(A) Zone 1. Within this zone, no structure or land shall be used, except for one or more of the following uses or uses deemed similar by the City Council:
(1) Community-based family-care home, day-care home licensed under M.S. § 245.812 or a home for the care of the mentally or physically handicapped licensed by the state;
(2) Home occupation, as defined in § 155.003;
(3) One-family detached dwellings meeting the standards of the Uniform Building Code, placed on permanent foundations and having no horizontal axis less than 18 feet in length; and
(4) Public utility buildings and structures.
(B) Zone 2. Within this zone, no structure or land shall be used, except for one or more of the following uses or uses deemed similar by the City Council:
(1) Any permitted use in division (A) above; and
(2) Townhouse multiple dwellings provided no single structure contains in excess of 12 units.
(C) Zones 3 and 4. Within these zones, no structure or land shall be used, except for one or more of the following uses or uses deemed similar by the City Council:
(1) Apartment or condominium buildings;
(2) Community-based family-care home, day-care home licensed under M.S. § 245.812 or a home for the care of the mentally or physically handicapped licensed by the state;
(3) Home occupation, as defined in § 155.003;
(4) Public utility buildings and structures; and
(5) Townhouse multiple dwellings provided no single structure contains in excess of 12 dwelling units.
(D) Zone 5. Within this zone, no structure or land shall be used, except for one or more of the following uses or uses deemed similar by the City Council:
(1) Any use permitted in division (C) above;
(2) General or professional office uses in either a free-standing building or as a tenant in a multi-tenant building;
(3) Motel or hotel;
(4) Mass transit terminal or pick-up station;
(5) Convenience grocery store not to exceed a total of 6,500 square feet in floor area as a free-standing use or as a use within a multi-tenant building;
(6) Restaurant, free-standing: Class I only and a minimum of 5,000 square feet in area, when located within a free-standing building, and which does not operate between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m;
(7) Restaurant, multi-tenant occupants: Either Class I or II, when located within a multi-tenant building, with no minimum floor area requirement, which does not operate between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., and which under no circumstances includes any type of drive-thru window service;
(8) Retail sales when such operations are located within a multi-tenant building (not as free- standing uses) and not to exceed 10,000 square feet of floor area in aggregate for the entire zone, exclusive of the area of any convenience grocery store established pursuant to subsection (5) above. Permitted retail business uses in multi-tenant buildings shall be limited to the following unless similar uses are specifically approved by the City Council: stores and shops selling the personal service or goods over a counter. These include: antiques; art and school supplies; bakeries; barbershop; beauty parlor; bicycles; books and stationery; candy; cameras and photographic supplies; carpets and rugs; catering establishments; china and glassware; Christmas tree sales; clothes pressing; clothes and costume rental; custom dressmaking; drugs; dry goods; electrical and household appliances; florists; food; furniture; furrier shops; garden supplies; gifts; hardware; hats; hobby shops; interior decorating; jewelry; watch repair; laundry and dry cleaning pickup; laundromat; leather goods and luggage; liquor store; off-sale; locksmith shops; musical instruments; office supply; paint and wallpaper; phonograph records; photograph studios; shoes; sporting goods; tailoring; theater, except open air drive-in; tobacco; toys; variety stores; and wearing apparel; and
(9) Coin-operated amusement devices in conjunction with a restaurant facility.
(10) Veterinary clinic when contained within a building; no outdoor pens or kennels permitted.
(‘81 Code, § A11-2) (Ord. 291, passed 4-21-83; Am. Ord. 613, passed 3-14-96; Am. Ord. 698, passed 8-9-01; Am. Ord. 1084, passed 1-14-21)