The following are conditional uses allowed in an A-1 District (requires a conditional use permit based upon procedures set forth in and regulated by § 155.440):
(A) Places of worship, banquet/conference/meeting/party room, commercial recreation-indoor, and sports training, or any combination of said uses on the same site or in the same building, provided that:
(1) The minimum size site is three acres.
(2) The use shall be located along an improved (i.e. blacktop or concrete) collector or arterial roadway as identified in the city’s Transportation Plan, but in no case shall it have direct access to an arterial roadway.
(3) Side, rear and parking setbacks shall be double the standard requirement, but no less than 30 feet.
(4) Screening is provided in compliance with § 155.031.
(5) A minimum of 25% green space shall be provided.
(6) For uses with capacity for greater than 250 persons in the assembly area(s) utilized at the same time - with capacity calculated according to the Building Code adopted by the city - a traffic impact study shall be conducted by the city’s traffic consultant at the expense of the applicant. The traffic impact study shall assess the potential short-term and long-term traffic impacts associated with the proposed use on the site itself and on adjacent roadways. The traffic impact study shall identify appropriate mitigation and/or recommendations to offset projected impacts, which the user shall be responsible for implementing at its sole cost.
(7) The user operates consistent with an operations plan approved by the city that shall prescribe typical start and end times for the primary activity or activities constituting the use (e.g. worship service times), in addition to accessory and auxiliary uses. The operations plan shall be based on the traffic impact study (if any), nearby land uses and other related factors, and incorporated into a conditional use permit agreement.
(8) Any modification of an existing use which intensifies the use and/or surpass the 250 person occupancy threshold shall require an amended conditional use permit and shall be subject to divisions (A)(6) and (7) above.
(B) Governmental and public regulated utility buildings and structures necessary for the health, safety, and general welfare of the city, provided that:
(1) Utility buildings and structures shall be screened from view of the public right-of- way and adjacent properties.
(2) Adequate off-street parking and access is provided on the site or on lots directly abutting or directly across a public street or alley to the principal use.
(C) Retail nurseries, greenhouses, and tree farms. Retail nurseries, greenhouses, and tree farms provided that:
(1) The site accesses on a major collector;
(2) Adequate off-street parking and access is provided on the site or on lots directly abutting or directly across a public street or alley to the principal use in compliance; and
(3) Adequate off-street loading and service entrances are provided and regulated where applicable by § 155.020 et seq.
(D) Animal-related uses. Commercial riding stables, dog kennels, animal hospitals with overnight care, and similar uses, provided that:
(1) Any building in which animals are kept, whether roofed shelter or enclosed structure, shall be located a distance of 100 feet or more from any lot line;
(2) The animals shall, at a minimum, be kept in an enclosed pen or corral of sufficient height and strength to retain such animals. Said pen or corral may not be located closer than 100 feet from a lot; and
(3) The provisions of Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Regulations SW 53 (2), as amended, are complied with.
(E) Manufactured homes. Manufactured homes as an accessory home to a farmstead, provided that the mobile home is occupied by the property owner, a blood relative, or an employee working on the premises.
(F) Transfer of residential development density rights. Residential development density rights may be transferred to contiguous property within the city under the same ownership for the purpose of preserving productive farmlands provided that:
(1) The property is zoned A-1 and guided agriculture in the Comprehensive Plan.
(2) The property meets all access, size and soil requirements outlined for single-family residential development in the A-1 zone.
(3) The parcels are clustered in a contiguous fashion.
(4) Each cluster shall not contain more than four residential parcels.
(5) Each cluster has a setback of 1,000 feet from any other approved residential cluster.
(6) The cluster minimizes disruption to agricultural activities.
(7) The cluster does not adversely affect the adjacent properties.
(8) A deed restriction shall be placed upon the parcels from which the development rights have been transferred to prohibit additional development.
(9) The average density of one dwelling unit per quarter-quarter section is maintained. In no case shall density transfers be used to increase the residential density in the General Agriculture, A-1, District.
(10) The purpose of allowing such transfers is to preserve productive farmlands, and the Planning Commission shall consider the effects of the transfers on the environment, the surrounding neighborhood and nearby farm operations during its deliberation.
(H) Other uses deemed by the Zoning Administrator to be similar to those set forth in this section and consistent with the purposes for this zoning code.
(Ord. 110, passed 11-15-97; Am. Ord. 116, passed 10-27-98; Am. Ord. 0202, passed 4-9-02; Am. Ord. 0807, passed 10-14-08; Am. Ord. 1401, passed 1-28-14; Am. Ord. 1506, passed 9-8-15; Am. Ord. 2001, passed 7-14-20)