If the above conditions are met, conditional use permits may be issued in the multiple-family residential districts for the following uses or uses deemed similar by the City Council:
(A) Any use permitted as a conditional use in the R districts as regulated therein.
(B) Community-based family-care home or day- care home not licensed by the state under M.S. § 245.812, or community-based residential care facility when:
(1) Facility meets all existing health, fire, building and housing codes.
(2) Separation of one-quarter mile exists between the facilities. The City Council may grant exception to the one-quarter mile rule when either strong community support exists, program effectiveness is closely tied to particular cultural resources in the community, or an effective natural or man-made barrier exists between facilities.
(3) The conditional use permit shall be reviewed at one-year intervals.
(C) Apartment or townhouse dwelling units constructed with exposed vertical exterior finish materials other than those provided under § 155.346 when:
(1) The proposed materials represent the same or similar materials used on at least 66.7% and of the existing buildings within 350 feet of the site.
(2) The proposed materials are demonstrated to be of comparable grade and quality as those otherwise required.
(3) The materials have the appearance of wood siding having a maximum plank width of 12 inches. Under no circumstance shall sheet or corrugated aluminum, iron, steel, asbestos, sheet plywood or similar materials be used which have no three-dimensional relief, nor shall plain or painted plain concrete block be used. Any decorative concrete block shall be colored only by means of a pigment impregnated throughout the entire block.
(D) Increased density, in an M-8 district only, when located adjacent to or within the central business district as identified in the comprehensive plan, as follows:
(1) In a four-story building, a maximum of 28 dwelling units per acre may be permitted. With applicable density bonuses, this may be increased to 32 units per acre. Up to a 50% increase in building setbacks may be required.
(2) In a five-story building, a maximum of 36 dwelling units per acre may be permitted. With applicable density bonuses, this may be increased to 40 units per acre. Up to a 100% increase in building setbacks may be required.
(E) Mobile home parks for the purpose of installing manufactured houses, as defined by M.S. §§ 327.31 to 327.35, in an M-7 district only.
(F) Wireless communication towers and small wireless facilities as regulated elsewhere in this chapter.
(‘81 Code, § A1-33) (Ord. 291, passed 4-21-83; Am. Ord. 436, passed 2-23-89; Am. Ord. 465, passed 10-26-89; Am. Ord. 760, passed 10-14-04; Am. Ord. 1039, passed 2-8-18)