10-18-1: USE TABLES AND UNLISTED USES:

In order to improve the usability of the city zoning ordinance, the city has adopted several tables specifying the permitted, provisional and conditional uses of this title.

   A.   Table 1; Use Chart - Residential And Mixed Use Districts:

 

P	=	Permitted use		PU	=	Provisional use
CU	=	Conditional use permit		Blank	=	Prohibited
[ ]	=	Letters in brackets refer to the corresponding subsection of section 10-18-2 of this chapter

		Residential Districts							Mixed Use Districts
		RLD-0	RLD-1	RLD-2	RLD-3	RMD-1	RMD-2	RHD-1	MU-1	MU-2	MU-3
Residential uses:
	Accessory dwelling units
	Bed and breakfast	CU [A]	CU [A]	CU [A]	CU [A]	CU [A]	CU [A]	CU [A]	PU [A]	PU [A]	PU [A]
	Campus organizations				CU [B]	CU [B]	CU [B]	CU [B]	CU [B]	CU [B]	CU [B]
	Daycare	PU [D]	PU [D]	PU [D]	PU [D]	PU [D]	PU [D]	PU [D]	PU [D]	PU [D]	PU [D]
	Dwellings, 2 attached, each on a separate lot		PU [E]	PU [E]	P	P	P			P
	Dwellings, 2 attached on the same lot		PU [E]	PU [E]	P	P	P			P
	Dwellings, 3 or more attached townhomes		PU [E]	PU [E]	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
	Dwellings in buildings of 3 to 8 units				PU [G]	P	P	P	P	P	P
	Dwellings in buildings of 9 to 16 units				PU [G]	P	P	P	P	P	P
	Dwellings in buildings of more than 16 units				PU [G]	P	P	P	P	P	P
	Dwellings, single-family detached	P	P	P	P	P	P			P
	Home care and assisted living facilities	PU [D]	PU [D]	PU [D]	PU [D]	PU [D]	PU [D]	PU [D]	PU [D]	PU [D]	PU [D]
	Home occupations	PU [H]	PU [H]	PU [H]	PU [H]	PU [H]	PU [H]	PU [H]	PU [H]	PU [H]	PU [H]
	Parking facilities	CU [I]	CU [I]	CU [I]	CU [I]	CU [I]	CU [I]	CU [I]	PU [M]	PU [I] and [M]	PU [M]
	Public and semipublic recreation uses	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
	Temporary family healthcare dwellings 1
Public/institutional uses:
	Essential services - government and public regulated utility structures	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
	Parks/playgrounds/open space	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
	Religious institutions/group assembly/membership organizations	CU [L]	CU [L]	CU [L]	CU [L]	CU [L]	CU [L]	CU [L]	CU [L]	CU [L]	CU [L]
	Religious institution micro-dwelling unit sacred community	CU (EE)	CU (EE)	CU (EE)	CU (EE)	CU (EE)	CU (EE)	CU (EE)
	Schools (public or private)	CU [L]	CU [L]	CU [L]	CU [L]	CU [L]	CU [L]	CU [L]	PU [L]	CU [L]	PU [L]

 

Note:

   1.    Pursuant to the authority granted by Minnesota Statutes section 462.3593, subdivision 9, the City of Moorhead opts out of the requirements of Minnesota Statutes section 462.3593.

   B.   Table 2; Commercial/Industrial Districts Use Chart:

 

P	=	Permitted use		PU	=	Provisional use
CU	=	Conditional use permit		Blank	=	Prohibited
[ ]	=	Letters in brackets refer to the corresponding subsection of section 10-18-2 of this chapter

Use Category (General)		Use Type (Detailed)	Mixed Use Districts			Commercial Districts			Industrial Districts
			MU-1	MU-2	MU-3	NC	CC	RC	LI	HI
Commercial/retail uses:
	Adult establishments	All types							P 1	P1
	Agricultural related uses	Farm supply store					P	P	P
		Implement dealer/services					PU [P]	PU [P]	P	P
	Animal sales and services	Animal shelter			PU [Q]		PU [Q]	PU [Q]	P	P
		Kennel/daycare			PU [Q]	PU [Q]	PU [Q]	PU [Q]	P	P
		Pet store (live animals)	PU [Q]	PU [Q]	PU [Q]	PU [Q]	PU [Q]	P	P
		Veterinary clinic or hospital	PU [Q]	PU [Q]	PU [Q]	PU [Q]	PU [Q]	P	P
	Auto related uses	Auto and truck body repair shops			PU [R]		PU [R]	PU [R]	P	P
		Auto sales, rental, service and repair			PU [R]		PU [R]	PU [R]	PU [R]
		Automotive service station (gasoline/repair/service facility)	PU [R]	PU [R]	PU [R]	PU [R]	P	P	P	P
		Car wash and auto detailing			P	P	P	P	P	P
		Parking structures (deck)	P	P	P		P	P	P	P
		Parking surface (as principal use)	PU [S]	PU [S]	PU [S]	PU [S]	PU [S]	PU [S]	P	P
		Recreational vehicles and boat sales or rental			PU [R]		PU [R]	PU [R]	P
		Truck stops/truck parking							P	P
	Corporate offices		P	P	P	P	P	P	P
	Dependent care	Home care and assisted living facilities	PU [D]	PU [D]	PU [D]	PU [D]	PU [D]	PU [D]	PU [D]
	Lodging/temporary overnight stay	Bed and breakfast	PU [A]	PU [A]	PU [A]	PU [A]
		Hotel (with conference center)	CU		P		P	P
		Hotel (without conference center)	P		P		P	P
		Housing shelters/temporary housing		CU [O]	CU [O]		CU [O]
		Motel/motor hotel			CU		CU	CU
	Recreation/entertainment	Amphitheater			PU [T]		PU [T]	PU [T]
		Amusement park			PU [T]		PU [T]	PU [T]
		Bars, taverns and nightclub	PU [U]	PU [U]	PU [U]	PU [U]	PU [U]	PU [U]
		Community center/recreation center	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Drive-in theaters					PU [T]	PU [T]
		Movie theater	P		P		P	P
		Physical fitness center/spa	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Putt putt/batting cages/driving ranges/recreational vehicle courses			P		P	P	P
		Shooting range (indoor)						PU [T]	PU [T]	PU [T]
	Retail sales and services	Antique/boutique store	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Apparel/clothing and other dry goods	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Bail bondsman	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Bakery (on site baking and retail)	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Barber/beauty shop/salon	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Bicycle sales and repair	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Bookstore	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Cafes/coffeehouses	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Camera and photographic supply equipment and photo studio	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Cannabinoid distillate product manufacturing							P	P
		Cannabinoid sales	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Catering	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Check cashing	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Contractor offices/yards (roofers, landscapers, builders, etc.)			PU [V]		PU [V]		P	P
		Convenience grocery stores (without gas) - specialty food store - delicatessen	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Dairy product store	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Dry cleaner drop off/pick up site only	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Edible cannabinoid product manufacturing	P		P		P	P	P	P
		Electrical/mechanical services, sales and supplies			P		P	P	P
		Finance, insurance and real estate, accounting, legal services, booking and talent agencies	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Florist/gifts and novelty store	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Funeral home/mortuary	P		P		P	P
		General merchandise department store/discount retail store	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Grocery store	P		P	P	P	P
		Hardware	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Hobby shop	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Home accessories (paint, wallpaper, drapery, carpet, decorating, etc.)	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Home electronics	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Home improvement retailers			P		P	P	P
		Laundromat	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Leather goods and luggage	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Liquor store, brewery, distillery	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Locksmith	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Lumberyards					PU [W ]	PU [W ]	P	P
		Meat market including processing					P	P	P
		Meat market not including processing	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Medical offices/clinics/blood collection facilities/other pharmaceutical facilities	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Nursery/lawn and garden	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Printer	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Professional office	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Record/music stores (including sales of instruments)	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Restaurants (no drive-through)	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Restaurants (with drive-through)	P		P		P	P
		Sewing machine sales and service	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Shoe sales and repair	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Tailor/seamstress	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Tattoo parlor/body piercing	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Thrift store/consignment	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Tobacco/smokeshop	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Vacuum cleaner sales and services	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Watch and clock sales and repair services	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Wood shops/cabinetry/carpentry products (with limited manufacturing)			PU [X]		P	P	P	P
Public/institutional uses:
	Cultural centers	Community theater/arts center	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Museums	P	P	P	P	P	P
	Education	Collegiate schools	P	P	P		P	P
		Educational office buildings	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Elementary school			P
		High school			P
		Middle school			P
	Government and city	Government offices	P		P	P	P	P	P
		Public works facilities			P		P		P	P
		Transit center	P		P		P	P	P	P
	Leisure	Library	P	P	P	P	P	P
	Medical/hospital	Hospital			CU		P	P	CU
	Religious institutions/group assembly/membership organizations		CU [L]	CU [L]	CU [L]	CU [L]	CU [L]	CU [L]	CU [L]
	Religious institution micro-dwelling unit sacred community		CU (EE)	CU (EE)	CU (EE)	CU (EE)	CU (EE)	CU (EE)	CU (EE)
	Utility facility	Electric substation							P	P
Industrial/manufacturing uses:
	Adult establishments	All types							P 1	P1
	Agriculture uses and processing	Farm cooperatives							CU	CU
		Feed mixing							CU	CU
		Fertilizer manufacturing								CU
		Grain elevator or produce collection/distribution							CU	CU
		Manufacturing (agricultural)							CU	CU
		Plant grinding								CU
	Gas/chemicals	Acetylene gas manufacturing								CU
		Ammonia or chlorine manufacturing								CU
		Anhydrous ammonia bulk storage plants								CU
		Other injurious hazardous or offensive chemical use not listed								CU
	General industrial	Car impound lot							CU [Y]	CU [Y]
		Cartage and express facilities					CU		P	P
		General industrial wholesale business			CU		P	P	P	P
		Nonauto equipment repair					PU [R]	PU [R]	P	P
		Radio and television offices/stations	CU	CU	CU		P	CU	P	P
		Recording studios for audio, video, film	PU [Z]	PU [Z]	PU [Z]	PU [Z]	PU [Z]	PU [Z]	P	P
		Transportation terminals					CU		P	P
		Warehousing of nonexplosive material or equipment					CU		P	P
	Heavy industrial	Asphalt and concrete batching or ready mix plants								CU
		Battery manufacture								CU
		Bulk fuel storage/distribution								CU
		Concrete or cement products							CU	P
		Oil filtering/mixing							CU [C C]	CU [C C]
		Salvage yard (junkyard)								CU
		Slaughterhouse (not stockyards)								CU
		Tire recapping or retreading								CU
	Production/assembly/proc essing of materials or goods	Advertising products (signs/billboards)					CU		P	P
		Awnings, Venetian blinds and window shades					P		P	P
		Bakery, candy, dairy and other food products	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Bottling			P		P	P	P	P
		Ceramic products			P		P	P	P	P
		Cosmetics, toiletries, perfumes, pharmaceutical products, soap and detergents packaging only					P	P	P	P
		Electrical supplies							P	P
		Insecticide and pesticide, packaging only							P	P
		Laboratories (research, development, testing)					P	P	P	P
		Machine, iron, steel or other metal fabrication							P	P
		Mattress manufacturing, rebuilding and renovating							P	P
		Metal finishing, plating, grinding, sharpening, etc.							P	P
		Metal stamping and extrusion of small products							P	P
		Milk and ice products							P	P
		Monument works							P	P
		Motor freight terminals							P	P
		Offices that are related to industrial uses or off site service/repair	PU [V]		PU [V]		PU [V]	PU [V]	P	P
		Packing and crating establishments							P	P
		Publicity and book binding establishments							P	P
		Shell egg business, candling, packaging and distribution							P	P
		Textiles, spinning, weaving, dyeing, printing, knit goods, yarn, thread and cordage duty	PU [AA ]	PU [AA ]	PU [AA]	PU [A A]	PU [A A]	PU [A A]	P	P
		Tire shredding							CU	CU
		Tools and hardware							P	P
		Toys, novelties and watches	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
		Wood shops/cabinetry/carpentry							P	P
	Warehousing/storage	Cold storage facilities					CU [B B]		P	P
		Self-service storage facilities					CU [B B]		P	P
		Warehouse and distribution centers					CU [D D]		P	P

 

Note:

    1.    Except within that portion of the district that is within the Gateway Overlay, in which adult establishments are prohibited.

    C.   Unlisted Uses:

      1.   Procedure For Approving Unlisted Uses: Where a particular use category or use type is not specifically allowed under this title, the use category or type may be permitted by the zoning administrator or designee upon a finding that the criteria below are met. The zoning administrator or designee shall give due consideration to the vision elements of the comprehensive plan purpose and intent of this title concerning the district(s) involved, the character of the uses specifically identified, and the character of the use(s) in question.

      2.   Criteria For Approving Unlisted Uses: The zoning administrator or designee may allow an unlisted use (permitted, provisional, conditional, or accessory) in the zoning district if he/she finds that the proposed use has an impact that is similar in nature, function, and duration to the other uses allowed in a specific zoning district. In making such finding, the zoning administrator or designee shall assess all relevant characteristics of the proposed use, including, but not limited to, the following:

         a.   The volume and type of sales, retail, wholesale; size and type of items sold and nature of inventory on the premises;

         b.   Any processing done on the premises, including assembly, manufacturing, warehousing, shipping, distribution; any dangerous, hazardous, toxic, or explosive materials used in the processing;

         c.   The nature and location of storage and outdoor display of merchandise; enclosed, open, inside or outside the principal building; and predominant types of items stored (such as business vehicles, work in process, inventory, and merchandise, construction materials, scrap and junk, and raw materials including liquids and powders hazardous or not);

         d.   The type, size, and nature of buildings and structures;

         e.   The number and density of employees and customers per unit area of site in relation to business hours and employment shifts;

         f.   Transportation requirements, including the modal split for people and freight, by volume type and characteristic of traffic generation to and from the site, trip purposes and whether trip purposes can be shared by other uses on the site;

         g.   Parking requirements, turnover and generation, ratio of the number of spaces required per unit area or activity, and the potential for shared parking with other uses;

         h.   The amount and nature of any nuisances generated on the premises, including, but not limited to, noise, smoke, odor, glare, vibration, radiation and fumes;

         i.   Any special public utility requirements for serving the proposed use, including, but not limited to, water supply, wastewater, pretreatment of wastes and emissions required or recommended, and any significant power structures and communications towers or facilities; and

         j.   The impact on adjacent properties created by the proposed use will not be greater than that of other uses allowed in the district.

      3.   Effects Of Finding By Zoning Administrator Or Designee:

         a.   Typical Uses Added To Title:

            (1)   The city shall initiate periodic amendments to this title if the zoning administrator or designee finds that the particular use or class of use(s) is likely to be common or to recur frequently, or that omission of specific inclusion and reference to this title is likely to lead to public uncertainty and confusion.

            (2)   Until final action has been taken on such proposed amendment, the determination of the zoning administrator or designee shall be binding on all officers and departments of the city.

         b.   Atypical Uses; Determination Binding: In making a determination whether to approve an unlisted use, the zoning administrator's or designee's determination shall thereafter be binding on all officers and departments of the city, without further action or amendment of this title, if the zoning administrator or designee finds the particular use or class of use(s) is of an unusual or transitory nature, or is unlikely to recur frequently.

         c.   Appeals: Appeals of decisions to approve or deny unlisted uses shall be appealed to the planning commission or zoning board of appeals. (Ord. 2004-40, 1-3-2005; amd. Ord. 2012-2, 2-27-2012; Ord. 2013-09, 6-24-2013; 2014-01, 1-27-2014; Ord. 2014-15, 8-25-2014; Ord. 2016-11, 6-27-2016; Ord. 2016-17, 10-11-2016; 2016-21, 12-12-2016; Ord. 2017-17, 11-27-2017; Ord. 2018-06, 3-26-2018; Ord. 2019-05, 5-28-2019; Ord. 2022-21, 11-14-2022; Ord. 2023-09, 11-27-2023)