Ord 491 Amend Code Chap 12 Uses in I DistCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 491
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 12, CHAPTER 1, ARTICLES B AND G OF THE CITY
CODE OF THE CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA, DAKOTA COUNTY,
CONCERNING DEFINITIONS AND USES IN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
The City Council of the City of Mendota Heights, Minnesota, does hereby ordain:
Section 1.
Title 12 -1G -1-A is hereby amended as follows:
Aeronautic and automotive testing equipment.
Apparel.
Appliances.
Artificial limbs.
enclosed building.
Bakery goods.
Batteries.
Boats.
Bus terminals and maintenance garage.
Cabinet shops.
Camera and photographic supplies.
Canvas products.
Cigarettes and tobacco products.
Clocks, watches and jewelry.
Cork and cork products.
Drugs, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and toiletries.
Electronic products.
Engraving and printing.
Furniture.
Laundries.
Machine shops.
Metal polishing and plating.
Monument works.
Musical instruments.
Office equipment.
Paint manufacturing.
Paper products from previously processed paper.
Research laboratories.
Rubber and synthetic rubber products.
Shoes, boots, footwear.
Sporting equipment.
Television, radio.
Tools, hardware and small metal products.
Video equipment.
12-1G-1: PERMITTED USES
Within any I industrial district, no structure or land shall be used except for the following uses:
Automobile repair, major or minor, when conducted completely within an enclosed building.
Bus terminals and maintenance garages.
Business and professional offices.
Landscaping and building design and construction.
Manufacturing, when conducted within a completely enclosed building, excluding the manufacturing uses
in section 12-1G-2 and prohibited uses in section 12-1G-2-2.
Governmental buildings and structures.
Railroad spurs and sidings.
Scientific research, investigation, testing and experimentation, including laboratories.
Trade schools and cColleges, or universities, or post -secondary, skill -based educational institutions which
offer programs that award certificates, degrees, or certified training to full and/or part-time students.
without accessory housing.
Warehousing and distribution.
Water softening units.
Title 12 -1G -1-B is hereby removed.
Title 12-1G-2 is hereby amended as follows:
Section 2.
Section 3.
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or buses.
B. A separate exterior entrance is available to the facility for clients and staff.
C. The facility will require parking space at a rate no greater than that of an office tenant for staff,
clients, and visitors.
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D. If located in a multi tenant building, the daycare facility is found to be compatible with the
E. Outdoor activities on or around the property in question, if part of the program, are accessible
Athletics, participative.
Commercial recreation, when conducted within a completely enclosed building.
Manufacturing, when conducted within a completely enclosed building, of one or more of the following
uses:
A. Batteries.
B. Laundries.
C. Metal polishing and plating.
D. Paper products from previously processed paper.
E. Rubber and synthetic rubber products.
F. Sheet metal work, ornamental iron, welding, stamping.
Massage therapy services to the general public for purposes of a teaching program accredited by the
National Certification Board For Therapeutic Massage And Bodywork and the Accrediting Commission
Of Career Schools And Colleges Of Technology as an accessory use to trade schools, colleges, rand
universities, and permitted post -secondary institutions in which no fee is charged for the services.
Motor fuel stations and motor fuel station convenience stores subject to the requirements of section 12-
1D-13-3 of this chapter.
Section 4.
Title 12-1G-3 is hereby amended as follows:
principal use.
Section 5.
Title 12-1B-2 is hereby amended as follows:
TRADE SCHOOL: A postsecondary, skill based educational institution which offers programs that issue
mechanical, services and computing fields.
RECREATION, COMMERCIAL: Recreational instruction and participative athletic uses, including
Bowling alley, cart track, jump/trampoline center, golf range/simulator, fitness center, sports training
facility, - -
recreational instruction (such as martial arts schools, dance schools, ete:) and similar uses.
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Section 6.
Title 12-1 G-2-2 is hereby added:
12-1G-2-2: PROHIBITED USES:
Within the I industrial district, no structure or land shall be used for one or more of the following uses:
Acid manufacturing.
Asphalt plants, as a principal use.
Creosote treatment or manufacture.
Junkyards.
Landfills.
Manufacturing of hazardous chemicals, as a principal use.
Mining of any type.
Petroleum refineries.
Permanent or temporary storage of hazardous waste, as a principal use.
Personal self -storage facility.
Sludge disposal.
Use, storage, or manufacture of firearm ammunition, explosives, or fireworks.
Section 7.
This Ordinance shall be in effect from and after the date of its passage and publication.
Adopted and ordained into an Ordinance this third day of March, 2016.
Lorri Smith, City Clerk
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CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
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