HomeMy WebLinkAbout1145 Ord (CPC Case No. 2020-09 Zoning Text Amendment to create new zoning district, Highway Mixed Use or HMU)ORDINANCE NO. 1145
CITY OF STILLWATER
WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING STILLWATER CITY CODE CHAPTER 31 BY
AMENDING SECTION 31-210 REGARDING PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS, AMENDING SECTION 31-315 RELATING TO ALLOWABLE USES IN
RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS, AMENDING SECTION 31-325 RELATING TO
ALLOWABLE USES IN NON-RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, AND ADDING SECTION
31-326 CREATING A HMU, HIGHWAY MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICT.
The City Council of Stillwater does ordain:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Stillwater City Code Chapter 31-210(b) relating to
Planned Unit Developments is hereby amended by:
A. Adding the following subsection and renumbering each subsequent subsection:
(7) Aggregate impervious coverage for a mixed -use PUD must not exceed the
maximum lot coverage (impervious) standard for its underlying zoning district
though individual lots may exceed the maximum.
B. Replacing current subsection (1 1) with the following language:
(12) A building setback from property which is adjacent to the PUD site and that is
zoned or being used for a less intensive use must be at least equal to twice the
proposed building's height, except in a Highway Mixed Use PUD, where the
building setback must be no less than 50 feet.
SECTION 2. AMENDMENT. Stillwater City Code Chapter 31-315 relating to allowable
uses in Residential Zoning Districts is hereby replaced with the following:
Sec. 31-315. - Allowable uses in residential districts.
ALLOWABLE USES
ZONING DISTRICTS
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A-P
LR
CTR
RA
TR
CCR
RB
CR
1 TH
CTHR
RCL
RCM
RR
HMU 16
Single-family dwelling 1
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
CUP
P
Two-family dwelling 1
P
P 2
CUP
r
Attached single-family dwelling
or townhouse 3
CUP
P
Townhouse, row house, group
house 1
■
P
Multifamily dwelling ° and
condominiums
CUP
P
Accessory dwelling (See Section
31-501)
CUP
P
CUP
P
Duplex accessory unit (See
Section 31-502)
CUP
1
Roominghouses 1
P
CUP
SUP
CUP
P
CUP
P
Type I home occupation (See
Section 31-500)
P
CUP
P
P
P
CUP
A
CUP
CUP
Type II home occupation (See
Section 31-500)
CUP
CUP
CUP
CUP 10
CUP
CUP
CUP
CUP
Type III home occupation (See
Section 31-500)
CUP
CUP
r
Accessory building and use
A
A
A 5
A
A 6
A'
A a
A
A
A
J
'
Public schools
P
CUP
1
i
Elementary school
CUP
P
CUP
Public and private primary and
secondary schools 9
CUP 1°
CUP 9,10
Early childhood education
CUP
Parks, playgrounds and other
open space areas
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Private recreation facility
A A
Church or other place of worship
CUP 10
CUP 1°
P CUP
Cemeteries
CUP 10
CUP 10
Hospital, nursing home or rest
home
CUP 10
CUP 10
r
Institutional building
P
CUP
Bed & Breakfast (Type D Short
Term Home Rental)
CUP 10
P 11
CUP
Short Term Home Rental; Type A
and B
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Short Term Home Rental; Type C
CUP
CUP
CUP
CUP
CUP
CUP
CUP
CUP
CUP
CUP
CUP
CUP
CUP
CUP I
Off street parking & loading
A
A
Agricultural uses
P
T
Agricultural produce sales
P
P 14
Commercial greenhouse
P
Fish hatcheries and aviaries
P
Fishing lakes and picnic groves 12
P
Forest and wildlife reservations
or similar facilities
P
Fur farming (raising fur bearing
animals, excluding skunks and
civet cats)
P
Riding academies or stables
P
P
Essential services
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
CUP
P
P
r
Commercial uses not found
objectionable by neighbors
Retail business of a corner store
nature
r
CUP
CUP
2
Senior care living facilities
Armory
Municipal fire
station
CUP
CUP 13
CUP CUP'
CUP to
CUP 10
Small Wireless Facilities
Small Wireless Facilities in the
Right -of -Way
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Personal Outdoor Storage
1
p 15
P = Permitted use
CUP = Use permitted with a Conditional Use Permit
A = Accessory use
Blank cell in table means that the use is NOT allowed.
1 Only one principal structure is allowed on a parcel.
2Two-family dwelling allowed only on corner lots.
3 An attached single-family dwelling or townhouse is defined as: A single structure consisting of not less than 3 dwelling units
located or capable of being located on a separate lot, and being separated from the adjoining dwelling unit by an approved wall
extending from the foundation through the roof and structurally independent of the adjoining unit.
4 Dwelling units for three or more families on a single parcel.
'Accessory structures are limited to one detached garage or one accessory dwelling. Accessory dwelling is permitted only with a
conditional use permit. Garage is limited to a total of three stalls and all detached accessory structures shall be regulated by the
standards found in Section 31-501, Subd. 2 (performance standards for accessory dwelling units in CTR district).
6Accessory structures in the TR district are subject to the regulations found in Section 31-503, Subd. 1
7Accessory structures in the RB district are subject to the regulations found in Section 31-503, Subd. 2
8 Garage is limited to two stalls wide.
9Including accessory buildings and uses located upon property contiguous to that occupied by the main building.
'CUP may only be issued by city council.
1 Must be located at least 900 feet from another bed & breakfast.
12No concession or retail sales are permitted.
13 Senior care living facilities in the RA zoning district shall have a minimum property size of 5 acres.
14 Sales of fresh, whole, raw, or processed produce grown onsite only and sold onsite at a farm stand, at farmers' markets or by
delivery.
15 Storage of personal operable vehicles, including any car, truck or trailer, or self-propelled or pull -behind recreational vehicles,
including, but not limited to, snowmobiles, all -terrain vehicles, watercraft, golf carts, etc. so long as adequately screened by fence
or landscaped from roadways and neighboring views. No outside business storage is permitted.
16 Multi -family residential is an allowable use within this district, but shall not be the predominate use as determined by less than
30% of usable land area designated as multi -family use.
SECTION 3. AMENDMENT. Stillwater City Code Chapter 31-325 relating to allowable
uses in Non-residential Zoning Districts is hereby replaced with the following:
Sec. 31-325. - Allowable uses in non-residential districts.
ALLOWABLE USES
ZONING DISTRICTS
CA
CBD
VC
BP-C
BP-0
BP -I
CRD
PA IPWFD
PROS
HMU
Retail
General retail business
uses or service; local
market 1
P
CUP
P
CUP
P
General retail business
uses or service; local and
regional market
P
P
P
CUP
CUP
19
Specialty retail, incl.
antique shops
P
P
Department store
P
P
P
P
3
i
Drugstore
Interior decorating sales;
sale of floor covering,
paint, wallpaper,
materials and objects of
interior decorating
P
P
1
P
P
P
Appliances and furniture,
sale of
P
P
P
P
Household goods, sale of P
(including china)
P
Books, magazines,
newspapers, stationary;
sale of
P
P
Gifts, flowers,
photographic supplies;
sale of
P
P
Tobacco products; sale of
P
P
Hardware, sale of
P
P
P
Sporting goods; sale of
P
P 1
Music store
P
P
P
Retail: Food
Supermarket, retail food
P
CUP
P
P
Baked goods,
manufacture/retail sale
of (<_ 5 persons
employed)
P
P
P
Baked goods,
manufacture/retail sale
of (> 5 persons
employed)
CUP
2
P
P
Eating establishments
Restaurants 3
P
CUP
CUP
P
CUP
P
Fast food outlet
P
P
Tea rooms, deli, coffee
shops, soda fountains,
not including the sale of
alcoholic beverages
CUP
P
Outside eating
establishments
CUP
P
Drive-in or drive -through:
restaurant, eating places
or any other use
involving a drive-in or
drive -through activity
CUP
CUP
CUP
Services
Barber or beauty shops
P
P
P
P
Shoe repair shop
P
P
Printing shop
P
P
Photo processing
CUP
Tailoring or pressing
P
P
4
Banks
Offices
Automotiv
Entertainme
Laundry; agencies, self-
service, full service, dry
cleaning.
P
P
P
P
Laundry employing> 5
persons
CUP
CUP
^
CUP '
Carpet, bag and rug
cleaning
CUP'
Banks and financial
institutions
1
p
T P
p
I
CUP
p
Office; general, business
or professional
P
P
P
P
Offices; finance,
insurance, editorial or
real estate services
P CUP
I
P
1
P
P
P
Offices; administrative
P
P
P
Offices; business offices
that are accessory to
permitted uses on the
site
I
!I
CUP
P
Office building
P
P
Consultant services such
as advertising,
engineering, architects
and designers
CUP
P
Radio or television
stations
P
CUP
P
Offices; medical and
dental
p
CUP
P
P
P
P
P
Office display or sales
space s
P
P
1
I
Automotive sales, service
and storage, excluding
gasoline filling stations.
(See Section 31-515 for
performance standards)
P
Service stations or fuel
sales (See Section 31-515
for performance
standards)
CUP
CUP
Gasoline filling station
CUP
2
CUPS
Auto repair and related
services
CUP
P 6
it
Commercial recreational
uses
CUP
P
Commercial recreational
entertainment
CUP
P
5
i
Amusement and
recreational
establishments'
P
CUP
CUP 24
-
P
Outside entertainment,
commercial 8
CUP
P
i
4
i
Outdoors 1
Outside sales or special
events 8
CUP
CUP
CUP
CUP
CUP
Outside storage
g
CUP
9
CUP
10
Commercial nurseries
CUP
CUP
Exterior phonographs,
paging systems, musical
instruments, etc that
may disturb the peace
and quiet of the public
CUP
Parks
P
P
Trails
P
P
Park structures 11
P
P
Playgrounds
P
P
Nature preserve
P
Athletic fields withlights
12
CUP
Outside tennis courts
with lights 13
CUP
Outside basketball courts
with lights 13
CUP
Outside hockey rinks
with lights 13
CUP
Athletic fields without
lights 13
P
Outside tennis courts
without lights
P
Outside basketball courts
without lights
P
Outside hockey rinks
without lights
P
Recreation center 14
CUP
CUP
Multiple purpose park
building
CUP
CUP
Golf course
P
Golf course club house
CUP
Dog park
CUP
Public boat launch
CUP
Other passive
recreational or natural
open spaces
P
6
Parking lot
ACC
1
Institutional
Schools, business and
technical
P
P
CUP
Schools and studios for
arts and crafts,
photography, music,
dance
P
P
Educational institutions,
schools
CUP
Libraries, art galleries,
theaters for the
performing arts, and
other such cultural
facilities
CUP
CUP
CUP
CUP
Libraries or post office
P
Churches, other places of
worship
P
Day care/nurseries
CUP
CUP
CUP 15
Group day care
P
Governmental facilities
CUP
CUP
Fire station
1
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I
I
CUP
Hospitals, convalescent
hospitals and nursing
homes
CUP
Hotel or motel
P
C16P
CUP
P
Manufacturing
Manufacturing, limited 17
Manufacture of baked
goods
P
Manufacturing,
processing, fabrication or
assembling of limited
commodity 18
CUP
Retail sales of products
manufactured on the site
19
CUP
Wholesale/storage
Wholesale trade
P
CUP
CUP
Warehousing and
outside storage
CUP
Warehousing and inside
storage
CUP
Mini -storage
CUP
Industrial
Light industrial that is
clean and compatible
with surrounding
properties
CUP
7
Limited bottling works 20
CUP
CUP
1
J
Printing & publishing or
lithographic shop
SUP
CUP
CUP
CUP
Laboratories
•
Laboratories
1
Chemical laboratories
CUP
Research establishment
of industrial, medical or
scientific nature
CUP
Research facilities or
research laboratories
P
P
lsportation/public
works/etc.
Transportation station or
terminal
P
CUP
CUP
P
CUP
i
P
Helipads
Public works facilityr
including office and
meeting space
P
1
PUD
Essential services
— —
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Public utility transmission
lines and facilities
Telephone exchange
P
P
Parking facilities
CUP
CUP
Private parking facilities >
five cars
CUP
Misc.
Funeral home or
mortuary
p
CUP
CUP
P
Club or lodge
P
Dog Training Facility 26
CUP
Residences of all classes
CUP
CUP
CUP
CUP
Temporary structures
CUP
Short Term Home Rental;
Type A and B
p 25
Short Term Home Rental;
Type C
CUP
Small Wireless Facilities
in the Right -of -Way
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Wireless Communication
Services Towers and
Antennae
CUP
CUP
CUP
CUP
CUP
CUP
P = Permitted use
CUP = Use permitted with a Conditional Use Permit
PUD = Use permitted with a Planned Unit Development Permit
A = Accessory use
8
ACC = Allowed as an accessory improvement to an allowed use located on or adjacent to the
site
Blank cell in table means that the use is NOT allowed.
1 Such as grocery, fruit and vegetable store, bakery, general store, barber and beauty shop, clothes cleaning and laundry pickup
station, business and professional office and the like, supplying commodities or performing services.
2 SUP may only be issued by the city council.
3Including restaurants, lunchrooms, cafeterias, and other such eating places; and places for the sale and consumption of soft
drinks, juices, ice cream and beverages of all kinds; BUT, excluding drive-in establishments.
4 SUP may only be issued by the city council.
`For a wholesale, jobbing or distributing establishment in connection with which not more than 25 percent of the floor area of the
building or part thereof occupied by such establishment is used for making, assembling, remodeling, repair, altering, finishing or
refinishing its products or merchandise, and provided that: 1. Any resulting cinders, dust, fumes, noise, odors, refuse matter,
smoke, vapor or vibration is effectively confined to the premises; and 2. The ground floor premises facing upon and visible from
a major street upon which the premises abut shall be used only for entrances, office or display.
6Automotive painting, upholstering, tire recapping and major repair, when conducted completely in an enclosed building.
7 Such as armories, assembly halls, bowling alleys, dancehalls, pool and billiard parlors, skating rinks and other social, sport or
recreational centers operated as a business, provided the place or building in which it is operated is sufficiently sound insulated to
effectively confine the noise to the premises.
8 These uses may be approved directly by the city council if the event is a one time special event not occurring on a regular basis.
9AIl outside storage shall be screened by a solid wall or fence and landscaping for public view.
1°Must be screened.
11 Gazebo, picnic shelter, playground equipment, rest rooms, band shelter, and substantially similar park structures: but not
including multiple purpose park buildings or recreation center buildings.
12 Six -acre minimum site area.
13 Three -acre minimum site area.
14 Ten -acre minimum site area.
15Including pre-schools.
16 Hotel or motel or other uses providing visitors with overnight accommodations.
17 Limited manufacturing means conducting a process fabrication, storage or manufacturing of light materials, including
electronic components and accessories.
18 Except junk or storage.
19Either one or the other of the following scenarios applies. A) If the retail sales are limited to products manufactured on the
premises, then up to 20 percent of a building's floor area may be used for retail purposes. B) If all of the products offered for
retail sale are not produced on the premises, then a total of only 10% of a building's floor area, or 4,000 square feet, whichever is
less, may be dedicated to retail sales; however, the retail sales must be of products associated with a primary service offered by
the business on the premises.
20The bottling machinery is limited to manual/semi-automated bottling line without a conveyor system associated with the
bottling line.
21 Residences of second level only.
22 Gross receipts must be at least 60% attributable to the sale of food. Live entertainment, which includes DJs, is permitted only
inside the building, and then only if it is not audible outside of the building. Outside music is strictly limited to unobtrusive
arrangements of pre-recorded songs that may only be played as background music and then only without a DJ. Hours of
operation are limited to 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 6:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The
closing time in the preceding sentence means when the last call for service must occur. Happy hour specials must cease at 6:00
p.m.
23 Residences subject to RCM regulations.
24 Provided the special use permit review criteria found in § 31-207 and all of the performance standards found in § 31-515.1 are
met.
25 If Type A or B Short Term Home Rental is proposed in a residence where no Special or Conditional Use Permit already exists
for the property, then the property owner must obtain a Conditional Use Permit for the short term rental residence prior to the
issuance of a Short Term Home Rental License.
26 Performance standards found in City Code Sec 31-515.2 apply to all Dog Training Facilities.
SECTION 4. ENACTMENT. Stillwater City Code Chapter 31-326, relating to a new
Zoning District to be known as HMU, Highway Mixed Use is hereby enacted as follows. The
enactment adds a Highway Mixed Use zoning district along Highway 36 in areas served with
interchange access in order to foster economic development. Permitted and conditional uses are
identified in the Use Tables, but are primarily business -related uses and multifamily residential.
9
Division 4. — MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICTS
Sec. 31-326 - HMU highway mixed -use district.
Highway mixed -use (HMU) zoning district shall be regulated as follows:
(a) Purposes. The purposes of the HMU district are to:
(1) Align with the intent and goals of the city's Comprehensive Plan.
(2) Maximize the types of uses of property along the Highway 36 corridor that are
served with interchange access to foster economic development for the community
and support the city's housing goals.
(3) Facilitate the development and integration of diversified commercial, retail, and
employment establishments with high density multi -family residential uses in areas
along the Highway 36 corridor that are served with interchange access.
(4) Encourage each development or redevelopment project to create a central point such
as a central public space. green space. or plaza type gathering place.
(b) Allowable uses.
(1) See Table in Sections 33-315 and 331-325 for the allowable uses within this district.
(2) Multi -family residential is an allowable use within this district, but shall not be the
i re gate use as determined hew less exceed more than;50% of usable land area
Similar uses by conditional use permit. A conditional use permit may be granted for
other uses or services determined to be of the same general character as those found
in Sections 33-315 and 31-325 for the HMU district and which will not impair the
present or potential use of adjacent properties. The findings of same general character
shall be made by the planning commission and the conditional use permit approved
and issued by the city council.
Massing regulations.
(3)
(c)
r
Building height, maximum
55 feet or 5 stories, whichever is greater
Lot area, minimum
One-half acre
Front yard setback, minimum'
40 feet
'
Side yard setback, minimum 1
20 feet
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r
Rear yard setback, minimum
30 feet
Setback from abutting residential, minimum
50 feet
Lot area coverage (impervious), maximum
80%
'Front and side setbacks shall be landscaped.
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SECTION 5. SUMMARY PUBLICATION. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section
412.191, in the case of a lengthy ordinance, a summary may be published. While a copy of the
entire ordinance is available without cost at the office of the City Clerk, the following summary is
approved by the City Council and shall be published in lieu of publishing the entire ordinance:
The ordinance: 1) creates the HMU, Highway Mixed Use Zoning District; 2) amends the
residential zoning use table by adding the HMU Zoning District; 3) amends the non-
residential zoning use table by adding the HMU Zoning District; and 4) amends the
Planned Unit Development standards by adding items related to the HMU Zoning
District. The purpose of the HMU Zoning District is to add mixed use zoning district
along Highway 36 in areas served with interchange access in order to foster economic
development. Permitted and conditional uses are identified in the Use Tables, but are
primarily business -related uses and multifamily residential.
SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its passage and publication according to law.
Passed this
ATTE
Beth Wolf, City Clerk
day of
11
2020.
CITY OF STILLWATER
Ted Kozlowski, Mayor
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CITY OF STILLWATER
WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 1145
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING STILLWATER CITY
CODE CHAPTER 31 BY AMENDING SECTION 31-
210 REGARDING PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS, AMENDING SECTION 31-315 RELATING
TO ALLOWABLE USES IN RESIDENTIAL ZONING
DISTRICTS, AMENDING SECTION 31-325 RELATING
TO ALLOWABLE USES IN NON-RESIDENTIAL
DISTRICTS, AND ADDING SECTION 31-326 CREATING
A HMU, HIGHWAY MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICT
The City Council of the City of Stillwater does ordain: The ordinance:
1) creates the HMU, Highway Mixed Use Zoning District; 2) amends the
residential zoning use table by adding the HMU Zoning District; 3) amends
the non-residential zoning use table by adding the HMU Zoning District;
and 4) amends the Planned Unit Development standards by adding items
related to the HMU Zoning District. The purpose of the HMU Zoning Dis-
trict is to add mixed use zoning district along Highway 36 in areas served
with interchange access in order to foster economic development. Permit-
ted and conditional uses are identified in the Use Tables, but are primarily
business -related uses and multifamily residential.
Approved this 18th day of August, 2020 . Do not hesitate to contact
the City Clerk's Office (651) 430-8802 if you have any questions or need
further information.
Signed: Beth Wolf, City Clerk
Published in the
Stillwater Gazette
August 21, 2020
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