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(A) Purpose. The purpose of this district is intended to provide a district which will allow all manufacture, compounding, processing packaging, treatment or assembly of products and material.
(B) Permitted uses. Those uses as permitted in the C-1 district shall be a permitted use.
(1) Appliance assemblies and warehousing;
(2) Airports;
(3) Bottling establishments;
(4) Building materials sales and storage establishments;
(5) Camera and photographic manufacturing establishments;
(6) Canning factories and creameries, food processing plants including smoking and curing operations;
(7) Contractors’ offices, shops and yards for plumbing, heating, glazing, painting, paper hanging, roofing, ventilating, air-conditioning, masonry, electrical and refrigeration industries;
(8) Cartage and express facilities;
(9) Cooperatives;
(10) Freight terminals and classification yards;
(11) Fuel and ice sales and storage facilities, including bulk fuel storage;
(12) Grain elevators, milling and processing activities;
(13) Hatcheries;
(14) Highway maintenance shops and yards;
(15) Jewelry manufacturers;
(16) Monument works, cutting, grinding and polishing operations, excavation excluded;
(17) Public utility structures and municipal and government buildings;
(18) Poultry and animal rendering plants, processing and treatment yards; and
(19) Railroad rights-of-way.
(C) Accessory uses.
(1) Accessory uses, except signs, customarily incidental to the above permitted uses;
(2) Signs, as regulated in § 151.37; and
(3) Off-street parking and loading, as regulated in § 151.38.
(D) Conditional uses.
(1) Any manufacturing, production, processing, cleaning, storage, servicing, repair and testing of materials, goods or products similar to those listed in this section which comply with performance standards of this section.
(2) Storage, utilization of manufacture of materials or products which could decompose on detonation or are highly flammable. This does not include bulk fuel and gas storage.
(3) Automobile wrecking and or junk yards, provided the use is conducted within a building or the premises on which the business is conducted is entirely enclosed within a solid substantial fence, except for gates, not less than eight feet in height. The term solid means a fence having an opacity of 100%.
(E) Height, yard and lot coverage regulations. Same as C-1, except no building shall be located any closer than 50 feet from a residential district.
(F) Performance standards. The performance standards of the I, industrial district, shall be those of §§ 151.35 through 151.38.
(G) Screening, landscaping, lighting, storage and outdoor display regulations. Further regulations are as regulated in the §§ 151.35 through 151.38.
(Ord. passed 4-24-78) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Purpose. In order to prevent pollution of the waters of the state, to provide ample space on lots for sanitary facilities, to maintain property values, to maintain the natural characteristic of shoreland and to provide for wise utilization of water and related land resources of the state, this district is hereby created.
(B) Public water classification.
(1) Spirit Lake. The classification is general development. The distance affected is 1,000 feet from normal high water mark.
(2) Blueberry River. The classification is general development. The distance affected is 300 feet from high water mark or boundary of designated flood plain.
(C) Permitted and conditional uses. The land use regulations in the S-D district shall be the same as the applicable zoning district whose boundaries fall within the S-D district.
(D) Shoreland lot area, yard, height, depth and setback regulations.
(1) Lot area.
(a) Abutting public waters, without public sewer, the area shall be 20,000 square feet. With a public sewer, the area shall be 15,000 square feet.
(b) Not abutting public waters, without public sewer, the area shall be 20,000 square feet. With public sewer, the area shall be 10,000 square feet.
(c) Units in excess of two require an additional 2,000 square feet of area per unit.
(2) Water frontage and width at building line.
(a) Without public sewer, the frontage and width shall be 150 feet.
(b) With public sewer, the frontage and width shall be 75 feet.
(c) Lots not abutting public waters, but are still within S-D district shall have the same width regulations as the applicable zone.
(3) Building setback from ordinary high water mark.
(a) Without public sewer, the setback shall be 75 feet.
(b) With public sewer, the setback shall be 50 feet.
(c) Boathouses may be located up to the high water mark as a permitted use, as long as they are not used for habitation and contain no sanitary facilities.
(4) Total lot area covered by impervious surface. With or without public sewer, the area shall be 30%.
(5) Building elevation above high water mark. With or without public sewer, the elevation shall be three feet.
(6) Setbacks. Height, depth, yard and street setback regulations will be those of the applicable zoning district.
(E) Regulation on undeveloped lots platted prior to adoption of zoning chapter. A lot of record, created before the adoption of this zoning chapter, which does not meet the requirements of the shoreland district, will be allowed as a building site provided the following conditions are met:
(1) The lot is in separate ownership from abutting lots before adoption of this chapter;
(2) The intended use for the lot is allowed in the applicable zoning district;
(3) The building is constructed and setback is in as close to compliance as is practicable to the requirements of this zoning chapter.
(F) Shoreland alterations. Natural vegetation in shoreland areas shall be preserved in so far as practical and reasonable in order to retard surface run off and soil erosion and to utilize excess nutrients. The removal of natural vegetation shall be controlled by municipal shoreland ordinance in accordance with the following criteria:
(1) Clear cutting shall be prohibited, except as necessary for placing public roads, utilities, structures and parking areas;
(2) Natural vegetation shall be restored insofar as feasible after any construction project;
(3) Selective cutting of trees and underbrush shall be allowed as long as sufficient growth is left to screen motor vehicles and structures when viewed from the water.
(G) Alteration of beds of public waters.
(1) Any work which will change the supply of water for domestic purposes shall conform to Minnesota Department of Health standards for water quality.
(2) Any premises used for human occupancy shall be provided with an adequate method of sewage disposal and shall conform to Minnesota Department of Health standards for sewage disposal. Where available or feasible, public or municipal collection facilities must be used.
(3) Sewage system setback from ordinary high water mark shall be 75 feet.
(4) Elevation of sewage system from ground water level shall be four feet.
(5) All sewage systems within the shoreland district shall comply with this chapter.
(Ord. passed 4-24-78) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Purpose. The M-H district is intended for manufactured home residential development, with the main objective being the separation of manufactured homes from permanent home development.
(B) Permitted uses.
(1) Manufactured homes;
(2) Parks and recreational areas owned or operated by governmental agencies;
(3) Crop farming other than livestock on unplatted land not involving a sales structure;
(4) Home occupations and offices of professional persons when the use does not exceed one- third of a dwelling or accessory building and does not employ more than one person not residing on the premises; and
(5) Public golf courses, public swimming pools and tennis courts, except those operated for commercial purposes.
(C) Accessory buildings. Same as the R-1 district.
(D) Height, yard and lot requirements. Same as the R-1 district, except § 151.16 (E)(8), pertaining to lots platted prior to adoption of this chapter, will not pertain to the M-H district.
(Ord. passed 4-24-78) Penalty, see § 10.99
GENERAL REGULATIONS
(A) Any nonconformity, including the lawful use or occupation of land or premises existing at the time of the adoption of an additional control under this chapter, may be continued, including through repair or maintenance, but if the nonconformity or occupancy is discontinued for a period of more than one year, or any nonconforming use is destroyed by fire or other peril to the extent of greater than 50% of its market value, any subsequent use or occupancy of the land or premises shall be a conforming use or occupancy. The use of land, if changed from a nonconforming use, shall be in conformity or close to conformity with the provisions of the specific district. A nonconforming use of land shall not be increased in land area.
(B) (1) A lawful nonconforming use of a structure existing at the date of enactment of this chapter may be continued, and the use may be extended throughout the building or sold, rented or leased to another individual, individuals, firm or corporation provided no structural alterations, except those required by law, and no additions or enlargements are made to the buildings.
(2) Exceptions:
(a) Alterations may be made to a residential building containing nonconforming residential units when alterations will improve livability of the unit provided the number of dwelling units is not increased.
(b) Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the strengthening of restoration of a wall or structural member in a nonconforming building when the action is taken pursuant to a building permit.
(C) The provisions of this section shall apply to any use that may become nonconforming due to a change in the classification of the district in which it is located as a result of rezoning from the effective date of the chapter making the change.
(Ord. passed 4-24-78) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Business signs on the premises of a nonconforming building or use may be continued, but signs shall not be increased in number, area, height or illumination.
(B) No sign erected before the passage of this chapter shall be rebuilt, altered or moved to a new location on the affected property without being brought into compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
(C) All signs hereafter erected or maintained, except official, public and street signs, shall conform with the provisions of this section and other ordinances or regulations of the city.
(D) (1) Private signs shall not be permitted within the public rights-of-way or easements.
(2) Flashing or rotating signs resembling emergency vehicles shall not be permitted.
(3) No sign shall be used that resembles any official marker erected by a government agency or displaying words, such as “stop” or “danger.”
(4) No sign shall be permitted to obstruct any door, fire escape, stairway or opening intended to provide access to any building or structure.
(5) Upon notification by the City Council or Zoning Administrator that a sign is rotted, unsafe or unsightly, the owner of the sign or owner of property thereunder shall remove or repair the sign.
(6) The owner, lessee or manager of any property on which a ground sign is located is responsible for keeping grass, weeds and other growth cut and debris and rubbish cleaned up and removed from the lot on which the sign is located.
(7) All non-commercial signs of any size may be posted from August 1 in a state general election year until ten days following the state general election.
(Ord. passed 4-24-78) Penalty, see § 10.99
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