11.35 - Light Industrial Zoning District § 11.35
Section 11.35: Light Industrial Zoning District
Subdivision 1. Purpose
The purpose of the Light Industrial Zoning District is to provide for the
establishment of warehousing, offices and light industrial developments.
Subdivision 2. District Established
Properties shall be established within the Light Industrial 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 11.35, Subdivision 2 by an
ordinance which makes cross-reference to this Section 11.35 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 Light Industrial 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. Permitted Uses
The following uses and no others shall be considered permitted uses within the
Light Industrial Zoning District:
A. Offices
B. Warehouses
C. Wholesale-Retail distribution centers
D. Electronics manufacturing
E. Food packaging and processing; provided, however, that no processing shall
involve any cooking, heating, smoking, soaking or marinating procedures
Source: Ordinance No. 546
Effective Date: 9-18-81
F. Assembly and/or fabricating exclusive of sheet metal or steel fabricating,
foundries and similar uses except for the fabricating of sheet metal as it is
used for the heating, ventilation and air conditioning business (which types of
sheet metal fabricating shall be permitted uses
Source: Ordinance No. 674
Effective Date: 12-27-85
G. Other light manufacturing uses that would not constitute a nuisance or health
hazard to surrounding or adjacent residential or commercial districts
Source: Ordinance No. 546
Effective Date: 9-18-81
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H. Essential Services - Class I and Class III
Source: Ordinance No. 271, 2nd Series
Effective Date: 11-15-02
I. Temporary Retail Sales in accordance with this Section
Source: Ordinance No. 536, 2nd Series
Effective Date: 1-16-15
3. Sexually Oriented Businesses
Source: Ordinance No. 326, 2nd Series
Effective Date: 4-15-05
K. Breweries. Limited and associated retail use such as merchandise related to
the Brewery may be sold.
L. Taprooms, that occupy up to 50% of the gross floor area of the Brewery.
Limited and associated retail use such as merchandise related to the Brewery
may be sold in the taproom.
Source: Ordinance No. 540, 2nd Series
Effective Date: 1-30-15
*Renumbering Source (G-K):
Ordinance 536, 2nd Series
Effective Date: 1-6-15
M. Micro-Distilleries. Limited and associated retail use such as merchandise
related to the Micro-Distillery may be sold.
N. Cocktail Rooms, that occupy up to fifty percent (50%) of the gross floor area
of the Micro-Distillery. Limited and associated retail use such as merchandise
related to the Micro-Distillery may be sold in the Cocktail Room.
Source: Ordinance No. 567, 2nd Series
Effective Date: 7-30-15
Subdivision 4. Conditional Uses
The following uses may be allowed as Conditional Uses after review by the Planning
Commission and approval by the Council following the standards and procedures
set forth in this Chapter:
A. Building materials yard (including inside and outside storage)
B. Public garages for repairing and storing motor vehicles
C. Laundries and dry-cleaning plants
D. Animal hospital where domestic animals are received for treatment, care and
cure by a duly licensed veterinary physician and surgeon in the customary
and ordinary pursuit of his profession
E. Ball fields and other recreation facilities
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F. Research and development laboratories and pilot plant operations incidental
thereto
G. Greenhouses with no outside storage, including an outside growing area no
larger than the greenhouse building area. Retail sales may be permitted only
where located inside and incidental to a wholesale business
H. Packaging and/or bottling of soft drinks or dairy products
I. Bakeries (commercial-wholesale)
3. Day care facilities provided that said facilities serve only dependents of
persons employed on the same premises as are otherwise permitted by this
Chapter
Source: Ordinance No. 546
Effective Date: 9-18-81
K. Health, fitness and/or exercise facilities, including dance studio, gymnastic
training, weight lifting studio, aerobic exercise and gymnasiums
Source: Ordinance No. 573
Effective Date: 8-27-82
L. Heliports, as herein defined
Source: Ordinance No. 643
Effective Date: 11-16-84
M. Food packaging and processing that involves cooking, heating, smoking,
soaking or marinating procedures
Source: Ordinance No. 664
Effective Date: 7-12-85
N. Child Care Facilities, as defined in this Chapter
Source: Ordinance No. 712
Effective Date: 6-23-88
0. Truck/Van Terminals
Source: Ordinance No. 50, 2nd Series
Effective Date: 11-21-90
P. Medical clinics
Source: Ordinance No. 82, 2nd Series
Effective Date: 2-27-92
Q. Trade Schools or Training Centers
Source: Ordinance No. 252, 2nd Series
Effective Date: 7-26-01
R. Adult Day Care Center
Source: Ordinance No. 264, 2nd Series
Effective Date: 12-13-01
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S. Drive-in bank facilities with frontage on a collector or minor arterial street
Source: Ordinance No. 274, 2nd Series
Effective Date: 12-27-02
T. Accessory retail services and/or sales incidental to a permitted use,
conducted in an area less than ten percent (10%) of the building's gross floor
area.
Source: Ordinance No. 591, 2nd Series
Effective Date: 3-10-16
U. Recycling Drop-Off Facilities
V. Recycling Facilities
Source: Ordinance No. 536, 2nd Series
Effective Date: 1-16-15
W. Taprooms that occupy fifty percent (50%) or more of the gross floor area of
the Brewery. Limited and associated retail use such as merchandise related
to the Brewery may be sold in the taproom.
Source: Ordinance No. 540, 2nd Series
Effective Date: 1-30-15
X. Cocktail Rooms, that occupy fifty percent (50%) or more of the gross floor
area of the Micro-Distillery. Limited and associated retail use such as
merchandise related to the Micro-Distillery may be sold in the Cocktail Room.
Source: Ordinance No. 567, 2nd Series
Effective Date: 7-30-15
Subdivision 5. Prohibited Uses
No building, structure, or land shall be used, and no building or structure shall be
erected, altered or enlarged which is intended or designed, for any of the following
uses:
A. Residential dwellings
B. Hotels, motels, rooming houses, or tourist homes
C. Institutional uses
Source: Ordinance No. 546
Effective Date: 9-18-81
D. Except as provided herein, retail commercial uses, such as shopping centers
Source: Ordinance No. 326, 2nd Series
Effective Date: 4-15-05
Deleted Loading & Parking Requirements
Source: Ordinance 346, 2nd Series
Effective Date: 7-1-06
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*Subdivision 6. Yard Requirements
Front yard, side yard and rear yard setbacks shall be required in the Light Industrial
Zoning District as follows:
A. In the case of premises abutting a public street front yard setbacks shall be
at least thirty-five (35) feet from the right-of-way line of said street. All front
yard setbacks shall be maintained as landscaped green areas. In the case of
corner lots all portions of said lot abutting a public street shall be deemed to
be a front yard.
B. In the case of premises facing a Residential Zoning District or an R-2 Zoning
District across a public street, the yard abutting that street shall not be less
than seventy-five (75) feet from the right-of-way line of the street to the
structure.
C. Other side and rear yard setbacks shall be as follows:
1. In the case of premises adjoining a Residential Zoning District or an R-2
District required side and rear yard setbacks shall be not less than one
hundred (100) feet in depth.
2. In the case of premises adjoining a Multiple Dwelling, Business and
Professional Office, or Institutional Zoning Districts, required side and rear
yard setbacks shall not be less than fifty (50) feet in depth.
Source: Ordinance No. 546
Effective Date: 9-18-81
3. In the case of premises adjoining a Commercial, Light Industrial, or
Industrial Zoning District, required side and rear yard setbacks shall not
be less than twenty (20) feet in depth.
Source: Ordinance No. 536, 2nd Series
Effective Date: 1-16-15
4. One-half (0.5) of the required side and rear yards, as measured from the
lot line, shall be landscaped, planted, and maintained as a buffer zone.
Source: Ordinance No. 546
Effective Date: 9-18-81
*Subdivision 7. Use Qualifications
A. Landscaping. All open areas of any site, lot, tract or parcel shall be so graded
so as to provide proper drainage, and except for areas used for parking,
drives, or storage, shall be landscaped with trees, shrubs, or planted ground
cover. Such landscaping shall conform with a landscape plan that conforms
to City standards and is approved by the City Manager or his/her designee.
Source: Ordinance No. 427, 2nd Series
Effective Date: 12-25-09
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B. Storage. All raw materials, supplies, finished or semi-finished products and
equipment shall be stored within a completely enclosed building, or within
the confines of a one hundred percent (100%) opaque wall or fence not less
than six (6) feet in height.
C. Screening. All principal, accessory, and conditional uses, except business
signs, which are situated within fifty (50) feet of a Residential Zoning District
or an R-2 Zoning District shall be screened and buffered from such Zoning
District by a separation of open space which shall have a minimum depth of
thirty (30) feet, and shall include a required fence or vegetative screening of
not less than ninety percent (90%) opacity, and not less than six (6) feet in
height above the level of the said Residential or R-2 Zoning District.
Source: Ordinance No. 546
Effective Date: 9-18-81
*Subdivision 8. Building Height
No building or structure, other than water tanks, water towers, essential service
communication structures as provided for in Section 11.71 of this Code and lighting
fixtures, shall be erected to exceed a height of forty-five (45) feet in the Light
Industrial Zoning District. All necessary mechanical equipment and elevator
penthouses will not be included in computation of building height.
Source: Ordinance No. 271, 2nd Series
Effective Date: 11-15-02
*Subdivision 9. Lot Coverage
No building or structure, or group thereof, shall occupy more than fifty percent
(50%) of the total land area of any lot or parcel in a Light Industrial Zoning District.
Source: Ordinance No. 609
Effective Date: 11-11-83
*Subdivision 10. Accessory Uses
The following are permitted accessory uses in the Light Industrial Zoning District:
A. Essential Services - Class II
Source: Ordinance No. 80, 2nd Series
Effective Date: 11-28-91
*Subdivision 11. Temporary Retail Sales
A. Temporary retail sales shall include only the retail sales contemplated by the
permitted uses in the Commercial Zoning District. Retail sales contemplated
by the conditional uses in the Commercial Zoning District are excluded.
B. Any person seeking to operate a temporary retail sale in an industrial district
shall apply for a permit therefore from the City Manager or his/her designee.
A completed application must be submitted at least two (2) weeks prior to
the commencement of the temporary retail sale. The City Manager or his/her
designee will issue a permit only after it is determined that the application
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meets all requirements of this subdivision. The permit application shall
include the following:
1. The person(s) operating the retail sale and his or its address and
telephone number. If a corporation, the state of incorporation shall be
provided along with a list of the names and addresses of the officers and
principal shareholders thereof.
2. The names and addresses of the owner(s) of the lot or site on which the
sale is to take place (sales premises) and proof that the owner(s) has
authorized the temporary retail sale.
3. The exact dates and hours of operation of the proposed sale.
4. The name of the person who will manage the temporary sale on the site
and the names of employees who will work at it.
5. A parking plan which indicates adequate available parking on the sale
premises during its proposed hours of operation. The plan must also
indicate adequate parking for any other businesses located on the same
sale premises. If adequate parking is not indicated on the parking plan in
the opinion of the City Manager or his/her designee, a permit will not be
issued for the temporary retail sale.
6. A vehicle circulation and street access plan which shall be submitted for
review by the City Manager or his/her designee. It shall include
acceptable methods of access to the sale premises and acceptable traffic
control measures to ensure safety of those entering and exiting the sale
premises. The operator of the sale must provide at his or her cost all
traffic control measures recommended by the City Manager or his/her
designee which may include the hiring of qualified persons to control
traffic. If an acceptable vehicle circulation and street access plan is not
provided in the opinion of the City Manager or his/her designee, a permit
will not be issued for the temporary retail sale.
7. A non-refundable permit fee, established by City Council Resolution.
8. A written authorization for the sale from the property owner(s), together
with the property owner's certification that he has given notification of the
sale to all other tenants of the building or site in which the sale is to take
place.
9. Proof that all applicable licenses and approvals from the City, Hennepin
County or other governmental units have been obtained.
C. No site may be used for a temporary retail sale for more than five (5)
consecutive days and a total of fifteen (15) days in any one (1) calendar
year.
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D. The plans for the temporary retail sale shall be approved by the City Manager
or his/her designee in order to insure that all fire and safety codes are met.
If they are not so approved, a permit for such sale will not be issued.
E. The temporary retail sale shall not interrupt vehicular circulation on the site
or obstruct parking spaces needed by permanent businesses established on
the site.
F. The temporary retail sale shall take place only inside a building.
*G. Sale hours shall be between 9 am and 9 pm.
*H. The permit for a temporary retail sale shall be immediately revoked by the
City Manager or his/her designee if any of the following occur:
1. Failure to meet any conditions of the permit;
2. Failure to provide adequate off-street parking for the sale, which off-
street parking does not impede the operation of other businesses on the
premises;
3. Failure to provide safe ingress and egress to the site;
4. Failure to provide fire and safety provisions required by the City Code;
5. Failure to obtain all applicable licenses and approvals from governmental
units; or
6. Failure to comply with any provisions of this subdivision.
Source: Ordinance No. 118, 2nd Series
Effective Date: 9-22-94
*Renumbering Source (G-H):
Ordinance 272, 2nd Series
Effective Date: 10-25-02
*Subdivision 12. 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
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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
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/her designee.
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10. Building Permits. All accessory structures located in this Zoning District
require a building permit.
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. 6-12):
Ordinance 346, 2nd Series
Effective Date: 7-1-06
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