25 feet
from a lot in an R N district.
Section 26. Dimensional standards/densities. Section 36-194(f) of the St. Louis Park City
Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined
text.
(5) There shall be no required side yard for buildings unless the side yard abuts an R N
district. If that is the case, for buildings up to 35 feet in height, the required side yard
shall be the same as the required side yard for the abutting R N district. For buildings 35
feet and higher, the required side yard shall be 15 feet plus one foot for each foot of
building height in excess of 35 feet. The required setback for buildings over 35 feet in
height may be met by setting back those stories of the building over 35 feet.
(6) There shall be no required rear yard for buildings under 35 feet in height, unless the
rear yard abuts an R N district. If that is the case, the required rear yard shall be 15 feet.
The minimum rear yard for buildings over 35 feet in height shall be half the building
height, unless it abuts an R N district and then the required rear yard shall be equal to
the building height.
Section 27. O office district. Section 36-223 of the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby
amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
(c) Uses permitted with conditions standards. A structure or land in any O district may
be used for one or more of the following uses if it complies with the conditions stated in
section 36-222 and those specified for the use in this subsection.
(1) Adult day care. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(2) Group day care/nursery schools. The conditions standards are as follows:
a. The on-site outdoor activity areas shall be enclosed by a fence.
b. City parks may be utilized to meet up to 50 percent of the required
outdoor activity areas with the following conditions standards:
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(3) Hospital. The conditions standards are as follows:
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c. Internal traffic circulation shall be designed to minimize traffic within
100 feet of any abutting property in an R N district.
d. Screening shall be installed along any abutting R N district, and the
screening shall include a six foot privacy fence.
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(7) Parks/recreation. The conditions standards are as follows:
a. The principal structure shall be located a minimum of 50 feet from a lot
in an R N district.
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b. Areas designated for group activities shall be located a minimum of 25
feet from a lot in an R N district.
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(8) Public service structures. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(10) Convention/exhibition halls. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(11) Hotel/motel. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(14) Private entertainment (indoor) without intoxicating liquor license. The
conditions standards are as follows:
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c. If there is a wine and/or beer license, the following additional
conditions standards shall apply:
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(15) Restaurants without intoxicating liquor license. The conditions standards are
as follows:
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e. If there is a wine and/or beer license, the following additional
conditions standards shall apply:
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(16) Retail. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(18) Parking lots. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(19) Parking ramps as principal structure. The conditions standards are as
follows:
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d. The parking ramp shall be screened from any abutting property located
within an R N district. The screening shall include a six-foot berm where
the parking ramp is above ground.
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(20) Limited impact sexually-oriented business. The conditions standards are as
follows:
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(21) High impact sexually-oriented business. The conditions standards are as
follows:
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(22) Educational (academic). The conditions standards are as follows:
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b. Outdoor areas designated for group activities shall be located a
minimum of 25 feet from a lot in an R N district.
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Section 28. Heliport. Section 36-223(d)(3) of the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby
amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
b. Heliports shall not establish or utilize any approach and departure routing over areas
located within an R N district.
Section 29. Places of Assembly. Section 36-223(d)(6) of the St. Louis Park City Code is
hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
a. All buildings shall be located a minimum of 30 feet from any lot line of a lot in an R N
district.
Section 30. Parking ramps. Section 36-223(e)(2) of the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby
amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
d. The parking ramp shall be screened from any abutting property located within an R N
district. The screening shall include a six foot berm where the parking ramp is above
ground.
Section 31. Dimensional standards. Section 36-223(f) of the St. Louis Park City Code is
hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
(7) The minimum depth of the required side yard of buildings under 40 feet in height
shall be 15 feet on one side and half the building height on the other. The minimum
depth of required side yards for buildings over 40 feet in height shall be 15 feet plus one
foot for each foot in building height above 40 feet on one side and half the building
height on the other. Where the side yard of land in the O district abuts land in the R-1,
R-2 or R-3 N-1 or N-2 district, that side yard shall have the greatest yard depth.
Section 32. BP business park district. Section 36-233 of the St. Louis Park City Code is
hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
(c) Uses permitted with conditions standards. A structure or land in any BP district may
be used for one or more of the following uses if it has a floor area ratio (FAR) of less
than 1.0 and complies with the performance standards as stated in Section 36-232 and
the conditions standards stated below:
(1) Adult day care. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(2) Brewery. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(3) Catering. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(4) Communication antennas. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(5) Educational. Educational uses for students, grades K-12, subject to conditions
standards are as follows:
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(6) Group day care/nursery schools. The conditions standards are as follows:
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a. The on-site outdoor activity areas shall be enclosed by a fence.
b. City parks may be utilized to meet up to 50 percent of the required
outdoor activity areas with the following conditions standards:
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(7) Indoor entertainment, the conditions standards are as follows:
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(8) Public service structures. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(9) Restaurants, retail, limited animal handling, or service. The conditions
standards are as follows:
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(10) Studios. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(13) Micro distillery. The conditions standards are as follows:
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Section 33. Dimensional standards. Section 36-233(f) of the St. Louis Park City Code is
hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
(1) The height of structures or buildings on sites within the BP zoning district shall be
limited as follows:
a. Sites located immediately adjacent to property zoned R-1 or R-2 N-1 or N-2
shall be limited to the lesser of four (4) stories or 55 feet in height.
b. Sites separated by a public right-of-way or not immediately adjacent to
property zoned R-1 or R-2 N-1 or N-2 shall be limited to the lesser of eight (8)
stories or 110 feet in height.
(2) The floor area ratio for structures or buildings within the BP district shall not exceed
2.0, nor shall the floor area ratio be less than 0.4.
(3) Required yard depth (building setbacks) shall follow the requirements of Table 36-
233 (a) except when superseded by the following:
a. No building shall be located closer than 30 feet or the building height,
whichever is greater, to a single- family residential unit dwelling property line.
Section 34. Industrial restrictions and performance standards; general provisions.
Section 36-242 of the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out
language and to add the following underlined text.
(3) Processes and equipment employed in production of goods shall conform to the
following standards:
a. Vibration. Any vibration discernible beyond the property line to the human
sense of feeling for five minutes or more duration (cumulative) in any one hour
and any vibration producing a particle velocity of more than 0.035 inch per
second are prohibited. For properties abutting an R N district, no vibration
producing a particle acceleration velocity of more than 0.035 inch per second at
the property line are permitted between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
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Section 35. Industrial restrictions and performance standards; general provisions.
Section 36-242 of the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out
language and to add the following underlined text.
(10) Where industrial uses are located on sites which abut R N districts or are separated
from R N districts by a right-of-way 66 feet or less in width, all activities including
trucking are limited to normal hours of operation except for those specifically excluded.
Normal hours of operation are defined as being between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and
10:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday inclusive and includes all manufacturing,
processing, loading, unloading, truck maneuvering and movement of equipment and
other materials. It does not include administrative or office functions or maintenance or
cleanup work conducted entirely within a structure.
Properties in the I districts situated so that railroad, street and highway rights-of-way
which are greater than 66 feet in width are located between the property in the I district
and the R N district are exempt from this requirement, except for that part of the site
within 100 feet of a property line abutting any residentially used property.
Where industrial uses are located on sites which abut properties located in a R N
district, operations may be conducted between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
Monday through Sunday, as authorized below:
Section 36. IP industrial park district. Section 36-243 of the St. Louis Park City Code is
hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
(c) Uses permitted with conditions standards. A structure or land in any BP district may
be used for one or more of the following uses complies with the conditions standards
stated in section 36-242 and those specified for the use permitted in this subsection:
(1) Public service structures. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(2) Utility substations. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(4) Manufacturing/processing. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(5) Parking lots as an exclusive principal land use. The conditions standards are as
follows:
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(6) Parking ramps as principal structure. The conditions standards are as follows:
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c. A parking ramp shall be screened from view from any abutting
property located within an R N district. The screening shall include a six
foot berm where the parking ramp is above ground.
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(7) High impact sexually oriented business. The conditions standards are as
follows:
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(9) Catering. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(10) Brewery. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(11) Micro distillery. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(12) Self-storage facility. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(14) Freestanding solar energy system. The conditions standards are as follows:
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Section 37. Heliport. Section 36-243(d)(1) of the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby
amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
b. Heliports shall not establish or utilize any approach and departure routing over areas
located within an R N district.
Section 38. Parking ramps. Section 36-243(e)(3) of the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby
amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
c. A parking ramp shall be screened from view from any abutting property located
within an R N district. The screening shall include a six foot berm where the parking
ramp is above ground.
Section 39. IG general industrial district. Section 36-244 of the St. Louis Park City Code is
hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
(c) Uses permitted with conditions standards. A structure or land in any IG district may
be used for one or more of the following uses complies with the conditions standards
stated in section 36-242 and those specified for the use permitted in this subsection:
(1) Public service structures. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(2) Utility substations. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(3) High impact sexually oriented business. The conditions standards are as
follows:
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(4) Animal handling. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(6) Autobody/painting. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(8) Composting operations. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(9) Motor vehicle service and repair. The conditions standards are as follows:
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a. No sound generated on the site by any means, including a public
address system, shall be audible from any R N district.
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f. Additional conditions standards for carwash:
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(10) Outdoor storage. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(11) Parking lots as a principal land use. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(12) Parking ramps as principal structure. The conditions standards are as
follows:
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d. Screening shall be provided along all property lines abutting an R N
district. The screening shall include a six foot berm where the parking
ramp is above ground.
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(13) Office, 50 percent or more of gross floor area. The conditions standards are
as follows:
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(15) Micro distillery. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(16) Self-storage facility. The conditions standards are as follows:
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e. Outdoor storage is permitted with the following conditions standards:
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(17) Freestanding solar energy system. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(18) Brewery. The conditions standards are as follows:
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Section 40. Heliport. Section 36-244(d)(1) of the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby
amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
b. Heliports shall not establish or utilize any approach and departure routing over areas
located within an R N district.
Section 41. Parking ramps. Section 36-244(e)(3) of the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby
amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
d. Screening shall be provided along all property lines abutting an R N district.
Section 42. Motor fuel station. Section 36-244(e)(9) of the St. Louis Park City Code is
hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
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e. No sound generated on the site by any means including a public address system shall
be audible from any R N district.
Section 43. Parking location. Section 36-263(d)(1) of the St. Louis Park City Code is
hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
a. Street Yard. Parking is not permitted in any street yard.
b. Rear Parking Yard. Parking may be permitted in the rear of the lot, but shall not be
closer than five (5) feet to property zoned RN-1 or RN-2 in the rear or side yard and shall
be fully screened from the front by the building. Refer to the Street and Parking Yards
illustration. Note that accessory parking structures within each district have separate
side and rear yard standards.
c. Limited Side Parking Yard. Parking may be permitted with the following:
i. Location. The parking is permitted only in the side parking yard of the building
(refer to the Street and Parking Yards illustration) but shall not be closer than
five (5) feet to property zoned RN-1 or RN-2 in the rear or side yard.
Section 44. Uses, generally. Section 36-264(c) of the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby
amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
(3) Uses permitted with conditions standards (PCS). Uses listed in Table 36-263(b) with
a “PCS” symbol are permitted provided compliance with the listed conditions standards
and requirements.
Section 45. Mixed use district uses. Table 36-263(b) of the St. Louis Park City Code is
hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
Primary Street
Frontage
Secondary Street
Frontage
RESIDENTIAL AND LODGING USES
Multifamily residential PC PS PC PS
Live-work unit PC PS PC PS
Roominghouse PL PL
State-licensed residential facility PL PL
Group home/non-statutory PL PL
Nursing home PL PL
Hotel/motel PC PS PC PS
CIVIC AND INSTITUTIONAL USES
Education/academic PL P
Museum/library category P P
Police/fire station PC PS PC PS
COMMERCIAL USES
Animal handling, limited, less than 8,000 square feet P P
Animal handling, limited, 8,000 square feet or larger PC PS PC PS
Brewery, Microdistillery PC PS PC PS
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Business/trade school/college PL P
Dental office, Medical office P P
Food service P P
Grocery store PC PS PC PS
Liquor store CUP CUP
Group daycare/nursery school PC PS PC PS
Offices P P
Private entertainment (indoor) CUP CUP
Research and development PL P
Retail, Service - less than 8,000 square feet P P
Retail, Service - 8,000 square feet or larger PC PS PC PS
Retail, large item PC PS PC PS
Restaurants with or without intoxicating liquor
license
P P
Studios PC PS PC PS
INDUSTRIAL USES
Catering PC PS PC PS
Printing process/supply PC PS PC PS
Showrooms PC PS PC PS
TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE USES
Communication antennas CUP CUP
Transit stations P P
Section 46. MX-1 vertical mixed use district. Section 36-264 of the St. Louis Park City
Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined
text.
(d) Uses permitted with conditions standards (PCS).
Section 47. Dimensional standards/densities. Section 36-264(g) of the St. Louis Park City
Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined
text.
(4) Side and rear yards:
a. Buildings with side or rear property lines adjacent to RN-1 or RN-2 zoned and
used districts shall have a maximum building height of 40 feet, and minimum
side and rear yards of 15 feet.
Section 48. Uses, generally. Section 36-265(c) of the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby
amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
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(3) Uses permitted with conditions standards (PCS). Uses listed in Table 36-264(b) with
a “PCS” symbol are permitted provided compliance with the listed conditions standards
and requirements.
Section 49. Neighborhood mixed use district uses. Table 36-264(b) of the St. Louis Park
City Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following
underlined text.
Principal Use Primary and Secondary
Street Frontages
RESIDENTIAL AND LODGING USES
Residential dwellings (including multifamily housing, -
and roominghouses)
PC PS (up to 8 units) /
CUP (up to 30 u/a)
Live-work unit P
CIVIC AND INSTITUTIONAL USES
Library P
Museum P
Parks/open space P
Parks/recreation PC PS
Police/fire station P
Places of Assembly CUP
COMMERCIAL USES
Adult day care PC PS
Animal handling PC PS
Appliance, small engine and bicycle repair PC PS
Bank PC PS
Brewery PC PS
Food service PC PS
Group day care/nursery school PC PS
Liquor store PC PS
Medical/dental office P
Micro-distillery PC PS
Office P
Post office customer service PC PS
Private entertainment (indoor) PC PS
Restaurant with or without intoxicating liquors PC PS
Retail, less than 7,500 square feet P
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Retail, large item, less than 7,500 square feet P
Service, less than 7,500 square feet PC PS
Shopping center P
Vendor market PC PS
INDUSTRIAL USES
Light assembly or low impact manufacturing and
processing PC PS
Medical, optical and dental laboratories PC PS
Printing process/supply P
Research and development PC PS
Showrooms P
Studio PC PS
Principal Use Primary and Secondary
Street Frontages
TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE USES
Antenna and communication tower
PC PS (less than 45’) /
CUP
(between 45’ and 75’)
Parking lot as principal use PC PS
Parking ramp as principal use PC PS
Public service structure PC PS
Utility substation PC PS
Section 50. MX-2 neighborhood mixed use district. Section 36-265 of the St. Louis Park
City Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following
underlined text.
(d) Uses permitted with conditions standards (PCS).
A structure or land in the MX-2 district may be used for one or more of the following
uses with conditions standards established below:
Section 51. Parking ramps as principal use. Section 36-265(d)(14) of the St. Louis Park
City Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following
underlined text.
e. The parking ramp shall be screened from view from any abutting property located
within an R N district. The screening shall include a six-foot berm if the parking ramp is
above ground.
Section 52. Parks/recreation. Section 36-265(d)(15) of the St. Louis Park City Code is
hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
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a. The principal structure shall be located a minimum of 50 feet from a lot in an R N
district.
b. Areas designated for group activities shall be located a minimum of 25 feet from a lot
in an R N district.
c. Swimming pools shall be located a minimum of 50 feet from any lot line and a
minimum of 12 feet from any other structure on the same lot.
d. Screening shall be installed along the property line when the use abuts property
residentially used or in one of the R N district. This screening shall include a berm or
fence which shall be adequately maintained. Application of this provision shall not
require a fence within the required front yard.
Section 53. Utility substation. Section 36-265(d)(23) of the St. Louis Park City Code is
hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
c. No impact noise shall be audible from any property located in an R N district.
Section 54. Parking ramps. Section 36-265(f)(7) of the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby
amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
h. The parking ramp shall be screened from view from any abutting property located
within an R N district. The screening shall include a six-foot berm if the parking ramp is
above ground.
Section 55. Dimensional standards/densities. Section 36-265(g) of the St. Louis Park City
Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined
text.
(4) Side and rear yards:
a. Buildings with side or rear property lines adjacent to RN-1 or RN-2 zoned and
used districts shall have a minimum side yard of 10 feet and rear yard of 15 feet.
Section 56. Section 36-268-PUD 2. Section 36-268-PUD 2 of the St. Louis Park City Code
is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
(c) Uses permitted with conditions standards. A structure of land in the PUD 2 district
may be used for one or more of the following uses if it complies with the conditions
standards specified for the use in this subsection:
(1) Commercial uses. Commercial uses limited to the following: bank, food
service, grocery store, large item retail, liquor store, medical or dental office,
office, private entertainment (indoor), retail, service, showroom, limited animal
handling, and studio. These commercial uses shall meet the following conditions
standards:
Section 57. Special performance standards. Section 36-268-PUD 3(d) of the St. Louis
Park City Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following
underlined text.
(3) Signs shall be allowed in conformance with the approved redevelopment plan or
final PUD site plan and development agreement in accordance with this Chapter and the
sign area and height regulations for the R-4 Multiple-Family Residence N-3 zoning
district.
Section 58. Permitted uses. Section 36-268-PUD 4(b) of the St. Louis Park City Code is
hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
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(1) Hotel/motel. The conditions standards are as follows: Building heights shall be
limited to six stories or 84 feet.
Section 59. Special performance standards. Section 36-268-PUD 5(d) of the St. Louis
Park City Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following
underlined text.
(3) Signs shall be allowed in conformance with the approved redevelopment plan or
final PUD site plan and development agreement in accordance with this Chapter and the
sign area and height regulations for the R-4 Multiple-Family Residence N-3 zoning
district.
Section 60. Permitted uses. Section 36-268-PUD 6(b) of the St. Louis Park City Code is
hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
(1) Office. The conditions standards are as follows: Building heights shall be limited to
eleven stories or 173 feet.
(2) Retail. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(3) Restaurants without intoxicating liquor license. The conditions standards are as
follows:
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(d) If there is a wine and/or beer license, the following additional conditions
standards shall apply:
i. There shall be no separate bar area within the restaurant.
ii. If the conditions standards in subsections (c)(15)a. – (c)(15)e. of this
section are not met, a restaurant with a wine and/or beer license may
apply for a major amendment to a Planned Unit Development under
section 36-194(d)(4), provided that the parking requirements for a
restaurant with intoxicating liquor license are met.
Section 61. Section 36-268-PUD 8. Section 36-268-PUD 8 of the St. Louis Park City Code
is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
(b) Permitted with conditions standards.
(1) Multiple family dwellings. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(2) Commercial uses. Commercial uses are only permitted on the first floor, and
are limited to coffee shops, office, private entertainment (indoor), retail, service,
showrooms, limited animal handling, and studios. The conditions standards are
as follows:
Section 62. Site A – East. Section 36-268-PUD 9(c) of the St. Louis Park City Code is
hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
(1) Permitted with conditions standards:
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(2) Accessory uses:
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f. Outdoor seating, with the following conditions standards:
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(3) Wind Energy Conversion Systems (WECS), with the following conditions standards:
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Section 63. In-vehicle sales or service, limited to restaurants, banks and pharmacies.
Section 36-268-PUD 10(c)(6) of the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby amended to delete the
struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
a. Drive-through facilities and stacking areas shall not be located within 100 feet of any
parcel that is zoned residential and used or subdivided for residential use, or has an
occupied institutional building, including but not limited to schools, religious
institutions, and community centers, unless the entire facility and stacking areas are
separated from the lot in an R N district by a building wall.
Section 64. Special performance standards. Section 36-268-PUD 11(d)(3) of the St. Louis
Park City Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following
underlined text.
a. The signs shall be consistent with the sign regulations for the R-C High-Density
Multiple-Family Residential N-4 zoning district.
Section 65. Section 36-268-PUD 12. Section 36-268-PUD 12 of the St. Louis Park City
Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined
text.
(c) Uses permitted with conditions standards.
The following uses are permitted if they comply with the conditions standards specified
in this section:
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(d) Accessory uses.
Accessory uses are as follows:
(1) Catering if accessory to a restaurant, food service, delicatessen, grocery store
or retail bakery.
(2) In-vehicle sales or service. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(6) Outdoor seating with the following conditions standards:
Section 66. Section 36-268-PUD 13. Section 36-268-PUD 13 of the St. Louis Park City
Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined
text.
(c) Permitted with conditions.
The following uses are permitted with conditions standards on Lot 1, Block 1,
Bridgewater Bank Addition, Hennepin County, Minnesota:
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The following uses are permitted with conditions standards on Lot 1 and Lot 2, Block 1,
Bridgewater Bank Addition, Hennepin County, Minnesota:
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(2) Retail and service facilities. The conditions standards are as follows:
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(3) Restaurants with or without intoxicating liquor license. The conditions
standards are as follows:
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(4) Civic and institutional uses. Civic and institutional uses are limited to
education/academic, library, museums/art galleries, indoor public parks/open
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space, police service substations, post office customer service facilities, public
studios, and performance theaters. The conditions standards are as follows:
Section 67. Special performance standards. Section 36-268-PUD 15(c)(3) of the St. Louis
Park City Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following
underlined text.
i. Site 1, Site 2, and Site 3 shall be subject to the sign regulations for RN-4 districts.
ii. Site 4 shall be subject to the sign regulations for C-2 districts.
iii. Pylon signs shall be prohibited.
Section 68. Special performance standards. Section 36-268-PUD 16(c) of the St. Louis
Park City Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following
underlined text.
3. Signage shall be allowed in conformance with the R-C High-Density Multiple-Family
Residence N-4 Zoning District and shall comply with the following:
Section 69. Special performance standards. Section 36-268-PUD 17(d) of the St. Louis
Park City Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following
underlined text.
3. Signage shall be allowed in conformance with the R-4 Multiple-Family Residence N-3
Zoning District and shall comply with the following:
Section 70. Accessory uses. Section 36-268-PUD 18(b)(2) of the St. Louis Park City Code
is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language.
a. Home occupations complying with all of the conditions in the R-C district.
Section 71. Special performance standards. Section 36-268-PUD 18(c) of the St. Louis
Park City Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following
underlined text.
3. Signage shall be allowed in conformance with the R-C High-Density Multiple-Family
Residence N-4 Zoning District and shall comply with the following:
Section 72. Permitted uses. Section 36-268-PUD 19(b)(1) of the St. Louis Park City Code
is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
b. Group daycare/nursery schools complying with the following conditions standards:
i. The on-site outdoor activity areas shall be enclosed with a fence.
ii. City parks may be utilized to meet up to 50 percent of the required outdoor
activity areas with the following conditions standards:
Section 73. Special performance standards. Section 36-268-PUD 19(c) of the St. Louis
Park City Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following
underlined text.
3. Signage shall be allowed in conformance with the R-C High-Density Multiple-Family
Residence N-4 Zoning District and shall comply with the following:
Section 74. Uses. Section 36-268-PUD 20(b) of the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby
amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
2. Permitted with conditions standards. The following uses are permitted with
conditions standards in PUD 20:
Section 75. Uses. Section 36-268-PUD 21(b) of the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby
amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
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2. Permitted with conditions standards. The following uses are permitted with
conditions standards in PUD 21:
Section 76. Uses. Section 36-268-PUD 22(b) of the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby
amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
2. Permitted with conditions standards. The following uses are permitted in PUD 22 if it
complies with conditions standards specified for the use in this subsection:
a. Commercial uses. Commercial uses limited to the following: bank, coffee shop,
food service, grocery store, large item retail, liquor store, medical or dental
office, office, private entertainment (indoor), restaurants, retail, service,
showroom, and studio. These commercial uses shall meet the following
conditions standards:
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3. Accessory uses. Accessory uses are as follows:
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i. Outdoor seating and service of food and beverages with the following
conditions standards.
Section 77. Special performance standards. Section 36-268-PUD 23(c) of the St. Louis
Park City Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following
underlined text.
3. Signage shall be allowed in conformance with the R-C High-Density Multiple-Family
Residence N-4 Zoning District and shall comply with the following:
Section 78. Uses. Section 36-268-PUD 24(b) of the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby
amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
2. Uses permitted with conditions standards. The following uses are permitted in PUD
24 if the use complies with the conditions standards specified for the use in this
subsection:
a. Commercial uses: Commercial uses limited to the following: bank, coffee shop,
food service, grocery store, large item retail, liquor store, medical or dental
office, office, private entertainment (indoor), restaurants, retail, service,
showroom, and studio. These commercial uses shall meet the following
conditions standards:
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3. Accessory uses. The following uses are permitted in PUD 24 if the use complies with
the conditions standards specified for the use in this subsection:
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i. Outdoor seating and service of food and beverages with the following
conditions standards:
Section 79. Required quantity. Table 36-361(a) of the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby
amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
Use Number of Parking Spaces
Residential
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Single family
unit dwelling
Two spaces per dwelling unit. Additional spaces are not required for a
boarder or an accessory dwelling unit.
Cluster housing Two spaces per dwelling unit. 10% of the required parking shall be
permitted for use as guest parking.
Two family unit
dwelling
Two spaces per dwelling unit. Additional spaces are not required for a
boarder or an accessory dwelling unit.
Three-unit
dwelling, four-
unit dwelling,
and Mmulti-
family
Per unit:
• Studio - 1 space
• One bedroom – 1 space
• Two bedroom – 1.5 spaces
• Three bedroom – 2 spaces
• Four bedroom – 2 spaces
An additional 5% of the required parking shall be provided for guest
parking.
Age-restricted
housing
One space per dwelling unit, except where verifiable information indicates
a reduced long-term parking demand.
Section 67. Required quantity. Table 36-361(b) of the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby
amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
Land Use
Category
Required Off-Street Minimum Required Off-Street Maximum
Residential
Three-unit
dwelling, four-
unit dwelling, and
Mmultifamily
1 space/dwelling unit 2 spaces/dwelling unit
Section 80. Electric vehicle charging station – private restricted use. Section 36-
361(f)(1)(g) of the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language
and to add the following underlined text.
i. Privately owned and restricted access (e.g., single-family home unit dwelling,
executive parking, designated employee parking, assigned parking at multi-family
residential buildings); or
Section 81. Permitted locations. Section 36-361(f)(4) of the St. Louis Park City Code is
hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
a. Level 1 and Level 2 EVCSs are permitted in every zoning district, when accessory to
the primary permitted use. Such stations located at single-family unit, two-family unit,
and multiple-family shall be designated as private restricted use only.
Section 82. Number of required electric vehicle charging stations. Section 36-361(f) of
the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add
the following underlined text.
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(5) General Requirements for Single-Family Residential Zoning Districts Single Unit
Dwellings.
Section 83. Residential uses. Section 36-361(g)(3)(b) of the St. Louis Park City Code is
hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
i. Single-family unit and Two-family unit uses. No bicycle parking spaces are required.
Section 84. Design requirements. Section 36-361(m) of the St. Louis Park City Code is
hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
(10) Yards. Required parking areas shall be subject to the following requirements:
a. In the R-4 and R-C N-3 and N-4 districts, parking areas shall be subject to the
requirements for front yards and side yards abutting a street.
b. In the C-2, O, I-P and I-G districts, parking areas shall be permitted in the front
yard and side yards abutting a street, provided that the yard shall not be reduced
to less than five feet. (Ord. No. 2466-15, 5-18-2015)
c. In the C-1 district (Ord. No. 2560-19, 6-17-19; Ord. No. 2598-20, 11-16-20):
i. Parking spaces and drive aisles shall not be located between a building
and a street, except that a through lot may have parking between the
building and less prominent street, as determined by the Zoning
Administrator.
ii. The minimum yard requirement for parking spaces and drive aisles
shall be zero (0.0) when located adjacent to a non-residential
neighborhood district.
iii. The minimum yard requirement for parking spaces and drive aisles
shall be eight feet when abutting a residential neighborhood zoned
property.
iv. The minimum yard requirement for parking spaces shall be five feet
when adjacent to a street. (Ord. No. 2466-15, 5-18-15)
(11) Residential Parking Location. Required parking spaces in the R-1, R-2, and R-3 N-1
and N-2 districts shall be subject to the following requirements:
Section 85. Design requirements. Section 36-361(m) of the St. Louis Park City Code is
hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
(4) Turnaround. All parking areas except those serving one-family unit and two-family
unit dwellings on local streets shall be designed so that cars do not have to back into the
public street.
Section 86. Tandem parking spaces. Section 36-361(m)(12) of the St. Louis Park City
Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined
text.
a. Single-family unit dwellings, and Ttwo-family unit dwellings residences, twin-homes,
three- and four-unit dwellings, and courtyard cottages.
Section 87. Loading docks, berths, and facilities. Section 36-361(o)(2) of the St. Louis
Park City Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following
underlined text.
g. Screening. All berths shall be screened from view from the adjoining streets and any
property in an R N district. The screening shall consist of a minimum 10-foot-high wall
and landscaping. Walls shall be designed to be harmonious with the principal structure.
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Section 88. General provisions. Table 36-362(a) of the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby
amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
SIGN AREA AND HEIGHT
Use District
& Lot Size
(sq ft)
Maximu
m Sign
Height
(feet)
PERMANENT
SIGNAGE
TEMPORARY
SIGNAGE
REAL ESTATE
SIGNAGE
Maximu
m Total
Area
(sq ft)
Maximu
m Size of
Sign
Face (sq
ft)
Maximum
Total
Area
(sq ft)
Maximum
Total
Area
(sq ft)
R-1 N-1 6 2 2 6 6
R-2 N-2 6 2 2 6 6
R-3
0-15,000 6 2 2 6 6
Over 15,000 6 25 25 25 60
R-4 N-3
0-30,000 10 40 40 25 80
Over 30,000 10 60 60 25 80
R-C N-4
0 - 30,000 15 60 40 25 80
Over 30,000 15 100 60 25 80
Section 89. Adjustments to table 36-362(a). Section 36-362(g) of the St. Louis Park City
Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined
text.
(1) In an R N district, identification signs may be permitted for religious institutions,
libraries, museums, art galleries, schools, group daycares, golf courses, country clubs,
community centers, colleges, universities, hospitals, and sanitariums and apartment
building in the N-2 district in excess of the size allowed in table 36-362A based on the
following criteria:
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(2) For any building not located in an R N district which is eight or more stories or 85 or
more feet in height, the maximum size for any one sign may be increased to 400 square
feet, if the sign is located on the wall of the building more than 75 feet above the
ground.
(3) The maximum size for any one real estate sign may be increased to 200 square feet
for any building not located in an R N district which is six or more stories or 65 or more
feet in height, if the sign is located on the wall of the building more than 55 feet above
the ground.
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(5) The maximum size of the sign face may be increased by 20 percent for a property
which is not located in an R N district if the sign is located at least 100 feet from any
public right-of-way.
(6) The sign which identifies a contiguous group of buildings under a single ownership
within a single complex shall be exempt from the total sign area requirements if the
property on which the sign is erected is not located in an R N district. The maximum size
of the sign face shall be regulated by table 36-362A.
Section 90. Special provisions. Section 36-362(h) of the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby
amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
(4) Decorative banners. Decorative banners are allowed in the R-C N-4, C-2, and O
districts and are regulated as follows:
Section 91. Electronic signs. Section 36-362(h)(8) of the St. Louis Park City Code is
hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
a. The sign face shall not exceed:
1. 20 square feet for properties less than 20 acres in area in a residential
neighborhood district and the Park and Open Space District.
Section 92. General provisions. Section 36-363(d) of the St. Louis Park City Code is
hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
(1) Lighting plan. Submittal of a lighting plan shall be required to ensure compliance with
this section for all new development, redevelopment, and additions other than single-
family unit and two-family unit dwelling units. The city may also require a lighting plan
for any proposed new light source. This lighting plan shall include the following:
Section 93. Landscaping. Section 36-364 of the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby
amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
(c) Required landscape plan. With the exception of single family unit and two family
unit dwellings, a detailed landscape plan shall be submitted for review and approval by
the Zoning Administrator for all new developments, additions or modifications to
existing developments or when changes are made to existing landscape plans.
Landscape plans shall be prepared by a registered landscape architect or other qualified
individual as determined by the Zoning Administrator. The landscape plan shall be
drawn to a scale of not less than one inch equals 50 feet. The locations and materials
which are to be used in landscaping existing and proposed developments shall be clearly
drawn and labeled on a landscape plan. The plan shall, at a minimum, show the
following:
Section 94. Landscaping. Section 36-364 of the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby
amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
(e) Screening. Screening shall consist of landscaping/vegetation, fences, walls, berms,
hedges, landscape materials, or a combination thereof. The height and depth of the
screening shall be consistent with the height and size of the area for which screening is
required. All walls and fences shall be architecturally harmonious with the principal
structure. Properties used as single family unit or two-family unit residential dwellings
are exempt from the screening requirements.
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Section 95. Minimum number of plant materials. Section 36-364(d)(3) of the St. Louis
Park City Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following
underlined text.
a. Single Family unit and two-family unit dwellings constructed after May 7, 2007 shall
plant one (1) tree per lot in the boulevard. The boulevard tree shall be of a species
identified in the City of St. Louis Park’s Landscape Tree List for streets and boulevards
and shall be planted according to city requirements.
Section 96. Minimum number of plant materials. Section 36-364(d)(3)(e) of the St. Louis
Park City Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following
underlined text.
3. This requirement shall not apply to single family unit and two-family unit residential
dwellings.
Section 97. Method of installation. Section 36-364(i) of the St. Louis Park City Code is
hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
(5) Landscaping for one- and two-family unit homes shall be installed within one year of
issuance of the building permit for a new home, addition or garage.
Section 98. Restrictions for tree removal; standards for replacement. Section 36-364(j)
of the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add
the following underlined text.
(2) Private land. This subsection shall not apply to trees removed from existing lots
developed with single-family unit or two-family unit dwellings. If any existing lot of
record is subsequently subdivided, tree replacement shall be required for all of the new
resulting lots or parcels.
Section 99. New construction buildings in I-G and I-P districts. Section 36-366(c)(3) of
the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add
the following underlined text.
a. Not on major streets and not near residential. For buildings in the I-G and I-P districts
which are not located on a principal arterial, minor arterial, major collector, or adjacent
to or across from any residentially neighborhood zoned property, class I materials may
be reduced to a minimum of 25 percent provided that the remaining materials are
functionally and durably equal to a class I material as certified by the architect or
manufacturer.
b. On major streets or near residential. For building walls in the I-G and I-P districts
facing on a principal arterial, minor arterial or major collector, or adjacent to or across
from any residentially- neighborhood zoned property, class I materials may be reduced
to a minimum of 25 percent provided that the remaining materials are functionally and
durably equal to a class I material as certified by the architect or manufacturer and that
the architectural design and site plan are superior quality as determined by the zoning
administrator. The architecture and site plan shall meet the following minimum criteria
to be considered superior quality:
Section 100. General provisions. Section 36-366(d) of the St. Louis Park City Code is
hereby amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
(1) All exterior finishes for one and two-family unit dwellings and accessory structures
shall be installed within one year from the issuance of the building permit.
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Section 101. Screening. Section 36-366(d)(3) of the St. Louis Park City Code is hereby
amended to delete the struck-out language and to add the following underlined text.
a. The visual impact of rooftop equipment shall be minimized using one of the following
methods. Where rooftop equipment is located on buildings and is visible from the
ground within 400 feet from property in an R N district, only the items listed in
subsections 1 and 2 shall be used.
Section 102. This ordinance shall take effect no sooner than fifteen days after its passage
and publication.
First Reading February 18, 2025
Second Reading March 3, 2025
Publication
March 13, 2025
Effective date March 28, 2025
Reviewed for administration: Adopted by the city council March 3, 2025:
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Kim Keller, city manager Nadia Mohamed, mayor
Attest: Approved as to form and execution:
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Melissa Kennedy, city clerk Soren M. Mattick, city attorney
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