95-031 ORD
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ORDINANCE 95-2.L
CITY OF ELK RIVER
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 900.12 OF THE CITY OF ELK
RIVER CODE OF ORDINANCES ESTABLISHING A
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONING ORDINANCE
The City Council of the City of Elk River does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1: Section 900.12 of the Elk River Code of Ordinances is
hereby amended to add the following section, which shall read as follows:
C4 - Neiqhborhood Commercial
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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: The purpose of the C4-Neighborhood
Commercial district is to provide land use opportunities to
attract convenience retail stores, and personal service
establishments. It is intended that this district primarily
serves surrounding residential neighborhoods and businesses within
the immediate area. Neighborhood Commercial districts shall be
located adjacent to collector or arterial streets so that traffic
does not impact local streets. In order for development to occur
within this district, public sanitary sewer, storm sewer, and
municipal water must be available and hooked up in order to occupy
the particular business.
A. Permitted Uses
1. Convenience retail sales of goods and services
2. Dry cleaning and laundry establishments
3. Personal service and repair establishments such as
~arber and beauty shops, shoe repair, etc.
4. Printing shops and publishing shops
B. Accessorv Uses
1. Uses customarily incidental to the permitted or
conditional uses allowed in this district
2. Off-street parking areas
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Signs as regulated in the Elk River zoning ordir-ance
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Conditional Uses
1. Motor vehicle specialty service stations
2. Car wash facilities
3. Daycare centers
4. Educational/institutional uses
5. Off-sale liquor stores
6. Class 1 and Class 2 restaurants
7. Financial institution
8. Mortuaries, funeral homes
D. Lot Standards
1. Minimum lot area - one (1) acre.
2. Minimum frontage - 150 feet.
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3.
Minimum depth - 150 feet.
4. Maximum building height shall not exceed 2 stories or
30 feet, whichever is less.
5. Maximum lot coverage by building shall not exceed
thirty-five percent, (35%).
E. Buildinq Setback
1. Front yard setback - 25 feet.
2. Side yard setback - 20 feet.
3. Rear yard setback - 20 feet.
4. The yard adjacent to any residential district shall
have a minimum setback of thirty (30) feet.
F. Parkinq and Driveway Setback
1. Front yard - twenty-five (25) feet.
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2.
Side yard - ten (10) feet.
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3.
Rear yard - twenty (20) feet.
4. The yard adjacent to any residential district shall
have a minimum setback of twenty-five (25) feet.
G. Architectural Standards
1. Major exterior surfaces of all walls shall be face
brick, stone, glass, stucco, architecturally treated
concrete, or decorative block, or an approved
equivalent material as approved by the Zoning
Administrator.
H. Signaqe
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 900.22 (Sign
Ordinance) the following requirements shall be met:
a. General Guidelines
1.
All signs within a neighborhood commercial
development must consist of materials and a
design which compliments the architectural
elements of the principal building and
character of the project.
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2. All freestanding signs shall have a minimum
ten (10) foot setback from all property
lines.
3. Prior to installing any signs, a sign permit
must be obtained from the City of Elk River
Planning Department.
b. Freestandinq Siqn
1. All freestanding signage shall consist of a
monument sty~e sign. A maximum height of
ten (10) feet along collector streets and a
maximum height of twenty (20) feet along
arterial streets, with a maximum area of
one-hundred (100)square feet.
c. Wall Siqns (Freestandinq Sites)
1.
Wall signage for each freestanding building
must consist of individual letters and shall
not have more than onL (1) wall sign for
each principal building.
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2.
The gross surface area of a wall sign for
freestanding buildings shall not exceed ten
(10) percent of the area of a building wall,
including doors and windows, to which the
sign is to be affixed.
d. Wall Siqns (Multi-Tenant Buildinq)
1. Fascia signs for individual retail tenants
shall be for store identity only.
2. Capital letters shall be no larger than 36"
high, lower case letters shall be no larger
than 24~ high. Signs may be located on the
building in a symmetrical manner, but in no
case shall they extend closer than 2'0" from
the projected lease line.
Passed and adopted by the Elk River City Council this 18th day of
December, 1995.
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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 'l'he 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.
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which is attached was cut from the columns of said newspaper,
and was printed and published once each week, for I suc-
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printed and 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
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and kind oftype used in the composition and publication of the
notice.
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c. Wall'Si (Freestanding Sites)
1. Wallsi I' each freestanding
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ter&and shall not have more than one
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sign fOJ:: freestanding buildings shall
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1. Fascia signs for individu.u retail
tenants shall be for. store identity only.
2. Capital letters shall be no larger
than 36" high, lll.wer case letters shall
be no larger than 24~ high. Signs may
be located on the l;l1,Jilding lnliLSym-
metrical JllB.Imer, but iI'IllO~alil~shall
they exten!i clol1er than 2'Q"frolI!,the
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Passed and adopted hy. the. ;Elk River
City Councilthis< 18th. day of
December, 1995.
HenryA. Pui~Jll8.n,:rvfayor
Attest: .' ........
Sandra A. ThackeJ::aY,
City Clerk
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