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94-002 ORD e e e 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) e e e 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) e 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 e. Dumpsters/Refuse Enclosures e 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 e 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. e 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: e 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. e e e e k. 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 viit viii. 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$~lltial ser- VIceS" , , , ' " , '" ' , ' c. COQdition81 U~ i. ArJ,ype' nmtted ' ' ! hi"h . :' 'I ' 'h" c mvo ves ~?reta i ace." ~' .', sh , W ich' com. phmen ,and serve the, Business Park ' subject to the standards, set for in 2. (j) below. " vj. Vocational, technical and trade schools " ' , .vii. Motorvehicle IlpecialfY service sta- tions , ' viii. Multiple b\lildings on alot ix. Above ground storage tanks 2. S, ARDS , a. " ,um lot siz&-;lne and one- , half acres ' ~\, g setbacks (minhnum) 1. Frord"-'- Thirty-five (35) feet, or~n 2)th~totall>uildingheight ' wlPc ater., ii. , ty(2(l)feet, or one ont;-ha , 0 al building height whichey; r.' , f ,'. ' iii. ~ ....,..,TWenty;(20) feet or ont;-half(~)the totalbuil~ng height, whichever IS greater. iv. AU setbacks shall be Idliltermined from t~e plann~d Right-of"Way (ROm, as deSignated m the City,! County, or State~sportationPlan, andnormaIly ,4efined m the subdivision regulations. c. P~king Lot Setbacks (mini. mUm) ,. ' ~: ~n~Yard ,,'Tw~ntY-five (25) feet. ~~: Side Yard r-Twentj' (~O) feet. ~n. :Rear Y llf~"H' Twenty (2PHeet. , IV, All setbac~s shall be determined from t~~ plann~!f Righ,t-of- Way (ROm, ~:Transslgnatec:t m .the City, COUnty, or . portationPlan, andnormaIly defmed l~ the subdivision regulations. d.Loa~ngSpaCeslOverheadDool'8 b i. Loading space~o:verhead doors shall, . e located pnmanly in designated rear yards and secondarily in designated side Ot f~n~ yardsasapproved by the Zoning , Administrator., . ii. Loading sp~ces and overhead doors s~ould be deSIgned to be, compatIble' With the principle building.' Architec- tural tec~ique~ should be employed to reduce .V18U,allmpacts, fr9m alljacent Properties and roadways., ' , ~. Dumpste~ J$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 ) )ss. COUNTY OF SHERBURNE) 9 (;~_.'1J.fA-,:}1.,'~1"~1;"-') 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. C':'\ abcdefghijklmno~qrstuvwxyZ BY: ;zj r'YJ ih-~?!./j~,-~, TITLE: ~e-,-,) Subscribed and sworn to before me on this 6210 -+_t? 'gtVV\.'{A/L/I'd ' 1: cf4.. _ (~4!:J )1,1. xf)\.{/~1U-~~j Notary Publie day of CINDY M, SCHIMINSKI .OTA :C18ES G.1().99 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 above matter ',,,"<:_~'.. .....,..v'..."'~~~~. $ ~tJs.oO $ l'lO.<6(e, $ I qO .8lo 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 ments 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. ..