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ORDINANCE NO. XXXX
BEING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1490, CITY CODE OF
2005 RELATING TO THE I-1, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AND THE I-2,
GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT IN THE CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
The City of Columbia Heights does ordain:
Chapter 9, Article I, Section 9.103 of the Columbia Heights City Code, is proposed to
include the following additions and deletions.
§ 9.103 DEFINITIONS.
For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context
clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY, CORRECTIONAL. A licensed public or
private facility, which, for gain or otherwise, regularly provides one or more
dependents with 24-hour-a-day substitute for the care, food, lodging, training,
supervision, rehabilitation, and treatment they need, but which for any reason
cannot be furnished in the department’s own home. The term includes facilities that
are licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health, foster homes, residential
treatment facilities, maternity shelters, group homes, schools for challenged
children, and home for battered children or spouses. Such term shall also include
any facility eligible for licensure by the Minnesota Department of Corrections.
Chapter 9, Article I, Section 9.107 (C)(37) of the Columbia Heights City Code, is
proposed to include the following additions and deletions.
(37) Residential care facility, correctional.
(a) The use shall be located at least ¼ mile (1,320 feet) from all existing
residential care facilities and correctional residential care facilities, regardless of the
measured from property line to property line
licensing status of such facilities .
The use shall only be located in the I-1, Light Industrial District and
(b)
the I-2, General Industrial District parcels throughout the City.
(c)
(b) The use shall not be located in a two-family or multiple-family dwelling
unless it occupies the entire structure.
(d)
(c)The facility shall be located on a parcel meeting the minimum lot size for
two
single-family dwelling plus and area of 300 square feet for each resident over six .
The maximum number of residents may be specified as a condition of the conditional use
shall not exceed four (4).
permit in order to meet this requirement
(e)
(d)On-site services shall be for residents of the facility only.
(f)
(e)The building and any exterior fenced areas shall meet the setback
requirements of the zoning district in which the use is located.
(g)
(f)To the extent practical, all new construction or additions to existing
buildings shall be compatible with the scale and character of the surroundings, and
exterior building materials shall be compatible with other buildings in the neighborhood.
(h)
(g)An appropriate transition area between the use and adjacent property shall
be provided by landscaping, screening and other site improvements consistent with the
character if the neighborhood.
(i)
(h)The facility shall meet all applicable housing, building and fire codes and
be licensed as required by the State of Minnesota.
(j)
(i)If the size, location, licensing or purpose of the facility changes, a new or
amended conditional use permit may be required.
Chapter 9, Article I, Section 9.109 (G)(3) of the Columbia Heights City Code, is
proposed to include the following additions and deletions.
§ 9.111 INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS.
(D) I-1, Light Industrial District.
(3) Conditional Uses. Except as specifically limited herein, the following
uses may be allowed in the I-1, Light Industrial District, subject to the regulations set
forth for conditional uses in § 9.104, Administration and Enforcement, and the
regulations for specific uses set forth in § 9.107, Specific Development Standards.
(a)Caretaker’s residence.
(b)Outdoor sales and/or display.
(c)Outdoor storage.
(d)Parking ramp.
(e)Concrete, asphalt or rock crushing operation.
(f)Salvage operation/transfer station.
(g)Adult entertainment use.
State licensed residential care facility, correctional.
(h)
(D) I-2, General Industrial District.
(3) Conditional Uses. Except as specifically limited herein, the following
uses may be allowed in the I-2, General Industrial District, subject to the regulations set
forth for conditional uses in § 9.104, Administration and Enforcement, and the
regulations for specific uses set forth in § 9.107, Specific Development Standards.
(a)Caretaker’s residence.
(b)Outdoor sales and/or display.
(c)Outdoor storage.
(d)Parking ramp.
(e)Concrete, asphalt or rock crushing operation.
(f)Salvage operation/transfer station.
(g)Adult entertainment use.
State licensed residential care facility, correctional.
(h)
Section 2:
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after 30 days after its
passage.
First Reading: __________, 2005
Second Reading: __________, 2005
Date of Passage:
Offered by:
Seconded by:
Roll Call:
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Mayor Gary L. Peterson
Attest:
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Patricia Muscovitz, Deputy City Clerk