94-002 ORD
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ORDINANCE 94 - 2
CITY OF ELK RIVER
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 900.12 OF THE CITY
OF ELK RIVER CODE OF ORDINANCES ESTABLISHING A BUSINESS
PARK ZONING ORDINANCE.
The City Council of the City of Elk River does hereby
ordain as follows:
Section 1: Section 900.12
Ordinances is hereby amended to
which shall read as follows:
of the Elk River
add the following
Code of
section,
15. B-P Business Park
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: The Business Park District is
established to encourage a planned, integrated environment for
certain industrial, office, and limited commercial uses which
are compatible with and compliment each other as well as the
surrounding land uses.
It is the intent of this ordinance that development reflects
common themes using compatible architectural design and
consistency in signagej landscaping, and lighting. It is also
the intent to encourage businesses which generate a high
number of jobs per square foot rather than predominately
warehouse type uses.
a. Permitted Uses -
i. Light manufacturing
ii. Research and development laboratories
iii. Governmental, business, and professional ~ffices
iv. Mail order operations
v. Telecommunication operations
vi. Financial institutions
vii. Outpatient health care facilities
viii.Personal service establishments
ix. Health and athletic clubs
x. Restaurants (Class I)
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b.
Accessory Uses -
i. Off-street parking lots or facilities
ii. Private recreational facilities
iii. Public shelters and essential services
c. Conditional Uses -
i. Any permitted use which involves more than 30%
warehouse space.
ii. Hotels and motels
iii. Licensed day care facilities
iv. Zero lot line developments
v. Retail shops and stores which compliment and
serve the Business Park subject to the standards
setforth in 2.(j) below.
vi. Vocational, technical, and trade schools
vii. Motor vehicle specialty service stations
viii. Multiple buildings on a lot
ix. Above ground storage tanks
2. STANDARDS
a. Minimum lot size - one and one-half ( 1 1/2) acres
b. Building setbacks (minimum)
i. Front Yard - Thirty-five (35) feet, or one-half
(1/2) the total building height whichever is greater.
ii. Side Yard - Twenty (20) feet, or one-half (1/2)
the total building height, whichever is greater.
iii. Rear Yard
(1/2/) the total
greater.
Twenty (20) feet,
building height,
or one-half
whichever is
iv. All setbacks shall be determined from
planned Right-of-Way (ROW), as designated in
City, County, or State Transportation Plan,
normally defined in the subdivision regulations.
the
the
and
c. Parking Lot Setbacks (minimum)
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i.
Front Yard - Twenty-five (25) feet.
ii. Side Yard
Twehty (20) feet.
Twenty (20) feet.
iii. Rear Yard
iv. All setbacks shall be determined from the
planned Right-of-Way (ROW), as designated in the
city, County, or State Transportation Plan, and
normally defined in the subdivision regulations.
d. Loading Spaces/Overhead Doors
i. Loading spaces/overhead doors shall be located
primarily in designated rear yards and secondarily in
designated side or front yards as approved by the
Zoning Administrator.
ii. Loading spaces and
designed to be compatible
building. Architectural
employed to reduce visual
prop~rties and roadways.
overhead doors should be
with the principle
techniques should be
impacts from adjacent
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Dumpsters/Refuse Enclosures
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i. All dumpsters shall be completely screened from
public view by using enclosures constructed of
similar material as the principal building.
ii. Refuse enclosures shall include gates and be
located in designated rear or side yards.
f. Roof-Top/Ground Electrical Equipment
All utility equipment shall either be:
i. Screened from the eye
properties by use of
landscaping; or,
level view of adjoining
exterior walles) and/or
11. Painted to match or complement the building
structure; or,
111. Incorporated into an architectural design, as
approved by the Zoning Administrator.
g.
Architectural Standards
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i. Major exterior surfaces of all walls shall be
face brick, stone, glass, stucco, architecturally
treated concrete cast in place or pre-cast panels,
decorative block, or architectural metal, or approved
equivalent, as determined by the Zoning Administrator.
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h.
Landscaping
(a) Not withstanding the provisions of Section
900.30, the following requirements shall be met:
i. Of the total number of overstory trees
required, a minimum of twenty-five (25) percent
shall be ornamental trees and twenty five (25)
percent shall be conifer trees.
ii. A landscaping credit of up to twenty-five
(25) percent may be given to a site plan which
contains exterior sculptures, fountains, ponds
beyond those required for storm drainage and
other site enhancements as approved by the Zoning
Administrator.
iii. Underground irrigation shall be installed
within the front yard and all landscaped areas
adjacent to a public right-of-way.
i. Signage
(a) Not withstanding the provisions of Section
900.22, the following requirements shall be met:
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i. All freestanding signage be of a monument
style sign and have a maximum size of sixty-four
(64) square feet and height of eight (8) feet.
ii. One (1) on-premise business wall sign per
occupancy, not to exceed two (2) square feet in
sign area for each linear foot of the building
frontage up to a maximum of one hundred and
twenty-eight (128) square feet per occupancy is
permitted.
j. Standards For Retail Shops and Stores
i. Freestanding retail shops and stores shall
be limited to those which compliment other
uses within the business park, provide a
service to those other businesses, and shall
not exceed 20,000 square feet in size.
ii. Retail/wholesale sales incidental to
products manufactured, assembled, or
warehoused on the premises, may be permitted
as an accessory use provided no more than
ten (10) percent of the building is used for
retail/wholesale sales.
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Hazardous Material
handling or
provide data
review and
applicable
i. Any business which involves the
storage of hazardous material shall
information sheets to the City for
receive appropriate permits from
agencies.
Section 2 : Section 900.12 of the Elk River Code of
Ordinances is hereby amended as follows:
1) Section 900.12 (15) is renumbered to Section 900.12 (16)
2) Section 900.12 (16) is renumbered to Section 900.12 (17)
3) Section 900.12 (17) is renumbered to Section 900.12 (18)
4) Section 900.12 (18) is renumbered to Section 900.12 (19)
Passed and adopted by the Elk River City Council this 18th
day of January, 1994.
~~Jk
Larry Farb~, Vice Mayor
ATTEST:
erk
Affidavit of Publication
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ix. and athletic! clubs'
x. R rant's (Class 1)
~.Acceff~ryJJ~_!, '
~: Off~street larl9ng lots Of facilj.ties
n. Prj,vate recreational !facilities
!ii. PUl>lic shel~ts an~ e$~lltial ser-
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c. COQdition81 U~
i. ArJ,ype' nmtted ' ' ! hi"h . :' 'I '
'h" c mvo ves
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phmen ,and serve the, Business Park '
subject to the standards, set for in 2. (j)
below. "
vj. Vocational, technical and trade
schools " ' ,
.vii. Motorvehicle IlpecialfY service sta-
tions , '
viii. Multiple b\lildings on alot
ix. Above ground storage tanks
2. S, ARDS ,
a. " ,um lot siz&-;lne and one- ,
half acres '
~\, g setbacks (minhnum)
1. Frord"-'- Thirty-five (35) feet,
or~n 2)th~totall>uildingheight '
wlPc ater.,
ii. , ty(2(l)feet, or one
ont;-ha , 0 al building height
whichey; r.' , f ,'. '
iii. ~ ....,..,TWenty;(20) feet or
ont;-half(~)the totalbuil~ng height,
whichever IS greater.
iv. AU setbacks shall be Idliltermined
from t~e plann~d Right-of"Way (ROm,
as deSignated m the City,! County, or
State~sportationPlan, andnormaIly
,4efined m the subdivision regulations.
c. P~king Lot Setbacks (mini.
mUm) ,. '
~: ~n~Yard ,,'Tw~ntY-five (25) feet.
~~: Side Yard r-Twentj' (~O) feet.
~n. :Rear Y llf~"H' Twenty (2PHeet.
, IV, All setbac~s shall be determined
from t~~ plann~!f Righ,t-of- Way (ROm,
~:Transslgnatec:t m .the City, COUnty, or
. portationPlan, andnormaIly
defmed l~ the subdivision regulations.
d.Loa~ngSpaCeslOverheadDool'8
b i. Loading space~o:verhead doors shall, .
e located pnmanly in designated rear
yards and secondarily in designated side
Ot f~n~ yardsasapproved by the Zoning ,
Administrator., .
ii. Loading sp~ces and overhead doors
s~ould be deSIgned to be, compatIble'
With the principle building.' Architec-
tural tec~ique~ should be employed to
reduce .V18U,allmpacts, fr9m alljacent
Properties and roadways., '
, ~. Dumpste~ J$l11~.qeures
I. All dumpsters shall bl;! completely
sf~ened from p~blic viewbY'utling en-
c osures constructed of similar material
a~. the principalbuilding~ "
11. Rtduse enclosures shaIl iDclude Bates
and be located in, designated rearor side
yards., , " " ' '
f. ' Roof-Top/Gr~und' Electrical
Equipment .'
1\11 utility equipment shall either be: '
I., ~ned from the eye level view' of
. adJolIllDIf Properties by use of exterior .
walJ(s) lind/or landscaping' or
'b iin. P~i:qted to.lJ.l8tch orcompl;ment the
~. ding structullljOr, . . . .
Ill: Incorporf:l~d.lnto.aD {lrchi~ural
d~SI~, as approv:ed QY the Z!>nina Ad- '
lDlIl18trator.. ... . ... ,
,. ~tect
sh~U . all walls
h' tucco,
arc 1 UT. . Y ,lllated concrete cast in
I:f!lk or, pre-qast, panels, ' decorative
oc , or ~hitectqral metal, or ap.
proved .eqll1valept, asdete~ed by
the Zonm Administrator. .
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
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COUNTY OF SHERBURNE)
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being duly sworn, on oath says that he/she is the publisher or
authorized agent and employee of the publisher of the newspa-
per known as The Elk River Star News, and has full knowledge
of the Jacts 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 () AJlI./t:\.~/.L.~) q 4 - :J.
which is attached was cut from the columns of said newspaper,
and was printed and published once each wee~, for I s~c.
cessive weeks; itwasfirstpublished on Wednesday, the ,,2& ~!!
day of ~'lltt~_ , 19!1!i:.., and was thereafter
printed a d published on every Wednesday to and including
Wednesday, the _ day of ,19_;
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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day of
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RATEINFOR
(1) Lowest classified rate paid by
commercial users for comparable
space
(2) Maximum rate allowed by law for
the above matter
(3) Rate actually charged for the
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h. Landscaping
(a) Not withstanding the provisions of
Section 900.30, the following require-
ments shall be met:
I i. Of the tOtal number of overstory
I trees required, a mininllim of twenty-
, five (25) percent
trees and tw .
be conifer
ii.AI
k. Hazardousl\fBterlal. .., I
. 1. Any business which involves the ~
handling or storage ofhaza;dous IIlB;te- I
rial shall provide. data mformatlOn .
sheets to the City for review and re.ceive
appropriate. permits from. applicable
agencies.
Section 2. Section 9oo.120fthe Elk
River Code of Ordinances is hereby
amended as follows:
1) Section 900.12 (15) isrenuinbered
to Section 900.12 (16) .
2) Section 900.12 (16) is renumbered
to Section 900.12 (17)
3) Section 900.12 (17) is renllinbered
to Section 900.12 (18)
4) Section 900.12 (18Us .renuinbered
to Section 900.12 (19) . .
Passed and adopted by the Elk River .
City Council this 18th day of January, I
1994. . ~
Larry Farber, Vice Mllyor I
ATl'EST: .
Sandra Thackeray, City Clerk '.
(Ja26) i
i.AU
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size oisixty- our(64) !!qUa 'and
height of eight (8) feet, . ......
ii. One (1) on-premise bU!liness wall
sign per. OCcupancy, not be exceed two
(2) square feet in sign area for each
linear foot of the building frontage up to
a maximum of one hundred and twenty-
eight (128) square feet per occupancy is
permitted.
j. Standards For Ret.rlI Shops and
Stores .-"
i.Freestancling retail shops and stores
shall be limited to those whichcompli-
ment other. uses within~ the business I
park, provide It servi~ to those other I
businesses, and shall not exceed 20,000
square feet in size. .. .... . .
ii. Retail/wholesale sales mCldental to.
.. products manufactured, assembled, or
, warehoused on the premises, may be
permitted as an accessory. Use provided
no more thlln ten (10) percent of the
building is used for retail/wh~lesale
sales. ..