Ordinance No. 1265 02-08-2010ORDINANCE NO. 1265 SUMMARY
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FRIDLEY CITY CODE CHAPTER 205.14,
GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT C-2, AND CHAPTER 205.15, GENERAL
SHOPPING CENTER DISTRICT C-3, AND SUMMARY
I. Title
An ordinance of the City of Fridley, Minnesota, amending the Fridley City Code to
clarify permitted uses and e�terior storage regulations in commercial zoning districts.
II. Summary
The City Council of the City of Fridley does hereby ordain as follows:
That Chapter 205.14 and Chapter 205.15 are hereby amended to coordinate the
requirements enumerated in these chapters with related requirements that have been
amended in these same chapters over time. In addition, stipulations normally placed on
garden centers are now incorporated into the code. In summary, the amendments clarify
in print the common interpretation of previous code language.
III. Notice
This title and summary has been published to clearly inform the public of the intent and
effect of the City of Fridley's Zoning Code. A copy of the ordinance, in its entirety, is
available for inspection by any person during regular business hours at the offices of the
City Clerk of the City of Fridley, 6431 University Ave N.E., Fridley, MN.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FRIDLEY THIS 8TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2010.
�����
SCOTT J. LUND, MAYOR
ATTEST:
��
DEBRA A. SKOGE , CITY CLERK
Public Hearing: December 16, 2009 and January 4, 2010
First Reading: January 25, 2010
Second Reading: February 8, 2010
Published: February 18, 2010
ORDINANCE NO. 1265
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 205 OF THE FRIDLEY CITY CODE
PERTAINING TO COMMERCIAL USES PERMITTED AND EXTERIOR STORAGE
The City Council of the City of Fridley hereby finds, after review, examination and
recommendation of staff, that the Fridley City Code be hereby amended as follows:
Section 1: That Section 205.14.1, General Business District Regulations, of the Fridley City
Code be hereby amended as follows:
1. USES PERMITTED
A. Principal Uses.
The following are principal uses in C-2 Districts:
(1) All uses allowed under G1 Principal Uses and CR-1 Principal Uses of this Chapter.
(2) Office facilities, including general business offices, corporate headquarter facilities
and major employment offices.
(3) �'� '�� Fraternal or�anizations, � assembly facilities and theaters, not
including drive-in theaters.
Section 2: That Section 205.14.1, General Business District Regulations, of the Fridley City
Code be hereby amended as follows:
1. USES PERMITTED
C. Uses Permitted With A Special Use Permit.
.
(1�1) Arcades.
(1�2) Garden centers or nurseries which require outside display or storage of
merchandise-, accordin� to the following requirements:
(a) Materials are stored inside a permanent structure, attached to and architecturall�
compatible with the principal structure;
(b) Products containin� chemical fertilizers,�esticides, or herbicides must be stored
in a roofed and contained area where water runoff cannot reach the e�terior
landscape or storm sewer.
Ordinance No. 1265
Page 2
(c) Floor draina.°�e for �arden center/nursery must protect storm and �round water
sources by followin� Stormwater Best Mana�ement Practices (BMP's�,
includin� a stormwater pollution prevention plan.
(d) No merchandise can be sold or displayed outside the �arden center walls.
(e) No off-season stora�e can occur in the outdoor sale area unless specified in the
special use permit.
(� No intercom system shall be used in the �arden center area if site is directlX
adjacent to residentially zoned propert�
(g) Creation of the �arden center shall not disrupt safe traffic flow throu�h the site.
(remainder of section renumbered accordingly)
Section 3: That Section 205.14.7, General Business District Regulations, of the Fridley City
Code be hereby amended as follows:
7. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
B. E�terior Storage.
(1) Nothing shall be stored in the required front yard.
(2) All materials and commercial equipment shall be kept in a building or shall be fully
screened, so as not to be visible from any public right-of way or adjoining property of
a different district.
Section 4: That Section 205.14.7, General Business District Regulations, of the Fridley City
Code be hereby amended as follows:
7. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
D. Screening.
(1) Screening of off-street parking shall be required for:
(a) Any off-street parking area requiring more than four (4) spaces or adjoining a
residential district.
(b) Any driveway to a parking area of four (4) or more spaces is within thirty (30)
feet of an adjoining residential district.
(2) Where any commercial district is adjacent to a public right-of-way or across from any
residential district, the following requirements must be met:
(a) There shall be a five (5) foot sidewalk easement provided along the property line.
Ordinance No. 1265
Page 3
�� The Citv may allow the applicant to delay the installation of the sidewalk,
if the applicant signs an agreement that it will be constructed when the City
requires the installation.
(b) There shall be a fifteen (15) foot planting strip located behind the required
sidewalk that is substantial enough to create a physical separation between the
public right-of-way and the commercial property.
(3) All trash or garbage storage receptacles must be located in the rear or side yard and be
totally screened from view from any public right-of-way. Provisions must be taken to
protect screening from vehicle damage.
(4) All raw materials, supplies, finished or semi-finished products and equipment, not
including motor vehicles, shall be stored within an enclosed building or be screened
on all sides from view from a public right-of-way or an adjoining property by a fence
or other approved screen which e�tends two (2) feet above the highest item to be
stored with the height of the fence not to exceed eight (8) feet except where:-
(a) A Special Use Permit has been issued for open sales or display.
(b) Materials and equipment are being used for construction on premises.
„
Section 5: That Section 205.15, General Shopping Center District Regulations, of the
Fridley City Code be hereby amended as follows:
1. USES PERMITTED
A. Principal Uses.
The following are principal uses in C-3 Districts:
(1) Commercial laundry and dry cleaning establishments.
(2) All uses allowed under G1 Principal Uses and C-2 Principal Uses of this Chapter,
provided they meet one of the following conditions:
(a) All uses are located within a shopping center building or a cluster of three (3) or
more uses using common or shared parking facilities, or
(b) The use facilities require a minimum of �99 50 parking spaces, or.-
(c) Se�ually oriented businesses as defined and regulated in Chapter 127 of the
Fridley City Code. (Ref. 966).
Ordinance No. 1265
Page 4
Section 6: That Section 205.15.1, General Shopping Center District Regulations, of the
Fridley City Code be hereby amended as follows:
1. USES PERMITTED
C. Uses Permitted With �a Special Use Permit.
. •
(1�0) Garden centers or nurseries which require outside display or storage of
merchandise-, accordin� to the following requirements:
(a) Materials are stored inside a permanent structure, attached to and architecturall�
compatible with the principal structure;
(b) Products containin� chemical fertilizers,�esticides, or herbicides must be stored
in a roofed and contained area where water runoff cannot reach the e�terior
landscape or storm sewer.
(c) Floor draina.°�e for �arden center/nursery must protect storm and �round water
sources by followin� Stormwater Best Mana�ement Practices (BMP's�,
includin� a stormwater pollution prevention plan.
(d) No merchandise can be sold or displayed outside the �arden center walls.
(e) No off-season stora�e can occur in the outdoor sale area unless specified in the
special use permit.
(� No intercom system shall be used in the �arden center area if site is directlX
adjacent to residentially zoned propert�
(g) Creation of the �arden center shall not disrupt safe traffic flow throu�h the site.
(remainder of section renumbered accordingly)
Section 7: That Section 205.15, General Shopping Center District Regulations, of the
Fridley City Code be hereby amended as follows:
7. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
D. Screening.
(1) Screening of off-street parking shall be required for:
(a) Any off-street parking area requiring more than four (4) spaces or adjoining a
residential district.
(b) Any driveway to a parking area of four (4) or more spaces is within thirty (30)
feet of an adjoining residential district.
Ordinance No. 1265
Page 5
(2) Where any commercial district is adjacent to a public right-of-way or across from any
residential district, the following requirements must be met:
(a) There shall be a five (5) foot sidewalk easement provided along the property line.
Council may allow the applicant to delay the installation of the sidewalk, if the
applicant signs an agreement that it will be constructed when the City requires the
installation.
(b) There shall be a fifteen (15) foot planting strip located behind the required
sidewalk that is substantial enough to create a physical separation between the
public right-of-way and the commercial property.
(3) All trash or garbage storage receptacles must be located in the rear or side yard and be
totally screened from view from any public right-of-way. Provisions must be taken to
protect screening from vehicle damage.
(4) All raw materials, supplies, finished or semi-finished products and equipment, not
including motor vehicles, shall be stored within an enclosed building or be screened
on all sides from view from a public right-of-way or an adjoining property by a fence
or other approved screen which e�tends two (2) feet above the highest item to be
stored with the height of the fence not to exceed eight (8) feet except where:
(a) A Special Use Permit has been issued for open sales or display.
(b) Materials and equipment are being used for construction on premises.
, , . �er�:��r:�ss�: ee�:■
��v�r��n�o�r.e��.�n�vn��u�.e�o.�o0�.������ovDae�00�0�ror.e��.w
Section 8: That Section 205.15, General Shopping Center District Regulations, of the
Fridley City Code be hereby amended as follows:
1. USES PERMITTED
C. Uses Permitted With a Special Use Permit
The following are uses permitted with a Special Use Permit in C-3 districts:
(5) Automobile service stations and motor vehicle fuel and oil dispensing services.
If a Special Use Permit is granted, the following minimum conditions must be met in
order to protect the public health, safety and general welfare. Because of traffic
hazards, noise, light glare at night, outdoor storage of inerchandise, indiscriminate
advertising and other characteristics of this type of business which are potentially
detrimental to the community, these minimum standards shall be considered, along
Ordinance No. 1265
Page 6
with any other recommendations the City may determine necessary to eliminate the
particular problems in achieving compatibility with abutting and adjacent land uses.
(a) The use shall not provide for the outdoor operation of lubrication equipment,
hydraulic lifts or service pits or the outdoor display of inerchandise. The display
of inerchandise within four (4) feet of the front of the station building is
permitted. No storage of any type shall be permitted unless it is within four (4)
feet in front of the station building. Cages for exchangeable propane tanks not
larger than a 20-pound cylinder may be located in conformance with the
applicable Fire Codes and City approval prior to installation.
(b) The property shall not be used as a place of storage or depository of wrecked,
abandoned or junked motor vehicles or the sale or display of used motor vehicles.
(c) Any required buffer or screening area shall be so constructed as to obstruct
headlight beams of motor vehicles on the station property from beaming onto
adjacent residential property.
(d) If the station is to be located in a shopping center or other integrated development,
it will be in architectural harmony with the rest of the center or development.
(e) Activities Prohibited:
((1)) Heavy duty repair garages.
((2)) Vehicular parking except for the owner's and employee's automobiles �g
° °�' m �'�° „^r'�°�' � r ^ ° ^�' ^� and a maximum of three
(3) service vehicles. Automobiles bein� serviced may be parked for a
maximum period of "�^��r° ^* ^��� forty-eight (48) hours at anv � one (1)
time.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS
8TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2010.
� �
SCOT J. LUND, MAYOR
ATTEST:
J� .�
DEBRA A. SKO N, CITY CLERK
Public Hearing: December 16, 2009 and January 4, 2010
First Reading: January 25, 2010
Second Reading: February 8, 2010
Published: February 18, 2010