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Where permitted, body art establishments shall be subject to the following conditions:
A. Such use shall be licensed under title 4, chapter 9 of this code.
B. Such use shall be located at least one thousand (1,000) radial feet, as measured in a straight line from the closest point of the property line upon which the body art establishment is located to the property line of:
1. Schools.
2. Churches.
3. Parks.
4. Public libraries.
5. Establishments selling and/or serving alcoholic beverages.
C. Such use shall be located not less than one thousand feet (1,000') from other body art establishments. (Ord. 1285, 10-13-2014)
A. Where permitted, community gardens shall be subject to the following conditions:
1. Community Gardens Permitted: Community gardens are permitted in all zoning districts.
2. Use: Community gardens may be the principal or accessory use on a parcel.
3. Retail Sales Prohibited: No on site retail sales shall be permitted with regard to community gardens.
4. Excavation: No excavation for the community garden shall occur until after the property owner has had all underground utilities located on the site and has clearly marked the area where gardening may occur without disturbance to utilities.
5. Location: Community gardens shall not be located within any public easement.
6. Accessory Buildings: Accessory buildings for community gardens are not permitted on vacant parcels. Developed parcels may have accessory buildings as allowed in the underlying zoning district.
7. Parking: Parking for the community garden shall be provided on streets where parking is permitted or on an existing parking surface with the written permission of the owner of the parking surface.
8. Trash Containers: Trash containers may be provided on site provided they meet accessory structure setbacks for the underlying zoning district and are screened by an opaque fence and/or landscape plantings of sufficient height to screen the containers. All trash shall be removed from the community garden site at least once per week.
9. Compost Bins: Compost bins are permitted as regulated by section 8-6-6 of this code.
10. Setback: The community garden shall be set back a minimum of five feet (5') from all property lines in order to provide a vegetated buffer of grass or other plants to minimize the transfer of sediment and to delineate the edges of the community garden.
11. Paths: Paths may be installed to access the community garden and individual community garden plots provided the paths are constructed using natural landscape materials including wood chips, mulch, landscape rock or pea gravel.
12. Negative Impacts Prohibited: The community garden site shall be designed and maintained to prevent negative impacts to adjacent properties from individual gardeners and gardening activities including, but not limited to, irrigation, fertilizer, soils, stormwater, cultivated areas, trespassing and garden debris.
13. Maintenance: Community gardens shall be maintained in a neat and orderly manner. Trash, weeds, dirt piles and debris of any sort shall not be allowed to accumulate on the community garden site.
14. Community Garden Site Restoration: Upon cessation of the community garden, the community garden site shall be fully restored to the pregarden status. All aboveground remains of the community garden shall be promptly removed and the ground leveled and restored so it can be utilized for uses permitted in the zoning district.
15. Community Garden Signage: One nonilluminated community garden identification sign may be displayed provided:
a. The sign shall not exceed ten (10) square feet in area or ten feet (10') in height and the sign shall be set back a minimum of ten feet (10') from property lines;
b. Current contact information for the community garden should be posted on the sign including the property owner and community garden manager contact name(s), address(es), and telephone number(s).
Personal gardens are not subject to the above conditions imposed on community gardens. Personal gardens may be the principal or accessory use on a parcel.
B. Where permitted, market gardens shall be subject to the following provisions:
1. Market garden planting areas can be no larger than ten percent (10%) of lot area and shall not be located in front yards.
2. Retail Sales Allowed: On-site sales are allowed under the following conditions:
a. The only products sold are the food crops grown in the market garden on the property;
b. Sales are limited to a maximum of seventy-five (75) sales days per calendar year;
c. Sales shall take place only between the hours of eight o’clock (8:00) A.M. to seven o’clock (7:00) P.M. weekdays and nine o’clock (9:00) A.M. to seven o’clock (7:00) P.M. on weekends;
d. Sales cannot take place on the public sidewalk or boulevard.
3. Setback: The market garden shall be set back a minimum of five feet (5') from all property lines in order to provide a vegetated buffer of grass or other plants to minimize the transfer of sediment and to delineate the edges of the market garden.
4. Equipment: Market garden equipment shall be limited to that which is commonly used for household gardening. Any tools, equipment, and material shall be stored and concealed within an enclosed, secured structure.
5. Negative Impacts Prohibited: The market garden site shall be designed and maintained to prevent negative impacts to adjacent properties from gardening activities including, but not limited to, irrigation, fertilizer, soils, stormwater, cultivated areas, and garden debris.
6. Maintenance: Market gardens shall be maintained in a neat and orderly manner. Trash, weeds, dirt piles and debris of any sort shall not be allowed to accumulate on the market garden site. When a market garden is discontinued the property shall be restored with native plantings, grass, or other allowed ground cover.
7. Nuisance: Improperly maintained market gardens are subject to nuisance abatement procedures as detailed elsewhere in this code. (Ord. 1253, 5-29-2012; amd. Ord. 1412, 7-12-2021)
Where permitted, the use shall be subject to the following conditions:
A. The use shall only be allowed on land of a minimum of fifty (50) acres of contiguous or adjacent land under the same control.
B. The gun safety range shall be located a distance of at least one-fourth (1/4) mile from any nonowner residence.
C. There shall be a minimum elevation of fifty feet (50') of hillside behind the shooting range.
D. Only .22 caliber rifles with CCI Quiet .22 caliber long rifle ammunition may be shot on the range. The ammunition shall be shot into a target and backstop that traps and holds the ammunition; at the end of each session, the ammunition contained in the target and backstop and the other ammunition used during the session shall be removed. The location of the target and backstop shall be such that the direction of fire shall only be toward land, for a distance of at least one-fourth (1/4) mile, owned by or under the same control as the land where the target and backstop are located.
E. The program must be an instructional program administered and sponsored by the Minnesota department of natural resources.
F. No more than six (6) training sessions may occur at any one location or property per calendar year.
G. The chief of police must approve in writing the specific location of the shooting range and the chief may impose conditions and restrictions with respect to the number of participants, the time and dates of the instructional program and number and placement of warning signs and duration of the program.
H. The program must also comply with all regulations contained in section 5-6-1 of this code.
I. The Minnesota department of natural resources shall provide the city clerk on an annual basis evidence of a certificate of coverage for commercial liability relating to the DNR administered and sponsored gun safety program. The certificate shall show coverage in amounts at least equal to the statutory tort limits applicable to the state of Minnesota. (Ord. 1256, 8-27-2012)
Where permitted, the use shall be subject to the following conditions:
A. The use shall only be allowed on a site that contains at least one hundred twenty (120) acres contiguous to each other or adjacent to under the same ownership or control. At least one hundred five (105) of the total acres must be subject to a recorded permanent natural area conservation easement in favor of a governmental body.
B. The interpretive center shall mean and include the following:
1. Administrative offices.
2. Activity/display/classrooms/storage.
3. Restrooms.
4. Open air shelters/pavilions.
5. Environmental preschool.
6. Indoor gun safety area.
7. Parking lot and roadways in conformance with performance standards found in the zoning ordinance.
8. Interpretive center shall be limited to no more than two (2) new buildings.
9. All new buildings, parking areas, roadways must be on a site plan approved by the city per article J, "Site Plan Review", of this chapter and meet performance standards of this code.
C. Senior housing component shall mean and include the following:
1. Independent/assisted care; hospice facilities combined with senior independent and assistance housing.
2. Environmental preschool allowed only in combination with the senior housing component or the interpretive center.
3. Must be constructed on a parcel that adjoins the nature center campus site provided no more than one building total shall be allowed over the entire use area.
4. Not more than one building shall be allowed for senior housing described above.
5. The building shall be limited to fifty three (53) living units.
6. Must be subject to an agreement between the city and the owners of the facility that the building will be used for senior housing within the meaning of the federal housing for older persons act of 1995, as amended from time to time and within the meaning of Minnesota statute section 363A.21, as amended from time to time.
7. Shall be allowed on a private treatment system and does not require the extension and connection to city sewer and water. If city services become available, the building must connect to city sewer per standards found in this code.
8. All buildings, parking areas, roadways must be on a site plan approved by the city per article J, "Site Plan Review", of this chapter and meet performance standards of this code.
D. The natural area conservation easement shall be permanent and cannot be terminated or removed without city consent. (Ord. 1271, 10-28-2013)
Garage condos in all districts, where permitted, shall be subject to the following performance standards:
A. A fence or wall of acceptable design, not over seven feet (7') in height or less than five feet (5'), shall be constructed along the property line when said use abuts property residentially used or in an R district, and said fence shall be adequately maintained. Application of this subsection shall not require a fence within the required front yard.
B. No outdoor storage of vehicles for a period longer than twenty-four (24) hours shall be permitted.
C. The individual units shall not be used for business purposes.
D. The individual units shall not be used for residential living quarters. (Ord. 1425, 3-28-2022)
Shipping containers are allowed as an accessory use in the B-3, zoning district subject to the following performance standards:
A. A limit of one shipping container shall be allowed per lot.
B. The maximum dimensions of the shipping container shall not exceed twenty feet (20') in length by eight feet (8') in width by eight feet (8') in height.
C. Property owners may be required to obtain a building permit from the city prior to placing or moving the shipping container onto the property. The Building Official shall determine what permits may be needed based on the use of the container.
D. The shipping container shall be placed on a hard surface such as concrete, asphalt or a gravel pad.
E. A shipping container located within the floodplain shall comply with all floodplain requirements.
F. The placement of the shipping container shall comply with all applicable building setbacks for the zoning district in which it is located and all other applicable zoning ordinance requirements, except as modified herein.
G. A shipping container shall not be used as a dwelling unit.
H. A shipping container shall not be used primarily for storage purposes.
I. Notwithstanding toe provisions § 10-15-17, shipping containers are allowed to retain their vertical ribbed metal siding but must be painted a color that is compatible with the primary structure on the lot or aesthetically appropriate to the intended use and in compliance with signage regulations.
J. The shipping container shall be structurally sound, operated in a safe manner and maintained in good repair. (Ord. 1470, 1-22-2024)
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