City Council Ordinance 561ORDINANCE NO. 561
CITY OF MONTICELLO
WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 10 — MONTICELLO ZONING
ORDINANCE OF THE MONTICELLO CITY CODE RELATED TO:
SECTION 3.3 — COMMON DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS
SECTION 4.1 - LANDSCAPING
SECTION 4.4 — EXTERIOR LIGHTING
SECTION 4.5 — SIGNS
SECTION 4.8 — OFF - STREET PARKING
SECTION 4.9 — OFF - STREET LOADING SPACES
SECTION 5.1 — USE TABLES
SECTION 5.2 — USE - SPECIFIC STANDARDS
SECTION 5.3 — ACCESSORY USES
SECTION 5.4 — TEMPORARY USES
SECTION 8.2 — RULES OF MEASUREMENT
SECTION 8.4 - DEFINITIONS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MONTICELLO HEREBY ORDAINS.
Section 1. Section 3.3 — Common District Requirements, Title 10 - Zoning Ordinance
Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended as follows:
3.3 (D)(2)(a) — Allowable Yard Encroachments
(iii) In rear and side yards: recreational and laundry drying equipment, arbors and
trellises, bal conies, breeeewaps, pnenporeh decks, major and ininor accessory
buildings, and air conditioning or heating equipment subject to the following
conditions:
1. Setback requirements of environmental protection districts shall remain
applicable.
2. A side yard setback of six (6) feet shall be maintained for all interior lots.
3. A setback of twenty (20') feet shall be maintained from property lines abutting
public streets.
3-4. A rear yard setback of ten (I$) six (6) feet shall be maintained.
4.5. No encroachment shall be permitted within an existing or required easement.
Section 2. Section 4.1 — Landscaping, Title 10 — Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended as
follows:
4.1(I) — Standards for Required Screening
(2) Items to be Screened
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The following areas shall be screened in accordance with this section:
(a) Anything specifically called out by this ordinance as requiring screening.
(b) Large trash handling and recycling collection areas (e.g., dumpsters and
cardboard recycling containers);
(c) Leading and service ° °°; All loading and service areas shall be
screened and landscaped from abutting and surrounding residential
uses and public rights of way.
(d) Allowed outdoor storage areas adjacent to a public right -of -way;
(e) New construction, demolition, or other site conditions that could be unsafe
for pedestrians or vehicles.
Section 3. Section 4.4 — Exterior Lighting, Title 10 - Zoning Ordinance Zoning Ordinance
is hereby amended as follows:
4.4 (I) — Sign Lighting
Lighting fixtures illuminating signs shall comply with the standards of this
section, and smehfiWures sholl exterior light sources shall be aimed and shielded
so that direct illumination is focused exclusively on the sign face and the light
source is not visible from off -site areas.
Section 4. Section 4.5 — Signs, Title 10 - Zoning Ordinance Zoning Ordinance is hereby
amended as follows:
4.5 (D) — Prohibited Signs
(2) All off premises signs greater than six (6) square feet in area, except that the
City may permit certain temporary signs to display messages for Community
Informational Signs not related to the premises on which they are displayed.
4.5 (I) - Temporary Signs
Insert this section:
(5) Any temporary sign permitted under this section shall be required to display
messages related only to the activity on the premises on which the temporary
sign is located, with the exception that such sign may display messages
defined as Community Informational Signs. The display of Community
Informational signage shall not add to the number of days of temporary
sign display allotted to a particular premises, business, or property by this
section, and any such sign shall comply with all other regulations of this
Chapter.
Section 5. Section 4.8 — Off - Street Parking, Title 10 - Zoning Ordinance Zoning
Ordinance is hereby amended as follows:
4.8 (E)(2) — Vehicular Use Area Design
(a) Curb Cuts and Access
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(vii) Except for single, two - family, and townhouse residential development
(and as otherwise noted in this ordinance), all open vehicular use areas
shall have a perimeter concrete curb barrier around the entire parking lot,
said curb barrier shall not be closer than six (6) feet to any lot line as
measured from the lot line to the face of the curb.
4.8 (E)(2)(b) — Stall, Aisle and Driveway Design
Insert the following diagram:
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Table 4.7 — Minimum Off - Street Parking Spaces by Use
Uses (continued)
Restaurants
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Sit Do%w Sit DowntDining 1.0 space for each forty (40) square feet of gross floor area of dining and
Area bar area
DAve- Areugh-ResteuFants— Pick -Up or 1.0 space for each fifteen (15) square feet of gross floor area but not less
Counter Area than fifteen (IS) spaces
Kitchen Area 11.0 space space for each eighty (80) square feet of kitchen area
Section 6. Section 4.9 — Off - Street Loading Spaces, Title 10 - Zoning Ordinance Zoning
Ordinance is hereby amended as follows:
4.9 (E) — Screening
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Fwc pi in the ease of mufti le ihvellings, ..ill loading areas shall be screened and
landscaped in compliance with
Section 4.1(I), of this ordinance.
Section 7. Section 5.1 — Use Table, Title 10 — Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended as
follows:
Table 5 -1: Uses by District
Amend with the following additions and changes:
Residential Uses: Attached Dwelling Types — Single- Family
• Permitted in B -1 District
Residential Uses: Group Residential Facility, Multi - Family
• Conditional in R -2 and R -3 Districts
Civic & Institutional Uses: Clinics/Medical Services
• Permitted in B -2, B -4, and CCD Districts
• Conditional in B -1 and IBC Districts
Commercial Uses: Commercial Lodging
• Permitted in B -4 and IBC Districts
• Conditional in B -3 and CCD Districts
Commercial Uses: Convenience Stores Retail
• Permitted in B -2, B -3, and B -4 Districts
• Conditional in B -1 District
Commercial Uses: Funeral Services
• Permitted in B -2, B -4, and CCD Districts
Commercial Uses: Hotels or Motels
• Replaced by Commercial Lodging
Section 8. Section 5.2 — Use - Specific Standards, Title 10 — Zoning Ordinance is hereby
amended as follows:
5.2 (C) Regulations for Residential Uses
(3) Group Residential Facility
(a) Licensed day care facilities qualifying as group residential facilities shall
adhere to the following:
(a) (i) No overnight facilities are provided for the children served.
Children are delivered and removed daily.
(b) (ii) Adequate off - street parking and access is provided in compliance
with Section 4.8 of this ordinance.
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(e) (iii) Adequate off - street loading and service entrances are provided in
compliance with Section 4.9 of this ordinance.
(d) (iv) The site and related parking and service shall be served by an
arterial or collector street of sufficient capacity to accommodate
the traffic which will be generated.
(e) (v) All signing and informational or visual communication devices
shall be in compliance with Section 4.5 of this ordinance.
(f) (vi) The uses shall requW authorization I rough a conditional use
permit f flowing the provisions of Seetion o ems ojc!& ..
ordinanee.
(g) (vii) All state laws and statutes governing such use are strictly adhered
to and all required operating permits are secured.
(b) Group Residential Facility, Multi - Family
(i) Group Residential Facility, Multi - Family shall require
authorization through a conditional use permit following the
provisions of Section 2.4(D) of this ordinance.
Section 9. Section 5.3 —Accessory Uses, Title 10 — Zoning Ordinance is hereby
amended as follows:
5.3 (B) - General Standards and Limitations for Accessory Uses and Structures
(3) Location of Accessory Uses or Structures
Except for fences and walls, the following standards shall apply to all accessory
structures:
(a) All accessory structures, except as may be specifically denoted, shall be
located at least six (6) feet from all lot lines, and at least the minimum
distance from public rights -of -way as denoted in the individual zoning district
regulations.
(i) A sideyard setback of twenty (20') feet shall be maintained from
property lines abutting public streets.
5.3 (C) - Table 5 -4: Accessory Uses by District
Insert the ollowing:
Entertainment/Recreation — Outdoor Commercial
• Conditional in B -3, B -4, CCD, and IBC Districts — 5.3(D)(12)
5.3 (D) — Additional Specific Standards for Certain Accessory Uses
Insert the following section and renumber accordingly_
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(12) Entertainment/Recreation — Outdoor Commercial
(a) When abutting a residential use, the property shall be screened with at
least a semi - opaque buffer (Table 4 -2. Buffer Type "C') in accordance
with section 4.l (G) of this ordinance.
(b) Adequate measures to contain the proposed activity on the subject site
shall be provided
(c) Dust and noise are controlled consistent with City Ordinance.
Section 10. Section 5.4 -Temporary Uses, Title 10 —Zoning Ordinance is hereby
amended as follows:
5.4 (D) - Table 5 -6: Temporary Uses & Structures
Adiust as shown:
Section 11. Section 8.2 —Rules of Measurement, Title 10 —Zoning Ordinance is hereby
amended as follows:
8.2 (B) Lots
(1) Definitions/Measurement
(g) Lot Line (see Figure 8 -3)
(i) Corner Side Lot Line
The corner side lot line is a side lot line that abuts a street or
other right -of -way.
(ii) Front Lot Line
The front lot line is the line connecting the two side lot lines
along the street right of way having the least width. edge of
the street that n .:des a Ws street ..././ «ess or that opposes
Section 12. Section 8.4 - Definitions, Title 10 — Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended as
follows:
8.4 Definitions
The following words and terms, wherever they occur in this ordinance, shall be
interpreted as herein defined:
APPURTENANCES - The visible, functional, or ornamental objects accessory to,
and part of a building, such as chimneys, fire escapes, open decks, stoops, steps,
open- porehes-, bay windows, roof overhangs, awnings, solar energy systems and
similar features.
CLINICS /MEDICAL SERVICES (definition remains)
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See Title 3. Chapter 10 of City Code
Section 11. Section 8.2 —Rules of Measurement, Title 10 —Zoning Ordinance is hereby
amended as follows:
8.2 (B) Lots
(1) Definitions/Measurement
(g) Lot Line (see Figure 8 -3)
(i) Corner Side Lot Line
The corner side lot line is a side lot line that abuts a street or
other right -of -way.
(ii) Front Lot Line
The front lot line is the line connecting the two side lot lines
along the street right of way having the least width. edge of
the street that n .:des a Ws street ..././ «ess or that opposes
Section 12. Section 8.4 - Definitions, Title 10 — Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended as
follows:
8.4 Definitions
The following words and terms, wherever they occur in this ordinance, shall be
interpreted as herein defined:
APPURTENANCES - The visible, functional, or ornamental objects accessory to,
and part of a building, such as chimneys, fire escapes, open decks, stoops, steps,
open- porehes-, bay windows, roof overhangs, awnings, solar energy systems and
similar features.
CLINICS /MEDICAL SERVICES (definition remains)
olWWANCE CL 5c1
sy :c: ymo . " ' oW ° ,..,..,. Commercial Lodging means a building or
group of buildings in which sleeping accommodations are offered to the public
and intended primarily for rental for temporary occupation by persons on an
overnight basis, not including bed and breakfast establishments or a rooming
house. Such uses may include microwaves and refrigerators for each guest unit.
CONVENIENCE -ST-GR RETAIL (definition remains)
FUNERAL I40NIE SERVICES (definition remains)
140TEL OR N40 (move to Commercial Lodging)
SIGN, COMMUNITY EVENT -A sign displaying information related to a
community event open to public when such event is sponsored or operated by a
person or organization in a not - for -profit capacity. Qualifying organizations
shall include:
a) Any organization established under Internal Revenue Code
Section as a not - for -profit
b) Any other organization or individual registering with the Secretary
of State as a not - for-profit
c) Any other organization or individual registering with City of
Monticello and meeting the requirements established by the the
City Council.
Section 13. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage
and publication. The ordinance in its entirety shall be posted on the City website
after publication. Copies of the complete Ordinance are available online and at
Monticello City Hall for examination upon request.
ADOPTED BY the Monticello City Council this 13th day of August, 2012.
CITY OF MONTICELLO
Clint Herbst, Mayor
ATTEST:
JefK019M, City Administrator
VOTING IN FAVOR: Herbst, Hilgart, Perrault, Posusta, Stumpf
VOTING IN OPPOSITION: None