Ordinance No. 1264 02-08-2010Ordinance No. 1264
AN ORDINANCE AMENDNING CHAPTER 205, SECTION 205.17 ALLOWING A
"TOWING SERVICES" USE BY A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IN THE M-1, LIGHT
INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT
The Fridley City Council hereby finds after review, examination and recommendation of staff
that Chapter 205 related to allowing a"towing services" use by a special use permit in the M-1,
Light Industrial zoning district be amended as follows:
SECTION 1.
That Section 205.17 be hereby amended as follows:
205.17 M-1, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS
USES PERMITTED
C. Uses Permitted With a Special Use Permit
(14) Towin� Service includin� those businesses whose principal use is to tow,
impound, and store motor vehicles:
(a) The stora.°�e aspect of said towin� service operation shall be secondar�, in
terms of use, to a principal buildin� that houses a towin o.°� ffice,
repair/maintenance facility for towin'°� fleet, and an interior stora.°�e area
for a portion of the impounded collection of vehicles.
(b) The towin� service site shall be located on a street with traffic volumes of
less than 1,500 ADT (avera.°�e daily trips).
(c) No stora e.°� of impounded or other vehicles associated with towin� service
business shall be parked on street(s) adjacent to towin� service facilit�
(d) All stora�e shall be located in the side or rear yard of the towin� service
facilitv
(e) All areas where vehicles are to be driven, towed or parked shall be
surfaced with either asphalt or concrete and those parkin� areas shall have
concrete curb and �utter of B6-12 standard or a suitable alternative,
approved by the City En i.°� neer, surroundin t.°� heir perimeter.
(� Areas where stored vehicles are intended to be parked shall be fenced,
screened and adequately lit from sunset to sunrise for securit�purposes.
Li.°�htin� shall only include shielded downcast fi�tures.
(g) Parkin� stalls intended for stora�e of towed vehicles and towin'°� truck
fleet shall be separated from those required by Code for customers and
employees. Employee and customer stalls can be in the side yard or front
yard, but shall not be within the fenced area intended for towed or
impounded vehicles, or the towin'°� fleet.
(h) No intercom system shall be used in the open yard area if the ed�e of the
yard is 250 feet or less from an existin� residential dwellin� in existence at
the time of this permit's a�proval.
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(i) No crushing, dismantling, or salva�e of vehicles shall occur on the subject
propert�
(j) All towing operations whose storage yard is within 250 feet of a
residential dwellin� at the time of issuance of the special use permit, shall
be required to have limited hours of yard operation, similar to the City's
hours of power tool use and construction, which are: 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM
Monday throu h.°� Frida�, 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM Saturda�
(k) Towin� services shall not be located within a multi-tenant industrial
complex.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS
8Tx DAY OF FEBRAURY, 2010
.��,.'�� e��'4�,
� Scot J. Lund, Mayor
ATTEST:
Debra A. Skogen, Cit lerk
Public Hearing: January 4, 2010
First Reading: January 25, 2010
Second Reading: February 8, 2010
Publication: February 18, 2010