Within any I-1 district, no structure or land shall be used for the following uses or uses deemed similar by the City Council, except by conditional use permit:
(A) Motor fuel sales, including minor auto repair facilities or car wash;
(B) Truck and freight terminals and maintenance garages;
(C) Outdoor storage of vehicles or materials on open sales lot;
(D) Explosives, including all activities involving the storage, utilization or manufacture of materials or products such as TNT or dynamite which could decompose by detonation;
(E) Animal kennels with outside pens;
(F) Truck stops;
(G) Rental lots;
(H) Sales yards for building materials;
(I) Outdoor research or testing facilities; and
(J) Churches, unless a compelling governmental interest to restrict same is found relating to the following or similar criteria:
(1) When located within a multi-tenant building, a finding that occupancy of more than 50% of the total floor area by combined church uses has an adverse effect upon the remaining occupants;
(2) When located within a multi-tenant building, a finding that the number of parking stalls and the time at which they are needed by the church use(s) has an adverse effect by conflicting with the parking needs of the other building occupants;
(3) When located as a free-standing facility, a finding that the church use has an adverse effect upon the adjacent and surrounding occupied properties;
(4) Churches located under this section shall not be entitled to “sensitive land use” status for the purposes of determining a separation distance from regulated land uses which otherwise require such a separation.
(K) Towers as regulated in § 155.385.
(L) Child care centers, subject to the following conditions:
(1) All child care centers shall be licensed by the State of Minnesota, and shall provide proof of licensure prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy.
(2) A child care center shall not be conducted in a stand-alone building.
(3) A child care center shall not exceed more than 50% of the total building footprint.
(4) Applicants requesting a conditional use permit for a child care center shall provide the following for review and approval by the city:
(a) A site plan, indicating the location of the center, outdoor play areas, garbage receptacles, and similar site characteristics.
(b) A list of tenants within the building and neighboring buildings, to ensure the uses are compatible with the proposed child care center.
(c) A dimensioned floor plan for both the center and the multi-tenant building, indicating the child care center is 50% or less than the total building footprint.
(d) A traffic plan indicating peak hours of traffic generation, and a plan to minimize traffic conflicts between the building tenants.
(e) Hours of operation.
(M) On-sale liquor, 3.2 beer or wine in conjunction with a Class I restaurant; on-sale malt liquor in conjunction with a brewer taproom; on-sale distilled spirits in conjunction with a microdistillery cocktail room; or off-sale malt liquor from the premises of and in conjunction with a small brewery; or off-sale distilled spirits in conjunction with a microdistillery. The parking requirements as set forth in this Code for restaurant uses shall apply and be met on the subject site for brewer taprooms and microdistillery cocktail rooms. A brewer taproom and a microdistillery cocktail room shall not exceed 30% of the total floor area of the brewery or microdistillery with which each is respectively operated.
(N) Mobile food unit(s) in conjunction with the operation of a brewer taproom or a microdistillery cocktail room, as defined in and holding a valid alcohol license under Chapter 111 of this code.
(‘81 Code, § A1-41) (Ord. 291, passed 4-21-83; Am. Ord. 617, passed 6-27-96; Am. Ord. 760, passed 10-14-04; Am. Ord. 806, passed 3-22-07; Am. Ord. 998, passed 10-22-15; Am. Ord. 1090, passed 6-10-21)