(B) The zoning district boundaries are generally on the center of the streets, on lot lines, on the center of streams or rivers, and follow the contour of the land.
(C) The following districts are hereby established:
Downtown Mixed-Use | DMU |
Highway Commercial | C |
Industrial | I |
Light Industrial/Commercial Transition | LI-CT |
Open Space | OS |
Parks and Recreational | P&R |
Rural Residential | RR |
Urban Residential | UR |
Urban/Rural Transition Residential | TR |
(D) The rivers in the city have been classified as follows:
Mississippi River | Scenic | § 152.057, Mississippi Headwaters Overlay (MH) District |
Ripple River | § 152.058, Shoreland Overlay (SH) District | |
Ripple River | Forested | From confluence with Mississippi River to the southern boundary of the NE quarter of the SW quarter of S24-T47N-R27W |
Ripple River | Urban | From southern boundary of NE quarter of the SW quarter of S24-T47N-R27W to western boundary of the NE quarter of the NE quarter of S26-T47N-R27W |
Ripple River | Forested | From the western boundary of the NE quarter of the NE quarter of S26-47N-27W to the western boundary of the NE quarter of the SE quarter of S26-T47N-R27W |
Ripple River | Urban | From the western boundary of the NE quarter of the SE quarter of S26-T47N-R27W to the southern boundary of the SW quarter of the SW quarter of S25-T47N-R27W, 2018 city side only (county side is forested) |
Ripple River | Forested | From southern boundary of the SW quarter of the SW quarter of S25-T47N-27W to southern boundary of S36-T47N-R27W |
Unnamed Stream | Tributary | S36-T47N-R27W to S1-T46N-27W |
(E) The jurisdiction of this chapter shall include all land within the municipal boundaries of the city.
(F) Criteria for land use categories:
(1) Preservation of natural sensitive areas;
(2) Present ownership and development;
(3) Shoreland soil types and their engineering capabilities;
(4) Topographic characteristics;
(5) Vegetative cover;
(6) Road and service center accessibility;
(7) Socio-economic development needs of the public;
(8) Availability of public or city sewer and water systems;
(9) The necessity to reserve and restore certain areas having significant historical or ecological value;
(10) Conflicts between land uses and impacts of commercial uses or higher densities on adjacent properties;
(11) Alternatives available for desired land use;
(12) Prevention of spot zoning;
(13) Conformance to the city’s Land Use Action Plan; and
(14) Conformance to the city’s Future Land Use Map and any other official maps of the city.
(G) Regardless of the existence of purported copies of the Official Zoning Map, which may from time to time be made or published, the Official Zoning Map, which shall be located in the office of the City Administrator, shall be the final authority as the current zoning status of land and water areas, building and other structures in the city.
(1) District boundaries. The location and boundaries of the districts established by this chapter are set forth on the Official Zoning Map. District boundary lines as indicated on the Zoning Map follow lot lines, property lines, right-of-way or centerlines of streets or alleys, right-of-way or centerlines of streets or alleys projected, the city limit lines, shorelines, all as they exist upon the effective date of this chapter. If the boundary lines do not follow any of the above, the district boundary lines are established as drawn on the Zoning Map.
(2) Vacated ways. Whenever any street, alley or other public way is vacated in the manner authorized by law, the zoning district adjoining each side of the street, alley or public way shall be automatically extended to the center of the vacation and all included in the vacation shall then and henceforth be subject to all regulations of the extended districts.
(3) Appeals. Appeals concerning the exact location of a zoning district boundary line shall be heard by the Board of Adjustment.
(Ord. 332, passed 5-19-2008; Ord. 394, passed 8-5-2019)