Chapter 11 INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS

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1 : PURPOSE STATEMENTS: Chapter 11 INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS A. I 1 Limited Industry District: The I 1 limited industry district is intended to provide for industrial uses that may be suitably located in areas of relatively close proximity to nonindustrial development. The uses in this district include service industries and industries which manufacture, fabricate, assemble or store products where the process is not likely to create offensive noise, vibrations, dust, heat, smoke, odor, glare, or other objectionable influences to other property in close proximity. Generally, these uses include wholesale, service and light industries which are dependent upon raw materials refined elsewhere. Properties zoned I 1 will be located within the metropolitan urban service area (MUSA) and served by public utility systems. B. I 2 General Industrial District: The I 2 general industrial district is intended to provide a district which is appropriate for manufacturing, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of products which are of a more intense use than the I 1 district. Property zoned I 2 will be located within the metropolitan urban service area (MUSA) and served by public utility systems. C. I 3 Heavy Industrial District: The I 3 heavy industrial district is to provide areas suitable for industrial uses which are more intense than the I 2 district and may have greater impact to noncommercial land uses. Property zoned I 3 will be located outside the metropolitan urban service area (MUSA). D. I 4 Commercial Excavation District: The I 4 commercial excavation district is to provide for the availability of sand, gravel and other mineral deposits or materials. This district seeks to permit other land uses as long as it will not conflict with adjacent land uses. (Ord. 621, ) E. I 5 Railroad Access Industrial District: The I 5 railroad access industrial district provides areas with direct access to railroad lines which are suitable for uses that rely on railroad shipments. The types of uses allowed in the I 5 district include manufacturing, processing, and distribution of products. (Ord. 782, )

2 : PERMITTED AND CONDITIONAL USES: A. Except as provided in this title or otherwise as provided by law, a principal building, structure or land use shall be permitted only in the zones indicated in the following table. A principal use listed in the table in any zone denoted by the letter "P" is permitted, the letter "C" is a conditional use and the letter "A" is an accessory use. The uses in table 1 of this section are permitted in the zones designated. However, the director of community development shall have the right to allow any other use which is similar to and compatible with those uses permitted in the district. Such a determination by the director of community development shall be in writing. (Ord. 914, ) TABLE 1 PRINCIPAL USES PERMITTED IN ZONES I 1 I 2 I 3 I 4 I 5 1. High capacity sanitary sewer discharge: Bottling works P P P Bus maintenance shops and bus parking lots C C C Cans and other container manufacturing C C C Carpet and rug cleaning plants P P P Clinics P P Hotels and motels P Laundry and dry cleaning P P P Motor fuel stations/truck stops C C C C Offices P P P P Pharmaceutical manufacturing C P P

3 Plastics manufacturing and fabrication C P P Private vocation/technical schools P P P P Processing and packaging food products C C C Restaurants P P P P Wastewater treatment facilities C C C 2. Low capacity sanitary sewer discharge: Agricultural, excluding greenhouses P P P P P Agricultural implement sales, service, and storage (inside the principal structure) C C C Appliance repair P P P P Archery ranges (inside the principal structure) P P P P P Armories and convention halls C C C Assembly and packaging (inside the principal structure) C P P P Auction halls C C C C Auto body and painting (inside the principal structure) P P P Automobile distribution facilities C Automobile repair (inside the principal structure) P P P Bakeries P P P Boat, trailer, marine sales (inside the principal structure) P P Broadcasting studios (television and radio) P P P P

4 Builder's supply yards and lumberyards (having outdoor storage) C Bulk materials storage (inside the principal structure) C C Ceramic products P P Credit card/bank processing P P Electromagnetic communications facilities C C C C C Essential services (public utilities) P P P P P Furniture repair, refinishing shops and sales P P P P Glue manufacturing P P Greenhouses (commercial production) P P P Greenhouses (inside the principal structure) C P Gun clubs (inside the principal structure) P P P P Ice, cold storage P P P Limited automotive sales (inside the principal structure) A Machine shops P P P Manufacture of electronic instruments P P P P Metal polishing and plating P P P Millworking P P P Mining and excavation P

5 Municipal buildings (office/public safety buildings) P P P P P Municipal buildings (storage buildings) P P P P Nature centers (private or public) P Nursery and garden supplies (exterior or enclosed sales) C C C Parcel delivery services P P P Plumbing, electrical and carpenter shops P P P Primarily gas fired power plants/cogeneration power plants C C Public enclosed rental storages or garages C C P P Public utility installations P P P P P Publishing plants (printing) P P P Recycling operations other than reduction or processing of refuse, trash, and garbage C C C Research, testing and scientific laboratories P P P Sign shops C C Sign shops (inside the principal structure) P P P P Stonecutting (inside the principal structure) P P P Storage of crude oil, refined oil, alcohol and other liquids (inside the principal structure) Truck, service and maintenance stations (inside the principal structure) C C C C C Utility stations and substations P P P P P

6 Veterinarian hospitals/clinics (inside the principal structure) P P Warehouses and enclosed storages P P P P Welding shops P P P Well drilling services P P (Ord. 873, ; amd. Ord. 914, ) B. Prohibited uses: 1. Commercial waste incineration facilities. (Ord. 873, ) : PERMITTED ACCESSORY USES: The following accessory uses shall be permitted within any industrial district: 1.Buildings temporarily located for purposes of construction for the construction period only. 2.Essential security and safety facilities as approved by the city council. 3.Off street parking, storage garages and buildings and loading areas when incidental and subordinate to any permitted use and as regulated in this title. 4.Outdoor parking of trucks and vehicles incidental to the principal use. 5.Outside, aboveground storage facilities for gaseous, nonliquid fuels used for heating purposes, or for purposes incidental to the approved principal uses and not for sale. 6.Railroad spurs. 7.Residential structures and related residential uses necessary for security and safety. 8.Signs as regulated in title 9, chapter 8 of this code. 9.Within the I 2 district, outdoor testing of window and door products when conducted

7 within an area screened by a minimum of a six foot (6') high fence or landscaped earth berm. 10.Farmers' market, subject to compliance of the criteria established in section 11 8A 3 of this title, "Farmers' market on nonresidential property...". (Ord. 621, ; amd. Ord. 673, ; Ord. 840, ; Ord. 841, ) : DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS: The following table of minimum lot area, yard and bulk requirements shall be observed: TABLE 2 MINIMUM LOT AREA, YARD, AND BULK REQUIREMENTS IN ALL ZONES I 1 I 2 I 3 I 4 I 5 Lot area2 1 acre 1 acre 2 acres 20 acres 1 acre Lot width3 125 feet 175 feet 200 feet 200 feet 175 feet Front yard setback 40 feet 40 feet 100 feet 100 feet 40 feet Side yard setback: Interior 15 feet 40 feet1 50 feet 100 feet 40 feet1 Abutting an R district 100 feet 125 feet 150 feet 200 feet 125 feet Adjacent to a street 40 feet 80 feet 50 feet 125 feet 80 feet Rear yard setback: 30 feet 60 feet 60 feet 100 feet 60 feet Abutting an R district 100 feet 100 feet 150 feet 200 feet 100 feet Building height 35 feet 45 feet 60 feet 60 feet 45 feet Maximum building coverage 35 percent 45 percent 50 percent 20 percent 45 percent Notes: feet, plus 1 foot for each foot of building height over 30 feet. 2. No minimum lot area is required for essential public services. 3. No minimum lot width is required for essential public services. (Ord. 787, )

8 : PERFORMANCE STANDARDS: A. Purpose: The purpose of this section is to establish regulations and standards for the installation and operation of industrial uses, based upon consideration of the objectionable characteristics of such uses and the zones in which they are permitted. Further, this section is intended to prescribe procedures and methods of measurement of industrial characteristics subject to such standards. (Ord. 621, ; amd Code) B. Permit Procedures And Requirements: Any use permitted in the I 1, I 2, I 3, I 4, or I 5 district, whether such use is permitted as a principal, conditional or accessory use, shall be subject to: (Ord. 782, ) 1. Permit Procedure: Before the city issues a building permit for a use in any industrial district, the applicant shall furnish the director of community development sufficient information to ensure that all performance standards and site development standards set forth in this title will be met. In order to determine whether or not the applicant will meet such standards, the director of community development may require the applicant to submit the following information: a. A site plan showing the location of all present and proposed structures, drives, parking lots, waste disposal areas, bulk storage areas, streets, on site storm water detention ponds, or other significant features on or within two hundred feet (200') of the proposed site. b. A description of the activity to be conducted regarding waste products, external effects or other conditions which are regulated herein; provided, however, that if there is any trade secret information that would be disclosed in the application, the applicant must state if the necessary information demonstrating compliance with the building code and fire code can be provided without disclosing the trade secret. c. The type and location of abatement devices to control, or recording instruments to measure, conformance with required standards, not including devices and instruments which are inherent in the manufacturing process. d. Other data and certification as may reasonably be required by the director of community development to reach a determination. (Ord. 621, ; amd Code) 2. Performance Standards Enumerated: No structure or premises within any industrial district shall be used for one or more of the following uses unless its use complies with the following regulations: a. Outdoor Storage Within The I 1, I 2, And I 3 Districts: All business, service, storage, merchandise, display, repair, waste disposal, and processing must be conducted wholly within a building, except for off street vehicular parking, and off street loading and uses specifically listed as including outdoor storage. Within the I 5 district, outdoor storage is allowed, with a conditional use permit, when the following standards are met:

9 (1) All outdoor storage areas must be completely screened from all public streets and adjacent properties not in the I 5 district. Such screening must include a combination of earth berms and landscaping. Fences and walls will be considered as screening devices only when the city finds that berming and landscaping are not practical. (2) All lighting of open storage areas must comply with the provisions of section , "Glare", of this title. (Ord. 782, ) b. Vibration: Ground transmitted steady state or impact vibration caused by any use or activity is not permitted at any point on or beyond the boundary line of any lot. "Steady state vibrations", for the purpose of this title, are vibrations which are continuous or vibrations in discrete pulses more frequent than one hundred (100) per minute. c. Glare And Heat: Any operation producing intense glare or heat shall be performed within an enclosure so as not to be perceptible at the property line. d. Waste Material: (1) All liquid and solid wastes shall be identified in all processes and operations and approved disposal methods identified. All waste discharged to the sanitary sewer shall meet the requirements of the city and the rules and regulations of the metropolitan council wastewater services. All proposed discharges to the storm sewer shall be identified. No waste will be permitted to be discharged into the storm sewer system; provided, that this does not exclude storm drainage, cooling water, and other water not prohibited by any law, rule, regulation, or ordinance. Storm drainage shall meet the requirements of all state laws, rules, regulations, watershed district requirements, and city requirements. Storm water drainage shall be protected from pollution and contaminants. (2) All solid waste material, debris, rubbish, junk, refuse or garbage shall be kept within a completely enclosed building or properly contained within a closed container specifically designed for such purpose. In no case shall noxious or odorous refuse or garbage be kept outside of a completely enclosed building for a period of time exceeding the average interval of refuse collection by commercial rubbish haulers. (3) Hazardous wastes generated from any activity or operation shall be properly contained, labeled and stored for transfer to an authorized processing, storage or burial facility, according to the laws of federal, state, and local requirements. e. Noise: (1) Noise levels inside and outside of all buildings must meet federal, state, and local requirements. (2) No outdoor public address systems shall be permitted. f. Dust, Dirt, Smoke, Odor, Gases: All solid and liquid particulate, smoke, gases, toxic or noxious materials and other materials emitting odors shall be regulated by the standards of the MPCA. g. Landscaping: Open landscaped and green areas left in a natural state shall be kept free of litter, debris, and noxious weeds.

10 h. Manufacture Of Certain Products Prohibited: Manufacture of a product which decomposes by detonation is prohibited. i. Access Drives: Access drives must not be closer than seventy five feet (75') to the intersection of the nearest curb of any public street unless it can be demonstrated that adherence to this standard will cause undue hardship to the property owner. j. Vehicle Parking, Storage And Display: (1) No storage, display or parking of vehicles shall be permitted in any required yard or landscaped areas. (2) Commercial vehicles, classes I and II, are prohibited from parking in front of the principal structure. k. Utility Lines: All utility service lines including electric, gas, water, sanitary sewer, telephone, and cable shall be placed underground at the owner's expense for all new structures or new additions which expand the gross square footage by more than fifty percent (50%), and in those instances in which any new service is provided to an existing building. l. Loading Docks: Loading docks shall not be permitted along the side of a building which faces a public street. 3. Compliance; Investigations And Tests: In order to ensure compliance with the performance standards set forth above, the city council may require the owner or operator of any use to have made such investigations and/or tests as may be required to show adherence to the performance standards. Such investigations and/or tests as are required to be made shall be carried out by an independent testing organization as may be selected or approved by the city. The cost incurred in such investigation or testing shall be shared equally by the owner or operator and the city unless the investigations and tests disclose noncompliance with the performance standards; in which case, the investigation or testing shall be paid by the owner or operator. (Ord. 621, ; amd Code)