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Section 11.46: Institutional Zoning District
Subdivision 1. Purpose
The purpose of the Institutional Zoning District is to establish areas where both
public and private institutional uses such as schools, hospitals, parks, golf courses,
nursing homes and public buildings may be located.
Subdivision 2. District Established
Properties shall be established within the Institutional Zoning District in the manner
provided for in Section 11.90, Subdivision 3 of this Chapter, and when thus
established shall be incorporated in this Section 11.46, Subdivision 2 by an
ordinance which makes cross-reference to this Section 11.46 and which shall
become a part hereof and of Section 11.10, Subdivision 2 thereof, as fully as if set
forth herein. In addition the Institutional Zoning Districts thus established, and/or
any subsequent changes to the same which shall be made and established in a
similar manner, shall be reflected in the official zoning map of the City as provided
in Section 11.11 of this Chapter.
*Subdivision 3. Uses Permitted
A. The following uses shall be permitted in the 1-1 Institutional Zoning Sub-
District:
1. Churches
2. Schools, public and parochial, excepting colleges, seminaries and other
institutes of higher education
Source: Ordinance No. 567
Effective Date: 5-28-82
3. Essential Services - Class I
Source: Ordinance No. 80, 2nd Series
Effective Date: 11-28-91
4. Seasonal Farm Produce Sales
Source: Ordinance No. 127, 2nd Series
Effective Date: 4-27-95
B. The following uses shall be permitted in the 1-2 Institutional Zoning Sub-
District:
1. Public and private libraries
2. Museums
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3. Colleges, seminaries and other institutes of higher education
Source: Ordinance No. 567
Effective Date: 5-28-82
4. Essential Services - Class I
Source: Ordinance No. 80, 2nd Series
Effective Date: 11-28-91
C. The following uses shall be permitted in the 1-3 Institutional Zoning Sub-
District:
1. Rest homes, sanitariums, nursing homes, clinics and other buildings
incidental to the operation thereof
Source: Ordinance No. 567
Effective Date: 5-28-82
2. Essential Services - Class I
Source: Ordinance No. 80, 2nd Series
Effective Date: 11-28-91
D. The following uses shall be permitted in the 1-4 Institutional Zoning Sub-
District:
1. Golf courses, country clubs and polo fields, excepting those carried on as
a business such as miniature golf courses
2. Parks, playgrounds, City offices, fire stations, and other lands incidental to
the operation of the City
Source: Ordinance No. 567
Effective Date: 5-28-82
3. Essential Services - Class I
Source: Ordinance No. 80, 2nd Series
Effective Date: 11-28-91
E. The following uses shall be permitted in the 1-5 Institutional zoning Sub-
District:
1. Cemeteries
Source: Ordinance No. 567
Effective Date: 5-28-82
2. Essential Services - Class I
Source: Ordinance No. 80, 2nd Series
Effective Date: 11-28-91
*Subdivision 4. Conditional Uses
The following uses may be allowed in the following Institutional Zoning Sub-
Districts when approved by the Council in accordance with the provisions of this
Chapter:
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A. Congregate Housing. Housing for the elderly, providing at least one (1)
prepared meal per day, in a common dining room. Such housing may also
provide certain medical and social services over and above what might be
provided in a standard elderly apartment complex. Congregate housing may
be allowed as a Conditional Use only within the 1-3 Institutional Zoning Sub-
District.
B. Elderly Housing. Housing (either subsidized or unsubsidized) specifically
designed and built for occupancy by elder persons in much the same way
that standard multi-family dwellings might be built and managed, but not
providing the same services as congregate housing, may be allowed as a
Conditional Use only within the 1-3 Institutional Zoning Sub-District.
C. Hospitals and out-patient surgical facilities may be allowed as a Conditional
Use only within the 1-3 Institutional Zoning Sub-District.
D. Lodge halls and private clubs may be allowed as a Conditional Use only
within the 1-3 Institutional zoning Sub-District.
Source: Ordinance No. 567
Effective Date: 5-28-82
E. Residential facilities only within the 1-3 Institutional Zoning Sub-District.
Source: Ordinance No. 653
Effective Date: 4-12-85
F. Child day-care facilities may also be permitted as a Conditional Use within
the 1-1, 1-2, 1-3 and/or 1-4 Institutional Zoning Sub-Districts.
Source: Ordinance No. 567
Effective Date: 5-28-82
G. Heliports, as herein defined.
H. Such other uses which, in the opinion of the Council, are reasonably
compatible with the uses specifically described in Subdivision 3, above, may
be permitted as a Conditional Use in any of the four Institutional Zoning Sub-
Districts set forth above.
Source: Ordinance No. 643
Effective Date: 11-16-84
I. Adult Day Care Centers shall be permitted as a Conditional Use within the 1-
1, 1-2, 1-3 and/or 1-4 Institutional Sub-Districts.
Source: Ordinance No. 264, 2nd Series
Effective Date: 12-13-01
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*Subdivision S. Height
No building or structure other than water tanks, water tank towers and lighting
fixtures, shall be erected to exceed three (3) stories in height in the Institutional
Zoning District. Church spires, belfries, chimneys and architectural finials may be
permitted to exceed the maximum provisions of this Section when erected in
accordance with this Chapter.
Source: Ordinance No. 609
Effective Date: 11-11-83
*Subdivision 6. Use of Land
For the purpose of maintaining the character of this Zoning District, no buildings or
structures shall occupy more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the area of the lot
or premises.
Source: Ordinance No. 567
Effective Date: 5-28-82
*Subdivision 7. Yard Requirements
Side and rear yards in the Institutional Zoning District shall not be less than fifty
(50) feet in width and depth, of which at least twenty-five (25) feet adjacent to the
property line shall be landscaped and maintained as a buffer zone.
Source: Ordinance No. 609
Effective Date: 11-11-83
*Subdivision 8. Front Yards
No building or structure in an Institutional Zoning District shall be located less than
thirty-five (35) feet from the property line abutting a public street. All portions of a
parcel of land abutting a public street shall be regarded as front yards. All front
yards shall be planted, and landscaped, and shall contain no off-street parking.
Source: Ordinance No. 567
Effective Date: 5-28-82
*Subdivision 9. Accessory Uses
The following are permitted accessory uses in this Zoning District:
A. Essential Services - Class I
B. Accessory Structures. The following regulations and setbacks shall be
required for accessory structures in this Zoning District:
1. Location. A Detached accessory structure shall be located completely to
the rear of the principal structure, unless it is built with frost footings. In
that case, an accessory structure may be built no closer to the front
setback as the principal structure. If an addition is built on to an existing
principal structure that would create a situation where an existing garage
or accessory structure would not be completely to the rear of the addition
to the principal structure, the addition to the principal structure may be
built and the existing garage or accessory structure may remain and be
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considered conforming as long as there is at least ten (10) feet of
separation between the existing principal structure with the addition and
the existing garage or accessory structure. Additions may be made to the
existing garage or accessory structure as long as the ten (10) feet of
separation can be met.
2. Front setback. Accessory structures shall be located no less than the
required setback for this Zoning District from the front property line along
a street right-of-way line.
3. Side and rear setbacks. Accessory structures shall be located no less than
the required setback for principal structures in this Zoning District from a
side or rear yard property line.
4. Separation between structures. Accessory structures shall be located no
less than ten (10) feet from any principal structure and from any other
accessory structure.
5. Alley setback. Accessory structures shall be located no less than ten (10)
feet from an alley.
6. Height limitations. No accessory structure shall be erected in this Zoning
District to exceed a height of one (1) story. One (1) story may not exceed
ten (10) feet from the floor to the top plate. Attic space in accessory
structures shall be used only for storage and/or utility space.
7. Cornices and eaves. Cornices and eaves may not project more than thirty
(30) inches into a required setback.
8. Number and Size of accessory structures. Only one (1) accessory
structure shall be allowed on each property and no accessory structure
shall be larger in size than the principal structure. In no case shall an
accessory structure be greater than one thousand (1000) square feet or
less than one hundred-twenty (120) square feet in area. Accessory
structures include storage buildings, detached sheds, greenhouses,
gazebos and other shelters. Accessory structures not used solely for
storage and related activities shall have open sides from floor to ceiling,
except that they may have railings and temporary screening (used only
on two (2) sides at a time), all constructed in accordance with the building
code.
9. Design. All accessory structures constructed after the construction of the
principal structure must be designed and constructed of similar materials
as determined by the City Manager or his designee.
10. Building Permits. All accessory structures located in this Zoning District
require a building permit.
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11. Parking structures and garages. In this Zoning District, parking structures
and garages shall not be considered accessory structures if they are used
to meet the required number of parking spaces.
Source: Ordinance No. 344, 2nd Series
Effective Date: 05-25-06
*Renumbering Source (Subd. 3-9):
Ordinance 346, 2nd Series
Effective Date: 7-1-06
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