(A) Intent. The intent of this district is to provide land in proximity to major thoroughfares for the development of certain manufacturing and industrial activities that will strengthen the local employment opportunity and tax base in the city.
(B) Permitted uses. Manufacturing and industrial establishments. In order to illustrate the types of establishments which this division is designed to cover, the following examples are set forth. These examples are not meant to illustrate the only establishments intended to be covered:
(1) Uses permitted within the C-2, highway commercial district;
(2) Fabricating, manufacturing, production, processing, and storage of material goods and products, subject to the performance standards set forth in § 153.050 of this code and as set forth in the rules and regulations of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency;
(3) Motor freight terminals;
(4) Research, electrical and metallurgical, but not chemical;
(5) Public uses and public utility facilities; and
(6) Any other uses determined by the city to be the same or similar type uses.
(C) Conditional uses.
(1) Conditional uses permitted within the C-2, highway commercial district, with the exception of § 153.038(C)(5) motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, truck, and motorcycle sales;
(2) Manufacturing and sale of concrete products;
(3) Manufacturing of miscellaneous building materials (such as, prefabricated housing, wallboard, partitions, and panels);
(4) Metal fabrication;
(5) Storage of the following:
(a) Coal and gas; or
(b) Auto wrecking, junk, and salvage.
(6) Sexually oriented businesses;
(7) Uses not specifically set forth herein which in the opinion of the City Council would be compatible with the area in which located and which would not constitute a public nuisance, and which would not materially affect sewer capacity.
(D) Lot requirements and standards. Refer to Appendix A of this chapter.
(1997 Code, § 25.08) (Ord. passed 11-14-1994; Am. Ord. 2006-4, passed 5-8-2006; Am. Ord. 2008-3, passed 2-11-2008; Am. Ord. 2010-3, passed 6-28-2010)