ORD 04-019
ORDINANCE 04 -19
CITY OF ELK RIVER
CASE NO. OA 04-04
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ELK RIVER REPEALING
THE EXISTING SECTIONS 30-691 THROUGH 30-701 OF THE CITY CODE OF
ORDINANCES AND ADOPTING NEW SECTIONS 30-691 THROUGH 30-701
The City Council of the City of Elk River does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1. Sections 30-691 through Sections 30-701 of DIVISION 3.
NONCONFORMING USES AND STRUCTURES, of the City of Elk River Code of Ordinances
shall be repealed and new Sections 30-691 though 30-701 shall be adopted as follows:
Sec.30-691. Generally.
Except as provided in this division, the nonconfonning use of any structure, buildipg,
and/ or land shall not be expanded or enlarged. The nonconforming use of a building or
structure for a sexually oriented land use shall be discontinued on the expiration of a
reasonable period for amortization of the building as specified in this section or ten years
after the effective date of the ordinance from which this article is derived if not so specified.
A reasonable amortization period shall be 40 years for buildings of ordinary wood
construction, 50 years for buildings of wood and masonry construction, and 60 years for
buildings of fIreproof constmction. 111e amortization period shall begin on the date the
nonconformity began. Buildings found to be nonconforming only by reason of height, yard
or area requirements do not have to be discontinued following the expiration of an
amortization period but cannot be enlarged except as provided in this division.
(Code 1982,5900.34(1))
Sec. 30-692. Nonconforming signs.
No sign erected before the passage of d,e ordinance from which this article is derived shall
be expanded or removed to a new location without being brought into compliance with the
requirements of this article.
(Code 1982, 5 900.34(2))
Sec. 30-693. Nonconforming lots of record.
(a) In any district in which single-family dwellinga are permitted, notwithstanding
limitations imposed by other provisions of this article, a single-family dwelling and
customary accessory buildings may be erected on any single lot of record on the effective
date of the ordinance from which this article is derived, provided that it fronts on a street.
Yard dimensions and other requirements for the lot shall conform to regulations for the
district unless a variance is granted.
(b) If two or more lots or combinations oflots and portions of lots with contiguous
street frontage in single ownership are of record on the effective date of the ordinance from
which this article is derived, and if all or part of the lots do not meet with width and area
requirements of this article for lots in the district, the contiguous lots shall be considered to
be an undivided parcel for d,e purpose of this article and no portion of such parcel shall be
used or occupied which does not meet lot width and area requirements of tlus article, nor
shall the parcel be so divided that any remaining lot does not comply wid1 such
requirements.
(Code 198~, 5 900.34(3))
Sec. 30-694. Discontinuance of use.
(a) If a nonconforming use of any building or premises is discontinued or its normal
operation stopped for a period of twelve months, the use of the building or premises shall
thereafter conform to the regulations of the district in which it is located.
(b) If the use of a nonconforming advertising sign structure is discontinued or its
normal operation stopped for a period of twelve months, the structure shall be removed by
d1e owner or lessor at the request of the city council.
(Code 1982, 5 900.34(6); Ord. No. 99-13, 51(900.34(6)),8-16-1999)
Sec. 30-695. Change of use.
(a) The lawhll use of a building existing on September 4, 1980, may be continued,
although such use does not conform with the provisions of tIus article. If no structural
alterations are made, a nonconforming use of a building may be changed to another
nonconforming use of the same or a more restricted classification. 111e provisions of trus
subsection shall also apply to nonconforming uses in districts hereafter changed. \Vhenever a
nonconforming use of a building has been changed to a more restricted use or to a
conforming use, such use shall not thereafter be changed into a less restricted use.
(Code 1982, 5 900.34(7))
Sec. 30-696. Residential alterations.
Alterations may be made to a residential building containing nonconforming residential units
when they will improve the livability of such units; provided, however, that they do not
increase the number of dwelling units in the building.
(Code 1982, 5 900.34(8))
Sec.30-697. Repair, replacement, restoration, maintenance or improvement of
nonconforming use
Any nonconformity existing on September 4, 1980 may be continued, including through
repair, replacement, restoration, maintenance, or improvement, but not including expansion,
unless:
(1) the nonconformity or occupancy is discontinued for a period of more than one year,
or
(2) any nonconforming use is destroyed by fIre or other peril to the extent of greater
than 50 percent of its market value, and no building permit has been applied for
within 180 days of when the property is damaged. In this case, a municipality may
impose reasonable conditions upon a building permit in order to mitigate any newly
created impact on adjacent property.
Any subsequent use or occupancy of the land or premises shall be a conforming use or
occupancy. Nothing in this article shall prevent the placing of a stnlCture in safe condition
when the structure is declared unsafe by the building official.
(Code 1982, 5 900.34(9))
Sec. 30-698. Expansion of nonconforming use
Permission to expand a nonconforming use may be requested and granted pursuant to the
procedures and standards set forth in subdivision II of division 2 of tIus article, provided:
(1) the cost of the expansion is not in excess of 25 percent of d1e assessed value of the
improvements on the property.
(2) The expansion will not make the property any less compatible with adjacent
properties.
(Code 1982, 5 900.34(10))
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Sec. 30-699. Work under previously issued permits.
Nothing contained in d1is article shall require any change in plans, construction or
designated use of a building or structure for which a building permit has been issued prior to
the effective date of the ordinance from which this article is derived; provided, however, that
the enllie building shall be completed according to such plans as filed within 24 months
from the date of issuance of the permit.
(Code 1982, ~ 900.34(11))
Sec. 30-700. Status of uses for which variance or conditional use permit has been
granted.
If a conditional use permit or variance has been granted as provided in this article, the
structure or use shall not be deemed a nonconformity, but shall without further action be
deemed permitted in such district.
(Code 1982, ~ 900.34(12))
Sec. 30-701. Nonconformities created by amendment.
\X-Then a nonconformity in a structure or use ofland or a structure is created by an
amendment to this article, the rights granted by this division to the continuance of
nonconformities apply to such nonconformities existing on the date of the amendment.
(Code 1982, ~ 900.34(13))
Passed and adopted this 15'h day of November, 2004, by the City Council of the City
of Elk River,
ATTEST:
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ORDINANCE 04 - 19
CITY OF E:LK RIVER
C,ASlj:NO. OA04~04
AN o~PINANcE OF THE CITY
OF ELK RIVER REPEALING
TJIEEXISTINGSECTIONS
30-691 THIWUGJI 30-701 OF
THE CITY CODE OF
ORDINANCES AND ADOPTING
NEW SECTIONS 30-69i
.THROUGH 30-701
Th!l City Council of the City. of
Elk River /dO!lS hereby ordain as
follows: .
Section . 1. . Sections 30-691
through Sections 30-701 of DIVI-
SION 3. NONCONFORMING
USES AND STRUCTURES,of the
City . of Elk River Code of
Ordinap.ces I;lhall be repealed and
new Sections 30-691 though 30-
701 shall be adopted as follows:
Sec. 30-691. Generally. .
Except as provided in thitj divi-
sion, the n,onconforming use of any
s~ructure, building,' and/or land
shalln,pt hee1!pa,n,ded or enlarged.
The nonconfOrn,ling Ul;le of abliild-
ing or structure'for a. sexually ori-
entedlanll use shall be di~~~~tin-
ued on the expiration of a reason-
able period' for amortization of the
building as specitied in this section
or ten years after the effective date
of the ordinaIlce from .which' this
artIcle is derived iLnot sospeci-
fied. A reasonable amortization
period shall be 40 yearsJor build.- .
I?gS . of '. ordinary, . wood construc-
tIon,50 years for buildings of wood
and masonry construction, and 60
years ror buildings of fireproof con.
StructlOn. The a.mortiiation period
shall begin on the date the non-
conformity began. Buildings found
to be no?conforming only by rea-
son of heIght, yard or area require-
,ments do not ha,ve to be discontin-
ued following the expiration of an
amortization period but cannot be'
enlarged except as provi\ied in this
division. (Code 1982, ~ 900.34(1))
. .Sec. 30-692., Nonconforming
SIgns. .
No sign erect!ld before the' pas-
sage of the ordinance from which
t,his article is derived shall be
expanded or removed to a ne~
~oca.tion without being brought
Into compliance with the require-
mentl:l ofthis article. (Code 1982 ~
~00.34(2))'
. Sec. 30-693. Nqnconforming lots
of record.-,
(a) In any district in which sin-
gle-family dwellings are P!lrmit-
~ed, notwithstanding limitations
Im~osed by other provisionsofthis
artIcle, a single-family, dwelling
and customary accessory buildings
may be erected on any single lot of
record on the effective date of the
ordinance from which. this article
is derived, provided that it fronts
on a street YarQ. dimensions and
other requiremen,ts for the lot
shall conform to 'regulations for
the district unless a variance is
granted. . ."
(b) If two 'or more lqts or combi-
nations of lotl;l a.p.d pqrtio'hll of iots
,":,ith contiguous street frontage in
SIngle owners4iparfi! of :record on
the effective date of tlIe, ordin~nce
from which this article Itj derived
and if all or part of the lots do not
meet with width and area require-
mentsof this article for Jots inthe
district, the contiguous lots shall
be considered to be an undivided
parcel for the P'!lrpose of this arti-
cle and go piJrtion of such parcel
shalL be used or occupied which
does not meet lot width and area
requirements. of . this ai-ticl!! nor
shall the parcfi!lpe so divided'that
~y remaining 10tdql;Js not comply
WIth such requirements, (Code
1982, ~ 900.34(3)) ',! ,
Sec. . 30-694. PiscontimiaJ;ic!J of
ua' . "
(~)~f a; nonconf()rminguse 'of ahy
bUIldIng .or premil;le!\ is d.lscon,tin-
ued. or itsn,orp1a\operation
stoppedfqr aper~od of twelve
, mQnt~s, the use of th!J buildiniror
premIs!Jllsl:1a.lL th!Jreafhlr confpl'II1
to the reglila,tiqnsofthe diatrictin
which it islilcated.< ... i/.. ..........
. (b) IH~fi!.yll~,ofll,&9ncoIl:fir,Illi~g
"~t:d~j~~~l\~l~~~r~t~!a.ft~~
stopped .. for a. peI'iodof -twelve
months, the.strllctlJ.re.', shia.ll' be
removed by theo~n!Jr or lessor'. at
the request .of th!l city counCil.
(Code 1982d 900.34(6); Qrp.No.
99Clq, * 1(90().p4(6)),:8-16;1999)
Sec. 30-~~p. ,. Chllnge of u,se; ....
, (~) !he lawfUl use ,Q(fl,(p'1ji!~~ng
eXIstIn~ 'l,ln, ~epteWPElr' 4, ;\:J;~~O,
ll1ay be,.!lqntin\I\lq~,:' '. .
USE! does not (l()n,fotm,:
~visionsonhisl1~f#l~.f
tural alterations aI-emad
conforming use of a building may i
be changed to 'another .noncQn- i
forming use of the same. or a more:
restrictedcla~sifica.tion. The,provi- :
sionsQf this sllhs!lct10n, shall. illso :
app~y tononconfopJlin,g. l,Wll~,Jn,'
districts hereafter '~n~ngetl.
Wherrev!Jranq.Q.o()nfl,lJ;'NiIig',tI,!:1!liOf
a building has h!Jencl1ang~dJ!J, a.
more . r!lstrictedu~.E! ;~r: tQ.a . CQn-
forming u!\e;!\uc4p.se' sha,uwot
thereafter bll.!lhap.ged into .'. a" l!Jss
restricted use. (Code .i98~, J
Affidavit of Publication
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
)ss.
COUN1Y OF SHERBURNE)
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l-4-arr is.
~ec. 30-6f16. ResiQ.eIitlal)If '
atl()Us. . . ',. ..Jl.~!Jr-
~ter...t~ons m.ay,.'be made"t~.'l:
reSidentIal. bUIldIng cont . . . I
non fi' '.' a.lllIng,
!lon ormIng resideIltial units'
~hen they wil~ improve the livabil-I
Ity. of such umts' p.rovid' ed.' ho.. '
th t . h ' '. ." wev-.,
er" a,tey do I10tincrease the 1
nu~~er,of.. dw!!lli.Q.g.u,nit~in, the i
bUlldIng.(Code.19~~! *;I)P()134(~jl,'
Sec. 30-p9.7'.,:~IlP~Ir,.. rfi!pljlce-
~ent, restorabon,,}l1lllntel)!ln,ceor
~~roV!lmen~,of .~0!l9~l1for0i:g
Any nonconfo~ity ,~xi~ti~gi:OIl.
SepteI?Iber 4! 1980ma..Yi,.be qqntin~
ued,mcludlllgthro~gh r~pjlir,
replacemen.t, restoratl()n!maiIlte~
~ance,. Or ImprOV!Jment, butn,ot
IncludIng, expaI).sion, unless: ' :
(1) t?e ~onco?(ormity orOccu-!
pancy IS dIscontInued for aperiodi
. of more than one year, or. . (
(~)any flPn~orifonhlng u.se isr
destroyed by fire Qr other p~ril toi
the. e1!tep.t ofgr!Ji'lter th!lll., 50 ,per- I,
ceI?-t pf Itj! m~rk!lt<:"jl!!,l'lp.nol
bUlldI.ng, .pern,lIt~a,~.: '\~RR!i~~'
for WIthHl; ,II'lO,:4fl,y.~!~~A!1'ithl'!;
property is damaged. . n .IS case I
a municipality may impose rea~[
sonableconditions upon a lmilding!
permit. in order.. to . mitigate any I
newly created impact qn adjacent!
property. .. .
Any subsequen,tus!J oI'.oc~upan~
cy of the land or premis!ls sha.ll be
a conforming use or' OCCuparicy.
Nothing in thisarticlesha,llPrtl-
vent the placing ofll !\tructvre.in
saf!J condition when the' structure
, is declared uI).sa,fe. bytl1e building
offlciaI: (Code 1982, ~900;34(9))
Sec. 30-698. EXP!insionofnon-
conforming use '. .
Permission to expall.d a noncon-;.
forming use may be.requesteq and'
granted pursuant . to. the.proce-
dures . and standards set forthdn
subdivision II of division 2 .of this
article, provided: . .. . . '
(1) the cost of the ~xpansion is
not in excess of 25 percent of the
assessed valul,lof .the improve-
ments on the proP!lrty.'
(2) TheexpansionwiUnot make
~he property any lelils compatible
"I'ith adjacent properties. (Code
1982; ~ 900.34(10)) " "
Se~. 30~699. Workunder'previ-
.,Q!!~y !~!!'l!~~J:I~!,!!!i~f:l'-'-____" "_~_ ... '
Nothing contained in this artI<;le
shall require anycha~gein pllln!:1,
construction or designated ulle of a
building or structure for which a
building permit has been issued
prior,to the effective date of the
ordinance from which this article
is derived; provided, however, 'tha,t
the entire hI,lilqing shall be, com-
pleted liccording to such plans as .
filed within, 24 months. from the
dat!J of issual1ce of the p!Jrmit.
(Cod!J 1982, 1~OQ\~4(lm I
Sec. 30-70(),Sta,tull of,usesJor
which vaqanc!J pro cond~tional use
permjthas.been. gd.ntlld.; ...., ','
Ifa'conditiol:!-!illis!!, permit or
vari/!,nce has .been ~anted /lspro-
vided in,this a,rti~le' the strtict~re
or use Ilha11 1,10t. be d!Jemed a non-
conformity;bllt .I;lhlill withovtfl1r"
ther actionpE! 'll!:llilmeQ. permitt!lQ.
in such di~tri!:k (Code,}98:l,:.~
900.34(12)) '< '.'i {"',, ; ,_ '
Sec; 30-70L N onconforllliti~s'cre-
ated hy amendmenh. ";';' .
. When a. nO~IConfqrmitY ill. a. .
st1'1lcture or use of la.nd 01' a I;ltruc-
ture is created by !in amep.pment
to this article, the right~ grallted
by this divisi()n to the. continuance
of nonconformitjes apply, ,to slJ.ch
nonconforinities'.existin,~. on the
date of theaiUeridment~ ,(Code
1982,~ 900.34(13)), ..... .....,.. .'
Passed and adopted this . ,15th
day of November, IW04, by the City
Council of the City ofElkEiver..
. Stephl'ini!!AKliIl.~ing,
'.... . MayorATTEST
Jo'an Schmidt, City Clerk
. ,(1)1)
being duly swon~, on oath says that he/she is the publisher
or authorized agent and employee of the publisher of the
newspaper known as the Elk River Star News, and has full
knowledge of the facts which are stated below:
A) The newspaper has complied with all the
requirements constituting qualification as a qualified
newspaper, as provided by Minnesota Statute 331A.02,
331A.07, and other applicable laws, as amended.
B) The printed u..-d i nO_C) C.eo
which is attached was cut from the columns of said
newspaper, and was printed and published once each
week, for \ successive weeks; it was first published
on Wednesday, the l ~ day of \)(""('(""'1"11 be ( ,
20 6"1, and was thereafter printed and published every
Wednesday to and including Wednel:lq~y, the
day of , 20 ; and printed below
is a copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both
inclusive, which is hereby acknowledged as being the size
and kind of type used in the composition and publication
of the notice.
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RATE INFORMATION
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(2) ,Maximum rate allowed by law for
the above matter $ 3', lp . L 0
(3) Rate actually charged for the
above matter
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